§ 16-106-3. Performance incentive funding — Community College of Rhode Island.
(a) Beginning in FY 2018, funding for the Community College of Rhode Island ("CCRI�) shall
include a performance-based component utilizing all additional allocations of otherwise
unrestricted, higher-education general revenue greater than the base amount received
pursuant to the FY 2016 budget as enacted of total unrestricted state higher-education
funding.
(b) Data on which to base performance measures as described in subsection (c) shall be
defined by the commissioner of postsecondary education, in consultation with the council
on postsecondary education. Measures shall begin to be collected in FY 2017.
These measures may include and incorporate outcomes or goals from multiple, previous
years. The lack of information from previous years, however, will not affect the use
of performance-based measures.
(c) The performance-based measures shall be consistent with the purpose, role, scope,
and mission of CCRI, and shall include the following metrics:
(1) For first-time, full-time students, the number and percentage, including growth thereof
in relation to enrollment and in prior years, of associate's degrees awarded to students
within two (2) years and three (3) years, including summer graduates; for part-time
students, performance-based measures shall be based on incremental milestones made
toward achieving degree or certificate completion;
(2) The number of one year or longer industry-recognized certificates earned by students
within an expected amount of time, and weighted to increase high demand, high-wage
field certificates consistent with CCRI's purpose;
(3) One measure, as agreed to by the commissioner of postsecondary education and the president
of CCRI, who shall consider faculty, staff, and student input; and
(4) Any other measures that are deemed appropriate by the council of postsecondary education.
(d) Weight may be assigned to any of the aforementioned metrics to reinforce the purpose,
role, scope, and mission of CCRI, the economic needs of the state, and the socio-economic
status of the students. The commissioner may consider the college's improvements in
said metrics when determining whether the college has satisfied the annual measure
despite not reaching the overall goal.
(e) The commissioner shall provide faculty and students an opportunity to provide input
on the development of performance measures.