AB1705 Implementation & Updates

I. CCCCO Guidance Memoranda

ESS 23-19 - 5/22/23 memorandum providing direction on the validation process for placement and enrollment practices described for Required Action #1 (transfer-level placement and enrollment–general education) and Required Action # 2 (transfer-level placement and enrollment–non-STEM programs), per Education Code §78213, subsections (d), (e) and (i)

ESS-23-08 - 5/1/23 - Equitable Placement, Support and Completion (AB 1705) Funding Allocation and the Submission of Funding Plans

CCCCO Resources and Links

Maximizing Calculus Completion for Students Seeking the Business Administration Degree report (RP Group Report, May 2023)
CCCCO Informational Webinar , February 7, 2023
Link to certification submission form: AB 1705 Validation for General Education and Non-STEM Programs. (Due between 7/1/23-9/1/23)
AB 1705 guidance memo 12/23/2022
AB 1705 Implementation Guide
AB 1705 FAQ

Corresponding Ed Code - Education Code §78213,

II. ELAC Academic Senate AB 1705 Actions and Activities

Academic Senate 5/23/2023 Recommendation M/S/P 5/23/2023, Academic Senate Meeting

In light of recent events, the ELAC Academic Senate, in support of the English and Math Departments, makes the following recommendations related to AB 1705 Implementation, on May 23, 2023.

1. 1. The ELAC Academic Senate urgently recommends that the college, working affected departments and district partners, update course offerings and student enrollment processes to ensure easy access to pre-transfer level instruction for students who are permitted such instruction under the Ed Code.
  2. The ELAC Academic Senate, upon request of the English or Math discipline faculty, approves updating the college’s placement guidelines for subjects to require students with lower GPAs to take a corequisite support course with their transfer course if data demonstrates a higher throughput rate for those students than for lower GPA students not taking the corequisite support course.
  3. The ELAC Academic Senate authorizes the Academic Senate President to sign off on the college’s Equitable Placement, Support and Completion Funding Plan on the condition that it is developed with the input of discipline faculty and that it gives top priority to (1) faculty release time to design, implement, and evaluate corequisite transfer-level mathematics/quantitative reasoning and English courses at scale; (2) professional development for faculty, including subject pedagogy, classroom climate, and corequisite implementation, including evaluation and iterative improvement of the effectiveness of the professional development; and (3) for the creation, implementation, and evaluation of concurrent supports or support services to increase throughput rates for transfer-level mathematics/quantitative reasoning and English courses.
  4. The ELAC Academic Senate authorizes the Curriculum Committee and Articulation Officer to take measures necessary to satisfy CCCCO Required Actions for AB1705 by September 1, 2023.

III. College Committee Reports and Efforts

EPSC, May 2023, From Data to Action - – Ideas and recommendations to support Math and English Success at East Los Angeles College

EPSC Presentation to ELAC Shared Governance Council, May 22, 2023

IV. CCCCO/EPSC Taskforce - Preparing Plan for Submission (See Next Page)