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AP 5055 - Enrollment Priority And Open Enrollment

AP 5055 - Enrollment Priority And Open Enrollment

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Administrative Procedures

Chapter 5 - Student Services

AP 5055 - ENROLLMENT PRIORITY AND OPEN ENROLLMENT

The San Diego Community College District registration priority system is intended to provide an equitable means for assigning registration priorities that is for all students and reflects the core mission of the District.

  1. DEFINITIONS

    1. Active Duty Military – Students who have verified that they are currently on active duty and identified in the student system

    2. Foster Youth – Students under the age of 25 who verify that they are current or former Foster Youth as identified in the student system.

    3. Homeless Youth – Students under 25 years of age, who have verified that they are current or former Homeless Youth as identified in the student system.

    4. CalWORKs – Students who are recipients of California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs).

    5. Disability Support Programs and Services (DSPS) – Students who are receiving Disability Support Programs and Services.

    6. Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) – Students who meet the eligibility criteria for EOPS services and are verified in student system.

    7. Continuing Student – Students who have not had more than two primary consecutive semester lapse in enrollment.

    8. Educational Plan – Students with a declared major who have developed an academic plan as identified in the student system.

    9. Fully-Matriculated – Students who have completed assessment, orientation and have an educational plan on file as identified in the student system.

    10. New Students from CCE – Students entering City, Mesa or Miramar college for the first time from the College of Continuing Education, with no previous academic history at City, Mesa or Miramar.

    11. Non-Matriculated – Students who have NOT completed the following services: Orientation, Assessment or an Educational Plan.

    12. Returning Students – Students returning to City, Mesa or Miramar college after an absence of one year or longer.

    13. Concurrently Enrolled – Students who are concurrently enrolled in high school while attending community college.

    14. Students with 100+ Units – Students who have earned 100 or more units including transfer units, but excluding basic skills units.

    15. Veteran – Students who have verified that they have been discharged from military service within the past four-years as identified in the student system.

    16. High Unit Majors – Academic programs that require more than 50 units in the major.

    17. Intercollegiate Athletes – Athletes on a designated intercollegiate team.

    18. Rising Scholars - Students receiving services from a program funded by Rising Scholars Network funds.

    19. Apprenticeship Programs - Students participating in a designated apprenticeship program as their primary program of study.

  2. PRIORITY GROUPS

In accordance with Title 5, Section 58108, students are assigned to a priority group for registration purposes as follows:

1) Fully-Matriculated Active Duty Military & Veterans, Foster Youth and Homeless Youth students who meet the eligibility criteria as defined in statute, students who are participants in the Disability Support Programs and Services (DSPS), CalWORKs or Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS), Rising Scholar students, and Parents of children under the age of 18. Non-matriculated students are placed at the end of this group;

2) Intercollegiate Athletes, and Apprenticeship students;

3) Fully-Matriculated Continuing students;

4) Fully-Matriculated New and Returning students from CCE;

5) Non-Matriculated Continuing, New and Returning students;

6) Students with 100+ Units (does not include Basic Skills units or transfer units) or Students who lose priority due to Academic Standing;

7) Students possessing a Baccalaureate Degree or higher from the United States;

8) Students who lose priority due to Academic Standing;

8) Students concurrently enrolled in High School.

Note: Active Duty Military, Veterans, current and former Foster or Homeless Youth, Intercollegiate Athletes, DSPS, CalWORKs, and EOPS students will have first priority in groups 6-8.

  1. Loss of Registration Priority
    Registration priority specified in this section shall be lost at the first registration opportunity after a student:

    1. is placed on academic or progress dismissal; or

    2. has earned one hundred (100) or more degree-applicable units at the district. 100 unit limit does not include basic skills, or transfer coursework

    3. This subdivision shall not apply to foster Youth students as defined in statute.

  2. UNIT RANGE

Students will be further prioritized within groups 2.2 to 2.8 each of the priority groups according to cumulative units, including transfer units and coursework in progress, as follows:

1) 45.0 to 99.9 units

2) 0.0 to 15.0 units

3) 15.1 to 44.9 units

4) 00.0 to 14.9 units

5) 72.1 to 89.9 units

6) 90+ units

Reference: Title 5 Sections 51006, 58106, and 58108

Education Code: 66025.8

Adopted: August 22, 2021

Supersedes: AP 3002.1 – 3/22/13, 8/8/13, 11/28/16; 5/16/18; (Renumbered 5055)

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