>> WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THE ROLL?
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[1. Roll Call - Announcement of a Quorum]
HIS 2:45 PM MARCH 2, 2021.THIS IS THE FINANCE COMMITTEE EDUCATION WORKFORCE COMMITTEE, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
I WILL BEGIN BY TAKING THE ROLL CALL.
>> CHAIRMAN Â" ARE YOU PRESENT?
>> TRUSTEE FLOREZ, ARE YOU PRESENT?
>> TRUSTEE ZIMMERMAN, ARE YOU PRESENT?
>> TRUSTEE WILLIAMS, ARE YOU PRESENT?
>> TRUSTEE COMPTON, ARE YOU PRESENT?
>>TRUSTEE ZIMMERMAN, YOU ARE STILL ON MUTE.
ARE YOU PRESENT? [LAUGHTER] NO PROBLEM.
SO, [INDISCERNIBLE] YOU MAY BEGIN THE MEETING.
BEFORE I READ THE CERTIFICATION STUFF, I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW GOOD IT IS TO HEAR SONNY WILLIAMS VOICE.
SONNY WILLIAMS, I HOPE YOU ARE DOING WELL.
I KNOW YOU HAD A BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK AND SO FORTH.
>> WITH THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUSPENDED RULES WE CERTIFY THAT THE COMMITTEE
HAS POSTED ONLINE >> WE ARE USING CISCO SOFTWARE WHICH ALLOWS PUBLIC VIEWING FOR OUR POSTED LINK.
AND PERSONS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WEBSITE TO REGISTER, CAN SPEAK FOR UP TO FIVE MINUTES AND SPEAKERS Â" GET COMMENTS IN ADVANCE THE BOARD LIAISON WILL READ THE COMMENTS INTO THE RECORD IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT AT A FUTURE MEETING, PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AT THE WEBSITE, ALL OTHER PROCEDURES WILL BE FOLLOWED TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, THIS IS BEING PRESENTED OVER THE INTERNET AND AUDIO TRANSCRIPT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE AT ANOTHER DATE ON THE BOARD WEBSITE AND THE SOFTWARE ALLOWS FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE AND OVER 10,000 OF YOU ARE MEETING OVER STREAMING.
WE APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR ANY TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
CHANCELLOR MAE, CAN YOU CONFIRM THE MEETING IS.
>> I CAN Â" OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED ACCORDING TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 55304.
DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZENS WITH THE DESIRE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD?
WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS LINED UP.
>> WE HAVE 2 PRESENTATIONS TODAY.
ONE OF THE CURRENT TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN WASHINGTON AND THE SECOND ON
[2. Certification of Notice Posted for the Meeting]
ENROLLMENT UPDATES AND FOR THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION UPDATE ISAAC AND JUSTIN WILL[4.A. 87th Texas Legislative Session and Federal Update Presenters: Isaac Faz, Justin Lonon]
UPDATE.CHANCELLOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE TOPIC?
>> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S NOT APPARENT, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON BOTH IN CONGRESS AND IN AUSTIN THESE DAYS AS IT RELATES TO HIGHER EDUCATION.
CERTAINLY, ALL THE CONVERSATION IN DC SEEMS TO BE AROUND CONFIRMATION AND THE STIMULUS PACKAGE WHILE THE CONVERSATION IN AUSTIN HAS RAPIDLY SHIFTED TO ENERGY DISCUSSION BUT LAST WEEK, I ATTENDED THE SENATES AND HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEES THERE ARE STILL DISCUSSIONS GOING ON AND SOME OF THE APPOINTMENTS IN DC HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THEM AS THEY UNDERTAKE THEIR NEW ROLES TO PROVIDE OVERSIGHT FOR THE NATIONS SYSTEMS AND CERTAINLY THAT HAS IMPACTED OUR STUDENTS WITH FEDERAL AID AND OTHER PROGRAMS. SO WITH THAT, JUSTIN AND ISAAC, I'M GOING TO TURN OVER TO YOU.
MR. CHANCELLOR, THANK YOU FOR THAT SET UP.
THAT GOT US THROUGH THE FIRST THREE SLIDES.
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>> THIS IS A STRANGE SESSION OBVIOUSLY.
THIS IS MY EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE SESSION WITH DALLAS COLLEGE AND CLEARLY IT'S A UNIQUE ONE.
ISAAC HAS BEEN WITH US THE LAST SEVERAL SESSIONS AND SO LEGISLATORS AND THE REST OF US THE INTERACT I WILL ENGAGE WITH THEM ARE LEARNING HOW TO DO SO IN THIS ENVIRONMENT AND SO IF WE JUST KIND OF GO, PROBABLY ABOUT SLIDE NUMBER FOUR UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS ON THE FIRST FEW WITH THE UNIQUENESS OF THE SESSION.
THIS GETS INTO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE CHANCELLOR WAS TALKING ABOUT.
THE STRANGENESS AND THE NEW THINGS THAT POP UP OBVIOUSLY THE POWER GRID AND THE WEATHER RELATED ISSUES ARE TAKING A LOT OF FOCUS AND ATTENTION.
THAT WASN'T THE CASE A FEW WEEKS AGO BEFORE THAT BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER THINGS THAT WERE PRIORITIES AND SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CONTINUE TO MOVE AND EVE EVOLVE AS WE GO THROUGH THE SESSION SO ISAAC, YOU WANT TO PICK IT UP AND TALK US THROUGH KIND OF WHERE WE ARE, PRIORITY WISE?
>> SURE I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS FIRST OF ALL HAPPY TEXAS INDEPENDENCE DAY.
[INDISCERNIBLE] THERE'S DEFINITELY CHALLENGES GOING ON >> LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE IF WE CAN WE WANT TO PUT THIS SLIDE ON THEIR TWO GIVE EVERYBODY A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE.
THE 2700 BILLS AS OF LAST WEEK Â" PRESENTATION, IT IS AT 3400 AND I LIKE SAYING THAT BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY, IT INCREASES EVERY YEAR.
THERE CAN BE A LOGJAM, IF YOU WILL, WITH COMMITTEE HEARINGS.
THAT'S GOING TO THE PROCESS AND SLOWING EVERYTHING DOWN WHICH ADDS MORE WORK TO THE MEMBERS SO THAT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT AND JUST TO KEEP THEM IN SEQUENCE.
NOT EVERYONE WILL RECEIVE A HEARING REQUEST FOR HEARING AND.
[INDISCERNIBLE] ON THE SENATE DISCIPLINARY TOPLINE POINTS ON THE HIGHER EDUCATION WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CHANGES ON THE COMMUNITY IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE CHAIR HAS THE SAME Â" AND THE VICE CHAIR AND WE HAVE GOOD RELATIONS WITH THAT LEADERSHIP SO WE ARE EXCITED AND HE HAS BEEN A CHAMPION FOR US WORKING ON TRANSFERABILITY LAST SESSION AND THESE ARE ALWAYS HELPFUL TO DALLAS COLLEGE ON THE HOUSE COMMITTEE WE DID HAVE REPRESENTATIVE TIM MURPHY FROM THE HOUSTON AREA AND THE VICE CHAIR FROM SAN ANTONIO AREA AND AS YOU MAY RECALL TURNER WAS THE CHAIRMAN LAST SESSION AND HE DOES REMAIN ON THE COMMITTEE IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WE HAVE ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DALLAS COUNTY AREA ON THE COMMITTEE WHICH IS REPRESENTATIVE JOHN TURNER AND.
[INDISCERNIBLE] SO THAT'S FOR US BECAUSE SHE HAD A LOT OF Â" ON THAT COMMITTEE WE ARE WORKING WITH JOHN TURNER AND Â" ON HIGHER EDUCATION.
AND JUST THERE ARE ALWAYS RULE CHANGES I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND FEEL FREE TO STOP ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
AS A LATINO, I TEND TO SPEAK FAST SO STOP ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
SPEAKING OF PRIORITIES, THESE ARE SOME PRIORITIES WE WANT TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD TODAY.
WE ALWAYS Â" FUNDING AND WE WERE ASKED TO SUBMIT THE SAME BUDGET AMOUNTS, APPROPRIATION REQUESTS, I'M SORRY, AS YOU KNOW FROM EARLIER DISCUSSIONS, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AND I WON'T SAY DISTRACTIONS BUT CERTAIN ISSUES THAT JUST HAPPEN AND SO WE ARE GOING TO KEEP ON WORKING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATIONS WE REQUESTED THAT COME OUR WAY BECAUSE THE GOOD NEWS IS DURING THE SUMMER OF LAST YEAR MANY COLLEGES WERE NOT IN THAT FIVE PERCENT CUT IT'S REALLY BECAUSE OF THE WORK WE ARE DOING HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEADERSHIP RECOGNIZE THAT.
YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
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AND THIS IS WITH THE WORKFORCE Â" ON HERE, >> EXCUSE ME, COULD YOU GO TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE PLEASE? I WAS HAVING TROUBLE UNMUTING.
THE SECOND FUNDING PROPOSAL 50 MILLION, 1 MILLION FOR EACH COLLEGE DISTRICT?
>> WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES BUT Â" EDUCATION WHICH IS A STATEWIDE EFFORT.
[INDISCERNIBLE] TO HAVE THIS SORT OF PROJECT >> THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR OUR FUNDING, WE HAVE SOME EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS.
>> MY QUESTION IS, WE ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST DISTRICTS COMPARED TO SOMETHING IN A RURAL AREA SO WE COULD GET 1 MILLION IN THE RURAL AREA WOULD GET 1 MILLION? TO MAKE A GREAT QUESTION.
THAT WAS Â" ACTUALLY THAT WAS A GREAT QUESTION.
THAT WAS A TAX THAT INITIALLY CAME OUT THEY HAVE BACKED OFF OF THAT PROPOSAL AND IT LOOKS LIKE CHAIR CREIGHTON IS GOING TO BE CARRYING THIS PARTICULAR BILL GOING FORWARD TO CREATE IT AND IN THE HEARING, WE TALKED ABOUT CREATING ORIGINAL CONSORTIUM AROUND THIS FOR THIS IS REALLY AN INITIAL INVESTMENT ON INFRASTRUCTURE.
