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November 2014
The term "AB86" has come to be used to describe the whole enchilada - the planning process, the people in charge of the planning, etc.
Here is the official AB86 website which has lots of good and helpful and constantly updated information.
AB86 Has Two Groups
The AB86 Cabinet is the boss group. The buck stops with them. The Cabinet has 6 members - 3 from the CDE side (K12 Adult Schools) and 3 from the CCCO side (Community Colleges.)
The AB86 Workgroup is under the Cabinet. The Workgroup is in charge of the nitty gritty stuff - the applications, the reports, and so on. It has 12 members - again half and half with the CDE/CCCO bit.
AB86 Workgroup Changing
About a week ago, the Cabinet told the Work Group that the Work Group will be changed-up for this next stage which will include reviewing consortia plans and producing the March report for the Legislature.
I do not have full details on this process or the new members. I wanted to share what I have in the interest of keeping everyone in the loop. In other words, this the information is the best I have at the moment. At some point, an official announcement will appear on the AB86 Website. Until then, here is what I have. Please read it knowing it is tentative.
Association of California School Administrators ACSA includes administrators from all branches of public ed. Rocky Bettar will be the ACSA Representative on the new Workgroup.
Community College League From their website, "The Community College League of California ("The League") is a nonprofit public benefit corporation whose voluntary membership consists of the 72 local community college districts in California. Within The League are two major organizations which share a common mission, staff and fiscal resources: the California Community College Trustees (CCCT) and the Chief Executive Officers of the California Community Colleges (CEOCCC). In addition, two other organizations are affiliated with The League: the Association of California Community College Administrators (ACCCA); and the California Community College Classified Senate (CCCCS). The League affiliated organizations have many goals and objectives similar to CCCT and CEOCCC and recognize that the sharing of facilities and some resources helps strengthen those common purposes. Yet it also is recognized that The League affiliate maintains total independence to pursue the objectives of its members which on occasion may be at variance with the positions taken by CCCT and CEOCCC." Community College League Rep: Unknown to me.
I believe the current members of the Workgroup can stay on if they so choose.
The ASCCC - Community College Academic Senate - Knew This Change Was Coming
Note: It seems the Community College Academic Senate - and maybe only the Community Academic Senate - had any idea this change was coming.
In their October 7 President's Update, it says:
After overcoming considerable resistance, the Academic Senate, in conjunction with other state-level faculty organizations, secured permission for ASCCC Noncredit Committee Chair Debbie Klein to attend the AB 86 Summit in Sacramento on October 6 and 7 and to observe this event from a Senate perspective in order to help inform our efforts. We have also received a promise of adding a faculty representative to the state level AB 86 Workgroup, an oversight body whose lack of faculty representation has been a glaring deficiency. Other efforts are also underway to allow the ASCCC and other faculty groups to take a more prominent role in AB 86 planning oversight in order to provide assistance to local districts whose faculty voice is not being sufficiently included.
Why the ASCCC and maybe only the ASCCC seemed to know about this change, I don't know.
When I learned of the October 7 President's Update bit, I followed up on it by contacting folks who contacted members of the Workgroup. At that time, the Workgroup said the Academic Senate was not being invited. And yet... clearly, the Academic Senate has been... and at the time, the Academic Senate publically said they had a promise of being invited. So... What happened? I don't know.
Note: You can contact the Workgroup with questions and concerns and I highly recommend that you do. Often they will answer you back. Always they will read your email. In any case, it is good and helpful to keep them in the loop and to ask them to keep us in the loop, as well.
As much as I can, I try to share what I know here. I believe it is important that we all share information with each other, keeping in mind the common goal of saving, maintaining, and creating the best Adult Education system possible, part of the best Public Education possible in California.
As I have written many times on this blog, none of this is happening in isolation. All these changes are happening in a larger context of Public Education Reform and Cultural Change. To really understand things, we need to see the big picture. We can do that only when we share information each other - because everyone has a special close-up view on one thing and a blind spot on something else.
