Maricopa County Community College District

This Systemwide Strategic Enrollment Management Plan (SSEM) for Maricopa Community Colleges outlines a framework to enhance alignment and collaboration among its colleges and the district office to support students. The plan is built upon three core strategies: streamlining the student experience with student-ready solutions, optimizing student success by removing barriers, and fostering committed completion. These strategies aim to bolster data transparency, foster enrollment growth, improve student access, and enhance student retention and completion, all in support of the broader Maricopa Strategic Plan, Excellence 2026, and its goals for student outreach and success.

The Maricopa County Community College District's FY25-26 Adopted Budget includes a General Fund with resources totaling $975.7 million, Auxiliary Funds totaling $142.8 million, and Restricted Funds totaling $302.0 million. The budget assumes a property tax levy based on 2025 Net Primary Assessed Value and a slight increase in Full-Time Student Equivalents (FTSE). Key components of the budget include property taxes, tuition and fees, state appropriations, and fund transfers. The budget also incorporates a new budget allocation model to ensure equitable treatment of students and strategic funding for colleges, district offices, and district-wide pools.

The FY24-25 Adopted Budget includes key assumptions such as property tax levy based on 2024 Net Primary Assessed Value, a slight increase in Full Time Student Equivalents (FTSE), a 1.0% General Fund budget reduction, small increases in Proposition 301 and 207 revenue, and a tax shift from the secondary tax levy to primary levy to fund capital needs. The budget also reflects the launch of bachelor's degree programs. The total tax rate would have been $1.0947 per $100 of assessed valuation, with $1.0386 of this as primary. As highlighted below, the tax increase of $0.0100 puts the primary rate at $1.0486 and the total tax rate to $1.1047 per $100 assessed valuation.

The Maricopa County Community College District adopted its FY2021-22 budget, which projects total resources of $1.8 billion across all funds. Key assumptions include property tax levies based on 2021 assessed values, a slight increase in FTSE, and consideration of new revenue from Proposition 207. The budget includes allocations for employee compensation adjustments, scholarships, and facility operations, with a focus on workforce development and STEM programs. It also details the shift of secondary tax levy to primary levy to fund capital needs.

The agenda includes the consideration of the approval of award of RFP 3497-10 to Ad Astra Information Systems LLC to provide strategic scheduling software and reporting capabilities to the District for five years. The contract includes the complete suite of products: Student Centered Course Scheduling bundle, Monitor, Align, Predict, and Section Scheduler, along with their Room Scheduling Solution. These tools will support demand-based scheduling, information to help analyze and refine offering times, minimizing low-demand offerings, reducing bottlenecked courses, real-time course enrollment registration tracking, degree progression monitoring, and room optimization tracking.