DALLAS COLLEGE IS AT A DIFFERENT PLACE THAN MOST OF THE INSTITUTIONS IN THE STATE AND WE HAVE A STRONG WORKFORCE PRESENCE Â" COMMISSIONER KELLER AND HIS TESTIMONY LAST WEEK HE COMMENTED THAT DALLAS Â" ALAMO, AUSTIN, ALMOST DOMINATED OR WERE PRODUCING ABOUT 90 PERCENT OF THEIR WORKFORCE COMPLETERS FOR THE STATE SO THE GOAL HERE IS TO GROW THE ABILITY OF OTHER COLLEGES IN THE STATE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
BUT WHAT IS GOING TO END UP HAPPENING I THINK IS THAT THIS WILL BE SET UP AS A GRANT PROGRAM GOING FORWARD WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT UNDERMINES PART OF THE REASON TO HELP OUT SOME OF THE SMALL COLLEGES WHO DON'T HAVE THE SYSTEMS IN PLACE IN ORDER TO COMPETE FOR GRANTS YOU HAVE TO HAVE SYSTEMS IN PLACE BUT WE WILL EITHER WAY WE WILL TEND TO DO VERY WELL IN THAT AND THE RECENT UPSCALING GRANTS THAT THEY CAME OUT WITH HONESTLY WE TOOK MORE THAN OUR FAIR SHARE WE HAVE TAKEN MORE THAN OUR FAIR SHARE WITH THE OTHER WORKFORCE GRANTS THIS YEAR, TO THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION SO I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT DALLAS COLLEGE BUT I THINK THE STATE NEEDS TO TAKE IT MORE SERIOUS AS A WHOLE WHICH THEY HAVE NOT DONE SO THIS IS AN EFFORT TO RAISE AS A LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY OF WORKFORCE WHICH HAS NOT EXISTED AS A SEPARATE FUNDING ITEM FOR THE FIRST TIME CREATED FUNDING LINE ITEM THAT WOULD ALLOW THESE INVESTMENTS AND I CAN KIND OF GO INTO IT BUT WE HAVE CREATED A STATEWIDE BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH SEVERAL FOLKS FROM DALLAS BEING ON THAT COMMITTEE, COCHAIRED BY WOODY HUNT OUT OF EL PASO, FORMER CHAIR OF THE COORDINATING BOARD SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THIS IS ABOUT AN Â" IS TO CREATE FOR THE FIRST TIME A LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AROUND THIS AND HONESTLY I EXPRESSED SOME CONCERN OVER THIS PARTICULAR MODEL AND I HAVE WORKED WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE TO CHANGE THIS MODEL, IT WILL NOT LOOK LIKE THIS GOING FORWARD.
>> ONE OTHER ITEM OF NOTE ON THE SLIDE IS THE REFERENCE TO STUDENT SUCCESS.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE BEEN A BIG PROPONENT AND LEADER OF PERFORMANCE-BASED FUNDING TO SHIFT FROM JUST AN ENROLLMENT DRIVEN FOCUS BUT FOCUSED ON STUDENT OUTCOMES SO THIS REALLY IS AN ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT IN STUDENT SUCCESS POINTS AND
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THE WEIGHT WITHIN SOME OF THOSE POINTS OUT INCLUDING THINGS LIKE DUAL CREDIT, THAT PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS NOT RECOGNITION FOR THAT AND ALSO SOME ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS COMING OUT OF THOSE SCHOOLS, WE THINK THOSE INVESTMENTS, THOSE EXPANSIONS AND WEIGHTED POINTS WILL CERTAINLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS WELL.>> AND A GOOD POINT ON THAT THE LEGISLATURE REALLY MADE A COMMITMENT SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO MOVE AWAY FROM ENROLLMENT FUNDING AND FOCUS ON COMPLETION FUNDING AS THE METRIC HAS GONE 100 PERCENT THAT DIRECTION THIS WOULD MARK AN INCREASE IN THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OF ALL COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO INCREASE THE SUCCESS POINTS BECAUSE WE THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE THE DIRECTION OF THE STATE IS MOVING, LESS ON ENROLLMENT AND MORE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING NOT JUST PEOPLE IN THE DOOR BUT THOSE, GETTING THEM OUT AND HELPING THEM BECOME SUCCESSFUL.
ASSUMING DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE ON?
>> SHOULD BE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE?
[INDISCERNIBLE] SOMETHING WE TOUCHED ON EARLIER.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE SUPPORTING THE FUNDING OF EDUCATIONAL TRAINING AND WE ARE WORKING TO HAVE SHORT-TERM Â" CREDENTIALS THAT ARE RECOGNIZED AS PART OF THE TEXAS PLAN FOR PART OF THE WORK GOING ON Â" THAT SORT OF PUSH.
THIS IS A TEXAS REESE Â" AND UPSCALING FOR EDUCATION JUST SPEAKING ABOUT CHANCELLOR Â" DO YOU WANT TO ADD TO THIS?
[INDISCERNIBLE] >> JUST QUICKLY WE ROLL THIS OUT AND HAD TO COMMEND PIPER WILKINS AND HER TEAM FOR HELPING DEVELOP THIS WE PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING WE CALLED 60 BY 30 TEXAS FOR THE ENTIRE STATE THAT WOULD COMMIT ALL 50 COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO PROVIDING TRAINING FOR 300,000 WORKERS OVER ONE YEAR AND THIS WAS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE PANDEMIC WITH THE LAYOFFS THAT WERE OCCURRING WE KNEW THAT THESE WERE IMPACTING ALL AREAS OF THE STATE AND CERTAINLY IT FELT LIKE THIS WAS A PRIORITY.
THAT ENDED UP NOT GETTING FUNDED BUT THAT KIND OF MORPHED INTO THE TEXAS RESCALING UPSCALING EDUCATION.
WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET SOMETHING THAT THE ACRONYM, [INDISCERNIBLE] BUT THE IDEA IS TO REALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ARE ASKING THAT THERE BE DEVELOPED A STATE WORKFORCE PLAN THAT INCLUDES INPUT FROM THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION FROM EMPLOYERS FROM INSTITUTIONS WITH THE COORDINATING BOARD AND THAT THIS HAS BECOME A STRATEGIC FOCUS OF THE STATE TO FOCUS ON THE WORKFORCE NEEDS PARTICULARLY IN HIGH DEMAND AREAS BUT THAT THESE ARE REGIONALLY DETERMINED AND DATA DRIVEN NOT JUST WHAT COLLEGES WANT TO OFFER BUT WHAT EMPLOYERS NEED.
AND INDIVIDUALS NEED TO GET JOBS AND I THINK WE CAN TOUCH ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS, WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE ECONOMY.
THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES MAY LOOK FAMILIAR, IT'S ISSUES WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST LIKE THESE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS, IT'S A SUCCESS STORY AND THEY GET IT, THEY UNDERSTAND IT, THE IMPORTANT ROLE THEY PLAY, THERE'S NO DEBATE THAT THEY HAVE OPEN TO BRING TEXAS BACK AND MAKE SURE THE ECONOMY IS SUCCESSFUL, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.
[INDISCERNIBLE] AND WE DID HAVE SOME REQUESTS Â" THE PREVIOUS AND THAT WAS DONE AND IT IS [INDISCERNIBLE] INCLUDED AND THAT REQUEST AND WE WILL KEEP MAKING SURE WE ARE TALKING TO OUR LEGISLATORS.[INDISCERNIBLE]
>> WAS THAT THE LAST SESSION WE WERE TRYING TO GET THIS IS LINE ITEM OR A SPECIAL ITEM, A LINE ITEM?
>> YES MA'AM IT WAS WE ARE FOCUSING ON MONDAY BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING GOING ON IN
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THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.THIS YEAR.WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE MORE SUCCESSFUL TO FOCUS ON FUNDING.
WE HAVE NOT CHANGED OUR FOCUS ON THAT.
THAT'S STILL A HIGH PRIORITY ON WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT IS WHY WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING ADDITIONAL HELP TO WORK THERE AND CLEARLY ONCE AGAIN THIS HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO A FIVE PERCENT CUT IT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL STRATEGICALLY FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS TO CUT THIS IT HAS ZERO IMPACT ON THE STATE BUDGET FOR EVERY DOLLAR THEY CUT IT'S ONE LESS DOLLAR WE GET FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THE MORE MONEY WE PUT INTO THIS THE MORE DOLLARS THAT WE GET BACK SO THIS IS ONE THAT WE'VE GOT TO RELOCATE BECAUSE NO ONE UNDERSTANDS ITIN HIGHER EDUCATION AND IT'S TOO IMPORTANT.
WE SHOULD PROBABLY BRING BACK TO THE Â" BOARD, A PRESENTATION ON WHAT OUR FOLKS HAVE DONE DURING THE PANDEMIC, HELPING GET PEOPLE Â" PROVIDING SUPPORT, COUNSELING, ASSISTANCE, IT HAS BEEN REMARKABLE WORK.
WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THAT EFFORT.
JUST TO CLARIFY THE BUDGET AMOUNT REQUESTED IS IN THE FIRST DRAFT.SENATE BILL.
[INDISCERNIBLE] TO SUPPORT THE FUNDING SESSION.
>> THE NEXT ONE IS THE MENINGITIS BOOSTER, THIS IS A BOOSTER, >>.
[INDISCERNIBLE] THIS IS THE SECOND SESSION WE ARE WORKING ON THIS ISSUE.
[INDISCERNIBLE] HAS ALLOWED THIS BILL AND THIS IS A BOOSTER, IT WOULD BE ADMINISTERED FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL.SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY OUT-OF-POCKET TO TRY TO ENROLL IN IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
[INDISCERNIBLE] NARRATIVE NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES BECAUSE THEY LACK THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO GET THE VACCINE THAT'S REQUIRED SO THIS IS A MENINGITIS BOOSTER.
WE WILL GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS A COUPLE OF IMPORTANT DATES TO KNOW.
WE ARE 90 DAYS AWAY FROM Â" SESSION.
