AGENDA THREE BILLS ARE ON
CONSENT.
I HAVE. ONE OF THE FIRST STOP
WAS A QUORUM.
ALLEN HERE ALLEN HERE WILL
PRESENT WILL. TELL JOHNNY.
JOHNNY HERE LABOR. LABOR HERE
CAN. BUY BACK.
WE HAVE A QUORUM.
A.
YOU KNOW AS ONE OF OUR TRUSTY
JOURNALISTS WILL WRITE ABOUT THE
PARTISAN NATURE OF THE ROLL CALL
IN THE SENSE THAT. ALL THE
PUBLIC IS ALWAYS EASY PRESENT IN
THERE DEMOCRATS SAY HERE AND
NEVER QUITE FIGURE THAT OUT. BUT
THERE WE ARE OKAY SO WE HAVE TEN
BILLS ON TODAY'S AGENDA THERE
THREE ON CONSENT SO FIRST OF ALL
I AND NUMBER TWO SP EIGHT TWENTY
NINE PAN AS ITEM FOR SP TEN
FORTY EIGHT ALLEN. IN ITEM FIVE
SP TENSE EVERYONE NEWMAN AS
AMENDED.
BEFORE WE START HEARING BILLS
I'D LIKE TO TAKE A VOTE ON A
REVISION TO OUR COMMITTEE RULES
TO REFLECT. MY DESIRE TO HEAR
BILLS IN FILE ORDER RATHER THAN
SIGN AN ORDER WE HAD MANY AND.
REQUESTS FROM FOR MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE AND ALSO THE SENATE.
BUT WE BUT OF COURSE WE'VE GOT
TO. HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO.
TO. ALLOW THAT THE MEMBERS THAT
WAY ENTER OUR. HAVE THOUGHTS.
IF THEY DO HAVE THEM ON THIS.
BY NOW EVERYONE'S BEEN PROVIDED
COPY WITH THE PROPOSED CHANGE.
AND THERE'S ANY COMMENTS THAT
MEMBERS WANT TO MAKE. BEFORE YOU
VOTE.
CIRCUS CIRCUS EARLIER I THANK
YOU MISTER CHAIR AND TO QUOTE
OUR COLLEAGUE CHERRY HILL IT IS
VERY UNCIVILIZED WHEN WE DO IT
IN. ORDER WOULD BE HAVE TO BE
THE FIRST ONE HERE SO DO HIM
FOLLOWED I THINK IT'S MUCH
BETTER THAN SIGN IN ORDER THANK
YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU SIR.
ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT SUCH A PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON. THE REVISION
TO OUR COMMITTEE RULES.
ALLEN.
HI ALAN I WILL I WILL KEIGO.
JOHNNY I LABOR LABOR I PAN. PAN
HIGH BY NOW.
OKAY REALLY THAN A CALL TO GIVE
CINEMATIC UP TO DO TO ADD ON.
AND WITH THAT WE WILL NOW HEAR
OUR MEASURES AND FOLLOWER
HOWEVER BECAUSE. WE'VE GOT TO
CLOSE THE ROLE ACTUALLY IN THAT
SO AS TO. IMPLEMENT.
YEAH. BECAUSE WE DON'T.
OKAY OKAY I APPRECIATE THAT AND
SO WILL CLOSE THE RULE ON THAT
AS SO THAT NOW WE CAN HEAR THE
MEASURES IN FILE ORDER. AND WITH
THAT WE'LL START WITH THE US SP
EIGHT THIRTY SEVEN DODD
TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN.
GOOD MORNING MISTER CHAIR AND
MEMBERS.
I APPRECIATE THAT POLICY CHANGE
A. FACTOR. OF IT.
ROLLING OUT FIRST THIS MORNING
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR WILL
THANK YOU AS WELL. BUT. I'M
PRESENTING YES BE EIGHT THIRTY
SEVEN PERTAINING TO UNIVERSAL
EARLY EDUCATION.
RIGHT NOW IN CALIFORNIA THEIR
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND
CALIFORNIA CHILDREN WHO ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR A PUBLIC PRESCHOOL.
AND NOT ENROLLED.
BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH
SPOTS AVAILABLE.
BETWEEN TWO THOUSAND EIGHT IN
TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN. OUR STATE
CUT EARLY EDUCATION FUNDING BY
NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR BILLION
DOLLARS. IN ELIMINATED A HUNDRED
AND TEN THOUSAND CHILDCARE AND
PRESCHOOL SLOTS.
AS A FATHER AND GRANDFATHER I
FIND IT TROUBLING THAT WHILE
EIGHTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE
CHILDREN SCORE BRAIN STRUCTURE
IS FORMED BY AGE FIVE. ARE
PUBLICLY SUPPORTED CHILDCARE AND
PRESCHOOL SYSTEM LOST ONE
BILLION DOLLARS DURING THE GREAT
RECESSION IN FUNNY REMAINS
TWENTY PERCENT BELOW PRE
RECESSION LEVELS.
OUR STATE IS MISSING ITS
OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCE
ACHIEVEMENT GAPS. WITH OUR MOST
VULNERABLE YOUNG CHILDREN.
WHEN THOSE ARE BEST ADDRESSED
BEFORE STARTING KINDERGARTEN.
MARK TWAIN IS QUOTED AS SAYING
EVERY TIME YOU STOP A SCHOOL YOU
WILL HAVE TO BUILD A JAIL.
WHAT YOU GAIN AT ONE END YOU
LOSE AT THE OTHER?
RESEARCH TELLS US THAT ONE YEAR
UNIVERSAL HIGH QUALITY PRESCHOOL
PROGRAM IN CALIFORNIA WOULD
GENERATE ELEVEN THOUSAND FOUR
HUNDRED DOLLARS IN BENEFITS PER
CHILD IN CALIFORNIA AT LEAST.
USUALLY AT LEAST BETWEEN TWO AND
FIVE DOLLARS IN BENEFITS FOR
EVERY DOLLAR EXPECTED EXPENDED.
SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS FOR THE
CALIFORNIA LABOR FORCE.
THE INCREASED COMPETITIVENESS OF
THE STATE'S ECONOMY. AND ENHANCE
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EQUALITY.
FURTHER.
WITHOUT EARLY HIGH QUALITY
EDUCATION AT RISK CHILDREN ARE
TWENTY FIVE PERCENT MORE LIKELY
TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL.
FIFTY PERCENT MORE LIKELY TO BE
PLACED IN A SPECIAL EDUCATION.
IT'S SIXTY PERCENT MORE LIKELY
TO NEVER ATTEND COLLEGE.
SEVENTY PERCENT MORE LIKELY TO
BE ARRESTED FOR A VIOLENT CRIME.
EXISTING LAW CALIFORNIA
ESTABLISHES CALIFORNIA'S
TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN
PROGRAM WHEREBY A CHILD WHO HAS
HIS HIS OR HER FIFTH BIRTHDAY
BETWEEN SEPTEMBER SECOND AND
DECEMBER SECOND. IS ELIGIBLE TO
BE ADMITTED TO A TRANSITIONAL
KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM.
SB EIGHT THIRTY SEVEN BUILDS ON
CALIFORNIA'S SUCCESSFUL. TKA
PROGRAM BY EXPANDING ENROLLMENT
TO ALL FOUR YEAR OLDS.
IN TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN THE L.
A. O. ISSUED A REPORT
RECOMMENDING THAT THE
LEGISLATURE CREATE A SINGLE
COHERENT.
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO
PROVIDE ACCESS TO ALL LOW INCOME
AND AT RISK CHILDREN.
GIVEN THE INEQUITIES OF ACCESS
TO EARLY EDUCATION ACROSS
CALIFORNIA EXPANDING TKA GIVE
SCHOOL DISTRICTS THE CHANCE TO
REDUCE OPPORTUNITY GAPS. BY
EXPANDING SCHOOL READINESS
PROGRAMS FOR THE CHILDREN THEY
ALREADY SIR.
GIVE ME THE STATE SENATE NEEDS
TO BE AT THE TABLE WORKING TO
MOVE THE BALL FORWARD THIS YEAR
AND BEYOND. I REMAKE OMITTED TO
WORKING WITH MY SON AN ASSEMBLY
COLLEAGUES INTO CONTINUING
GAUGING CALIFORNIA'S EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. EDUCATION.
A COALITION TO EXPLORE HOW
UNIVERSAL EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION CAN BE IMPLEMENTED AND
FUNDED STATEWIDE.
I KNOW THERE ARE DIFFERENT
APPROACHES TO THIS PROBLEM. IN
UNDERSTAND THERE ARE ISSUES THAT
WE NEED TO WORK OUT TO ENSURE
THAT WE ARE ALSO SUPPORTING.
EXISTING PROVIDERS VERY
IMPORTANT.
I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT
UNIVERSAL EARLY CHURCH CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION IS AN INVESTMENT IN
OUR FUTURE THAT WILL PAY
DIVIDENDS IN YEARS TO COME.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR
AT OUR ECONOMIC VITALITY AND
SOCIAL @ILITY
NEEDS TO STOP OUR BAR INVESTMENT
IN THE NEXT GENERATION WITH ME
HERE TODAY.
IS.
BARBER NAMCO'S A SUPERINTENDED
THE NAPA COUNTY OFFICE OF
EDUCATION AND SOMEBODY THAT I.
BUT LOOKED UP TO.
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS DECADES
IN FACT.
IN NAPA COUNTY AS OUR
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION. THANK YOU BILL.
I'VE BEEN I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF
BEING COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR
THE LAST TWENTY ONE YEARS IN
NAPA COUNTY. AND WE RUN ALL
TWENTY FOUR A STATE FUNDED
PRESCHOOLS IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CENTERS IN NAPA.
THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION OF
EDUCATION TODAY THAT DOESN'T
TALK ABOUT THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP
SOMETIMES CALLED THE OPPORTUNITY
GAP THIS IS NOT NEW YOU HOLD US
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS. BUT THIS
HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE NINETEEN
SIXTY FIVE WHEN TITLE ONE WAS
FIRST PASSED AND FRANKLY WE
SPEND APPROXIMATELY SIXTEEN
BILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR. TO TRY
TO CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP AND
WE HAVE SINCE NINETEEN SIXTY
FIVE SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE
YOUR CALCULATORS THERE BUT IT
ENDS UP BEING A VERY LARGE
NUMBER.
THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP IS NOT
CAUSED BY SCHOOLS IF IT COMES TO
SCHOOL.
RESEARCH SINCE NINETEEN NINETY
FIVE HAS SHOWN THAT CHILDREN WHO
COME FROM ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED
FAMILIES LOW INCOME FAMILIES
HERE THIRTEEN MILLION FEWER
WORDS.
OR THEY GET TO SCHOOL THAN
CHILDREN WHO COME FROM MORE
AFFLUENT PROFESSIONAL FAMILIES
SO WELL WE CONSIDER IT EVERY DAY
CONVERSATION TO TALK TO INFANTS
FROM DAY ONE AND NARRATE THE DAY
FOR THEM. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN
IN ALL HOMES WHEN CHILDREN COME
WITH A THIRTY MILLION WORDS GAP
THEY ARE NOT PREPARED FOR
KINDERGARTEN OR THE LEARNING
IT'S A TWO AND A HALF TO THREE
YEAR GAP AND. RESEARCH AGAIN
SHOWS IT FOLLOWS THEM ALL
THROUGH THE TWELVE GRADES.
