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§ 55270.2. Approval of Direct Assessment Competency-Based Education Programs.

5 CA ADC § 55270.2Barclays Official California Code of Regulations

Barclays California Code of Regulations
Title 5. Education
Division 6. California Community Colleges
Chapter 6. Curriculum and Instruction
Subchapter 3. Alternative Instructional Methodologies
Article 6. Direct Assessment Competency-Based Education
5 CCR § 55270.2
§ 55270.2. Approval of Direct Assessment Competency-Based Education Programs.
Currentness
(a) All direct assessment competency-based education programs must obtain the Chancellor's approval prior to a district claiming state apportionment, pursuant to this section and the Chancellor's Office Program and Course Approval Handbook prepared, distributed, and maintained by the Chancellor consistent with section 55000.5(a).
(b) To obtain approval of a direct assessment competency-based program, the college must submit to the Chancellor a Direct Assessment Competency-Based Education Program Map. The program map shall include the following components:
(1) The name of the proposed program.
(2) The catalog description of the proposed program.
(3) A list of all modules to be included in the program, related competencies, and credit hour equivalencies, as referenced in section 55270.7, inclusive of documentation verifying use of the Chancellor's Office approved methodology to determine the number of credit or clock hours to which the program is equivalent, consistent with accrediting agency requirements.
(4) A description of each module within a program that includes the discipline, subdiscipline, competency outcome statements, competency description, learning objectives, topics of study, learning activities, method for substantive faculty interaction, and documentation of the method of assessment including any formative assessment assignments and summative assessment rubrics.
(5) A description of faculty and staff roles and responsibilities.
(6) The methodology used to develop competencies.
(7) The educational outcomes and specific objectives of the proposed program.
(8) An explanation of how the program is appropriate to the objectives and conditions of community college education in California and how it is consistent and aligns with system-wide goals.
(9) The need for and availability of the following resources shall be determined in relation to the proposed program:
(A) Adequate or proposed financial support, including a description of how student's eligible for Title IV HEA program funds has been excluded from consideration when based on prior learning;
(B) Qualified faculty consistent with the published disciplines list;
(C) Library and media center resources; and
(D) Access to technology and low- to no-cost digital content.
(10) An explanation of how student support services will be adapted and integrated within competencies and modules to be delivered in-person or online.
(11) An outreach strategy that demonstrates a commitment to enroll historically underserved and minoritized students, particularly those identified in the college or districts' Student Equity Plan as being disproportionately impacted pursuant to Education Code Section 78220.
(12) An evaluation plan which includes review, assessment, and evaluation of the outreach strategy required in subparagraph (11), and of student outcomes that focuses on closing historical equity gaps.
(13) A professional development plan for faculty and staff designed to foster effective implementation of competency-based education, in accordance with equity-oriented and culturally responsive principles and practices determined in consultation with equity practitioners; and
(14) All documentation submitted to the institutional accrediting agency, and to the US Department of Education in accordance with Section 668.10 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations (where applicable).
(c) The Chancellor's approval of a direct assessment competency-based education program is effective until the program or implementation of the program is discontinued or modified in any substantial way in accordance with Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 602.22. The Chancellor's Office may evaluate a direct assessment competency-based educational program, after its approval, on the basis of the program map components listed in this section. If, on the basis of such an evaluation, the Chancellor determines that a direct assessment competency-based education program should no longer be offered, the Chancellor may terminate the approval and determine the effective date of termination.
(d) The Chancellor shall provide guidance on the process and timeline for approval of direct assessment competency-based education programs.

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Note: Authority cited: Sections 66700 and 70901, Education Code. Reference: Sections 70901, 70902 and 78220, Education Code; and Title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, Sections 602.22 and 668.10.
History
1. New section filed 9-3-2021; operative 10-3-2021. Submitted to OAL for filing and printing only pursuant to Education Code section 70901.5 (Register 2021, No. 41).
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 5, § 55270.2, 5 CA ADC § 55270.2
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