THEY STILL HAVE TIME AS I MENTIONED, THEY STILL HAVE TIME TO FILE THE BILLS.
THE 31ST IS THE LAST DAY, WE WILL KEEP WORKING ON IT.
THE CHANCELLOR VOTED EARLIER AND SO DID DOCTOR.
[INDISCERNIBLE] IN A DIFFERENT SESSION THERE DOING THINGS DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND WE DO KNOW THAT FOR EXAMPLE, THE HOUSE TOMORROW, WE WON'T COME BACK UNTIL NEXT WEEK.
THE HOUSE WILL NOT MEET THIS WEEK.
THEY WILL NOT BE CONVENING SO WE ARE FINE WITH THAT TRYING TO MAKE SURE.
[INDISCERNIBLE] IN THE PROCESS.
WE ARE 90 DAYS AWAY ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY HAVE.
THIS IS A VERY BRIEF SORT OF ONE SLIGHT UPDATE.
THERE ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS AND SO MANY THINGS WE CAN TALK ABOUT BUT WHAT WAS REFERENCED EARLIER, WE WANT TO TOUCH ON A FEW THINGS.
THE NEXT MEETING OR TWO, WE WANT TO COME BACK AND PRESENT IN MORE DETAIL, A MORE THOROUGH UPDATE, THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON.
AND AS WE KNOW, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, AND NEW CABINET MEMBERS, SPECIFICALLY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT DOCTOR MCGILL CARDONA WHO WAS CONFIRMED YESTERDAY, THERE IS SOME INFORMATION THERE, HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CONFIRMED BUT IT'S OFFICIAL NOW.
THE SECRETARY OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
HE RECEIVED BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
THERE ARE THREE OTHER BIG LARGE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE HORIZON.
ONE OF THEM IS THE $1.9 TRILLION RELIEF PLAN.
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GOING THROUGH THE RECONCILIATION PROCESS, A QUICK WAY TO GET THAT DONE, THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS.[INDISCERNIBLE] START DISCUSSION MID MARCH MARCH 15 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND OTHER ISSUES AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO PASS THAT BEFORE THE DEADLINE ARRIVES.
AND THERE IS ALSO SOME OTHER BIG PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT ARE OUT THERE.
NEW DEAL FOR NEW AMERICANS, AND THE US CITIZENSHIP ACT, THEY ARE FOCUSING ON DREAMERS, I KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A LARGE NUMBER OF DREAMERS AT DALLAS COLLEGE AND NOT ONLY THAT ATTEND DALLAS COLLEGE, DALLAS COLLEGE OR Â" PARTNERS AS WELL.
[INDISCERNIBLE] WE WILL PROVIDE MORE UPDATES IN THE PROCESS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS? FOR THE UPDATE?
>> WILL WE BE GETTING PERIODIC UPDATES FOR THE LEGISLATURE THAT'S IN SESSION?
>> WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT.
I WILL BE HAPPY TO SEND THEM OUT TO YOU ALL AS WELL.
MAY BE MORE FOR THE CHANCELLOR BUT WHOEVER WANTS TO ANSWER, ISAAC MENTIONED THE STATE HAS ENDED THE MASK MANDATES, STATEWIDE.
AND THIS COMES CONTRARY TO THE ADVICE OF THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL CONTRARY TO THE ADVICE OF LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS AND IT COMES THE DAY AFTER 42.
[INDISCERNIBLE] DALLAS COUNTY FROM COVID-19 SO I'M WONDERING IF WE ARE BACK IN THE SITUATION THAT WE WERE BEFORE THE MASK MANDATES WENT INTO PLACE IN EARLY JULY IF WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE AS A COLLEGE TO.
[INDISCERNIBLE] REASONABLE IMPROVEMENT, COMMONSENSE MEASURES TO MITIGATE THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE AND PROTECT OUR EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS, JUMP IN WITH YOUR COMMENTS ON THAT.
IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE EARLY BUT >> I THINK WE OWE THAT TO OUR STUDENTS AND TO OUR EMPLOYEES, TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, TO COME UP WITH A COMPROMISE WITH WHAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN.
WE HAVE DONE REMARKABLY WELL AND IN TERMS OF OUR ABILITY TO MANAGE THAT AND I AM JUST STRUCK HAVING BEEN AT THE CAPITAL WHERE EVERY TIME I WENT IN AND OUT I HAD TO BE TESTED, SWABBED, AND THEY HAVE A MASK REQUIREMENT THERE AS WELL BUT HONESTLY, THIS CAME OUT SINCE WE HAVE BEEN IN THE MEETING.
ROB AND I HAVE BEEN CORRESPONDING BACK AND FORTH AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION RIGHT NOW TO GRASP THE SCOPE OF IT, THE RELEASE WAS NOT COMPREHENSIVE IN THAT AREA SO WE WILL HAVE TO DIG IN AND GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
>> YES I WOULD JUST ADD, THERE WERE ORDERS SO WE CAN REVIEW IT, I DON'T KNOW THE BREADTH OF IT OR WHAT FLEXIBILITY IS ALLOWED AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, COUNTIES AND CITIES AND OTHERS AND THE WORK INSTITUTIONS INDIVIDUALLY TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THE BEST DECISIONS AND BEST HEALTH PRACTICES FOR THEIR CONSTITUENTS BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.
>> IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, WHEN WE RETURN TO IN PERSON WORK AND CLASSES, AND IF THE VIRUS IS STILL RAGING QUITE A BIT, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO MAKE VACCINATIONS AVAILABLE AT THE CAMPUSES?
>> GREAT QUESTION TRUSTEE FLORIS, THAT HAS BEEN A WEEKLY CONVERSATION I PERSONALLY HAVE HAD AND I KNOW Â" HAS BEEN HAVING THAT WITH THE COUNTY I HAVE HAD THAT WITH JUDGE JENKINS AND OTHER HEALTH OFFICIALS AT THE PRESENT TIME, THAT IS NOT BEING CONTEMPLATED BY THE STATE AT THIS POINT TO OPEN THAT UP.
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THERE IS STILL FOLLOWING COVID-19 CARES GOING THROUGH.HOWEVER WE DO EXPECT THAT AT SOME POINT, THAT THERE WILL BE ENOUGH SATURATION OF THE VACCINE AND I THINK THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON ONE IS HUGE AND THE SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO PARTNER WITH MERCK.
WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE MANUFACTURER SEE THE VACCINE TO EXPEDITE GETTING IT OUT.
[INDISCERNIBLE] FOR TEMPERATURE AND STORAGE AND IT WILL REALLY HELP THAT SO I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT THAT DAY IS COMING.
WE ARE PREPARING FOR IT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
I HAVE ASKED DOCTOR DAVIS IF SHE WOULD COME UP AND WORK WITH MY TEAM AND WE ARE DETERMINING WHO HAS HAD IT, WHO MIGHT BE ELIGIBLE IN THE FUTURE SO WE CAN VERY RAPIDLY ROLL OUT, AND BE ABLE TO.
[INDISCERNIBLE] IN THE MEANTIME WE CONTINUE TO BE ASSIGNED Â" FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THAT REGARD BUT I AM HOPEFUL IT'S IN THE FUTURE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THIS AND HELP OUT NOT ONLY OUR EMPLOYEES BUT OUR STUDENTS AS WELL.
>> I KNOW THAT Â" WAS ABLE TO GET VACCINES FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES AND I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY DID IT BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THEIR EMPLOYEES TO DO THEIR OWN SIGN-UP?
I WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOME OTHER WAY OF TALKING TO DOCTOR Â" THEY WERE TRYING TO TRACK THAT AND I THINK THEY WERE FOR A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CLASSES HEALTHCARE EMPLOYEES AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THOSE GROUPS SO I AM NOT AWARE OF.
[INDISCERNIBLE] OR NOT BUT I KNOW THAT WE MODELED A LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE NONE WE HAVE WORKED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE IST BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO DO THINGS TO GET READY FOR THE LAST CONVERSATION THAT WAS LAST THURSDAY, THEY WERE LOOKING AT TRYING TO DETERMINE WHO HAD HAD IT AND WHO HADN'T HAD IT WITH THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES SO WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY CAME THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I AM NOT SURE IF WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION.
>> I THINK THEY PARTNERED UP WITH PARKLAND OR SOMEONE SO I HEARD JUST FROM PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SIGN UP AND.
[INDISCERNIBLE] THEIR OWN SIGN-UP.
AND YOU SAID A MINUTE AGO, YOU WANTED TO DO WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO, TO PROTECT OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR FACULTY AND OUR STUDENTS AND THAT HAS BEEN THE NORTHSTAR IN THE DISTRICTS NORTHSTAR SINCE THIS BEGAN A YEAR AGO.
PLEASE KEEP US POSTED ON YOUR EFFORTS AND ANYTHING THE BOARD CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT YOU IN THAT AND WE ENCOURAGE YOUR CONTINUED PROACTIVE APPROACH.
AND ALSO I WANT TO THANK JUSTIN AND ISAAC FOR THEIR ONGOING EFFORTS.
THERE IS GREAT VALUE IN THE CONTINUITY OF RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE NOT ONLY TO THE CHANCELLOR BUT THROUGH THOSE GUYS AND I HEAR BACK FROM LEGISLATORS HOW WELL REPRESENTED WE ARE WHAT A GOOD JOB YOU DO SO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, GENTLEMEN.
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO BOTH OF YOU.
AND WITH THAT WE CAN MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM WHICH IS ENROLLMENT UPDATE AND I
[4.B. Spring 2021 Enrollment Update Presenter: Beatriz Joseph]
UNDERSTAND DOCTOR BEATRIX IS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US BUT WE HAVE MARISSA PIERCE WITH US.>> ACTUALLY IT'S GOING TO BE JOE MAY.
SO PRETEND I AM A POOR SUBSTITUTE FOR DOCTOR JOSEPH THIS MORNING BUT HER SON IS HAVING A HEALTH ISSUE AND SHE IS IN CALIFORNIA WITH HIM.
