Independent Study & AEBG
We’ve come a long way
CA Adult Education History
Timeline
Event/Change
Prior to 2009
• Attendance (ADA) = Apportionment (Funding)
• Independent Study accountability regulations applied to Adult Ed ADA (15 hrs per
week, I.S. Agreement, work sample, etc.)
2009-15
• Budget Flexibility
• LCFF and MOE
• AB 86 – Consortium Setup and Planning
2015-16
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2016-17
• 2nd Year Plan Implementation
• No MOE, Consortium Funding Only + Data and Accountability Funding
• Student Data and Outcome Reporting & WIOA
AB 104 – Adult Education Bock Grant
MOE and AEBG Allocation Funding
Consortium Plan Implementation
Student Data and Outcome Reporting
Where are we now?
• No ADA reported = No I.S. accountability requirements
• AEBG Funding = Apportionment
• Consortium governance (including all AEBG funds)
• State level effort to get funding spent
• WIOA requirements x 2
• Local district requirements
• State Adult Education Ed Codes – Chapter 10
Some Relevant Ed Codes
• EC 52506 The department shall establish standards including standards of
attendance, curriculum, administration, and guidance and counseling service for
these classes as a basis for the several apportionments of state funds provided
herein for the support of these classes.
• EC 52515 State funds shall not be apportioned to a school district based on the
attendance of students enrolled in adult schools, unless the courses have been
approved by the department pursuant to Section 41976.
So how do I run Adult Independent Study?
What does your Consortia plan say?
How will you prove your effectiveness in the following?
AY 2013-2014
Numbers From AB86
Final Plan
Projected Target for
2015-2016
Projected Percent
Change (%) for 20152016
1150
1250
9%
Projected number of
Students with this
goal
Projected number
achieving the
performance
outcome
Projected Target Rate
(%) for 2015-2016
6.2a - For WIOA students - % that completes at least one Educational Functioning Level as
defined in the NRS system, for those who had this goal during the current program year.
3440
1890
55%
6.2c - % Completion of HSD or Equivalent, for those who had this goal during the current
program year.
200
130
65%
6.2d - % Transition from K-12 adult to post-secondary, for those who had this goal during
the current program year.
300
150
50%
What was asked in October 2015
6.1a - Adult Education (ABE, ASE, Basic Skills)
What does your Consortia plan say?
How will you prove your effectiveness in the following?
What was asked in August 2016
TOTAL ADULTS SERVED – INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
TOTAL ADULTS SERVED - STUDENT SUPPORT AND CAREER SERVICES
TOTAL STUDENTS SERVED – INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS
TOTAL ENROLLMENT AND PARTICIPATION
TOTAL COURSES COMPLETED
New terminology
• Enrollment – A student with 1 hour or more of attendance
• Participant – A student with 12 hours or more of attendance
• Course completion – A student who completed a course. (What’s a
course?)
• Course completion rate – Courses completed ÷ Participants
What will be asked in 2017?
Think WIOA (Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act)
• Attendance
• Pre and Post Test
• Level gains
• Barriers to Employment (Success)
• Stronger Emphasis on Student Support Services
What about the I.S. regulations?
Does it help your consortia outcomes?
• Taking Attendance?
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Enrollment
Participant
Course completion rate
Pre and Post Testing
What about the I.S. regulations?
Does it help your consortia outcomes?
• 15 max hours per week?
• Course completion
• Course completion rate
What about the I.S. regulations?
Does it help your consortia
outcomes?
• Master Agreement &
Supplemental Agreements?
• Course completion rate
What about the I.S. regulations?
Does it help your consortia outcomes?
• Work samples?
What about the I.S. regulations?
Does it help your consortia outcomes?
• I.S. Board Policies?
What about the I.S. regulations?
Does it help your consortia outcomes?
• Supervising teacher?
• Course completion rate
Note about Student Support Services
• We are reporting on such services in AEBG (strategies and funding).
• WIOA requires us to report on Barriers to Employment /Success.
• How will you increase your course completion rate?
• Transitions to employment and or post secondary will be reported.
• Are your Student Support Services effective?
More on AEBG
• AEBG.cccco.edu
• www.ccaestate.org/aebg-resources/
Questions?