SO THE OTHER CODE WOULD BE
EINSTEIN DOING THE SAME THING
OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND
EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS IS
THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY SO
WE'VE HAD MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS
OF INSANITY. WHERE SCHOOLS HAVE
TRIED EVERY WHICH WAY TO CLOSE
THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP ON WHILE WE
HAVE NARROWED THE BIT IS STILL
ALIVE AND WELL? EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION ESPECIALLY FOR
STUDENTS FROM LOW INCOME OR
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER HOMES
IS CRITICAL AND IF YOU HOLD US
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THOSE GAPS THEN
YOU NEED TO HELP US CLOSE THOSE
GAPS BEFORE CHILDREN GET TO
SCHOOL. SO WE HOLD YOU
ACCOUNTABLE. EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION FOR ALL KIDS
PARTICULARLY LOW INCOME ELL IS
CRITICAL.
I HAVE TWO PAPERS HERE FOR YOU
ONE ON THE THIRTY MILLION WORD
GAP AND ONE ON THE ECONOMIC
EFFECTS OF. EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION THAT I WILL LEAVE FOR
HOWEVER THEY GET DISTRIBUTED.
THANK YOU. MUCH AND IF YOU CAN
PROVIDE THIS TO THE STAFF AND WE
WILL BILL I GOT AROUND TO THE.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF OTHER FOLKS
WHO WANT TO IN. A RACE. SUPPORT
NEW ONE OF VOICE SUPPORT.
GOOD MORNING.
CHAIR AND MEMBERS DANIEL CAN A
KAISER ON BEHALF OF COMMON SENSE
KIDS ACTION AS THE SENATOR AND
THE SUPERINTENDENT HAVE OUTLINED
THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP IT'S STARK.
AND WE ARE IN STRONG SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
FOLKS ONE RISK CONCERNS OR A.
NURSE.
YEAH.
MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS BRUNCH A
JONES A MAP OF CANDOR CARE IN
THE TWO HUNDRED MORE THAN TWO
HUNDRED CENTERS WE HAVE AROUND
THE STATE.
RESPECTFULLY IN OPPOSITION
WE'VE TALKED TO THE SENATOR
STAFFER WILLING T CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH THEM WE DON'T DISAGREE
WITH THE.
A POLICY THAT HE'S TRYING TO
IMPLEMENT BUT WE'VE JUST WANT TO
REMIND FOLKS THAT. IN CALIFORNIA
WE HAVE A STRONG MIX DELIVERY
SYSTEM.
KIDDICARE WERE ABLE TO TAKE
KIDS THAT ARE ON SUBSIDY AND
KIDS THAT AREN'T ON SUBSIDY THAT
WE WORK WITH EVERYONE. AND AND
AS YOU MOVE FORWARD LOOKING AT
THIS POLICY WE WOULD ENCOURAGE
YOU TO. THINK ABOUT THE MIX
DELIVERY SYSTEM YOU HAVE AND
THEN SOME OF THE STUDENTS AND
KIDS ARE BEING SERVED. IN TERMS
OF WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT
CANDOR CARE WE CAN PROVIDE CARE
BEFORE SCHOOL PICKED. THE
STUDENTS ARE BRINGING BACK AFTER
SCHOOL CARE SO THAT THAT KIND OF
SETTLED THAT QUESTION FROM OUR
PERSPECTIVE. WE ALSO NEED TO.
LOOK AT TRANSPORTATION ISSUES AS
WELL A FACILITY ISSUES.
CAPACITY IS ISSUE WE CAN. TAKE
AS MANY KIDS AS BEST AS THEY CAN
FIND OUT FROM SUBSIDY
PERSPECTIVE SO I DON'T KNOW IF.
IN THIS DISCUSSION THAT GETS
LOOKED AT ALL THE TIME WE
ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT SOME OF
THOSE ITEMS. THANK YOU RECEIVE
THEM VIRGIN.
YES MA'AM.
HELLO MISTER CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS MY NAME IS JULIE LOW AND
I'M HERE FOR REPRESENTING
MEMBERS OF THE PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION. I OWN AND OPERATE
CHILDREN'S PARADISE PRESCHOOLS
IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
WE APPRECIATE CRITICAL NEED FOR MORE QUALITY
SPACES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION.
CASE OPPOSES SP EIGHT THIRTY
SEVEN BECAUSE THE BILL MOVES TOO
QUICKLY TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF
CHILDREN ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND TKA
WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE CRITICAL
IMPACT THE LOSS OF FOUR YEAR OLD
CHILDREN. WOULD HAVE ON OUR
EXISTING EARLY LEARNING
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THIS BILL ALSO FAILS TO ADDRESS
KEY QUALITY ISSUES IDENTIFIED BY
THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST IN HER
REPORT DATED MARCH SIXTEENTH.
TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHTEEN
ENTITLED THE TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN EIGHTEEN BUDGET
ANALYSIS OF CHILDCARE AND
PRESCHOOL PROVOKE PROPOSALS. LET
ME GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES.
CURRENTLY STATE PRESCHOOL
PROGRAMS LIKE OURS ARE REQUIRED
TO MEET COMMUNITY CARE LICENSING
STANDARDS FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY
ESTABLISHED BY TITLE TWENTY TWO.
OUR TEACHER STUDENT RATIO IS ONE
TO TWELVE OR BETTER.
IN ADDITION TEACHER AIDE
QUALIFICATIONS MINIMUM SQUARE
FOOTAGE QUALITY ENVIRONMENTS
PROFESSIONAL CLEANLINESS
STANDARDS AND MORE MUST BE MET
TO KEEP OUR LICENSES IN GOOD
STANDING.
UNDER SB EIGHT THIRTY SEVEN
HOWEVER SUCH STANDARDS ARE
ELIMINATED OR REDUCED. PUBLIC
SCHOOLS ARE EXEMPT FROM
LICENSING AND TITLE TWENTY TWO
STANDARDS.
BY THE ENACTMENT OF EIGHTY
NINETY NINE LAST YEAR.
THE T. K. TEACHER STUDENT RATIO
IS INCREASED ALMOST THREEFOLD
ONE TEACHER PER THIRTY THREE
STUDENTS IS ACCEPTABLE.
THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
I ASK YOU HOW CAN ONE PERSON
POSSIBLY SUPERVISE THIRTY THREE
FOUR YEAR OLD CHILDREN. LET
ALONE PROVIDE ANY ONE OF THESE
CHILDREN WITH A QUALITY EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EXPERIENCE.
WHILE PUBLIC SCHOOLS MUST BE
KEPT IN GOOD REPAIR.
MOST OF THESE FACILITIES ARE NOT
DESIGNED TO TURN IT TO SERVE
CHILDREN ZERO TO FIVE AND OR NOT
DO NOT COMPLY WITH TITLE TWENTY
TWO REGULATIONS.
WORSE THERE IS NO TRANSPARENCY
FOR THE PUBLIC CLASSROOMS. FOR
EXAMPLE EVERY PROVIDERS
LICENSING RECORD IS AVAILABLE
ONLINE.
BUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE EXEMPT
FROM THESE REQUIREMENTS.
THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST
IDENTIFIED THE SHORTCOMINGS AND
MORE IN HER REPORT. THIS BILL
WOULD SUBJECT OUR FOUR YEAR OLD
CHILDREN TO THE POOREST QUALITY
DURING THE MOST IMPORTANT TIME
WHEN THEY'RE DEVELOPING BRAINS
DESPERATELY NEED. A QUALITY
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE THIS IS
NOT ACCEPTABLE.
PLEASE CONSIDER THE AMENDMENT
WE'RE PROPOSING IN ORDER TO
ADDRESS THE VERY ISSUES RAISED
BY THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST. AND
I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY I
GUESS MY MY QUESTION TO YOU IS
AND. WHY HAVE YOU WHEN WHEN WE
HAVE WE'RE NOT PROVIDING ANY
PUBLIC SERVICES TO AN ENORMOUS
NUMBER OF OUR POPULATION?
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLY STEP BACK
WHEN IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE THESE
NEW SERVICES TO ENORMOUS PERSON
POPULATION THAT CAN'T AFFORD?
YOUR SERVICES ARE YOUR FOLKS
SERVICES BUT ALSO ARE INELIGIBLE
FOR.
THE THE LOWEST INCOME CATEGORIES
THAT ARE PROVIDED IN PRESCHOOL
SIDE.
SO I WOULD MAKE TWO ARGUMENTS IN
ANSWER TO THAT FIRST OF ALL I
WOULD LIKE FOR ANY OF YOU TO
IMAGINE YOURSELF IN A ROOM WITH
THIRTY THREE YEAR OLD FOUR YEAR
OLD CHILDREN.
AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TELL ME
ABOUT THAT CHILD BEING AT HOME
WITH THEIR PARENTS IS WORSE.
THAN BEING IN A CLASSROOM WHERE
THEY FIGHT FOR ATTENTION IS
DRAWN FROM THE LOOKS OF THE
COMMON DECIDEWHETHER TO SEND
THEIR KID IS NOT A A MANDATORY
SYSTEM. BUT SECONDARILY THE CCD
BG FUNDING WAS JUST DOUBLED TWO
POINT NINE BILLION DOLLARS TO
ADDRESS SOME OF THIS LEARNING
GAP. I'M NOT MAKING THE ARGUMENT
THAT ADDITIONAL SERVICES ARE NOT
REQUIRED HIGH QUALITY EARLY
LEARNING SERVICES ARE INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE BRAIN OF A FOUR YEAR OLD
CHILD DEVELOPING AND THEN YOU AT
AND THEN WE AS A SOCIETY SAY
THAT IT'S ACCEPTABLE TO PUT THAT
CHILD INTO A CLASSROOM. WITH
THIRTY THREE OTHER CHILDREN WERE
THEY FIGHT TO GET THE ATTENTION
THAT THEY NEED WHAT WE'RE DOING
IS WE'RE DEVELOPING
POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
WE'RE NOT DEVELOPING HIGH
QUALITY EARLY EDUCATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTS. SO WHEN THE
LEGISLATURE LOOKS AT ADDING HIGH
QUALITY PRESCHOOL TO THE AGENDA
OF EVERY CHILD WHICH I BELIEVE
STRONGLY IN. IT SHOULD SUPPORT A
HIGH QUALITY UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL
PROGRAM THAT PUTS CHILDREN IN
RATIOS ONE EIGHT IS THE THE
STATE PRESCHOOL RATIO. AND BAD
WITH FOUR CALL OR WITH THREE
QUALIFIED TEACHERS AND STAFF TO
COME IN AND BREAK IN PREP. IS IS.
ADEQUATE FOR A HIGH QUALITY
EARLY LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS ARE
CENTERS ARE TIER FIVE ON THE
QUEUE ARE I GUESS IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA. I WOULD STRONGLY
RECOMMEND THAT SYSTEM AND THE
QUALITY COUNTS CALIFORNIA SYSTEM
AS A SYSTEM THAT THE LEGISLATURE
SAYS IS WORTHY OF CHILDREN. A
SYSTEM WHERE THIRTY THREE
CHILDREN ARE IN ONE CLASSROOM IS
NOT WORTHY OF CHILDREN WHO ARE
FOUR YEARS OLD AND. I I I I TWO DIFFERENT CHILDCARE AND
EARLY EDUCATION SETTINGS AND I
WOULD JUST SAY THAT. WE'RE NOT
IN IN OPPOSITION BUT WE DO HAVE
SOME STRONG RESERVATIONS BASED
ON HISTORY THAT WAS CITED. BY
SENATOR DOT SO WE HAVE WHERE WE
EXPANDED TRANSITIONAL
KINDERGARTEN. AND THE TARGET OF
THE EXPANSION OF TEE KAY WAS
KIND OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
HERE THAT WE WANTED TO REALLY
PULL IN THOSE WHO WOULD BENEFIT
LONG TERM. FROM ACCESS TO
QUALITY BUT LET ME TELL YOU
WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THE
EXPANSION OF TKA AND THE
RECESSION THAT HIT WE HAVE ONE
POINT TWO MILLION INCOME
ELIGIBLE LOWEST POVERTY. UNABLE
TO ACCESS SERVICES.