WE WISH THEM BOTH THE BEST DURING THIS TIME AND BLESS HER HEART, SHE WAS TRYING EVERY WAY POSSIBLE TO BE A PART OF THIS TODAY AND IT JUST WASN'T WORKING OUT.
SO WE WILL DO THAT AND I AM SURE MARISSA AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF OTHER FOLKS ARE HERE TO PITCH IN BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO KIND OF A DISCUSSION ON THIS.
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WE GOT INTO THIS AND IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, IT WAS MARCH LAST YEAR THAT WE GOT TOGETHER AS A BOARD AND WE MADE THE DECISION TO GO REMOTE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MARCH 16 SO WE ARE ALMOST EXACTLY ONE YEAR INTO THIS AND WE THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE FOR A FEW WEEKS OR MAYBE A MONTH AND AS WE HAVE LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE SITUATION IT BECAME CLEAR IN MAY WE WERE THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY TO ANNOUNCE WE WOULD BE MOSTLY REMOTE AND WE DID THAT WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE ON ENROLLMENT.WE HAD SURVEYS FROM STUDENTS, WE HAD OTHER INFORMATION.
WE DIDN'T KNOW THE IMPACT OF ALL THE JOB Â" I WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.
THIS WAS PRIOR TO THE JULY SPIKE AND IN SOME CASES WE THOUGHT MAYBE THIS WOULD BE LIKE AN ECONOMIC RECESSION WHERE YOU WOULD SEE THE RESURGENCE SPIKE BASICALLY BECAME CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT LIKE A RECESSION EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF IT.
THE IMPACT ON STUDENTS OR EMPLOYERS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS MORE LIKE A NATURAL DISASTER AS THEY CAME INTO THE AREA AND THEIR REACTIONS ARE THE SAME WAY ON THAT I AM HEARING A LITTLE FEEDBACK.
ARE YOU HEARING THAT? IS IT ME? I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT IS.
LET'S GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE IN JUST, IT WAS CLEAR THAT SOME NAMES WE HAD BEEN INVESTING IN SEVERAL YEARS REALLY PAID OFF DURING THE PANDEMIC AND OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH PROMISE PROGRAM AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH COMMIT, PARTNERSHIP ON THAT AND A NUMBER OF UNIVERSITIES TO MANAGE THE PROMISE, TO HELP INDIVIDUALS TRANSITION OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL INTO COLLEGE.
THE INVESTMENTS IN PTECH AND EARLY HIGH SCHOOL EXPANSIONS DUAL CREDIT HAS PAID OFF AS WELL AND STUDENTS CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FROM THAT.
I THINK SOME OF THOSE Â" HAVE HAD CHALLENGES ONLINE BUT BASICALLY THEY HAVE RESPONDED AND JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE WE LEAD THE NATION WITH 35 PTECH HIGH SCHOOLS WE ONE OF THE TOP IN TERMS OF EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL ON Â" AND THE TERMS OF DUAL CREDITS ASSESS NOT BEEN AN INVESTMENT AND DESPITE THE DISRUPTION I'M SURE IT COSTS US WE CAME OUT IN GREAT SHAPE AND NEXT SLIDE.
>> I WANT TO START WITH THIS, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED THIS SPRING IT'S INTERESTING WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DATA YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE DOWN OVERALL IN ENROLLMENT.
THIS IS A UNDUPLICATED HEADCOUNT IF YOU ARE SEEING IT YOU ARE SAYING THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE SAW PREVIOUSLY UNDER THE CONSOLIDATION FOR YOUR INFORMATION ALL SEVEN COLLEGES REPORTED SEVEN Â" SEPARATELY SOME OF THE EFFORTS WERE DUPLICATED SO IF A STUDENT WENT TO EAST Â" CENTRAL THEY GOT COUNTED TWICE BY THE COORDINATING BOARD AND FOR OUR NUMBERS THESE ARE UNDUPLICATED AND IF YOU LOOK DOWN THE LIST YOU WILL SEE EARLY HIGH SCHOOLS AND PTECH HIGH SCHOOLS AND DALLAS COUNTY PROMISED WITH FIRST TIME ENROLLMENT STUDENTS WERE UP 14 PERCENT ARE RETURNING STUDENTS, THESE ARE ADULTS, THE AVERAGE AGE TENDS TO BE ABOVE 27 AND THESE ARE WORKING ADULTS.
AND THEY ARE DOWN 21 PERCENT AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT HAS AFFECTED ALL OF US IN HIGHER EDUCATION, STUDENTS TRANSFERRING FROM OTHER INSTITUTIONS JUST FELL OFF
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THE CLIFF.NORMALLY THIS HAS BEEN TRUE FOR ALL OF THE UNIVERSITIES THEY HAVE ALSO SEEN A DECLINE WITH STUDENTS TRANSFERRING INTO THE INSTITUTION SO I'M GOING TO GO INTO EACH OF THESE IN A LITTLE DETAIL HERE AS WE KIND OF GET INTO THE IMPLICATIONS BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE OVERALL SNAPSHOT AND SOME CONCERNS AND FRANKLY I JUST HAVE TO SHRUG MY SHOULDERS AS I LOOK AT TRANSFER IN.
WE DON'T KNOW WHO THOSE FOLKS ARE, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE COMING THEY TEND TO COME FROM UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND ARLINGTON WE GET A LOT FROM A&M AND OTHER UNIVERSITIES WHEN STUDENTS GO THERE FOR A FALL SEMESTER, FOR WHATEVER REASON AND COME BACK HOME, WE ACTUALLY THOUGHT WE MIGHT SEE MORE OF THOSE WITH COVID-19 WAS FOLKS CHOOSING TO STAY HOME AND GO TO SCHOOL AND WE KNOW WAS SOME OF THAT, CLEARLY THE TRANSFER IN DID NOT EXIST.
>> JOE QUICK QUESTION BEFORE YOU GO ON SO WHAT I UNDERSTOOD YOU TO SAY ON THE PRIOR SLIDE ESPECIALLY THE ROUGHLY $9000 DRAW UPON RETURNING STUDENTS NONE OF THAT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE ELIMINATION OF DOUBLE COUNTY.
WE HAVE TAKEN THAT INTO AN ACCOUNT SO WE ARE COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES BUT IF YOU WONDER WHY WE ARE SHOWING 82,000 LIKE WE WERE LAST SPRING, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE EQUALIZE THOSE NUMBERS SO WE ARE COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES.
HERE IS SOME OF THE DATA AS IT RELATES TO PTECH EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL DUAL CREDIT.
YOU CAN SEE THE ORANGE LINE THERE HAS BEEN A STEADY GROWTH FOR US IT CONTINUES TO GROW WE HAVE ALMOST DOUBLED IN ENROLLMENT AND THAT POPULATION WAS COMING IN AT FOUR PERCENT THIS YEAR OVER LAST SPRING AND THAT TREND CONTINUES.
THE BLUE LINE IS OUR PROMISE PROGRAM AND STUDENTS THESE ARE ANOTHER FORM OF FIRST TIME IN COLLEGE SO WHILE YOU SEE THE SLOPE COMING DOWN I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THOSE IN MANY WAYS ARE ADDED TOGETHER SO WHAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY DONE IS DRAMATICALLY INCREASED FIRST TIME COLLEGE STUDENTS SO 2017 WE HAD ABOUT 3300 IN THE SPRING OF THIS YEAR YOU ADD TOGETHER THE 6700 AND 2500 AND YOU SEE WE HAVE OVER 9000 SO LET'S SUBMIT ANOTHER GROWTH MARKET DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORK WE HAVE JOB WITH THE DALLAS COUNTY PROMISED INCREASING THOSE POPULATIONS AND WE STAY RELATIVELY FLAT EVEN, WE HAVE NOT ROBBED FROM OURSELVES THE FIRST TIME COLLEGE STUDENT BUT WE HAVE SEEN SOME DECLINE ON THAT SO THAT IS A LITTLE BIT THAT WE HAVE TAKEN AWAY WHAT WE HAVE JOHN IN BOTH OF THESE MARKETS IS CREATED COLLEGE STUDENTS WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO COLLEGE PREVIOUSLY AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD OF THIS ONE THE PTECH IN EARLY HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGES THIS YEAR WE GRADUATED 2000, AWARDED 2066 ASSOCIATE DEGREES AND CERTIFICATIONS TO HIGH SCHOOL DEGREES THE SAME TIME THEY GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
ONLY 23 WOULD HAVE BEEN PREDICTED 23 VERSUS 2066 BASED ON THEIR PREVIOUS NUMBERS AND DEMOGRAPHICS IMPACT OF THESE NOT ONLY ON ENROLLMENT BUT ON COMPLETION, IT'S HUGE.
>> CHANCELLOR WHAT YOU MEAN ONLY 23 WOULD HAVE BEEN PREDICTED? ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED? AT RISK OF CERTAIN CATEGORIES? STREAM IF THOSE HIGH SCHOOLS GENERALLY ONLY PRODUCE NINE PERCENT OF GRADUATES EVER GOING ON YET THEY POST SECONDARY CREDENTIALING WE LOOK AT THOSE POPULATIONS IF THEY HAD ONLY PRODUCE NINE PERCENT ONLY 23 STUDENTS WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A DEGREE.
AND SO OUR INTERVENTION WITH THESE 2066 RECEIVED A DEGREE.
SO WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO NEVER WOULD HAVE EARNED ONE WITHOUT OUR WORK TO MAKE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ACROSS ALL OF THE.
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[INDISCERNIBLE] ONLY 23 WOULD HAVE COME OUT?OF THAT 2066, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT WE WOULD HAVE REJECTED ONLY NINE PERCENT WOULD HAVE EVER EARNED A DEGREE.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 23 STUDENTS.
