Chair Lee on Student Success Centers funding gap
Lee asks about Student Success Centers facing a $3.3 million funding gap. Deputy Chancellor Gentes confirms 7-11% increases in post-secondary enrollment at schools with centers and says the next coalition meeting is June 16th, but funding is needed to begin RFP conversations.
The Student Success Centers.
Funding for Student Success Centers has been added one year at a time since stimulus funding expired.
This programming is a unique peer support model for college and career readiness at high schools.
The executive plan does not include the $3.3 million gap in Student Success Center funding.
Is DOE supportive of restoring and baselining the $3.3 million for student success centers?
Yeah, so I would say, obviously, student success centers are immensely valuable to us.
And, you know, I'm going to turn it over to Jane to talk a little bit more about them, and as well as Sarita to add anything.
Hello again, Chair.
I would say unequivocally we are very, very supportive.
The SSC programs has shown that we have had 7 to 11 percent increases in post-secondary enrollment in the schools where we have had student success centers.
Okay, and are you planning to release a new RFP for student success centers?
And if so, what is the timeline and process for this RFP?
So we work in tandem with the coalition, and our next meeting is June 16th.
So we would really like to do that, but we actually really need the funding, the 3.3 funding that you all provided last year, again this year, in order to even begin those conversations.
Okay.
I'm going to turn it over to, I believe, Councilmember Wong had some questions, so I will turn it over to him.
Thank you.