FL Board Of Education Funding Report Shows Positive DSC Performance

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Daytona Beach, FL - The State of Florida's performance funding draft report for 2017 and 2018 reveals positive results for students at Daytona State College (DSC).

According to the report, more DSC students are completing their degrees on time, moving forward with higher education and are getting jobs with above entry-level wages. In all performance categories, DSC earned points for their improvement and, overall, was awarded an above midpoint Silver level. The report gives out Gold, Silver, Bronze and Purple levels.

DSC earned 34.44 points out of 40, 2.70 points ahead of the 31.74 average. This means DSC received 86% of the total points possible.

The improvement plan DSC implemented to receive this honor included faculty mentors for students, requiring students to take a Student Success Skills class, graduation advising and alerting at-risk students earlier.

“It’s gratifying to see positive results from our plan to increase student success and advance the college in performance funding measures,” says DSC President, Tom LoBasso. “The Daytona State community devoted a great deal of time and hard work to implement strategic activities to help students reach their goals. I’m very proud of our dedicated faculty and staff whose efforts helped effect, most notably, student completion rates, retention and job placement.”

Out of the 28 schools in the Florida College System, there were:

  • 15 Silver
  • 7 Gold
  • 6 Bronze
  • 0 Purple

The Council of Presidents, Division of Florida Colleges, Council of Instructional Affairs, Council of Student Affairs, Council of Business Officers and Institutional Researchers were all a part of the report and met often on conference calls throughout the last year to discuss it.

On the agenda at the State Board of Education's July 17 meeting is the approval of the draft report. If approved, DSC will receive $2,555,602, which includes new funding and a return on base funding.

Photo courtesy of DSC.

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