Funding Tools for Contract Education

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For purposes of this article: (a)"Contract education" means those situations in which a community college district contracts with a public or private entity for the purposes of providing instruction or services or both by the community college. (b) "Credit" refers to any class offered for community college credit, regardless of whether the class generates state apportionments. (c) "Noncredit" refers to courses that meet the criteria for apportionment pursuant to Section (d) "Not-for-credit" refers to classes, including community services classes, that are offered without credit and that are not eligible for apportionments pursuant to Section EDUCATION CODE

(a) The governing board of any community college district may establish, or with one or more community college districts may establish, contract education programs within or outside the state by agreement with any public or private agency, corporation, association, or any other person or body, to provide specific educational programs or training to meet the specific needs of these bodies. (b) The contracting community college district or districts shall recover, from all revenue sources, including, but not necessarily limited to, public and private sources, or any combination thereof, an amount equal to, but not less than, the actual costs, including administrative costs, incurred in providing these programs or training. (c) The attendance of students in these contract education programs shall not be included for purposes of calculating the full-time equivalent students (FTES) for apportionments to these districts, unless all statutory and regulatory conditions for generating FTES are met.

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unless….. …(FTES) for apportionments to these districts, In order to be claimed for purposes of state apportionment, all courses shall be open to enrollment by any student who has been admitted to the college, provided that enrollment in specific courses or programs may be limited as follows: (b) Enrollment may be limited due to health and safety considerations, facility limitations, faculty workload, the availability of qualified instructors, funding limitations, the constraints of regional planning or legal requirements imposed by statutes, regulations, or contracts. (4) limiting enrollment in one or more sections of a course to a cohort of students enrolled in one or more other courses, provided however, that a reasonable percentage of all sections of the course do not have such restrictions; TITLE 5 Section 58106

FTES: Full-Time Equivalent Student WSCH = students x hours/week x 17.5 (nominal) FTES = Census Week WSCH / = FTES Annualizer -- calculated by statute as follows: Full-time student load x weeks in term x 2 terms per year (15 x 17.5 x 2 = 525) 13 Starting with , FTES-based funding replaced ADA-based funding which in 1978 had replaced local property tax funding. One FTES = ~$4,795 +/- in state apportionment; 1 student enrolled in five 3-unit lecture classes for 2 semesters = 1 FTES; 10 students in a 3-unit class = 1 FTES

Philip L. Hartley, Ph.D. President Emeritus, West Valley College Technical Assistance Provider for Strong Workforce Implementation