This is a draft worksheet for suggestions for revising the Parent Guardian Information/Dependency Status question in CCCApply.
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Purpose of the Parent Guardian Information Question
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The data field behind this question is “Dependency Status” = <dependent_status> and the values are defined in the DED.
Additional Information - Data
In FY 2018-2019, over 2.6 million CCCApply applications were submitted. For the purposes of this breakdown, spam applications were not removed from the total = 2,647,615. Of the 2,647,615 apps this total submitted:
MINORS = 730,716 (27.6% of all apps submitted)
DEPENDENT Minors = 679,566 (93% of minors) and 25.6% of all apps were from DEPENDENT minors.
INDEPENDENT Minors = 51,150 (7% of minors) self-reported as having one or more special circumstances (either married, emancipated, do not have a living parent, or were in foster youth any time after age 13 or - as of the RDD are in active military, or are self-supporting. (2% of all apps submitted.)
ADULTS = 1,916,899 (72.4% of apps submitted by Independent adults, 19 yrs or older)
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Mia Keeley offered to work with us to ensure all changes are compliant and approved for development
Review proposal for layout and language changes
Review Immigrants Rising's original concerns and feedback:
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Problems with the
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Current Layout
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The current layout has several issues:
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The layout is backwards - it features a confusing set of statements that appear to cater to identifying “independent” students rather than focus on the primary objective: collect the parent information required (name + relationship);
When a dependent student chooses the wrong option, the college has to do additional intake follow up with the student by phone or other time-consuming method.
While less than 8% of the minors are legitimately independent - the statements and the bulleted list make it seem that the applicant should answer that one of the bullet statements is true about them.
What
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Do We Need to Change?
The majority of minors are “dependents” (see Stats) and therefore the college needs to collect their parent or guardian information. However, because our current layout is ambiguous - students who are not reading closely are selecting the wrong option. The way the question is laid out, the student’s first instinct is to select the first option - the one at the top - which is: “One of the following statements is true about me” - which is the option that identifies the exceptionsthat classify the student as “Independent”.
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Change: “By California law, qualification for resident tuition is based on the residency of your parent(s) or guardian(s) until you are 19 years of age, except in certain special circumstances. The following questions will be used to determine whether or not you need to provide parent or guardian information for the purposes of determining residency. Your response will not affect your admission to college.”
TO: “Determining your California residency for tuition purposes is based on the residency of your parent(s) or guardian(s) until you are 19 years of age, except in certain special circumstances. Nonresident students who meet eligibility requirements may apply for nonresident tuition exemption (AB540 / SB68). This information is protected by federal and state laws and will not be shared or used outside of the admission process.
Enter the name of your parent or guardian below, or check the box indicating you do not have a parent or guardian.”
NO CHANGE is needed to the <dependent_status> data field or the parent info fields. The proposed changes would be strictly cosmetic.
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Reference: Legal Information
Everything below is for reference only.
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