Overview
Existing California education code law requires residency determination for every student at the time of admission to a California community college. However, the recently passed Assembly Bill 3101 (AB3101) waives residency-determination for students seeking to enroll exclusively in career development and college preparation courses, and other courses for which no credit is given from community college residency classification requirements.
In order for CCCApply to serve all students, the online application is being updated to:
Product Description
The CCCApply Non-Credit Application is a streamlined, residency-determination-free version of the Standard Application, with a unique, college MIS-code branded URL intended explicitly for students enrolling exclusively in non-credit courses. More like a "workflow" than a completely separate application, the non-credit application uses the same infrastructure as the Standard Application - but without the residency questions or the residency algorithm. The residency status field will automatically default to "N" and a new "non_credit" flag will default to "True"for all applicants who enter the Standard Application via the new Non-Credit URL.
Product Features
CCCApply Non-Credit Path Change Requirements
Characteristics of the Non-Credit Application:
- Shorter, streamline version of the Standard workflow
- Confirmation numbers are modified with a prefix: "NC"
- Users are flagged as "non-credit"
- No residency questions, pages, or logic*
- New Integrity Flag 81 is triggered when user applies via the Non-Credit URL
- New "Non-Credit" flag is set to "True" when user applies via the Non-Credit URL
- Residency status field defaults to a new value: "N"
Project Phases
Development and implementation of the Non-Credit Application will roll out in phases. The first phase, development, has already begun and a soft-launch release to the Pilot environment is scheduled for February 15, 2019 as part of the CCCApply 6.4.0 release. Below is a breakdown of the implementation plan.
Phase 1: Development & Soft Launch
Development of the Non-Credit Application path within the Standard Application began in September 2018 and the initial version will soft-launch in February 2019.
Phase 2: Pilot Project
Beginning with the soft-launch on February 15, a college pilot of six districts will test the new non-credit application to work out the bugs, identify issues, and ensure all post-submission data and workflow processes are ready for production release. Pilot colleges will be required to participate in extensive user acceptance testing and IT staff must support the effort with full implementation and integration with their SIS systems. Bi-weekly feedback meetings will be recorded and shared with colleges.
Pilot Updates
Bugs and other issues will be prioritized for fix throughout the 12-week pilot project. A change deadline schedule is below (subject to change):
February 15, 2019: Soft-launch to pilot colleges. IT implementation and user acceptance testing begins.
March 15, 2019: Production release (6.4.0) - no new Non-Credit changes included.
April 15, 2019: Deadline for approved changes and bug fixes.
May 1, 2019: Code freeze for 6.5.0 pilot release.
May 15, 2019: Final pilot release (6.5.0).
June 15, 2019: Production release (6.5.0).
Phase 3: Production Release
The planned production release for the Non-Credit Application is June 15, 2019.
Non-Credit Application Project Roadmap
Project & Development Information
CCCApply Non-Credit Application Change Request: 2018-24R: Revise CCCApply to Support Non-Credit Students
Non-Credit Application Requirements Review