Helping Colleges Prepare for Extreme Budget Fluctuations

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Helping Colleges Prepare for Extreme Budget
Fluctuations

• Lesley Kawaguchi, Educational Policies Chair
• Dianna Chiabotti, Napa Valley College
• Kim Harrell, Folsom Lake College
• Phil Smith, American River College

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2011 - 2012

• cut 400 million

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So ..

• Enrollment reduced
• Focus on keeping
• basic skills
• workforce training
• Transfer

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December of 2011

• 102 million

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February Surprise

• 149 million mid-year cut
• (on top of the 313 million cuts in the 2011-2012
  enacted budget)

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Total 2011-2012 cuts

• 564 Million

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Results.

• More class cuts
• Fewer students served
• Programs discontinued
• Other

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Variety of approaches
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Case Study 1 Folsom Lake College

• FLC Guidelines for Cutting Class Sections
• Follow current agreement between administration
  and senate on cutting low enrolled sections
• Consider state emphasis on transfer, CTE, basic
  skills
• Cut stand alone courses (not part of GE or
  required by degree or certificate)

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Case Study 1Folsom Lake College

• Cut sections which incur additional costs such as
  outside facility rentals, travel costs for
  instructors, etc.
• Cut sections in which other duplicate sections
  are available to students

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Case Study 1Folsom Lake College

• LRCFT Contract
• 4.11 Workload Study Committee
• 4.1.1.2 The committee is charged with the
  clarification of workload issues assigned to it
  jointly by the District and LRCFT. This shall be
  accomplished by defining each issue, listing the
  interests of all affected parties, ad
  identifying reasonable options to meet those
  interests and resolve the issues.

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Case Study 1Folsom Lake College

• Campus workload committee developed
• Department chairs and deans examine schedules
• GE, AA/AS, IGETC spreadsheets
• FTE allocation per area
• 2011-2012 changes in courses offered by area
• Dynamic model
• Ed. plans, job trends, CSU capacity
• Student-centered

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Case Study 2 Napa Valley College

• NVC Guidelines for cutting classes

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Case Study 2 Napa Valley College
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Case Study 2 Napa Valley College

• Guiding concepts
• The highest priority courses critical to
  mission
• Reduce sections of a course consider have
  already been cut
• Assess off campus courses
•  Minimum electives  
• Scrutinize enrollments some classes may need to
  be small
• No lay offs
• Guidelines will be followed.

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Case Study 2 Napa Valley College

• How developed?
• Mutual Agreement Committee
• Vetted through instruction council and Senate
• Needed to be done

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Case Study 2 Napa Valley College

• Expanding idea/concept to college in general

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Faculty Role in the dialog

• How should faculty participate in class cuts?
• Who should participate?

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What if there is a Miracle?
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The Process

• Important aspects
• Who participates?
• Reversible
• Dynamic and responsive