THE CONCERN THAT KAPPA HOUSE IS
THAT.
THIS PROGRAM IS BUILDING A T. K.
UNDER ONLY UNDER AN ALLEY A. WE
HAVE AMAZING MIX DELIVERY PUBLIC
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND WE'RE
NOT BUILDING ON THOSE AT ALL. IN
MANY PARTS OF THE STATE MY
FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING TO
ACCESS THE SCHOOL BASED SYSTEM.
THIS BILL ALSO FAILS TO REALLY
NOT ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR
POOREST FAMILIES.
.
THREE FIFTHS OF CHILDREN UNDER
THE AGE OF THIRTEEN HAVE A
WORKING FAMILY.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS T. K.
WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THREE
HOURS MAYBE SIX HOURS.
THE POOREST OF WORKING FAMILIES
NEED TRUE WORKING FAMILY SUPPORT
AND CHILDCARE AND THIS SIMPLY
ISN'T THAT. I BELIEVE THAT MORE
OF THE POOREST FAMILIES ARE
GOING TO BE LEFT BEHIND. I THINK
WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IS LET'S
HAVE AN HONEST CONVERSATION ON
HOW WE BUILD A TRUE MIX DELIVERY
SYSTEM BECAUSE WE KNOW. THAT IT
IS THE MIXED DELIVERY SYSTEM
WHERE THE FAMILIES ARE GETTING
THEIR INFORMATION AND EDUCATION.
THANK YOU.
YOU.
GOOD MORNING THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME MY NAME'S VALERIE DINERO
WITH CALIFORNIANS FOR QUALITY
EARLY LEARNING AND I ECHO THE
STATEMENTS THAT WERE JUST MADE.
I'M A BY CAP BY AND BY MISTER
JONES AS AND I WON'T REPEAT ANY
OF THOSE POINTS A VERY CRITICAL
POINT. HOWEVER TRANSITIONAL
KINDERGARTEN WAS NEVER INTENDED
TO REPLACE PRESCHOOL THAT WAS
NEVER THE INTENTION OF TKT KAY
WAS THERE TO CAPTURE THOSE
CHILDREN THE STATE PRESCHOOL
PROGRAM THAT FELL THE AGE GAP.
WHEN TKA COME ABOUT A LOT OF
PRIVATE PROGRAMS THAT EXIST
THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA THERE'S OR FORTY NINE
THOUSAND LICENSED PROGRAMS. THAT
ARE BOTH PRIVATE FOR PROFIT IT
MAINLY NONPROFIT PROGRAMS.
WHEN YOU TAKE ALL YOUR FOUR YEAR
OLD AWAY FROM LICENSED CHILDCARE
PROGRAMS YOU REDUCE THAT
FACILITY'S ABILITY TO FUNCTION
OPERATE. ALL TOGETHER SO NOT
ONLY DO WE LOSE FOUR YEAR OLDS
ARE PRESCHOOL ENVIRONMENT BUT WE
ALSO REDUCE THE RATE OF THE CARE
FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS AS
PROGRAMS CANNOT SURVIVE. ON
PROVIDING CARE TO INFANTS HALT
INCIDENT HOLLERS ALONE
CALIFORNIA HAS A UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ON AN
EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. AND TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HIGH
QUALITY PROGRAMS THAT
CALIFORNIA'S LOCAL CURARE ASSN
FIRST FIVE DOLLARS HAVE ALREADY
INVESTED IN WORK FORCE THAT HAVE
GONE BACK TO SCHOOL TO ACHIEVE
BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREES IN
CHILD DEVELOPMENT. MAYBE HAVEN'T
GONE GONE ON TO THE TEACHING
CREDENTIAL SO THEY WOULD NOT
QUALIFY FOR TKA POSITION BUT
THAT HIGH QUALITY SERVICES
HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
THE REASON WHY WE HAVE AN
ACHIEVEMENT GAP IT'S BECAUSE
THERE'S AT A BARRIER WITH
ACCESSING HIGH QUALITY SERVICES
HIS OUR STATE CONTINUES TO PUT
RESTRICTIONS ON THE DOLLARS AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL TO APPLY.
TO SERVE ALL CHILDREN CALIFORNIA
NEEDS A HIGH QUALITY SERVICE FOR
ALL CALIFORNIA'S CHILDREN
REGARDLESS OF THEIR INCOME
REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE
THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO
DOWN TO A PROGRAM DOWN THE
STREET. VERSUS HAVING TO PUT A
FOUR YEAR OLD ON A BUS OR A PAP
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WORK
FAMILY DROPPED THE CHILD OFF AT
SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING
SOMEBODY ELSE TAKES THAT CHILD
TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUS.
SOMEBODY ELSE HAS TO PICK THAT
CHILD UP FROM THE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL CAMPUS TAKE THEM BACK TO
THE CHILD CARE FACILITY WHERE
THEY PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO
CHILDREN THANK YOU.
HELLO MY NAME IS LYNETTE
FERGUSON. AND I'M FROM THE
FRESNO COUNTY AREA. I REPRESENT
PAYS ASSOCIATION CHILDHOODFOR
EDUCATORS AND I HAD TO DO NOT
WANT TO TAKE UP ANY MORE TIME
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO. WHAT
DEMEANS SAID FROM KAPPA AND
VALERIE FROM SEQUEL AND I'D
STRONGLY OPPOSE SB EIGHT THIRTY
SEVEN?
THANK YOU.
HI I'M KATHY VON FROM CINEMA.
AND I AM HERE WITH PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDHOOD
EDUCATORS AND I OPPOSE THIS BILL
UNLESS IT INCLUDES A MI
DELIVERY. AND I THINK YOU'VE
HEARD PLENTY OF REASONS WHY.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU EXPERIMENT.
OKAY THE MATTERS BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE I KNOW CENTER PAN HAS
A QUESTION.
AND CERTAINLY NOT.
THANK THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
AND CENTER DIED OUT I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PASSION FOR.
GETTING ACCESS TO THE KIDS FOR.
EARLY EDUCATION.
I'VE ASKED THAT AND I THINK WE
TOUCHED ON THIS FORM OF PREVIOUS
DISCUSSION I DO SHARE SOME.
THE CONCERNS OF THE PROPOSITION
I APPRECIATE THAT FOR EXAMPLE.
WAS PASSED OUT A PAPER FROM A.
DOCTOR HOCHMAN WHO'S AN
ECONOMIST WHO ACTUALLY I'M VERY
FAMILIAR WITH HIS WORK.
AS A PEDIATRICIAN AT FOLK YOU
HAVE DONE A CONSIDERABLE
EXAMINATION OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
NOW. I I WANT TO STRESS THAT THE
RESEARCH SHOWS IT'S HIGH QUALITY.
THE SCHOOL.
ALL RIGHT SO LOW QUALITY
PRESCHOOL DOESN'T SEE THE
BENEFITS IT HAS TO BE HIGH
QUALITY. AND SOME OF THAT HAS TO
DO AND WE'VE HEARD SOME OF THE
FOLKS TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW THE
RATIOS OF EXACTLY HOW MUCH.
EDUCATION AND SO FORTH AND SO I
I DO SHARE THE CONCERNS OF THE
OPPOSITION ABOUT.
WHETHER YOU KNOW I THINK.
XFINITY KAY IS REALLY GONNA BE
INCREASING ACCESS VERSUS
DISPLACEMENT. AND WHETHER. THIS
THE STANDARDS FOR TKA WHICH
AGAIN YOUNG AND I KNOW YOU KNOW
THAT THAT THAT. THAT THE
RELATIVE PROJECT THREE OF
CHILDREN THAT AGE IS VERY STEEP
SO THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FOUR YEAR
OLD AND A SIX YEAR OLD I MEAN
THERE'S ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO
SO. REGARDLESS EVEN. SOME I
GUESS IT FOR YEARS LIKE A TWO
YEAR OLD BUT AND THERE'S BUT TO
STILL BIG DIFFERENCE IF TWO YEAR
OLD A FOUR YEAR OLD FOUR YEAR
OLD SIX YEAR OLD THREE YEAR OLD
SO I MEAN THERE'S A LOT OF
CHANGES HAPPENED. AND.
.
AND SO.
IT ALSO IS THE CHAIR OF YOU KNOW
OF BUDGETS UP THREE WE ARE WE
GOING OVERSEAS SOME THE CHILD
CARE STUFF WE HAD A HEARING. AND
FACT ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE
ACTUALLY A STRUGGLED WITH THIS
IS THAT.
GIVEN THAT SOME OF THE MONEY
WAS GOING THROUGH PROP NINETY
EIGHT AND SOME OF THE MONEY WAS
DON'T FUND FOR THE CHILDCARE
PIECE THAT. ACTUALLY HAD SLOTS
THAT WERE ON THE PROP MY EACH
SIDE THAT THEY WERE HAVING
TROUBLE FILLING.
WELL WE WERE OVERSUBSCRIBED ON
THAT NONPROFIT IDEA BECAUSE THIS
THROUGH THE CHILDCARE AND SO.
YOU KNOW AGAIN WHERE AT WHERE'S
THE DEMAND AND AND AND AND THE
NEED AND HOW HOW TO BE SURE
PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS SO.
I GUESS WHAT I'M GONNA SAY IS
IS THAT.
I SHARE THE CONCERNS OF MANY
CONCERNS RAISED BY OPPOSITION WE
NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO LOOK
AT THE LARGER SYSTEM I WILL VOTE
FOR THIS TODAY BECAUSE I KNOW
YOUR HEARTS AND RIGHT PLACE AND.
I HOPE WE CAN HAVE SOME FURTHER
DISCUSSION SURELY COMMITTEE AS
WELL ABOUT DOING SOMETHING MUCH
MORE ROBUST THAT IS BROADER.
BECAUSE I DO WHAT YOU WHERE YOU
WANT TO GET TO FROM OUR
DISCUSSIONS IS WHERE I WANT TO
GET TO AS WELL AS YOU WANT TO BE
SURE EVERY CHILD HAS ACCESS TO
HIGH QUALITY. PRESCHOOL AND ALSO
AND CONTINUING BEYOND THAT AT
BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA NEED TO
BE BROADER.
IT'S NOT IT'S NOT GONNA BE
EXANDED TO CATER TO ALL FALL
FOUR YEAR OLDS IS NOT AS THINK
IT WE HAVE A BROADER. TALK ABOUT
THAT AND I APPRECIATE YOU
CHAMPIONING THIS ISSUE.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR SENATOR
DODD. AS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE
WOMEN'S CAUCUS I WANT TO
OFFICIALLY WELCOME YOU TO THE
FIGHT THIS IS BEEN A PRIORITY
FOR US ON FOR AT LEAST THE FOUR
YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN IN THE
SENATE. AND I THINK PRIOR TO ME
COMING TO THE SENATE IT HAS BEEN
A FIGHT SO WELCOME I KNOW YOU
DIDN'T COME TO SPEAK WITH ME
ABOUT THE BILL BUT MAYBE CAN'T
YOU SPOKE TO THE CHAIR OF THE
WOMEN'S CAUCUS. BECAUSE IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
COLLABORATE AND THAT WE DON'T TO
DUPLICATE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
DO. ALSO THE BILL I NOTICE
THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT WRAPAROUND
SERVICES WHICH ARE INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT SO I HOPE THAT YOU
WILL WORK COLLABORATIVELY GOING
FORWARD WITH THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS.
AND WELCOME.
IT JUST DO I RESPOND. TO THE
GOOD SENATOR AND ALSO TO SENATOR
PAN WHO.
.
SPOKE BEFORE.
