Yavapai Community College’s investment in landscaping throughout the District continues with the Building 29 project and the Building 30, 31 Commons project. The photos below were provided to the District Governing Board in their agenda at the June 13, 2017 Governing Board meeting. The College project manager was Mr. Mike Kervin.
In a case involving Maricopa Community College, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACAs) are not eligible for lower in-state tuition because they are undocumented students. DACA students were brought to the United States by their parents when the students were minors.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Arthur Anderson had ruled in May 2015 that Arizona law did not bar benefits to immigrants lawfully in the country. You may read the ruling from the Appeals Court by clicking here.
As a result of the ruling, student tuition for DACA students could more than double at community colleges and state universities in Arizona. DACA is known as the protection given Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals from deportation by former President Obama. The Arizona Republic newspaper reported that about 240 current DACA students at the state’s universities and a little more than 2,000 DACA students in Maricopa Community Colleges are receiving lower, in-state tuition rates. You may read the full Arizona Republic article by clicking here.
The Arizona Republic reported that the in-state rate for undergraduate students at ASU is $10,640 this year compared with $26,470 for non-resident students. At Maricopa Community Colleges, the in-state rate is $86 per credit hour vs. $241 for non-residents. Maricopa Community Colleges has 2,056 DACA students, according to Matthew Hasson, a college spokesman who was interviewed by the Arizona Republic.
The ruling is expected to be appealed to the Arizona Supreme Court and then, regardless of who wins at that level, to the United States Supreme Court.
Under an Intergovernmental agreement between Yavapai College and the Valley Academy for Career & Technical Education high school and Community College students will be taking nine classes together (concurrently) in the 2017-2018 academic year. The agreement was unanimously approved at the June 13, 2017 Governing Board meeting.
Under the agreement, the College and the Valley Academy will simultaneously offer the courses. The College will count the high school students as College students and they will receive college credit for successfully completing a course. Fees for each course are from $300 to $400, depending on whether it is a three or four credit course.
This arrangement differs from dual enrollment classes where high school students can obtain both high school and college credit in a particular course. First, the fee in a dual enrollment class is $10 per credit. Second, dual enrollment classes are taught at high schools by qualified high school faculty. Third, adults are normally not allowed in dual enrollment classes.
Both dual enrollment and the concurrent classes are counted in the College’s annual report on students taking credit courses. With the decline in traditional students over the past years, the College needs the dual enrollment and concurrent enrolled students to try and stem the enrollment decline.
What follows below is a list of concurrent courses approved at the District Governing Board meeting.
If Flagstaff legislator Bob Thorpe has his way, students attending Yavapai Community College could not vote in Arizona elections unless they were Arizona citizens before moving to the Campus. A similar proposal introduced by him earlier this year died when Representative Doug Coleman, (R-Apache Junction) refused to even give it a hearing in the House Government Committee that he chairs.
In a ruling, upheld without comment in 1979 by the United States Supreme Court, the Court of
Appeals said students can choose whether to register to vote where they live while at school or at their prior home address.
For more information about Thorpe’s proposal, please click here to read the on-line story by Howard Fischer from the Verde Independent.
Yavapai College offers a series of athletic activities over the summer months. However, the activities are offered at sites only on the West side of the County. No similar activities are offered in the Verde Valley or anywhere outside the Prescott/Prescott Valley area. There are also two “tryout” (prospect) camps where high school student athletes may demonstrate their skills.
Several of the activities are free while others are available only upon payment of fees. The range of fees charged runs from $40 to as much as $400. There are no scholarships listed for the under-served in the County who may be unable to afford the fee. (Click here to go to web site.) The following is a list of the programs taken from the College website.
Members of the 2017 Yavapai Soccer Team will be conducting a free soccer clinic at Mountain Valley Park in Prescott Valley on Saturday, August 12 and in Prescott
Free Soccer Clinic – Saturday, August 12, 2017 (Prescott Valley) Boys and girls ages 5-16 are eligible to participate. No registration is required.
Free Soccer Clinic – Saturday, August 19, 2017 (Prescott). Boys and girls ages 5-16 are eligible to participate. No registration is required.
May 14, 2017 Prospect Camp. The tryout camp is also geared toward Sophomores and Juniors wishing to get a head start on the recruiting process.
June 5-7, 2017 Baseball Day Camp. You will be placed in a group matching age and ability to maximize your learning experience. Fee $75.
July 16-19, 2017 Baseball Overnight Camp. You will be placed in a group matching age and ability to maximize your learning experience. Fee: $175 / $400 (commuter and overnight rates).
Volleyball Youth Clinic (Grades 1-8) May 30 – June 1, 2017. Fee $40.
Volleyball Youth Camp (Grades 1-8) June 5-7, 2017. Fee $150.
Volleyball Elite Camp (Grades 6-12) June 8-10, 2017. Fee: $200 Commuter / $300 Resident.
Nike Volleyball Camp (Grades 5-12) July 14-17, 2017. Fee (Individual): $350 Commuter / $450 Resident.
Pre-Season Camp (Grades 8-12) July 24-26, 2017. Fee (Individual): $150 Commuter / $250 Resident. (Click here for brochure.)
Prospect Skills Camp – Sunday, October 23, 2016. The annual Yavapai College Softball Prospect Skills Camp’s purpose is to promote exposure to Yavapai College by high school student athletes as well as all other ACCAC softball programs. Geared toward Freshman, Sophomores and Juniors wishing to get a head start on the recruiting process. Seniors may also attend if uncommitted. Fee is $85 per student/athlete and comes with a FREE T-SHIRT. All Star game is an additional $50 per student/athlete.
Because of an Inter-Governmental Agreement approved by the Yavapai College District Governing Board at its June 13, 2017 meeting the Camp Verde high school will be allowed to offer a total of 15 dual enrollment courses in 2017 – 18. Under the agreement, the high school provides space, qualified faculty to teach the courses and almost all of the other expenses associated with the program. Yavapai Community College will provide appropriate college credit for students who successfully complete a dual enrollment course and some oversight.
