2024 REPORT
Public Safety Instructional
Service Agreement
California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office | Sonya Christian, Chancellor A11Y 12/30/24
SONYA CHRISTIAN
Chancellor
December 31, 2024
Office of Legislative Counsel
Indexing Unit
925 L St., Suite 1105
Sacramento, CA 95814-3703
RE: 2024 Report on California Community Colleges Public Safety Instructional Service Agreement Report
Dear Office of Legislative Counsel:
In compliance with California Education Code Section 84750.4 (AB 1942), the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and the Board of Governors are pleased to release the 2024 Public Safety Instructional Service Agreement Report.
As of January 1, 2024, AB 1942 (2022, Muratsuchi) allows each community college district to submit an annual instructional service agreement (ISA) with a public safety agency to the Chancellor’s Office. Districts may also provide data on public safety ISA courses, enrollments, and completions to support full-time equivalent student apportionment claims.
Eight districts reported their Public Safety ISAs and data for 2020-21 through 2022-23. For 2022-23, 47% of programs were with Fire Departments, 18% with Police Departments, 15% with Sheriff’s Offices, 3% with EMT programs, and 16% classified as other. These programs collectively serve 45,837 students, with Fire Department programs supporting 48% of students and Sheriff’s Office programs 30%.
If you have any further questions on this report, please contact Executive Vice Chancellor of Finance and Strategic Initiatives, Christopher (Chris) Ferguson at [email protected].
Sincerely,
Sonya Christian, Chancellor
CC:
Department of Finance
Erika Contreras, Secretary of the Senate
Sue Parker, Chief Clerk of the Assembly
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2024 PUBLIC SAFETY INSTRUCTIONAL
SERVICE AGREEMENT REPORT
Prepared By
California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office
College Finance and Facilities Planning Division
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
2024 PUBLIC SAFETY INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 DEFINITION OF INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 DEFINITION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT REPORT REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 PUBLIC SAFETY INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS REPORT DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 DISTRICTS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . 2 PUBLIC SAFETY INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS COURSES & STUDENTS SERVED . 3 PUBLIC SAFETY INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT COURSE COMPLETION RATES. . . 4 CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE RECOMMENDATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
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2024 PUBLIC SAFETY INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT
REPORT
Pursuant to California Education Code, Section 84750.4 (AB 1942), the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office (Chancellor’s Office) and the Board of Governors for California Community Colleges is pleased to release the 2024 Public Safety Agency Instructional Service Agreement (ISA) Report. AB 1942 (2022, Muratsuchi) allows each community college district (district), beginning January 1, 2024, with a public safety agency ISA, to annually submit the most up-to-date ISA to the Chancellor’s Office for review. Additionally, districts may submit data on course offerings, enrollment and course completion related to public safety ISA fulltime equivalent student apportionment.
DEFINITION OF INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT
An ISA is a formal agreement between a college and a public safety agency or private entity to provide specific services and training. Through an ISA, the college may hire individuals with specific expertise to teach courses approved by the college’s curriculum approval process. Students who successfully complete these courses are eligible to receive college credit. Districts may also be able to claim full-time equivalent students (FTES) and state apportionment for ISA based courses, if they meet specific requirements set forth in the California Education Code and Title 5. Also, see Instructional Service Agreement Guidelines for additional information.
DEFINITION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY
Public safety agencies include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Fire departments
• Police departments
• Sheriff’s offices
• Public agencies employing paramedics or emergency medical technicians • California Highway Patrol
• California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT REPORT REQUIREMENTS
The Public Safety Agency ISA Report includes data for years 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23. The data may be submitted annually by districts with a public safety agency ISA. Each participating district with a public safety agency ISA must include the following data:
• Name and type of the public safety agency
• Is the ISA offered through a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) with other districts, and if so, list districts involved
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• Number of courses offered
• Number of students enrolled and completed
• Total FTES generated
• Type of courses offered (credit and/or noncredit)
• Whether nonresident students are permitted to enroll
Districts report this information through the Public Safety Instructional Service Agreement Report contained in NOVA. If the ISA is renewed or updated, districts may submit the new copy to the Chancellor’s Office.
PUBLIC SAFETY INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS
REPORT DATA
On January 11, 2024, the Chancellor’s Office issued memo 24-02, titled “Public Safety Instructional Service Agreement Report,” which included a link to NOVA for districts to report details about their public safety ISAs. A total of eight out of 72 districts (11.1%) reported data within NOVA. The following sections summarize the data submitted.
DISTRICTS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS Eight districts reported having ISAs, with one district (12.5%) participating in Joint Powers Authorities (JPAs). Collectively, these districts manage a total of 84 ISAs. For a detailed breakdown by district, see Table A - Types of Public Safety ISAs by District.
Table A – Types of Public Safety ISAs by District
Community
College District
Fire
Department
Police
Department
Sherriff’s
Office
EMT/
Paramedic Other
Lake Tahoe X X
Lassen X
Los Angeles X X X X
Palo Verde X
Palomar X X X
Southwestern X
State Center X X X X X
Ventura County X
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Public Safety ISAs identified as “other” include programs for medical technicians, hospitals, probation officers, Joint Powers Authority, and Fire Agency Training.
PUBLIC SAFETY INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS COURSES AND
STUDENTS SERVED
A total of 1,570 courses were offered in 2022-23 across the eight districts that reported having ISAs. While all districts offer credit courses, only Ventura County Community College District provided noncredit courses under the public safety agency ISA’s. Additionally, these 8 districts served 45,837 students and generated 8,768 FTES in 2022-23. For a breakdown by district and year, see Tables B, C, and D below.
Table B – Public Safety ISA Courses Offered by District and Year Community College District 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23
Lake Tahoe 26 25 35
Lassen - 2 5
Los Angeles 954 1,105 1,190
Palo Verde 38 33 41
Palomar 53 70 124
Southwestern 17 18 18
State Center 284 127 153
Ventura County 4 4 4
State Totals 1,376 1,384 1,570
Table C – Public Safety ISA Students Served by District and Year Community College District 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23
Lake Tahoe 562 689 859
Lassen - 28 68
Los Angeles 24,390 30,896 27,066
Palo Verde 7,932 8,976 9,779
Palomar 1,130 1,231 1,213
Southwestern 305 314 343
State Center 4,578 5,972 6,336
Ventura County 171 180 173
State Totals 39,068 48,286 45,837
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Table D – Public Safety ISA FTES by District and Year
Community
College District 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23
Lake Tahoe 153 196 259
Lassen - - 3
Los Angeles 3,183 2,913 3,572
Palo Verde 2,774 3,069 3,748
Palomar 193 246 275
Southwestern 92 86 101
State Center 338 571 669
Ventura County 133 152 141
State Totals 6,866 7,233 8,768
PUBLIC SAFETY INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT COURSE COMPLETION RATES
The course completion rates for the eight districts that reported Public Safety ISA data were
99.4% in 2020-21, 99.5% in 2021-22, and 99.4% in 2022-23.
CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE RECOMMENDATION
The Chancellor’s Office has conducted a thorough review and analysis of the public safety agency ISA data submitted. Considering available ISA data, assumed budget constraints, increased ISA FTES between 2020-21 through 2022-23, and the recent adoption of the Standardized Attendance Accounting Method, the Chancellor’s Office recommends maintaining the existing apportionment for FTES generated under public safety agency ISAs.
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Community College District
Photo at right: San Joaquin Delta
College
Back cover photo: Palomar
College
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