I GET IT. ADD A YELP THE STUDENT
RATIOS THAT THEIR ISSUES AND THE
CHAIRMAN AND THE CHAIRMAN STAFF
HAVE REALLY MADE ALL THE
CONCERNS. THAT YOU'VE ALL
INDICATED TODAY AND THAT THAT
THE OPPOSITION HAS INDICATED
TODAY. VERY VERY CLEAR TO ME
FROM DAY ONE. AND SO.
YACHTS FOR STUDENT RATIOS BUT
I'M A GRANDFATHER OF SEVEN IT
WOULD BE FRIGHTENING FOR ME TO
TAKE ALL SEVEN. OF THOSE KIDS AT
ONE TIME SO I GET THE FACT THAT
THE. THE AW THAT'S.
THAT'S GOT TO BE LOOKED AT I
THINK THE ONE SPEAKER IN
OPPOSITION IS SPOT ON THAT WE DO
HAVE TO HAVE AN HONEST
CONVERSATION WITH EVERYBODY.
INFORMING THIS POLICY GOING
FORWARD.
I AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THERE
IS AN OPPORTUNITY PERHAPS FOR A
MIX DELIVERY SYSTEM. AND I JUST
APPRECIATE THE.
THE DIALOGUE.
IS AMERICA HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE
TO SIT DOWN AND MEET AND TALK
WITH THEM BOTH SOME OF THE
SENATORS THAT HAVE WORKED ON
THIS IN THE PAST WOMEN'S CAUCUS
AT CENTER AND ALSO SOME OF THE
FOLKS WHO RAISED OPPOSITION.
POINTS BECAUSE I THINK THAT
SANAM BETTER VERY IMPORTANT
THING FOR YOU TO DO.
YES.
.
TO BE TRUTHFUL I PERSONALLY HAVE
NOT BUT MY STAFF HAS BEEN IN
CONTACT WITH THE YOUR STAFF
APPARENTLY. AND THAT THE WOMEN'S
CAUCUS IS CONTINUE TO BE
COMMITTED TO ENSURING LOW INCOME
DISADVANTAGED ZERO TO FIVE YEAR
OLDS. RECEIVE THE WRAPAROUND
CARE THEY NEED TO THIS IS ON
THIS IS ON.
.
ALL THE ALL ON THE LIST OF
THINGS TO DO IN A CONTINUED TO
YELL AT WORK WITH YOU. NOT KEEP
MY STAFF WILL BUT I WILL. SEEK
YOU OUT CENTER LABOR AND.
INTO WORK ON THAT. THANK YOU. I
MEAN I I THINK YOU JUST
LISTENING TO THE THE I I IT'S AN
INTERESTING THING TO CONTEMPLATE
AND WE HAVE A WHOLE
INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE THAT.
HANDLES.
YOU KNOW AND WHEN WORKS WITH ALL
THESE KIDS SOME SOME.
PROGRAMS ARE A VERY HIGH
CALIBER. I THINK YOU KNOW YOUR
ESSENTIAL CONCERN IS MAKING SURE
THAT IT IS MORE. PROBABLY.
ACCESSED.
AND.
YOU KNOW ULTIMATELY THE. THE
SYSTEM WE HAVE IN PLACE IS A IS
A SYSTEM THAT EITHER IS
ACCESSIBLE TO.
THE POOREST THROUGH.
YOU KNOW THROUGH SUBSIDIZE
PROGRAMMING FOR. EVERYBODY ELSE
THROUGH YOU KNOW COST PROGRAMS
AND SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS
CERTAINLY IN AREAS WHERE I LIVE
ARE COST PROHIBITIVE. AND I
THINK PART OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING
TO ADDRESS IS THE FACT THAT YOU
KNOW EVERY OTHER. CIVILIZED
COUNTRY ON EARTH HAS A.
AS A PUBLICLY RYAN PUBLICLY
SUBSIDIZED.
YET EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM AND
YOU'RE TRYING TO EXPAND THAT.
ACCESS. TIME AND THERE'S NO
QUESTION THAT THERE WERE YOU
KNOW THAT IT MAY NOT BE THE
CADILLAC VERSION I GUESS THE
QUESTION IS IS THE SYSTEM THAT
WE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. IN
PROVIDING GOOD QUALITY PROGRAM
FOR ENOUGH KIDS ACROSS THE BOARD
ACROSS ALL OF OUR SUCH ECONOMIC.
SPECTRUM IN AND YOU KNOW IT IS
THERE SURELY THERE'S A WAY TO
PROVIDE A A SYSTEM JUST LIKE WE
DO WITH KINDERGARTEN WHERE THE
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SYSTEMS CAN
WORK TOGETHER I MEAN YOU KNOW
MOST KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS ARE
HALF DAY PROGRAMS. AND THE KIDS
WILL SPEND HALF A DAY AT THE
PUBLIC SCHOOL AND THEN ON THE OF
THOSE KIDS WHOSE PARENTS HAVE.
I'M MORE WORKING FULL DAYS I
WILL THEN HAVE THEIR KIDS GO TO
A PRIVATE.
DAYCARE PROVIDER OR EARLY
CHILDHOOD PROVIDER PRESCHOOL
PROVIDER OR OR AN ENRICHMENT
PROVIDER SO. AND THEIR WAYS TO
MAKE IT ALL WORK AND ULTIMATELY
THIS IS NOT. MANDATORY THE
PARENTS CAN DECIDE WHETHER THEY
WANT TO YOU KNOW PUT THEIR CAN
THESE PROGRAMS ARE NOT AND THEY
HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION. BUT
THE FACT IS WE KNOW THERE A LOT
OF PARENTS WHO ARE SIMPLY. YOU
THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE.
CURRENT PROGRAMS. THAT ARE.
YOU KNOW THAT ARE OUT THERE.
AND AT THE SAME TIME THEY CAN'T
AFFORD THE PRIVATE PROGRAMS AND
THERE'S A LOT OF PARENTS IN THAT
SITUATION OR TOTALLY SQUEEZE AND
AND I THINK. IT'S WRAPPED UP IN
THE BALL THAT INCREASING COSTS
THE HOUSING BECAUSE EVERYTHING
ELSE AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M VERY
SYMPATHETIC TO WHAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO DO A DID YOU OBVIOUSLY
HAVE A LOT MORE HOMEWORK TO DO
BOTH WITH NUMBERS AND WITH.
FOLKS IN OPPOSITION I I I THINK
THAT ALL THE POINTS THAT WERE
RAISED BY THE.
FOLKS WHO CAME TO SPEAK IN AND
AND RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT THE
BILL WORK ARE VERY WELL TAKEN
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND I REALLY
HOPE THAT YOU CAN COMMIT TO US
TODAY. TO TO REALLY ENGAGING IN
TAKING PERSONAL ENGAGEMENT IN IN
A ROBUST CONVERSATION WITH EVERY
TWELVE STAKEHOLDERS.
WITHOUT A DOUBT I THINK IT'S YOU
KNOW IT IT SO FOR INSTANCE SOME
OF THE DISCUSSION THOUGH YEAH
REALLY. SUGGESTS THAT WE BLOW UP
THE T. KATE YOU KNOW PROGRAM I
THINK. I I I I'M CERTAINLY. YOU
KNOW KIND OF STUNNED.
YOUR BY THOSE ARGUMENTS BUT AT
THE SAME TIME.
LOOK AT WHAT THE STATE ASSEMBLY
HAS HAD. HALF A DOZEN BILLS OVER
THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS IN
THIS AREA THE STATE SENATE NOT
SO MUCH WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS I
WANT TO BRING THIS FORWARD SO
THAT WE COULD. HAVE ADVANCED
THIS CONVERSATION ON THIS SIDE.
AND.
WORK WITH THE OPPONENTS. TO
HAVE A BETTER SYSTEM FOR. THE
EDUCATION OF OF OF ALL FOUR
YEARS AND I RESPECTFULLY.
YOU KNOW I I I WILL TAKE YOUR
ADVICE AND AND DO JUST THAT
THANK YOU APPRECIATE THAT
BECAUSE OF COURSE CAN BE VERY
EXPENSIVE AND AND.
THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT WILL.
DRESSED IN THE FUTURE COMMITTEES.
ALL RIGHT SO I SO WITH YOUR
COMMITMENT TO TO WORK WITH THE
THE THE STAKE HOLDERS.
I CERTAINLY WILL SUPPORT IT
TODAY AS WELL AND YOU KNOW I'M
HAPPY TO HEAR CLOSING IF YOU
LIKE.
I I JUST I I REALLY APPRECIATE
THE CHAIR AND STAFF LIKE I SAID
BEFORE YOU EAT.
ALL THE OPPOSITION THERE'S BEEN
HERE TODAY YOU BROUGHT THAT UP
IN THOSE CONCERNS UP TO TO ME
AND TO MY STAFF FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING. WE UNDERSTAND THOSE
WHO THEY THEY HAVE TO BE WORKED
THROUGH AS YOU INDICATED THIS
THING HAS NOT ONLY POLICY
IMPLICATIONS BUT BUDGET
IMPLICATIONS. THAT ARE HUGE.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU KNOW
WHETHER THIS BILL GETS THROUGH
IT YOU KNOW TO THE END OR NOT.
.
IT IT IT'S NOT LIKE THIS ISSUE
IS GOING TO GO AWAY SO I
APPRECIATE THAT COMMITTEE CHAIR
ALLOWING THE. HIS RECOMMENDATION
TO HAVE THIS GO FORWARD SO WE
CAN CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION
REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS. IN
THE CENTER ALRIGHT AS OUR MOTION.
HAVE.
OKAY.
SOME OF MY SENATE LABOR AND SIX
OF HIS COLOR. ITEM ONE SP EIGHT
THIRTY SEVEN THE MOTIONS DO YOU
PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS ALLEN.
ALLEN I WILL.
JOHNNY.
LABOR LABOR I CAN. BITE ACT. BY
ACT NOW.
OKAY SO WILL WILL HOLD THE ROLE
OPEN FOR THAT. I THANK YOU TO
YOU BOTH THANKS VERY MUCH FOR
SHOWING UP IN AND DONE AND WE DO
ENCOURAGE YOU TO. ENGAGE IN THIS
DISCUSSION.
WITH EACH OTHER YEAH.
THANK YOU ALL RIGHT I KNOW I SEE
SENATOR HILL HERE HE'S HERE TO
PRESENT SP NINE SIXTY SEVEN
YOU'RE VERY WELCOME TO THE DATA
CENTER.
WELL GOOD MORNING.
WHAT KIND OF A VOICE TODAY NOT A
LOT OF ONE BUT?
BEAR WITH ME.
MISTER CHAIRMAN THE THEY'RE
PRESENTING SP NINETEEN SIXTY
SEVEN BUT DECISION IT SEEKS TO
ELIMINATE ONE OF THE PRIMARY
BARRIERS TO HIGHER EDUCATION FOR
OUR FOES. FOSTER USE. THAT WOULD
BE TUITION.
USING FOSTER CARE LESS LIKELY TO
ROLL CALL TO THE COMPLETE HIGH
SCHOOL AND LESS LIKELY TO
GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE IF THE
HAND ROLL.
SEVERAL FACTORS BOTH ACADEMIC
AND NON ACADEMIC CONTRIBUTE TO
THIS GAP IN EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS.
FOSTER KIDS OFTEN CAN'T TURN
PARENTS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT
COLLEGE HELP WITH COLLEGE
APPLICATIONS OR ASSIST WITH
THEIR TUITION.
THOSE WHO WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH
TO BE ADOPTED ARE FAR MORE
LIKELY TO GO TO COLLEGE HOWEVER.
ADOPTION IS ALREADY AN EXPENSE
REPORT PROPOSITION WITHOUT EVEN
CONSIDERING THE COST OF COLLEGE
TUITION AND FEES.
THIS CAN BE A CONSIDERABLE
DETERRENT FOR BURNS CONSIDERING
ADOPTION.