I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS BUT I WANTED TO PUT THIS SLIDE UP JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT WE LOOK AT OUR PROMISE OF WORKING ON THIS STUFF I DON'T HAVE IT ALL BUT IT'S PRETTY SIMILAR FOR PTECH IN EARLY COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL WE ADMIT STUDENTS INTO THOSE PROGRAMS BASED ON DEMOGRAPHIC MIX AS PART OF THE PROCESS WE WANT THE STUDENT BODY TO REFLECT IF THESE STUDENTS ARE REFLECTING THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE SCHOOL AND THIS IS THE PROMISE PROGRAM FOR WHICH WE DON'T HAVE THAT CONTROL AND I AM REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT OVERALL, WE DO SEE THAT PROMISE STUDENTS MIRROR VERY CLOSELY THE DEMOGRAPHICS IN THE SCHOOLS FOR WHICH THEY COME.
IF WE THINK WE ARE CHERRY PICKING, WE ARE NOT.
IT REALLY IS PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL AND AS YOU CAN SEE THE HIGH SCHOOL POPULATION THE PROMISE ENROLLMENT IN DALLAS COLLEGE KEEP IN MIND WE ARE NOT THE ONLY COLLEGES THAT PROMISE STUDENTS IN WHICH THEY ENROLL.
THEY ENROLL WITH TEXAS A&M COMMERCE, THEY ENROLL AT UT ARLINGTON JUST GOT INVOLVED SO THOSE ARE THE INSTITUTION SO BUT WE CAN'T PERFECTLY SAY WE ARE PULLING OUT OF THOSE SCHOOLS EXACTLY WITH THOSE WHO COME TO DALLAS COLLEGE TO REFLECT THE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT WE SERVE.
REMIND ME, YOU GUYS HAVE SHARED WITH US HOW IMPORTANT THE VARIOUS TYPES OF CERTIFICATION AMAZON, CISCO, THAT TYPE OF THING AND THOSE ARE NOT NECESSARILY DEGREE PURSUING STUDENTS WITH DEGREES OR TRANSFER STUDENTS ARE THOSE CERTIFICATION STUDENT ENROLLEES COUNTED IN OUR DISTRICT WIDE ENROLLMENT FIGURES AND ARE WE, DO THEY CONTACT FUNDING FROM THE STATE?
AT THAT HAS IMPACTED SOME OF THE ADULT ENROLLMENT AS WE HAVE SHIFTED OVER, TOUCH ON THAT A BIT BECAUSE WE HAVE INVESTED HEAVILY IN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS NOT RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE WE HAVE INVESTED HEAVILY IN VARIOUS CERTIFICATIONS THAT LEAD TO JOBS AGAIN NOT RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE AND NOT SUPPORTED BY FINANCIAL AID.
SO THOSE TEND TO BE OFFERED MANY TIMES FOR NONCREDIT AND CERTAINLY THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE WITH A LOT OF THE WORK WE HAVE DONE IN THE PANDEMIC SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A WAY OF ONLY GETTING AT THOSE NUMBERS PART OF OUR NEW ERP WILL ALLOW US TO TRACK IT AND COLLEAGUES DOES NOT ALLOW US TO DO THAT AT SOME POINT WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET A HANDLE ON THAT.
WE KNOW WE HAVE BEEN FUNDED FOR 16 MILLION AND THE PARTNERSHIP GRANTS WE FOUND ANOTHER 10 MILLION AND WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE TEXAS WORKFORCE ON A NUMBER OF CERTIFICATIONS MOST OF THOSE AREN'T COUNTED AS CREDIT AND DON'T END UP COUNTING IN OUR DATA.
I HAVE HAD MANY MEETINGS WITH COMMISSIONER KELLER.
I MET WITH HIM AN HOUR AND AND A HALF LAST WEEK AND DISCUSS THIS ISSUE AND HE HAS INVESTED ABOUT 4 MILLION ALREADY AND HE INDICATED TO ME HE'S GOING TO DO ANOTHER 15 MILLION AND I COMMEND HIM FOR THAT.
ALONG WITH THE COMMENT ABOUT NOT LEAVING IN THE ARSENAL OF COMMUNITY VALUE AND REPUTATION VALUE ON THE TABLE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US TO TRACK THAT HAVE I WOULD SUSPECT THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING UP AND WE OUGHT TO CLAIM THEM AND SHOW THEM TO THE STATE AND SAY THIS IS WHAT THE WORKFORCE TRAINING WORLD OF THE FUTURE LOOKS
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LIKE AND YOU NEED TO ALIGN YOUR FUNDING MECHANISMS BEHIND THESE TRANSFERS DRIVEN BY THE EMPLOYER SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE NUMBERS IN THE FUTURE WE WILL GET OUR HANDS AROUND THEM IT'S A GREAT STORY IT'S A GREAT PART OF WHAT WE ARE DOING.ASSUMING THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE DOING OURSELVES I THINK WITH THE RESTRUCTURING AT DALLAS COLLEGE ALLOWS US TO BRING THIS TOGETHER IN A DIFFERENT WAY WE CAN CREATE A SIMILAR TRACKING SYSTEM AND SO WE WILL HAVE THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE THAT BY SUMMER BUT WE WILL BE PUTTING IN PLACE THE PROCESS TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND MONTHS.
>> CAN WE USE UPSCALE MONEY TO FUND THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS? IF WE WANT TO?
>> I'M JUST TRYING TO IMAGINE THAT ABOUT WHAT'S POSSIBLE IN THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON OUR COMMUNITY AND WORKFORCE.
>> GREAT QUESTION AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS IMPORTANT AND THIS IS WHY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT AND I WANT TO SHARE WITH WHAT WE ARE THINKING THERE AND AGAIN I JUST WANT TO REALLY SHARE WITH YOU AGAIN THE OVERALL DEMOGRAPHICS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH PTECH IN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLS AND DUAL CREDIT.
ONCE AGAIN, YOU SEE THAT FEMALES CONSISTENTLY OUTNUMBER MALES EVEN IN THIS POPULATION AS WE GET OLDER THAT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT MORE PRONOUNCED IN TERMS OF OUR STUDENTS SO I WAS SPEAKING EARLIER TO A GROUP TODAY AND I STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF HELPING US REACH THE MALE STUDENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND HAVE THEM CONSIDER COLLEGE.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY MUCH ON OUR MIND AND WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THIS.
AND VERY QUICKLY I WANT TO HIGH LEVEL HERE THAT WE HAVE DONE A LOT TO REALLY IMPACT AND I THINK IT'S COMING TOGETHER WE HAVE PARTNERED AS I MENTIONED WITH PROMISE AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WE JUST PARTNERED WITH BIG THOUGHTS ARE ROUNDED INITIATIVE WITH MINORITY MEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHERS WE ARE DOING THAT THIS ONE IS EXPANDING INTO THE COMMUNITY AND CREATING A GREATER COMMUNITY SUPPORT OF HOW WE CAN ENCOURAGE Â" WE HAVE EXPANDED SIGNIFICANTLY OUR SESSIONS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH THAT'S OUTSIDE THE PROMISE AND THEIR WE KNOW FOR THIS POPULATION THAT WE JUST NEED TO BE AVAILABLE WE HAVE REALLY OPEN OURSELVES UP BUT WE ARE COMING BACK FACE-TO-FACE AND SOME HARD TO SERVE POPULATIONS WE ALSO CREATED VIRTUAL JOB FAIRS AND.
[INDISCERNIBLE] WE HAVE HELPED THEM GET ALL THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT BECAUSE HEALTHCARE HAS BEEN A REAL BARRIER GOING FORWARD DURING THIS TIME AND WE HAVE REALLY PARTNERED AROUND THE BASIC NEEDS AND HELPING MY PARTNER WITH THE UNITED WAY TO HELP STUDENTS GET ASSISTANCE AND WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR FOLKS WHO HAVE IT.
WE HAVE REALLY REORGANIZED TO GET MORE SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS OVERALL WE ARE DOING THIS REMOTELY WE HAD 10 COLLEGE COACHES AS WE LOOK AT THIS WE NOW HAVE 60 THAT ARE AVAILABLE WE HAVE SHIFTED OUR INVESTMENT FROM JUST A HANDFUL WE ARE NOW 244 WORKING AND BY THE WAY THESE ARE AREAS THAT WE WILL BE HIRING, THIS IS STILL NOT ENOUGH TO TAKE CARE OF 80,000 STUDENTS WERE WE WILL BE BACK IN THE FALL AND
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INTERESTINGLY WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THE NEED FOR PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS THAT CAN HELP WITH HEALTH ISSUES AND GETTING ALL NEEDS OF STUDENTS AROUND WELL-BEING AND JUSTICE NOT ENOUGH TO FOCUS ON ONE OR TWO AREAS THESE STUDENTS NEED HELP WITH HOUSING SOME NEED HELP WITH Â" SERVICES SOME NEED TO FIND SHELTER BECAUSE THEY ARE IN A ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP.THERE'S A LOT OF NEEDS AND WE ARE DRIVING THIS ON THIS HAS BEEN A BIG HELP AT THIS TIME.
THE OTHER FACT THAT WE THINK HAS BEEN HELPFUL IS CREATING A MORE CONSISTENT OFFERING WE TALKED ABOUT CONTINUING EDUCATION AND WE PASS THIS SEPARATELY FROM OUR ACADEMIC UNDER THE NEW SCHOOLS WHO BROUGHT THOSE TOGETHER SO IT'S A.
[INDISCERNIBLE] FEEDER INTO THE PROGRAM WE ARE AT THE EARLY STAGES OF THAT BUT THAT IS ALREADY PAYING OFF AND REALLY HELPING STUDENTS TRANSITION FROM NONCREDIT TO CREDIT COURSES THIS IS BEEN A BIG PUSH OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE YOU KNOW THAT IS NOT A ONE AND DONE THAT IS REALLY A RAMP AS WE GO FORWARD AND THAT SEEMS TO BE HELPING.
WE CONTINUE TO ALIGN WITH FORCED DEMANDS DURING THE PANDEMIC AND AS YOU MENTIONED THE CERTIFICATE GETTING MORE PEOPLE WITH THE RIGHT DEGREES WE HAVE REALLY BEEN WORKING AND I HAVE TO COMMEND SHAWNA FLOYD ON THE ALIGNMENT OF PROGRAMS SO
THAT WE ARE BETTER ABLE TO GET STUDENTS THE COURSES THAT THEY NEED BUT >> YES.