The term "AB86" has come to be used to describe the whole enchilada - the planning process, the people in charge of the planning, etc.
Here is the official AB86 website which has lots of good and helpful and constantly updated information.
AB86 Has Two Groups
The AB86 Cabinet is the boss group. The buck stops with them. The Cabinet has 6 members - 3 from the CDE side (K12 Adult Schools) and 3 from the CCCO side (Community Colleges.)
The AB86 Workgroup is under the Cabinet. The Workgroup is in charge of the nitty gritty stuff - the applications, the reports, and so on. It has 12 members - again half and half with the CDE/CCCO bit.
AB86 Workgroup Changing
About a week ago, the Cabinet told the Work Group that the Work Group will be changed-up for this next stage which will include reviewing consortia plans and producing the March report for the Legislature.
I do not have full details on this process or the new members. I wanted to share what I have in the interest of keeping everyone in the loop. In other words, this the information is the best I have at the moment. At some point, an official announcement will appear on the AB86 Website. Until then, here is what I have. Please read it knowing it is tentative.
Association of California School Administrators ACSA includes administrators from all branches of public ed. Rocky Bettar will be the ACSA Representative on the new Workgroup.
Community College League From their website, "The Community College League of California ("The League") is a nonprofit public benefit corporation whose voluntary membership consists of the 72 local community college districts in California. Within The League are two major organizations which share a common mission, staff and fiscal resources: the California Community College Trustees (CCCT) and the Chief Executive Officers of the California Community Colleges (CEOCCC). In addition, two other organizations are affiliated with The League: the Association of California Community College Administrators (ACCCA); and the California Community College Classified Senate (CCCCS). The League affiliated organizations have many goals and objectives similar to CCCT and CEOCCC and recognize that the sharing of facilities and some resources helps strengthen those common purposes. Yet it also is recognized that The League affiliate maintains total independence to pursue the objectives of its members which on occasion may be at variance with the positions taken by CCCT and CEOCCC." Community College League Rep: Unknown to me.
I believe the current members of the Workgroup can stay on if they so choose.
The ASCCC - Community College Academic Senate - Knew This Change Was Coming
Note: It seems the Community College Academic Senate - and maybe only the Community Academic Senate - had any idea this change was coming.
In their October 7 President's Update, it says:
After overcoming considerable resistance, the Academic Senate, in conjunction with other state-level faculty organizations, secured permission for ASCCC Noncredit Committee Chair Debbie Klein to attend the AB 86 Summit in Sacramento on October 6 and 7 and to observe this event from a Senate perspective in order to help inform our efforts. We have also received a promise of adding a faculty representative to the state level AB 86 Workgroup, an oversight body whose lack of faculty representation has been a glaring deficiency. Other efforts are also underway to allow the ASCCC and other faculty groups to take a more prominent role in AB 86 planning oversight in order to provide assistance to local districts whose faculty voice is not being sufficiently included.
Why the ASCCC and maybe only the ASCCC seemed to know about this change, I don't know.
When I learned of the October 7 President's Update bit, I followed up on it by contacting folks who contacted members of the Workgroup. At that time, the Workgroup said the Academic Senate was not being invited. And yet... clearly, the Academic Senate has been... and at the time, the Academic Senate publically said they had a promise of being invited. So... What happened? I don't know.
Note: You can contact the Workgroup with questions and concerns and I highly recommend that you do. Often they will answer you back. Always they will read your email. In any case, it is good and helpful to keep them in the loop and to ask them to keep us in the loop, as well.
As much as I can, I try to share what I know here. I believe it is important that we all share information with each other, keeping in mind the common goal of saving, maintaining, and creating the best Adult Education system possible, part of the best Public Education possible in California.
As I have written many times on this blog, none of this is happening in isolation. All these changes are happening in a larger context of Public Education Reform and Cultural Change. To really understand things, we need to see the big picture. We can do that only when we share information each other - because everyone has a special close-up view on one thing and a blind spot on something else.