THOSE WHO ADOPT TEENAGE FOSTER
CHILDREN.
OFTEN DO NOT HAVE A SAVINGS IN
PLACE TO PROVIDE FOR ALL HER
EDUCATION.
THIS BILL WILL WAIVE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE FISH YOU WERE NEW
SITUATIONS. AND FREEZE FOR
FOSTER KIDS. WHO'VE BEEN IN
FOSTER CARE FOR AT LEAST TWELVE
MONTHS.
THE STUDENT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO
FILL OUT A FREE APPLICATION FOR
FEDERAL STUDENT AID. IN ANY
TUITION WAIVER WOULD TAKE PLACE
AFTER GRANTS OR SCHOLARSHIPS ARE
ACCOUNTED FOR.
TWENTY EIGHT STATES ALREADY HAVE
TUITION WAIVER PROGRAMS JUST
LIKE THIS ONE.
MOVING THIS BARRIER TO EDUCATION
AS A POTENTIAL TO BE A TRUE GAME
CHANGING THE LIVES OF SO MANY
FOSTER YOU. IN THIS STATE.
WELL CALIFORNIA PRIDES ITSELF AS
A LEADER AND SO MANY POLICY
AREAS IT'S TIME WE FOLLOW THE
LEAD OF SO MANY OTHER STATES
MOVEMENT OR FOSTER USE. PRIORITY
AND GIVE A MUCH BETTER CHANCE
FOR SUCCESS. THIS BILL WILL DO
JUST THAT.
I AM HAPPY TO TAKE THE COMMITTEE
SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO AMEND
THE BILL TO INCLUDE THE SAME
FINANCIAL NEED REQUIRE MINISTER
WAS FOR THE CAL GRANT. AID
PROGRAM.
YOU FOR YOUR TIME DO AS FOR
ANOTHER VOTE I HAVE READ HOWARD
WITH ME TODAY THE CHILDREN EVER
FOR AUTHORING IT ON WITH HIS
YES ECCLES SUPPORT THIS MEASURE
INNER DRIVE OUT FOR THREE
REASONS. THE FIRST IS THAT
PERHAPS OTHER THAN. JAILING
SOMEONE THEY WERE EXECUTING THEM
THE SINGLE GREATEST POWER THAT
WE CEDE. TO THE STATE IS THE
POWER TO COME INTO MY HOME AND
YOUR HOMES AND TAKE OUR CHILDREN
AWAY.
AND WITH THAT COMES
CONCOMITANTLY THE GRAVEST MORAL
RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL OF THE
KIDS THAT WE DEAL WITH IN
CALIFORNIA.
THE SECOND IS THAT EXCEPT FOR
PERHAPS THE STATISTIC THAT SAYS
THAT FIFTY PERCENT OF THE YOUNG
GIRLS. THAT ARE PICKED UP FOR
BEING COMMERCIALLY SEXUALLY
EXPLOITED ARE CURRENTLY IN
FOSTER CARE. OTHER THAN THAT.
GRIM DATA POINT THE OTHER ONE
THAT I THINK DRAPES US ALL IN
SHAME EQUALLY. IS THE DATA POINT
THAT PERHAPS ONLY THREE PERCENT
OF FOSTER CHILDREN EVER GRADUATE
FROM COLLEGE THREE PERCENT OF
CHILDREN THAT WE HAVE TAKEN AND
TO BE RAISED AS OUR OWN.
AND THAT UNDERSCORES THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS BILL TO
REMOVE EVERY POSSIBLE BARRIER
EVERY POSSIBLE AREA.
TO THE TO THESE CHILDREN OUR
CHILDREN BEING ABLE TO SUCCEED.
THIRD IN AND MY LAST POINT IS A
URINALYSIS CORRECTLY ASKS
WHETHER OR NOT GIVEN THE FACT
THAT THESE CHILDREN. ARE
OVERWHELMINGLY LIKELY TO BE
ELIGIBLE FOR FINANCIAL AID IS
THE BILL NECESSARY. IF I MAY
RESPECTFULLY FLIP THE QUESTION
IF WE KNOW THAT THESE CHILDREN
ARE OVERWHELMINGLY ELIGIBLE FOR
FINANCIAL AID. WHY ARE WE ASKING
THEM TO?
PAY BILLS THAT WE KNOW THAT THEY
WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY.
IT IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE CASE THAT
HAVING TO SIMPLY FILL OUT THE
PAPERWORK FOR THESE PARTICULAR
KIDS.
MORE LIKELY HOMELESS WITHOUT A
GROWN UP TO HELP THEM FILL OUT
THIS PAPERWORK BURDEN OR SIMPLY
ADMINISTER GETTING THE CHECKS
AND NOT GETTING THE CHECKS. THEY
LIKELY DON'T HAVE A CAR.
IT WILL DAWN TO THEM I JUST SENT
MY SON TO COLLEGE FOR THE FIRST
TIME. THE FINANCIAL AID PROCESS
DAUNTED ME.
SO. OUT MY OLD BOSS SENATOR LIZ
FIGUEROA HAD A WONDERFUL PHRASE
SHE SAID. WHENEVER WE PROVIDE
SERVICES TO THE UNDERPRIVILEGED.
IN A WAY THAT IS NOT THE MOST
EFFICIENT WAY POSSIBLE WE HURT
THEM.
IT HURT THEM.
SO IN SOME I LOVE THIS BILL WE
LOVE THIS BILL NOT JUST FOR WHAT
IT DOES BUT FOR WHAT IT SAYS.
AND WHAT IT SAYS IS WE GET IT.
THESE ARE OUR KIDS WE WOULDN'T
DO THIS TO OUR OWN KIDS IF WE ON
THE COLLEGE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR.
THANK YOU SIR.
THANK YOU.
I'M OTHER FOLKS WHO WANT TO.
SPEAK UP IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL.
ANYONE WANT TO RAISE CONCERNS
OPPOSITION.
THIS DOES ENJOY A DEEP PASSES
AMENDED RECOMMEND. THE REASONS
THAT HAVE BEEN STATED I THINK
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS. AND THAT WE NEED TO
FIGURE OUT MORE WAYS TO HELP
GETTING GET INTO THE SYSTEM AND
AND ALSO AND. ALSO MAKE SURE
THAT WE'RE NOT.
CREATING ANY.
BY NECESSARY TO ADOPTION.
MAN I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A
CONCERN OF YOURS TO THAT SENATOR
SO.
ANY QUESTIONS THOUGHTS FROM THE
COMMITTEE. BILL OKAY SO.
WHICH LOOKED CLOSER. JUST
BRIEFLY I'VE BEEN ON.
HUMAN SERVICES FOR TWELVE YEARS.
AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF BILLS
COME AND GO MOVED AWAY EVERY
EVERYTHING FROM. NO DIAPERS THE
DONUTS IN THAT COMMITTEE.
AND THE ONE.
YEAH THE REALLY HAS STRUCK ME AS
FOSTER KID BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDER
THE GUN.
AND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO
HELP THEM BREAK THAT CYCLE OF
POVERTY.
I THINK IS AN IMPORTANT DAY AND
THERE'S BEEN SOME ANGST.
FROM FROM FROM FROM DEMOCRATS
WERE WONDERING WHERE REPUBLICAN
IS IS KING IN THIS BILL BUT THAT
MEANS TO.
OF.
HIS SERVANT FOR TWELVE YEARS AND
WATCHING THESE KIDS FIGHT THEIR
WAY UP TO THE SYSTEM OR ANYTHING
WE CAN DO TO HELPTHEM GET TO
THE FINISH LINE. BUT I THINK IS
IMPORTANT AND I GUESS YOU'RE
RIGHT ABOUT.
THANK YOU THANK YOU SENATOR ART.
HAS BEEN MOVED BY THE VICE CHAIR.
AND A SEARCH OF HIS COLOR.
ITEM THREE SB NINE SIXTY SEVEN
THE MOTION IS DO PASS AS AMENDED
TO APPROPRIATIONS ALLEN. ALLEN I
WILL I WILL I GO JOHNNY. JOHNNY
I'D LABOR. LAY THE I. PAN. BIDAK
BY DOC I. CAN'T THANK YOU THAT
YOU SENT OUT TO.
THANK YOU. I WILL WILL GIVE THEM
A CALL I CENTER PAN IS CHAIRING
THE LABOR AND US RELATIONS
COMMITTEE AS WE SPEAK SO.
EVERYONE'S RUSHING AROUND. ARMED.
WITH THAT IS SENATOR FORTINO
HERE.
US.
OR ANY OTHER THE AUTHORS.
YEAH
YEAH.
YEAH THROUGHOUT THE.
ARE.
WHICH ONE YOU WANT YOUR FIRST.
I HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO TELL ME
WHICH WAS A. LEVIN SEVENTY SEVEN
THIS FIRST OKAY.
NOW ARE YOU.
YES.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN SIR
VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS.
TODAY I'M PRESENTING US BE
ELEVEN SEVENTY SEVEN WHICH WILL
ESTABLISH ESTABLISH THE SUMMER
BRIDGE FUN FOR CLASSIFIED SCHOOL
EMPLOYEES. SUMMER BRIDGE FUND
WOULD ASSEMBLAGE OF FIVE YEAR
PILOT PROGRAM TO CREATE A
PARTIALLY SELF FUNDED ACCOUNT.
THAT WOULD ALLOW CLASSIFIED
EMPLOYEES TO CONTRIBUTE A SMALL
PORTION OF THEIR PAYCHECK WHICH
WILL BE MATCHED BY THE STATE.
WITH A TEN DAY CAP THE ACCOUNT.
WOULD RUN ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS
SOMEONE ALLOW MEMBERS TO CASH IN
THEIR BANK HOURS DURING PERIODS
OF SCHOOL RECESS. ON AVERAGE
CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES RECEIVE A
MEDIAN SALARY OF TWENTY ONE
THOUSAND DOLLARS WHICH IS MORE
THAN THREE TIMES LOWER. THAN THE
MEDIAN SALARY FOR ADMINISTRATORS.
CERTIFIED AND FACULTY
ADDITIONALLY THEY SERVE MULTIPLE
POSITIONS IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT
WHICH RESULTS IN RE
CLASSIFICATION CAUSING DELAY IN
SENIORITY AND BENEFITS ON LIKE
THEIR PEERS MANY CLASSIFIED.
CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THE
PROGRAM THAT PAYS OUT OVER
TWELVE MONTHS BECAUSE OF THEIR
WAGES ARE INSUFFICIENT. WITHOUT
INCOME ACCESS TO UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS AND LACK OF TEMPERAMENT
OINTMENT CLASSIFIED SCHOOL
EMPLOYEES FIND THEMSELVES.
IN VERY DIFFICULT POSITIONS
DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS MANY
CLASSIFIED WORKERS RESORT TO
RELYING ON FOOD BANKS MAXING OUT
CREDIT CARDS ARE COLLECTING CANS
BELIEVE IT OR NOT ON THE SIDE OF
THE ROAD. THE BILL ALLOWS
EMPLOYEES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
FUN THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM
BECOMING HOMELESS HUNGER AND
POVERTY DURING SUMMER MONTHS AND
FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE PUBLIC
SCHOOL PARENTS WE SEE HOW HARD.
THESE FOLKS WORK ON OUR CAMPUSES.
THERE THERE WITH OUR KIDS WE
SHOULD BE THERE WITH THEM OVER
THE SUMMER SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE
DOING THIS ABOUT AND. THIS BILL
AND I HAVE WITNESSED IN SUPPORT.
YES CAN. REALLY RESONATE WITH
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL
UNION WE REPRESENT CLASSIFIED
WORKERS AND SOME OF THE MOST
POPULOUS LOCATIONS I'LL KEEP MY
TALKING POINTS BRIEF BECAUSE
MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH
THIS. WE ARE GOING INTO YOUR SIX
OF TRYING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE
WE KEEP TRYING TO ADAPT AND FIND
WAYS TO CREATE A SAFETY NET FOR
THESE MEMBERS. CUTS BY MEMBERS
ARE.