WAS IT ONE OR TWO YEARS AGO OR MORE, THAT THEY STARTED OFFERING A MAJORITY OF COURSES IN EIGHT WEEKS VERSUS 16 IF WE COULD HAVE A REPORT ON THAT AND WE COULD CONSIDER EXPANDING THAT INTO OTHER AREAS OTHER THAN NOT EASTFIELD COLLEGE BUT WHAT THEY OFFER, ARE WE PLANNING ON EXPANDING THE COURSE OFFERINGS? GREAT QUESTION.
CAN I TAKE THAT UP IN A FEW Â" IF YOU DON'T MIND BECAUSE THIS TIES TO THE QUESTION, LET ME JUST TACKLE IT.
IF YOU NEED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION, FOR THE EDUCATION WORKFORCE
COMMITTEE TO GET MORE DATA, THAT'S FINE AND >> WE THINK THAT'S A FACTOR WE KNOW THAT OLDER ADULTS TEND TO LIKE THE SHORT-TERM CLASSES AND WE ARE NOW COLLECTING DATA FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY MANY INSTITUTIONS AND 4 WEEK COURSES DURING THE PANDEMIC AND THEY ARE SHOWING FRANKLY A BIGGER ENROLLMENT IN THOSE COURSES.
OUR SECOND EIGHT WEEK TERM IS UP 13 PERCENT RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF ENROLLMENT THAT'S TELLING ME THAT THIS POPULATION IS REALLY LOOKING FOR SHORTER-TERM CLASSES AND WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL IT'S NOT A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL AND SO AS WE LOOK AT THIS IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THE ADULT POPULATION IS LOOKING FOR AND I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL WITH SOME OF THAT POPULATION.
JUST REAL QUICK I WANT TO HIT A COUPLE OF THINGS AND I WANT TO JUMP INTO IT.
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF THINGS Â" DID NOT COME BACK THEY TEND TO BE OVER 25 THE AVERAGE AGE Â" THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED THE GREATEST UNCERTAINTY AND I WANT TO GET AT A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE ALMOST ALL OF THESE STUDENTS ARE WORKING FULL TIME AND HAVE FAMILY RESPONSIBILITY WE DISCOVERED MANY OF THEM WERE THE PRIMARY CAREGIVER AND THE.
[INDISCERNIBLE] SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN AND THAT'S A FACTOR WITH OUR STUDENTS NOT WANTING TO GO BACK TO CLASS WHILE THEY WERE TRYING TO HELP THEIR SCHOOL AGE
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CHILDREN AT THIS TIME AND THAT SOMETHING WE STILL DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR.THE OTHER THING, THE STUDENTS IT DIDN'T COME BACK TENDED TO LIVE IN ZIP CODES WHERE THERE WAS LIMITED ACCESS TO THE INTERNET IN TERMS OF BANDWIDTH AND THAT HAS BEEN A REAL ISSUE AMONG THE POPULATION AND THEY, MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT OF OUR ADULT POPULATION MEANING THAT OFTEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE BUT WERE COMING IN AS ADULTS AND COLLEGE CREDIT.
I JUST SAW THIS SLIDE LAST WEEK AND I JUST FOUND IT EYE-OPENING AND REVEALING AS TO WHAT OCCURRED DURING THE PANDEMIC THIS PARTICULAR DATA IS PRODUCED OUT OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY BY Â" ROSS AS SOME OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK BUT HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE PANDEMIC.
IF YOU WERE A HIGH WAGE INDIVIDUAL EARNING MORE THAN 60,000 A YEAR YOUR EMPLOYMENT ACTUALLY INCREASED DURING THE PANDEMIC.
IT WENT OUT 2.2 PERCENT IF YOU ARE A MIDDLE INCOME WORKER, DROPPED 7.3 PERCENT AND IF YOU WERE A LOW-WAGE WORKER, YOU DROPPED 17.7 PERCENT.
AND LOW-WAGE BASICALLY CONCENTRATED IN RETAIL AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IN THAT SECTOR WERE THE AVERAGE WAGE WAS 22,000 OR LESS.
AND WE FOUND LOCALLY THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT LOWER AND WHAT IS FASCINATING WHY IS DALLAS LAGGING WITH HOUSTON AND RETURNING TO WORK? AND THERE'S AN ANSWER FOR AND THAT THE HIGHER INCOME CONCENTRATED AREAS NOT ONLY DID THEY GO UP IN EMPLOYMENT BUT THEY ARE WORKING FROM HOME AND THEY QUIT GOING TO Â" AND OTHER VENUES WHICH DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT OF THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY IN NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HERE.
THIS APPEARS TO BE THE CASE IN DALLAS BASED ON EVERYTHING WE CAN PULL TOGETHER WE SEEM TO BE ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK, WE PRETTY MUCH SEEM TO BE IN A NATIONAL PATTERN AND WHEN WE SHOW TEXAS RETURNING AND DALLAS SEEMS TO RETURNING THIS IS TIED TO THESE DEMOGRAPHICS.
SO AS WE LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED AGAIN IN OUR AREA, WE SEE VERY SIMILAR RESULTS WHEN WE LOOK AT THE COVID ZIP CODES IN IMPACT ON THE WALLET, THEY TIED VERY CLOSELY TO THOSE NUMBERS I WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE THIS MORNING FROM ZIP CODE 71257 AND THE CONCERN THEY ARE HAVING RELATED TO K-12 EDUCATION AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
[INDISCERNIBLE] THESE NUMBERS AS WE LOOK AT THE DOWNTURN ARE NOT EVENLY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
IN FACT IF YOU ARE FROM A HIGHER WAGE OR ZIP CODE, YOU ARE SHOWING HARDLY ANY IMPACT.
WE ARE NOT SEEING ANY IMPACT FROM THAT POPULATION.
IF YOU ARE FROM A LOWER WAGE ZIP CODE OBVIOUSLY WE ARE SAYING THAT.
SO WE LOOK OF THIS AVERAGE AGE OF 27 OF THE RETURNING NOTICE WE DO SEE THAT IT IS IMPACTING THE DEMOGRAPHICS DIFFERENTLY WITH THIS.
AGAIN, Â" HAS BEEN THE LEAST IMPACTED OVERALL HISPANIC TO A GREATER
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PERCENT AS WELL AS THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION BUT LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT AT THE MALE AND FEMALE SHIFT WE HAVE SEEN HERE AND IT'S DISPROPORTIONATE IN THE MALE POPULATION AND THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS Â" THE MALE LOSS OR MINORITY AND AS WE ARE LOOKING AT IT WE KIND OF LUMP IN THE TRANSFER IN BUT WE DON'T KNOW AS MUCH ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR POPULATION.THIS IS THE TRANSFER AND YOU SEE THE DEMOGRAPHICS HERE AND AGAIN WE DON'T REALLY KNOW A WHOLE LOT OF WHY PEOPLE AT 4 YEAR INSTITUTIONS TRANSFER BACK TO US BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT IT TRENDS HEAVY FOR THE WHITE POPULATION TRANSFERRING BACK IN.
CERTAINLY THAT POPULATION WAS HIT WE SEE THAT PRETTY MUCH ACROSS THE BOARD AND
AGAIN THE SAME PATTERN HERE WITH MALE AND FEMALE AND ALL OF THIS IS CASH >> YOU HAVE ANY PLANS TO SURVEY THESE PEOPLE?
>> WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE BECAUSE THEY DON'T TIP US IN ADVANCE IF THEY ARE PLANNING A TRANSFER BACK SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE NOT RECRUITED INDIVIDUALS THEY TEND NOT TO BE IN OUR DATABASE THEY TEND TO BE INDIVIDUALS FOR WHATEVER REASON THEIR EXPERIENCE AT THE FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION WASN'T WHAT THEY HAD HOPED AND THEN THEY TRANSFER BACK INTO US.
>> IF THEY WEREN'T IN YOUR DATABASE PREVIOUSLY AND THEY ARE NOW.
>> WE DETERMINED THAT WE KNOW THE ONES WHO TRANSFER IN.
WE DON'T KNOW THE ONES WHO DIDN'T AND WHAT CAUSED THAT TO OCCUR.
>> MAY BE ON THE SURVEY THEY COULD PUT THE TERMS OF THE TRANSFER AND WHY THEY TRANSFERRED.
>> WE COULD CAPITALIZE ON THAT AND ATTRACT MORE IN AND PROVIDE WHAT THEY NEED.
THIS IS WHAT WE WILL BE DOING SOME MORE DEEP DIVES ON THIS IS ALWAYS QUITE HONESTLY, HISTORICALLY, TRANSFER OUT IS EQUAL TO TRANSFER IN FOR US SO WE TRANSFER, WE ALWAYS KNOW THERE'S A POPULATION THAT DECIDES TO GO TO A 4 YEAR INSTITUTION AND FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON THEY TRANSFER TO US.
MAYBE IT WAS HARDER THAN THEY THOUGHT.
MAYBE THEY DIDN'T LIKE BEING AWAY FROM HOME SO WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN LEARN.
WE HAVE SURVEYED OUR STUDENTS DURING THE PROCESS AND WE SURVEYED STUDENTS WHO DIDN'T COME BACK TO US AS WELL.
THIS IS ONE WHERE WE PARTNERED AND CERTAINLY COVID HAS HAD ITS DISTRESS, NO SURPRISE WE HAVE SEEN OLDER STUDENTS HAVE INCREASED OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND 68 PERCENT REPORT THAT FAMILY FINANCES ARE WORSE DURING THIS TIME AND WE SEE HOUSING AND SECURITY ON THE RISE Â" HOUSING INSECURITY ON THE RISE WE EXPECT THIS TIME BE Â" TO BE DUE TO A FINANCIAL SITUATION.
WE KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE IN CAMPUSES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FOOD BANK THAT FOOD INSECURITY IS ON THE RISE.
WE CONTINUE TO SEE ABOUT FROM OUR STUDENTS, THE SAME PERCENTAGE WHICH IS 12 PERCENT AND THIS WAS TRUE BASICALLY BEFORE THE PANDEMIC BUT MORE PRONOUNCED NOW THAT WE ARE IN IT.
