Report of Regents Adult Career and Continuing Education Services (ACCES) Committee to The Board of Regents

Your Adult Career and Continuing Education Services (ACCES) Committee held its scheduled meeting on March 14, 2022.  All members were present, except for Regent Cashin, who was excused.

ACTION ITEM

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) 2020-2023 NYS WIOA Combined State Plan Two-Year Modification – Your Committee recommends that the Board of Regents approve the two-year modification to the 2020-2023 NYS WIOA Combined State Plan.  The motion passed.

MOTION FOR ACTION BY FULL BOARD

Your ACCES Committee recommends, and we move, that the Board of Regents act affirmatively upon this recommendation in the written report of the Committee's deliberations at its meeting on March 15, 2022, copies of which have been distributed to each Regent.    

MATTERS NOT REQUIRING BOARD ACTION

Student Empowerment Day 2022 – The Committee was provided with a presentation on the participation of Chancellor Young, Commissioner Rosa and Regent Cea in Student Empowerment Day on February 10, 2022.  This was a virtual rally of over 400 participants in support of the Board of Regent’s budget request for $15 million in funding for the initiative on Enhancing Supports and Services for Post-Secondary Students with Disabilities.  This initiative was recommended to the Board of Regents by the Advisory Council on Post-Secondary Outcomes for Students with Disabilities.