THE BACKBONE OF SCHOOLS THEY ARE
IMPORTANT TO THE HIGHEST NEED
STUDENTS CREATING A ONE ON ONE
HELP FOR THE I EP PLANS FOR
STUDENTS WITH. SPECIAL NEEDS
STUDENTS THAT HAVE. ENGLISH AS A
SECOND LANGUAGE THEY INSURE THAT
STUDENTS GET LUNCH OFTEN
SOMETIMES THEY ARE SERVING
STUDENTS THE ONLY MEAL OF THE
DAY THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO MAKING
SURE KIDS GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL
SAFELY.
DESPITE BEING THIS BACKBONE
THERE OFTEN IN THE BACKGROUND
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR
HELP CREATING THE SAFETY NET
WE'RE LOOKING AT A TEMPORARY
SOLUTION TO SEE BUT THE FACT OF.
AND GO FROM THERE. BUT I JUST
WANT TO REITERATE WHAT THE
CENTERS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
THIS TO PREVENT THESE MEMBERS
FROM GOING HOMELESS OR HUNGRY.
AND.
WE'LL COME BACK EVERY YEAR
UNTIL YOU FIND A SOLUTION WE
STRONGLY URGE YOUR I'VE WELL AND
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
THANK YOU.
FOLKS ONE.
PLACER SUPPORT.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR.
TRISTEN BROWN OF THE CALIFORNIA
FEDERATION OF TEACHERS. SORRY
THAT WE HAVE WE WRE LATE ON A
LETTER ON THIS BILL IN SUPPORT
OF RECOMMENDING THAT TO OUR
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BUT WE HAVE
SUPPORTED THIS POLICY IN THE
PAST WE FEEL IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
TO. BUILD A BRIDGE FOR THOSE
CLASSIFIED MEMBERS WHO NEED TO.
GET THROUGH THE SUMMER AND KEEP
THOSE WHO ARE.
.
THE X. TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE IN
THIS LINE OF WORK. AT SCHOOLS IN
THIS REALLY HELPS THEM CONTINUE
ON WITH THE CAREER AND MAKE ENDS
MEET THROUGH THE SUMMER SO WE'RE
WE URGE AND I THOUGHT AS WELL
THANK YOU.
THE TEACHERS.
OKAY OF FOLKS WANNA COME UP
RAISE CONCERNS ARE VOICED
OPPOSITION.
OKAY WE HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT
SUPPORT SITE AROUND LATE MISTER
CHAIRMAN MICHAEL YOUNG ABOUT THE
CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION ALSO
YOUR SUPPORT. MAKE YOU. THINK
YOU MADE IT.
YES SIR.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS
JEFF AKA REPRESENTING THE
RIVERSIDE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
OF SCHOOLS AND THE TWENTY THREE
SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS
OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY.
I WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT.
WE ABSOLUTELY AGREE THAT
CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES AREN'T
INTERCOLONIAL ESSENTIAL PART OF
EACH CHILD'S EXPERIENCES THEY'RE
MOVING THROUGH THE EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEM. BUT WE DO OPPOSE THE
BILL.
YES UNITS ROSENBERGER INDICATED
THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST
ITERATION OF THIS BILL I BELIEVE
IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT IT'S
COME TO THE SENATE EDUCATION
COMMITTEE. THE ANALYSIS ON PAGE
FOUR OUTLINES OUR CONCERNS WHICH
ARE PRIMARILY FISCAL.
THE COST TO ADJUST TO THE
SYSTEMS THAT WE USE TO TRACK
EMPLOYEES FOR EXAMPLE. ABOUT THE
COST TO THE STATE IN PROPOSITION
NINETY EIGHT FUNDS THAT WERE
JUST IN THE UNFORTUNATE
SITUATION WHERE WE'RE HAVING TO
MAKE SOME VERY DIFFICULT CHOICES.
AND SPEAKING FOR. THE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY
WHEN WE'RE MAKING THOSE
DIFFICULT DECISIONS ABOUT FISCAL
ISSUES OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY
IS ALWAYS. TO PRESERVE THE
ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT ARE
GOING ON IN THE CLASSROOM. IT'S
NOT INTENDED TO BE A STATEMENT
OF OPPOSITION TO THE ROLE THE
CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES PLAY. BUT
THE FISCAL IMPACT. IS JUST
REALLY TOO MUCH TO BEAR
PARTICULARLY AS I KNOW THAT THE
SENATE IS VERY WELL AWARE OF THE.
FISCAL PRESSURES THAT WE'RE
FACING.
AS.
THE COST OF FIXED COSTS TO
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE RISING AT A
RATE HIGHER THAN WHAT WE'RE
SEEING AN INCREASE IN THE LOCAL
CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA. SO IT'S
NOT A POSITION THAT WE EMBRACE
IT THAT WE'D LIKE TO TAKE BUT WE
FEEL THAT WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT
TO OPPOSE THE BILL THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
FOR PRESIDENT ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
ALSO IN OPPOSITION.
SARAH ROGERS OF THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS
OFFICIALS AND OPPOSE.
ANDREA BOND HALF OF THE ORANGE
COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
IN OPPOSITION.
FOLLOWS MACHADO CALIFORNIA
SCHOOL BOARD SENSATIONAL
POSITIONS WILL.
OKAY THE ITEMS OF FOR THE
COMMITTEE AND I GUESS ONE OF MY.
BIG QUESTIONS ON THIS BILL IS.
AND YOU KNOW WE'VE.
AT A PREVIOUS BILL THROUGH THIS
CHALLENGER WE'VE GOT.
A PORTION OF THE YEAR WHERE A
LOT OF OUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES
ARE NOT EMPLOYED AND MORE
THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT
GETTING A SALARY.
AND.
I KNOW THAT THERE IS A BILL
FROM CHRISTIANGARCIA AB TWENTY
ONE NINETY SEVEN THAT SOUGHT TO.
PROVIDE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.
IT DEVELOPS ABILITY.
AND IT SEEMED THAT THAT WAS A
WAY OF ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM
AT A LOWER COST.
AND ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
FEDERAL.
MY KNEES.
I WHICH ARE WRAPPED UP IN THE
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEM.
YOU KNOW I'D UNDERSTAND THAT WAS
VETOED BUT.
IT SEEMS THAT THIS ONE IS EVEN
MORE LIKELY TO BE VETOED BECAUSE
OF THE HIGHER COSTS.
AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE
TO DRAW DOWN THE FEDERAL DOLLARS
WHY IS THIS A BETTER APPROACH
THAN THE. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
APPROACH TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM
I THINK I'LL MAKE ONE STATEMENT
THEN I'LL TURN OVER.
YOU KNOW I THINK WE'RE WORKING
ON MULTIPLE TRACKS WITH THIS
PROPOSAL YOU KNOW WE ARE TALKING
TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WE ARE
TALKING YOU KNOW AS YOU KNOW I
CHAIR. THE BUDGET SO. YOU KNOW
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT
FROM BOTH THE POLICY PERSPECTIVE
AND ITHINK IT HELPS. THOSE
DISCUSSIONS HAVE THE POLICY WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE BECAUSE IT
ALLOWS US TO HAVE A BROADER
PHYSICAL CONVERSATION AND ON
WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO ADDRESS
THIS AND HOW DO WE FIND IT. AND
YOU KNOW TO ASSURE THE CHAIR WE
ARE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS
AND AS YOU KNOW YOU KNOW OFTEN
TIMES WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH
THE BUDGET YOU WANT TO BACK IT
UP WITH THE POLICY BILL MOVING
AT THE SAME TIME AND THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE TRYING TO DO. THAT'S COUCH
DOING THEIR OTHER BILL TOO I
SUPPOSE YES MA'AM.
I'M QUESTIONS THAT'S MY.
YES PLEASE I'M SO WE AGREE THAT
YOU WOULD BE PREFERABLE I MEAN
IDEALLY FULL US SUMMER SCHOOL BE
PREFERABLE TO OUR MEMBERS ARE
WORKING.
WE'VE LOOKED AT YOU WHY A
NUMBER OF TIMES AND I'VE MET
WITH EDT. THEY ARE CURRENTLY
INSOLVENT AND AND TELL THEY ARE
SOLVING BASS AT ANY KIND OF
LEGISLATION POLICY OR ACTION
THAT INCREASES THE NUMBER OF
MEMBERS.
APPLYING FOR YOU WHY PUTS THEM
AT RISK FOR NOT GETTING A WAIVER
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SO
IT ACTUALLY UP MUCH HIGHER COSTS
IN CALIFORNIA FOR US TO EXPAND
THE U. WHY PAUL WALLER INSOLVENT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT A
TEMPORARY APPROACH.
WE DEFINITELY WANT TO LOOK AT
OTHER POSSIBILITIES DURING THIS
PILOT PROJECT BUT ALSO
AFTERWARDS. BUT IN THE INTERIM
WHILE THE EDIE'S INSOLVENT
SUMMER SCHOOLS NOT PHYSICALLY
REASONABLE I THIS IS A SAFETY
NET THAT. WE CAN DO SOMETHING
AND THAT'SKIND OF WHERE WE'RE
AT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO
SOMETHING FOR THESE MEMBERS AND
I'M I'M BEING CALLED PRESENTABLE
DANCERS ON HAND THE GAVEL TO.
THE VICE CHAIR BY NO CENTER
LABOR HAS SOME COMMENTS THAT SHE
WANTS TO MAKE.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR. I JUST
WANT TO THANK THE AUTHOR FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND AND
JUST SAY THAT WE HAVE TO DO
SOMETHING MY MOM WAS A
CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE FOR THIRTY
FIVE YEARS. AND IT REALLY IS A
VERY DIFFICULT SALARY FOR ANY OF
THEM TO LIVE ON FORTUNATELY
SHE'S MARRIED TO MY DAD WHO MADE
MORE MONEY BUT IF SHE EVER HAD
TO SUPPORT HERSELF. ON THAT
SALARY WOULD HAVE BEEN
INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT AND I
REMEMBER HOW EXCITED SHE WAS
WHEN HER SCHOOL DISTRICT FINALLY
ALLOWED THEM TO DIVIDE THEIR
PAYCHECK UP. OVER THE TWELVE
MONTH PERIOD. AND THAT WAS ALL
THAT MANY ISSUES CAN GET LESS
MONEY EVERY MONTH SO WE HAVE TO
DO SOMETHING I FIND THAT
CLASSIFIED WORKERS AT SCHOOLS
ARE SOME OF THE.
THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC THEY CARE
SO MUCH NOT ABOUT THAT OUR
TEACHERS DON'T. CARE SO MUCH
ABOUT THOSE CHILDREN BUT YET
THEY ARE HAVING SIGNIFICANCE
TROUBLES TROUBLES OF THEIR OWN
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PAY THEIR
BILLS AND THEIR HEALTH BENEFITS
AND THE COSTS OF THAT ARE A
STORY FOR ANOTHER DAY. A BUT I
FULLY SUPPORT THE BILL AND WE DO
HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THIS
WORK.
WHEN APPROPRIATE I WILL MOVE THE
BILL.
THANK YOU ON ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT
ISSUE I THOUGHT THAT IN JUNE
THAT WAS COULD BECOME SOLVING
AGAIN BECAUSE I KNOW.
EMPLOYERS BEEN PAYING THE
SURTAX WHICH IS GOING TO BE
TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE WE'VE WE'VE
PAID BACK THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT'S AND. ARE ON THE
RIGHT TRACK GAVE YOU.
YOU DO THAT YOU HAVE DIFFERENT
INFORMATION ON THAT ARE.