HERE IS THE DATA THAT I MENTIONED.
DURING THE PANDEMIC WE HAVE GIVEN OUT 2 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD.
WE HAVE GIVEN OUT GROCERY CARDS TO 810 STUDENTS AS PIPER MENTIONED EARLIER 12
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MILLION IN EMERGENCY AID WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR HOURS WE HAVE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR SNAP AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP STUDENTS OUT WE OPENED UP THE PHONE LINES AND WE MADE A REAL SPECIAL EFFORT DURING THE WINTER STORM TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO STUDENTS BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THEIR POWER WAS DOWN IN MANY CASES AND OTHER ISSUES AND WE WANTED TO BE AVAILABLE AND WE GOT TREMENDOUS RESPONSE FROM THAT AS WELL AS I MENTIONED EARLIER WE DISTRIBUTED OVER 1000 DEVICES AND MANY PERSONAL COMPUTERS TABLETS, ALMOST A THOUSAND HOTSPOTS ALSO JUST TO COMMEND JOHN AND HIS TEAM, WE CHANGED OUR PAYMENT PLANS TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO PAY ON THEIR TERMS WE USED TO BE FAIRLY RIGID WITH THAT AND WE HAVE OPEN THAT UP TRYING TO HELP STUDENTS DURING THIS TIME.I THINK THE BIG PUSH THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT WITH ADULTS, THE SURVEYS INDICATE OVERWHELMINGLY THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A JOB AND THEY WANT THE QUICKEST PATH TO THAT JOB I JUST RECEIVED 10 MILLION IN GRANTS TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT ALONG WITH TO SUPPORT THE EMERGENCY AID, TO HELP BARGAIN BUT REALLY FOCUSING ON THE DISLOCATED WORKERS AND UNDEREMPLOYED MALE AND MINORITY POPULATIONS ARE A BIG TARGET OF OURS.
WE ARE LOOKING AT EXPANDING THE SUPPORT FOR TUITION WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND WORKING WITH THIRD-PARTY ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY HELP SUPPORT THE NEEDS THAT ARE THERE.
WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR CREDENTIALS LIKE THE IT HELP DESK CREDENTIAL OR THE CLOUD COMPUTING DEGREE AS WELL AS OUR PARTNERS DURING THIS TIME.
ONE AREA THAT HAS STRUGGLED TO FIND PEOPLE AS A MANUFACTURING SECTOR AS PEOPLE STAYED HOME.
THEY NEEDED TO EXPAND SO WE PARTNERED WITH THEM AS WELL DURING THIS TIME AND YOU SEE A GROUP AT THE BOTTOM WITH PEPSI, FRITO-LAY, LOCKHEED MARTIN, WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE LEVEL I AND LEVEL II Â" WORKING WITH THE 4.0 NATIONAL CERTIFICATION FOR ROBOTICS AND ADVANCED AUTOMATION.
THIS LIST IS ACTUALLY QUITE EXTENSIVE WITH WHO WE ARE PARTNERING WITH US WE ARE SEEING GROWTH IN THESE AREAS SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE ARE DOING.
DO WE HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE? THAT'S IT.
SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN ENROLLMENT PICTURE OVERALL, HOPEFULLY GIVE YOU SOME INSIGHT AND I APOLOGIZE TO OUR TEAM MEMBERS THAT ARE OUT THERE I KNOW I DIDN'T DO JUSTICE FOR SOME OF THE HARD WORK YOU HAVE DONE.
OUTREACH, THE CALLS, BEING AVAILABLE AND MANY TIMES GOING OUT TO YOUR CAR TO CHARGE HER PHONE MANY OF YOU BATTLING WATER ISSUES AT THE SAME TIME YOU WERE HELPING STUDENTS AND MAKING ALL OF THIS WORK DURING THIS TIME, WE HAVE HAD SUCCESSES, WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO MORE WITH THE ADULT POPULATION.
WE THINK SHORTER-TERM CLASSES ARE GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE EIGHT WEEKS SEEMS TO WORK BUT ALSO CREDIT FOR PRIOR LEARNING SO WE CAN GET MORE IN SO THEY HAVE MORE CREDIT SO THERE IS MORE RISK WHEN THEY DON'T COME BACK WE THINK THAT WILL HELP WITH THAT AND THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT HERE AND WE ARE CERTAINLY LEARNING A LOT WITH THIS POPULATION OF IT AS WE POINTED OUT FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T TRANSFER IN WE ALMOST KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THAT POPULATION BUT WE WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE
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FIGURE OUT WHO THEY ARE WHEN THEY ARE VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN TO US.>> >> I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
>> HOME THESE DEMOGRAPHICS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FLOWCHARTS, EACH ONE INCREASED EXCEPT AFRICAN-AMERICANS DECREASED BY FOUR PERCENTAGE POINTS IS THAT BECAUSE.
[INDISCERNIBLE] WHAT ATTRIBUTES TO THAT?
>> WE CAN GET THE DATA FROM THE OTHER INSTITUTIONS THAT MAY WELL BE THE CASE.
AND WE WILL DO A LITTLE DEEP DIVE.
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE DALLAS COLLEGE NUMBERS.
THESE STUDENTS DON'T JUST GO TO DALLAS COLLEGE.
SO WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE.
CERTAINLY WE WANT TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL POPULATIONS.
>> I WAS WONDERING IF HE HAD ANY STRATEGIES FOR TRYING TO INCREASE THAT NUMBER.
RATHER THAN CONTINUING TO LOOK AT IT DEEPER AND PAGE 7.
I NOTICED FROM 2020 THROUGH 2021, WAIT A MINUTE.
I WAS LOOKING AT THESE COLORS AGAIN.
BUT IT WAS LIKE 600 HISPANIC AND THE OTHER NUMBERS WERE LOWER.
>> I THINK THAT'S RIGHT AND WE DON'T NORMALLY PUT THE NUMBERS UP SO I WILL PUT A LIGHT ON THEM SO WHAT WE WILL HAVE TO DIG INTO, BUT THIS GIVES YOU A PRE-COMMITMENT AND A PICTURE OF THAT.
>> AND I WAS WONDERING WHAT IT Â" WHAT ACCOUNTED FOR THE LARGER NUMBER WHEN YOU GET TO THAT ETHNICITY COMPARED TO THE OTHER ETHNICITIES? TO MICACEOUS THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS.
IN THE HIGH SCHOOL >> THIS IS JUST THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT OFFER EARLY COLLEGE, CORRECT?
>> OUR FOCUS WAS ECONOMICALLY IMPACTED HIGH SCHOOLS FIRST.
WE EXPANDED THAT OUT TO THAT AND THAT'S STARTING TO CHANGE AS WE ADD MORE SCHOOLS.
SO WE WERE SEEING A SHIFT A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF IT BUT EARLY ON IT WAS ACTUALLY, FOR ABOUT 70 PERCENT LATINO, THEY ARE NOW TRENDING.
[INDISCERNIBLE] >> AND THERE HAS BEEN NO.
[INDISCERNIBLE] WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS?
>> WE WERE RIGHT NOW, I PULLED THE DATA ON THE TOP FIVE CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT WE WORK WITH AND THERE'S GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL CHARTER SCHOOLS ADDED MAINLY, THE SAME CATEGORY.
I DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE DATA ON THOSE BUT THEY ARE IN THIS.
THERE ARE NO PTECH EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER SCHOOLS BUT THERE ARE DUAL CREDIT CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THIS POPULATION.
PTECH, THOSE ARE COURSES, NOT SCHOOLS.
ASSUMING THEY ARE DESIGNED AROUND A SCHOOL.
SO A PTECH HIGH SCHOOL MAY HAVE A Â" CURRICULUM WHERE A STUDENT CAN EARN AN
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ASSOCIATE DEGREE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.SO THAT COMPLETE DEGREE IS OFFERED WITHIN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT ASSESSMENT AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT WHAT WE CAN DO AND HOW WE CAN EXPAND THE PROGRAM AND COOPERATION?
I DECIDED I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU THE TREATMENTS.
I WAS GOING TO EXTEND THAT MENU UNTIL I GOT A RESPONSE.
>> WE DO WORK IN CHARTER SCHOOLS WE CONTINUE CHAD THOSE.
PTECH IN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL AND WE LIMIT THAT RIGHT NOW THAT'S ON THE LIST TO EXPAND YOUR INTEREST HAS BEEN DULY NOTED.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR BOARD MEMBERS?
>> I THINK YOU REFERENCED THE Â" FOUNDATION.
THE REAL COLLEGE, I DON'T KNOW TEMPLE UNIVERSITY THAT WE PARTNER WITH PRIMARILY WITH THE FOUNDATION AND THE TRAVIS FOUNDATION IS A TEXAS FOUNDATION THAT WORKS WITH THE TEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGES SO THE REAL COLLEGE IS A ONE-ON-ONE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE IT WORKS WITH EVERYONE IN THE STATE.
>> IN THE TRELLIS FOUNDATION THEIR DATA WOULD BE HOW CURRENT?
>> THIS IS PANDEMIC DATA MAYBE I CAN GET SOMEBODY TO HELP ME OUT WITH THE DATES BUT THEY WERE DONE IN 2020.
HAVE WE SURVEYED STUDENTS DIRECTLY TO FIND OUT IF THERE ISSUES TRACK WITH THESE ISSUES?
OUR STUDENTS GET A SURVEY AND PIPER, DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT?
>> THESE NUMBERS ARE THE STUDENTS.
WE OPT IN AND THEY PUT THE SURVEY OPPORTUNITIES OUT WITH NUMBERS SPECIFIC TO US.
THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE MORE CLEAR.
IT DOES STATE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED DALLAS COLLEGE STUDENTS THE WAY I'M READING THAT IT KIND OF TRACKS WITH THE SURVEY THAT WAS DONE.
