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2017-2022 Career Development and College Preparation (CDCP) Report
California Community Colleges
METHODOLOGY
This report contains a frequency count of the Career Development and College Preparation
noncredit courses and certificates for fiscal years 2017-18 through 2020-22 as required by
California Education Code Section 84760.5(e).
The Chancellor’s Oice resources used for information include:
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California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Oice Management Information System,
which collects data from all the colleges
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Fiscal Aairs Division apportionment data
The Educational Services and Support sta analyzes and calculates data regarding the
number and types of certificates, related courses, and full-time equivalent students (FTES).
These results are presented in tables by community college district.
BACKGROUND
Senate Bill (SB) 361 (Scott/chapter 631, statutes of 2006) provided the community college
funding for credit and noncredit full-time equivalent students, as well as the noncredit Career
Development and College Preparation (CDCP) courses. The legislation was signed into law
by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and filed with the secretary of state on September 29,
2006. The statewide minimum requirements that community colleges must meet to qualify
for enhanced funding for Career Development and College Preparation courses are set forth
in Education Code section 84760.5. The statute provides the fundamental framework for
defining Career Development and College Preparation noncredit courses and classes that are
eligible for the higher (“enhanced”) rate of funding.
Education Code section 84760.5 defines Career Development and College Preparation
courses eligible for enhanced funding as:
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Those for which no credit is given, and that are oered in a sequence of courses
leading to a certificate of completion; and
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Those that lead to improved employability or job placement opportunities; or
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Those that lead to a certificate of competency in a recognized career field by
articulating with college-level course work, completion of an associate degree or
transfer to a four-year degree program.
In addition, only those courses subject to subdivision (a) of 84760.5 are eligible for enhanced
funding, which limits eligibility to the following:
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Classes and courses in elementary and secondary basic skills;
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Classes and courses for students eligible for educational services in workforce
preparation classes in the basic skills of speaking, listening, reading, writing,
mathematics, decision-making and problem-solving skills that are necessary to
participate in job-specific technical training;