IT IT IS ON TRACK TO BE SOLVED
ANOTHER CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD
BUT IT WASN'T I'M IN A POSITION
WHERE THEY FELT COMFORTABLE.
PUTTING IT BACK TOWARDS THE RED
AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES MOST WHO
ARE UNEMPLOYED AND SO I THINK
THEY WANTED TO BE FULLY IN THE
BLOCK BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
OKAY THANK YOU. IF THERE'S NO
OTHER QUESTIONS WE HAVE A MOTION
FROM SENATOR LABOR. I GUESS THE
RECOMMENDATION IS TO PASS
INCENTIVE.
INVESTOR RELATIONS IN CENTER YOU
MAY CLOSE THAT JUST THANK YOU
FOR THE FOR THE QUESTIONS IT IS
IMPORTANT TO TO KNOW WHAT'S BEEN
DONE IN THE PAST AND WHY WE'RE
BRINGING THIS FORWARD. WE ARE
WORKING AT THE BUDGET LEVEL AS
WELL AND. YOU KNOW. I DO SPEND A
LOT OF TIME ON PUBLIC SCHOOL.
CAMPUSES BOTH FOR MY OWN KIDS
AND JUST GENERALLY GOING AROUND
VISITING HIM AND. YOU KNOW THESE
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT
OUR KIDS WHO'D THEN CARE ABOUT
OUR KIDS ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS
AND WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT
THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT
FOOD ON THEIR TABLES OVER THE
SUMMER AND RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
AND I BOUGHT.
WITH THAT.
ALL THE WRONG ITEM SIX SP ELEVEN
SEVENTY SEVEN THE MOTION IS TO
PASS TO LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL
RELATIONS ALLEN. WILL KNOW WILL
NO DOUBT JOHNNY. JOHNNY I LAY
THAT. LEAVE THAT I CAN. MIGHT
ACT MIGHT ACT NOW. FULLY THAT
OPEN I'M CONFIDENT YOU'LL HAVE
THE VOTES THANK YOU.
OKAY WE'RE GONNA MOVE. AFOOT MY
BOOK.
GOING TO FILE ITEM NINE S. B.
TWELVE FORTY THREE PUBLIC POST
SECONDARY EDUCATION THE
CALIFORNIA STATE PATHWAYS IN
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.
THANK YOU MR VICE CHAIR AND
MEMBERS I'M EXCITED. TO BE
PRESENTING SP TWELVE FORTY THREE.
WHICH WILL ESTABLISH THE
CALIFORNIA STATE PATHWAY IN
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ALSO CALLED
P. TECH AS A PUBLIC PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP FOR THE FOR PURPOSES
OF PREPARING CALIFORNIA STUDENTS.
FOR HIGH SKILLED JOBS OF THE
FUTURE IN TECHNOLOGY
MANUFACTURING HEALTHCARE AND
FINANCE IN ADDITION THIS BILL
WILL PROVIDE STUDENTS TORRENT
WITHIN GRADES NINE TO FOURTEEN
AN OPPORTUNITY. TO LEARN THEIR
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AS WELL AS
AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE WITHIN SIX
YEARS AND WE FOUND OUT IN NEW
YORK MANY OF THEM DO IT WITHIN
FOUR YEARS WHICH IS A GOAL OF
MANY OF OUR EDUCATION COMMITTEES
THIS IS A MODEL THAT'S WORKING.
ALONG WITH THEIR CORE COURSES IN
ENGLISH SCIENCE AND MATH AND THE
ARTS P. TECHS PROGRAM WILL OFFER
STUDENTS A RIGOROUS RELEVANT AND
COST FREE EDUCATION. FOCUSED ON
THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS THAT
STUDENTS NEED FOR STEM CAREERS
STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE
WORKPLACE LEARNING FROM INDUSTRY
PROFESSIONALS.
TECH WILL PROVIDE STUDENTS
INTENSIVE INDIVIDUALIZED
ACADEMIC SUPPORT I WOULD ADD
MUCH OF IT AT THE COST OF
BUSINESS PARTNERS NOT TO THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THIS NEW
MODEL OF EDUCATION P. TECH NINE
THROUGH FOURTEEN WILL HELP CLOSE
THE GAP BETWEEN YOUNG PEOPLE'S
AMBITIONS FOR COLLEGE AND
CAREERS AND THE SPECIFIC SKILLS
NEEDED BY EMPLOYMENT. IN HIGH
GROWTH INDUSTRIES FURTHERMORE.
TECH SCHOOLS WILL BE OPEN TO ALL
STUDENTS INCLUDING YOUNG PEOPLE
FROM LOW INCOME FAMILIES FIRST
GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND
STUDENTS OF BY AND DRAW STUDENTS
STUDENTS FROM COLOR INTO AN
EXCITING PROGRAM THE SCHOOL
PARTNER RECOGNIZES THAT STUDENTS
WILL ARRIVE WITH WIDELY VARYING
SKILL LEVELS AND EXPERIENCES. AS
SUCH THEY WORK SPECIFICALLY TO
CREATE SUPPORT SYSTEMS THAT HELP
ALL STUDENTS ACHIEVE THEIR LONG
TERM GOALS. S. TECHNOLOGY
PROGRAMS CONTINUE.
CHRIST TECHNOLOGY PROGRESS
CONTINUES CALIFORNIA MUST
DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO
KEEP PACE WITH THE MODERN WORLD.
CALIFORNIA MUST PREPARE STUDENTS
FOR HIGH SKILL JOBS IN EMERGING
JOB MARKETS AND I BELIEVE
BRINGING P. TECH TO CALIFORNIA
WILL HELP TO THIS GOAL I HAVE.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM IBM JEN
CROW'S YOUR VICE PRESIDENT OF
CITIZENSHIP AND PRESIDENT OF
IBM'S FOUNDATION SHALL SPEAK ON
THIS AND I DO WANT TO ADD ONE.
PERSONAL NOTE BEFORE I TURN IT
OVER. TO JEN I WAS JUST IN KOREA.
AND IN KOREA THEY ARE PARTNERING
WITH THEIR BUSINESS COMMUNITIES
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.
AND THEY DO MODELS WERE THEY
BRING STUDENTS IN CLASS I MEAN
INTO THE BUSINESSES TWO DAYS A
WEEK OR FOR MONTHS AT A TIME.
AND THEY'RE SHOWING AMAZING
SUCCESS OFTENTIMES WE TALK ABOUT
ISSUES IN CALIFORNIA THAT MIGHT
SUCCEED. BUT WE KNOW THIS P.
TECH PROGRAM IS SUCCEEDING AND
STUDENTS ARE THRIVING
REMEDIATION IS DOWN AND
SUCCESSES UP AND SO WITH THAT
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO IBM TO SAY
A FEW GOOD ONES. THANK THANK YOU
GOOD MORNING AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME ALSO THANK YOU SENATOR
PORTENT TINO FOR BRINGING. THIS
BILL FORWARD AND THE P. TECH
MODEL TO THE GREAT STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
WE AT IBM ARE ALL TOO FAMILIAR
WITH THE SKILLS CRISIS IN THIS
COUNTRY. WE ARE IN A HOT WAR FOR
TALENT.
AMONGST OUR COMPETITORS AND WE
KNOW THAT FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
IT JOBS IT OPEN IN THE COUNTRY
WELLWE ONLY GRADUATE FIFTY
THOUSAND COMPUTER SCIENCE
GRADUATES EACH YEAR. MORE
HEAVILY INVESTED IN HELPING TO
SOLVE THE SKILLS CRISIS.
THAT'S THAT'S SUCH A SIGNIFICANT
FOCUS OF OUR PHILANTHROPIC WORK
AT IBM IS ABOUT REINVENTING
EDUATION. WE ARE COMMITTED TO
PREPARING ALL PEOPLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE ECONOMY AND
AS MAKERS OF THINGS LIKE
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE QUANTUM
COMPUTING AND CYBER SECURITY WE
SEE A FUTURE NOT OF
TECHNOLOGICAL PERIL. BUT ONE OF
OPPORTUNITY.
BUT IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS WE
HAVE TO PREPARE THE WORK FORCE
TO GROW AND TO CHANGE AT A PACE
ALIGNED WITH THE RAPID PACE OF
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE.
THUS IN TWENTY ELEVEN WORKING
WITH THE NEW YORK CITY
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION
AND THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW
YORK WE CREATED THE P. TECH
MODEL.
P. TECH AS YOU DESCRIBED AS A
NINE THROUGH FOURTEEN SCHOOL.
AND IT'S THAT PREPARES STUDENTS
FOR NEW COLLAR JOBS. THE US
ECONOMY WILL CREATE SIXTEEN
MILLION NEW COLOR JOBS BY TWENTY
EIGHTEEN.
WHAT DO I MEAN BY NEW COLLAR
POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE POST
SECONDARY DEGREES BUT NOT
NECESSARILY DEGREES FROM COLLEGE
ARE FULL FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY?
AS THE DEMAND FOR THESE HIGHER
SKILLS INCREASE NEARLY SEVEN
MILLION JOBS WERE CRYING ONLY A
HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE DISAPPEARED
BETWEEN TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT
AND TWO THOUSAND AND SIXTEEN.
IN CALIFORNIA THESE NEW COLOR
JOBS MAKE UP THE LARGEST PART OF
THE LABOR MARKET BETWEEN NINETY
ONE IN TWENTY FIFTEEN WHAT
CALIFORNIALOST TWO HUNDRED AND
THIRTY THOUSAND GOOD PAYING BLUE
COLLAR JOBS. TWO HUNDRED AND
SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND SKILLED
SERVICE JOBS WHICH DID NOT
REQUIRE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE WERE
CREATED.
HOWEVER AS YOU'RE ALL TOO AWARE
KEY INDUSTRIES IN THE GOLDEN
STATE ARE UNABLE TO FIND ENOUGH
SUFFICIENTLY TRAINED WORKERS TO
FILL THESE JOBS.
HE TECH BUILDS TALENT FOR NEW
COLOR JOBS. STUDENTS AT P. TECH
SCHOOLS GRADUATE WITH BOTH HER
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND AN
INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED TWO YEAR
ASSOCIATES DEGREE. IT'S A PUBLIC
SCHOOL MODEL. CALIFORNIA IS RICH
WITH SOME REALLY WONDERFUL
MODELS YOU ALL HER A FLAGSHIP IN
EXPERIMENTATION AND GREAT
EDUCATIONAL MODEL SO WHAT SETS
P. TECH APART.
WHAT SETS IT APART IS THE
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN K. THROUGH
TWELVE HIGHER ED AN INDUSTRY?
EACH STUDENT HAS INTEGRATED
EXPERIENCES THEY HAVEN'T MENTOR
FROM THEIR INDUSTRY PARTNER.
THEIR WORKPLACE EXPERIENCES
ALONG THE WAY THEY HAVE PAID
INTERNSHIPS AND AT IBM WE RAISE
OUR HANDS STAND FIRST IN LINE TO
HIRE THEM ON THE OTHER SIDE.
AS A RESULT OF THIS MODEL WAS
STARTED AS ONE SCHOOL IN
BROOKLYN IS NOW NINETY SCHOOLS
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES
AUSTRALIA AND MOROCCO. BY THE
FALL WE'LL HAVE ONE HUNDRED AND
TWENTY SCHOOLS OPEN.
IBM LEADS EIGHT OF THOSE SCHOOLS
BUT WE HAVE FOUR HUNDRED AND
FIFTY OTHER BUSINESS PARTNERS
WHO WORK TOGETHER AS THE
INDUSTRY PARTNERS FOR THESE.
