CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf
PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For FY 22-23 REQUESTS: COLORADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
JOINT COMMITTEE COMMITTEE ON JOINT TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
Date Dec 14, 2021
Location SCR 352
FY 22-23 Requests: Colorado Community College System - Committee Discussion Only
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03:03:55 PM |
Joe Garcia, Chancellor
for the Colorado Community College System (CCCS), provided an overview
of the CCCS and the three FY 2022-23 IT Capital budget requests from community
colleges that the JTC will be considering.
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03:11:07 PM |
Several individuals representing the Community College of Aurora (CCA), including Dr. Mordecai Brownlee, President, Wendy Mench, Director of Information Technology, and Lynne Winchell, Vice President of Administration and Chief Financial Officer, provided an overview of CCA's FY 2022-23 IT Capital budget request to Improve Student Access to Technology.
The CCA representatives responded to questions from the committee regarding the institution's use of federal COVID-19 emergency relief funds and what kinds of devices are being provided to students.
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03:20:37 PM |
Several individuals
representing the Community College of Denver (CCD), including Dr. Marielena
DeSanctis, President, Kathryn Kaoudis, Vice President of Administrative
Services and Chief Financial Officer, and Claudia Forbes, Interim Director
of Information Technology Services, provided an overview of CCD's FY 2022-23
IT Capital budget request for phase two of the Classroom and Conference
Room Technology upgrades. A copy of the CCD presentation slides can
be found here: http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/10._community_college_of_denver_presentation_slides.pdf
The CCD representatives responded to questions from the committee regarding
potential academic improvement from these investments, how CCD has incorporated
lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and the first phase of the project in
moving forward, and how many classrooms and conference rooms have been
upgraded so far with the funding received for phase one of the project.
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03:32:28 PM |
Dr. Landon Pirius,
the Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs for CCCS and representing
the seven colleges that are participating in the Rural College Consortium,
provided an overview of the FY 2022-23 IT Capital budget request for IT
Infrastructure. A copy of the presentation slides can be found here:
http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/11._rural_college_consortium_presentation_slides.pdf
Dr. Pirius responded to questions from the committee regarding the potential
cost savings from the project, how the funding for shared courses across
campuses works, how many students may be served by this project, the cost
structure for high school students, how the funding will be distributed
among the seven colleges, the appropriations to three of the colleges last
year for IT infrastructure upgrade projects, how this consortium may be
able to help address specific workforce needs in these rural areas, the
work of the Behavioral Health Transformational Task Force, and how CCCS
plans to develop the course catalog across the colleges.
Chancellor Garcia returned to the table to discuss the potential benefits
of this project with the committee and potential expansion to high school
students in the future.
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