WHAT SPECIFICALLY ARE OUR STUDENTS EXPERIENCING? AND THE NEXT TO THE LAST SLIDE, WHERE THE CHANCELLOR TALKED ABOUT MEGA TRONICS
ETC. >> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
I READ AN ARTICLE AT THE END OF LAST WEEK WHERE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS REALIZED THAT WITH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLIERS IN THIS COUNTRY AND THAT WAS MADE STARK BY THE PANDEMIC SO THERE'S GOING TO BE AN EMPHASIS TO BRING THAT BACK LIKE THE PPE THE MEDICAL THINGS NEEDED.
CAR MANUFACTURING PLANTS HAD TO CLOSE DOWN BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE CERTAIN PARTS, HOW DO WE AS DALLAS COLLEGE STAY ON TOP OF THAT IN TERMS OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO COME BACK ON SHORE WHERE YOU NEED TO GET WORKERS TO WHERE YOU CAN POSSIBLY NEED TO ADD SOME TRAINING PROGRAMS.
>> PIPER I WILL LET YOU COMMENT ON THAT WE HAVE TO RESTRUCTURE AROUND IT TO
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ENSURE WE CAN DO THAT EVEN BETTER.>> ABSOLUTELY AND OUR PRIMARY CONNECTION TO THAT INFORMATION IS THROUGH OUR LAWYER PARTNERS AND.
[INDISCERNIBLE] AND THEY ARE Â" THEIR WORKFORCE NEEDS TO WEIGH IN ON THE FUTURE AND YOU ARE RIGHT THE CHANGE IN THE JOB MARKET THESE ARE AUTOMATED THERE IS SO MUCH TECHNOLOGY SO WE ARE EXPANDING OUR EFFORTS AND THERE ARE CREDENTIALS IN THE MANUFACTURING SEGMENT SO THE NEW $10 MILLION APARTMENT OF LABOR GRANT THAT WE JUST RECEIVED IS ALMOST ENTIRELY MANUFACTURING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN SOME TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THE TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF JOBS SO WE HAVE PARTNERS IN THAT PROJECT AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR PROJECTS THAT HELP US DETERMINE WHAT EQUIPMENT WE NEED IT WHAT THEY NEED TO BE TRAINED INTO INCREASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR SKILL BASE.
IT'S GOOD TO KNOW WE ARE TRYING TO STAY AS MUCH AS WE CAN AHEAD OF THE CURVE AND NOT PLAY CATCH-UP WHICH USED TO BE THE CASE.
>> AND I HAVE TO SAY A LITTLE BIT OF A BRAG HERE WHAT PIPER, HOW MANY OF THESE GRANTS WERE AWARDED IN THE COUNTRY FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR?
>> I THINK THERE WERE 19 PRAY >> 19 WAS A NUMBER AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES HAVE WHAT?
>> SO TO GET ONE OF THOSE, THESE ARE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE GRANTS AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE OUR TEAM PUTTING TOGETHER A VERY COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL THAT BROUGHT THIS
TRUSTEE Â" YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENTS?
[INDISCERNIBLE] SCOUTING PROGRAM.
SCOUTING PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM I THINK IS VERY WELL ORGANIZED AND VERY STRUCTURED IT WOULD BE VERY EASY TO SLIDE A SEGMENT INTO THEIR STRUCTURE AND THEIR PROGRAM IN OUR AREA GOVERNOR CLEMENTS USED TWO.
[INDISCERNIBLE] RIGHT HERE BUT I THINK THAT'S AN AREA WE NEED TO FOCUS ON IN THE OTHER AREA WE NEED TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME EDUCATING RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES SENIOR PASTORS AND OUR YOUTH MINISTRY BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TOUCHING.
[INDISCERNIBLE] COLLEGE WHATEVER MIGHT BE AND YOU HAVE THE YOUTH PASTOR WHO HAS A RELATIONSHIP.
[INDISCERNIBLE] PUT ON THE RIGHT PATH AND WE NEED SOME TOOLS TO HELP IN THOSE AREAS.
[INDISCERNIBLE] PSYCHOLOGICAL SITUATION OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH METRO CARE AND IT CAN LEAD THOSE GUYS TO HELP US PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAM IN A PARTNERSHIP AND THOSE ARE THREE AREAS I BELIEVE COULD REALLY ENHANCE IN THE MEETINGS I HAVE BEEN
HAVING WITH THE STAFF >> THESE ARE ALL GOOD AT RECOGNIZING AND VIRTUALLY ALLOCATING Â" USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND VIRTUAL REALITY TO REACH THESE KIDS ON THEIR IPHONES AS OPPOSED TO.
[INDISCERNIBLE] MAKING THESE TOOLS AVAILABLE.
[INDISCERNIBLE] THEY ARE KINDA COMMON SENSE THINGS AND I THINK TRUSTEES YOU CAN TRUST THE TRUSTEES TO BRING FORTH IN DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WOULD OPEN UP SOME
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DOORS FOR THE STAFF TO WORK IN AND HELP ENGAGE THE TRUSTEES AND THE STAFF AND CREATING NEW AVENUES OF SERVICE.>> THANK YOU TRUSTEE Â" GREAT COMMENTS.
ANYBODY ELSE? I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND THE WORK OF EVERYBODY ON THIS.
A COUPLE OF THINGS REALLY STRUCK ME.
THE INVESTMENT IN PTECH AND ONLY HIGH SCHOOLS Â" EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLS CONTINUES TO YIELD DIVIDENDS.
THE LEVEL OF DATA WE HAVE ABOUT WHERE WE ARE ACROSS DIFFERENT POPULATION GROUPS IN DIFFERENT KIND OF STUDENTS.
WE ARE BLESSED AS A BOARD TO HAVE THIS LEVEL OF DATA TO HELP INFORM DECISIONS.
NONETHELESS, WE HAVE LOST 11,000 STUDENTS ROUGHLY AND I HEARD YOU MAKE A COMMENT, WE ARE GOING TO GET BACK TO Â" AND I THINK THAT'S A VERY COMPELLING THOUGHT AND A VERY COMPELLING IDEA AND IT MAY BE ONE THAT WE CAN HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO OVER A DEFINED TIMELINE, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GET 80,000 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE SPRING OF 2022 AND TURN THE ENERGY ON THE CREATIVITY OF THE STAFF LOOSE ENGAGING STUDENTS POTENTIALLY IN THE EXERCISE AND PEER TO PEER OUTREACH SHOULD NOT FIND THESE 9300 STUDENTS WHO DID NOT COME BACK THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC I WOULD WELCOME YOUR THOUGHTS ON A CRASH PROJECT LIKE THAT THAT WOULD GET US BACK TO 80 AND THE LAST THING I JUST WANT TO SAY, SOME OF THESE SLIDES JUST BLOW ME AWAY.
SLIDE 18 ON LEVEL OF SUPPORT WE PROVIDED THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES IS JUST ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE AND I AM SO PROUD TO BE AFFILIATED.
IT SOMEBODY WHO TAKES AN INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE STUDENTS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ITS REMARKABLE REFLECTS ON LEADERSHIP COMMITMENT AND THE INITIATIVE BY THE TYPES OF PEOPLE WHO TEND TO COME ON THESE BOARD CALLS BUT THERE IS A COMMENT MADE ABOUT HOW INDIVIDUALIZED THAT COMMITMENT IS DEEP DOWN THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION PEOPLE BENDING OVER BACKWARDS INDIVIDUALS WORKING WITH STUDENTS ONE-ON-ONE TO KEEP THEM ENROLLED AND ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD PLEASE EXPRESS APPRECIATION TO EVERYBODY TOP TO BOTTOM FOR THE EFFORTS TO GET US THROUGH THIS CRISIS AND TO GET US THROUGH THE STORMS AND TO GET US TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE.
>> WE DO HAVE SOME REAL HEROES OUT THERE I WILL NEVER KNOW ALL THE STORIES ARE WHAT THEY WOULD DO TO HELP STUDENTS BUT THE ONES I HEAR BACK ON, I REALLY CAN'T SAY ENOUGH TO THANK THEM FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE.
I KNOW THEY WERE SUGGESTING TO THE BUDGET WHAT WE PROJECTED IN REVENUE CAN WE GET A CURRENT UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE? SINCE WE LOST ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS, WE LOST REVENUE.
COULD WE GET A CURRENT UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE? IN THE BUDGET?
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A QUICK COMMENT.
>> WE ARE BRINGING THAT IN APRIL.
WE WILL GIVE A FULL REPORT IN APRIL.
IT'S BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED.
>> I HAVE BEEN SURPRISED AT HOW THINGS HAVE GONE THERE SO WE PROJECTED WORSE THAN WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
>> WE PLAN FOR A DECLINE ON ALL THREE REVENUE SOURCES, SONY WILLIAMS I THINK WAS ON THE CALL, SONNY, MY APOLOGIES.
>> I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COMMEND JOE FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS HAD TO BE THE TOUGHEST 12 MONTHS ANYONE HAS EVER TO FACE WITH JASON AND THE REST OF THE TEAM I LOOK BACK NOW AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DID IT.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.
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TRUSTEE WILLIAMS. I HAVE TO SAY IT'S BECAUSE OF THE GREAT GROUP THAT WE HAVE THAT REPRESENTS DALLAS COLLEGE AND WE HAVE FOLKS UNDER INCREDIBLE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT FIND A WAY TO HELP OUR STUDENTS AND AS I SAID THEY ARE THE REAL HEROES SO I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS.
WE WOULD LOVE TO MEET SOME FOLKS EYEBALL TO EYEBALL.
WE TEND TO HEAR THEIR PROBLEMS NOT ALL WAS THE SUCCESS SIDE BUT I LOVE THE THANK YOU NOTES THAT I GET SAYING THIS IS WHAT SOMEBODY DID TO HELP ME OUT AND I READ THEM AND IT'S NEVER ONE THING.
IT'S A LIST OF THINGS THAT THIS PERSON IS CITING THAT ONE OR MORE PEOPLE HELP THEM WITH ALONG THE WAY AND JUST MAKES ME PROUD TO BE A PART OF AN ORGANIZATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES OR COMMENTS? ANY EDITS ON THE NOTES FROM THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? HEARING NONE, WE WILL ADJOURN THE EDUCATION WORKFORCE COMMITTEE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.