LAST JUNE WE COMPLETED THE FALLS
FIRST FULL SIX YEAR COHORT OF
THE P. TECH SCHOOLS WE HAVE ONE
HUNDRED GRADUATES AND WE WERE
ABLE TO SEE THE RESULTS. MORE
THAN FOUR TIMES THE NATIONAL
AVERAGE FOR ON TIME COMMUNITY
COLLEGE COMPLETION AND AS
SENATOR PORTENT HINO MENTIONED
MANY OF THE STUDENTS ACTUALLY
GRADUATE EARLY.
WE'RE THRILLED WITH THESE
RESULTS AND WE SEE THAT
CONTINUING IT NOT JUST IN
BROOKLYN BUT IN SCHOOLS IN
CHICAGO IN CONNECTICUT AND
INCREASINGLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THIS
MODEL TO CALIFORNIA NOT JUST FOR
IT BUT FOR HEALTH AGRICULTURE
THE FILM INDUSTRY FINANCE AND
MORE.
I URGE AND I'VE FOLLOWED AND
WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU
HAVE.
I. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE AUTHOR IS ACCEPTING THE TECH
COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE.
YES YES THANK YOU SO MUCH SOONER.
ALRIGHT US OF THE MATTER IS
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE.
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT OKAY.
HELLO I'M TOM GREEN WITH
FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE
EDUCATION WERE NATIONAL
EDUCATION ON PROFIT NOW WE RISE
IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL.
WE SING THIS MODEL WORK IN
OTHER STATES.
TRUE PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE
HIGH NEED. A HIGH SKILL HIGH
DEMAND JOBS AND HELPS ALIGN K.
TWELVE WITH THOSE NEEDS SO. URGE
YOUR VOTE THANK YOU SO MUCH SIR.
I DO WANT TO RAISE CONCERNS OUR
OPPOSITION THE BILL.
SEEING NONE THE ITEM IS BEFORE
THE COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION.
THOUGHTS QUESTIONS.
YOU KNOW I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS
IS SIMILAR TO THE LAST ON THE
CENSUS WRAPPED UP IN A BUDGET
PLAY. I'M.
TO SOME EXTENT WHEN YOU YOU KNOW
I'VE TALKED TO SOME EXTENT.
THIS CAN ALREADY BE DONE.
.
BUT I UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF
YOUR. MOVING US FORWARD WITHIN
THE CONTEXT OF THE THE BROADER
BUDGET.
NEGOTIATIONS AND SO WITH THAT IN
MIND I'M.
YES WELL I WANT TO COMMENT
BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE DONE BUT
IT'S NOT BEING DONE. AND SO I I
I I BUT WHEN I READ THIS BECAUSE
I WAS PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
AND NOT EVERYBODY HAS TO GO.
GET A BACHELOR'S DEGREE TAT HAVE
A PRODUCTIVE CAREER THAT'S
FULFILLING SO I'M I'M EXCITED
ABOUT THIS SO I WILL MOVE THE
BILL GRASS OF THE BILLS REMOVED
IF YOU LIKE TO CLOSE CENTER YEAH
I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE THE
CHAIRS COMMENTED TO IT'S A
DEFINITELY A.
VALID.
POINT TO RAISE BUT I THINK
THERE'S.
AS WAS MENTIONED.
THE SUCCESSFUL MODEL HAS
CERTAINLY IBM IS THE DRIVING
BUSINESS. PARTNER BUT. IT
ATTRACTS OTHER LEADING
BUSINESSES TO THE TABLE AND
HAVING. THE POLICY COMMITTEE
PASSED THE BILL. JUST GIVES THIS
SPECIFIC PROGRAM WHICH WE KNOW
IS SUCCESSFUL AND WORKS THE
IMPRIMATUR OF THE CALIFORNIA
STATE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
AND JUST GIVES IT THE
CREDIBILITY TO TO.
THE BELT AND SO I THINK IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT.
AND RESPECT PLANTS AS CHAIR OF
THE COMMITTEE I APPRECIATE YOUR.
YOUR. YOUR.
SENSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
PROMOTERS AND EDUCATION
COMMITTEE.
AND I CAN'T SPELL IMPRIMATUR BUT
I.
SO THE BILL HAS BEEN MOVED BY
MISTER VICE CHAIR ASPECT TO
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. ITEM NINE
SP TWELVE FORTY THREE THE MOTION
IS TO PASS AS AMENDED TO
APPROPRIATIONS ALAN HI ALLEN I
WILL I WILL IDEOLOGY. JOHNNY I
LAY THAT.
PAN. VITA. BY THAT GUY.
OKAY WITH THAT WILL LEAVE AN ON
CALL SO SO THAT THE OTHER
MEMBERS TO ADD ON.
AND.
WITH THAT WERE NEXT.
THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH TO
BOTH OF YOU. FOUND ONE WE ARE
TEN A MOTION TO VOTE TO APPROVE
THE CONSENT CALENDAR SO MOVED.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER THESE
ITEMS TO EXPIATE ANY TO ADAM FOR
SP TEN FORTY EIGHT ITEMS.
FIVE WHICH IS CONSENT AND MENDED
SP TEN SEVENTY ONE IT'S BEEN
MOVED BY OUR VICE CHAIR SEARCHES
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
CONSENT CALENDAR ALAN HI ELLEN I
WILL I WILL I GO JOHNNY. JOHNNY
I LAY THEM.
DAN. BIJAK BY THAT GUY. SO IS
SEX ATTENDED LATER ON HIS WAY.
HE'S HERE.
NO HE'S NOT. WAS HE WAS OKAY
SOMEONE CAN CALL HIM THAT WOULD
BE GREAT.
AND THEN WHY DON'T WE OPEN THE
ROLE AND NUMBER OF THE ITEMS
THAT YOU FOLKS EVER SEE THAT ON.
WHILE WE WAIT FOR SENATE
GLAZIER WHO WE HOPE IS COMING TO
PRESENT. HIS BILLS. AND LET'S
START WITH ITEM ONE THAT I'VE
GIVEN YOU GUYS JENNY SAT ON ITS
DODDS SP EIGHT THIRTY SEVEN.
ITEM ONE SP EIGHT THIRTY SEVEN
THE MOTION IS DO YOU PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS WITH THE CHAIR
VOTING I'VE VICE CHAIR. HASN'T
VOTED TWO TO ONE.
WELL.
GOD YANNI. GOT JOHNNY I CAN.
OKAY SO THAT.
WE WILL STILL LEAVE OPEN TO
ALLOW AND SENATOR PANTA AND ON
THE CENTER MORALES NEARBY HE'S
ALSO WELCOME TO PRESENT HIS BILL.
.
OKAY LET'S NOW GO TO.
ITEM SIX CENTERPOINT TINO'S SP
ELEVEN SEVENTY SEVEN.
.
THANK YOU PLEASE CORAL.
ITEM SIX AS BE ELEVEN SEVENTY
SEVEN THE MOTION AS YOU PASS TO
LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
WITH THE CHAIR HASN'T VOTED VICE
CHAIR VOTING NO TO TO TO. ALLEN.
ALLEN I. CAN.
OKAY SO WE'VE GOT OPEN FOR
CENTER CAN YOU STILL TURN HIS
COMMITTEE.
.
OKAY SO THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO FOR
NOW.
THIS IS ALL VERY EXCITING.
OKAY SENATORS HERE.
I SENT A GLAZIER.
BUT WE ARE WHAT WE WELCOME YOU
HERE YOU HAVE TWO BILLS THAT ARE
BEFORE.
THIS COMMITTEE AND.
THANK YOU WOULD YOU LIKE TO
PRESENT I I'D LIKE TO START WITH
THAT THE SP TWELVE TWENTY FOUR
IF I MAY WITHOUT OBJECTION. WE
WILL PERMIT THAT AND THAT IS
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT MEMBERS HAVING
TO DO WITH THE.
BUT IT WAS TO NO EDUCATION WORK
FOR CITY SYSTEM MA'AM. THANK YOU
MISTER CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS UP.
SHARE PATIENCE I.
WELL FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOUR
STAFF WHO WORK WITH US ON THAT.
ON SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS I'M
HAPPY TO ACCEPT THEM. THIS BILL
WOULD CREATE A STATEWIDE DATA
SYSTEM. TO TRACK INDIVIDUAL
STUDENT PROGRESS FROM
KINDERGARTEN THROUGH COLLEGE AND
INTO THE WORKFORCE.
SPECIFICALLY THIS BILL WOULD
REQUIRE THAT THE CALIFORNIA
STATE UNIVERSITY THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION. AT AT AND ASKED THAT
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.
DISSIPATING CREATING A DATA
COLLECTION SYSTEM WHEN WHICH ALL
STUDENT ATA. OUR TRACK FROM
KATIE TWELVE TO COLLEGE AND INTO
THE WORKFORCE.
WHEN HE DOES NOT HAVE A SYSTEM
THAT FOLLOWS A STUDENT'S
PROGRESS.
FROM THE MOMENT THEY ENTER THE
CLASSROOM UNTIL THEY ENTER THE
WORKFORCE.
A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHY THIS
IS NEEDED.
THIRTY TWO THOUSAND STUDENTS
WHO QUALIFIED FOR THE CALIFORNIA
STATE UNIVERSITY. DENIED ENTRY.
IN THE FALL OF TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN.
NOW WITHOUT A LONGITUDINAL DATA
SYSTEM WE HAVE NO IDEA OF WHAT
BECAME OF THEM. DID THEY GO TO A
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DID THEY MOVE
OUT OF STATE TODAY JUST ENTER
THE WORKFORCE.
WITH THE SHARE OF HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATES COMPLETING A IN THE A
THROUGH G. CURRICULUM ON THE
RISE. WE NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY
MORE CSU ELIGIBLE STUDENTS DON'T
EVEN APPLY TO A FOUR YEAR
INSTITUTION WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM.
WE COULD ACTUALLY BE UNDER
COUNTING THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE
STUDENTS WHO AREN'T GETTING
ACCESS.
MANY STUDENTS LACK KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT REQUIREMENTS AND ASSUME
THEY WON'T GET IN DO DO
IMPACTION INCREASING ADMISSIONS
STANDARDS. OTHER ISSUES MIGHT BE
KEEPING ELIGIBLE STUDENTS FROM
EVEN APPLYING WE JUST DON'T KNOW.
MANY STUDENTS ATTEND MULTIPLE
COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES DURING
THEIR COLLEGE CAREERS. WE NEED
TO KNOW HOW THESE ATTENDANCE
PATTERNS HELP OR HINDER THE
PROGRESS OF STUDENTS. AND THE
CHANCES OF COLLEGE COMPLETION.
SAID A BETTER MEASURE SUCCESS OF
OUR COLLEGES WE SHOULD HAVE
METRICS. THAT EXAMINE WORK FORCE
OUTCOMES OF OUR COLLEGE
GRADUATES BY CREDENTIAL AND
MAJOR.
SIMILARLY WITH HIGH SCHOOLS WE
SHOULD DETERMINE THE SHARE OF
OUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. WHO
EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE
WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME
REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE
INITIALLY ENROLLED IN? IN
COLLEGES.
EACH SEGMENT PRODUCES GRADUATION
RATES THAT'S TRUE. BUT WE DON'T
KNOW WHAT SHARE OF A WHOLE
COHORT OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
GRADUATES END UP EARNING A
DEGREE.
SO THESE INFORMATION GAPS ARE
SIGNIFICANT WEAKNESS AND HOW WE
APPROACH A LOT OF THESE ISSUES
OF UP OF ACHIEVING STUDENT
SUCCESS. AND.
AND SO THAT SAID I SO I WOULD
CONTEND INCLUSIONS YOU'RE
CHAIRMAN THAT OUR FUTURE
STUDENTS WILL BE GUIDED TO CLEAR
PATHWAYS IF WE KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE PAST WITH
PREVIOUS STUDENTS.
THEY'LL BE BETTER OFF IF DATA IS
AVAILABLE TO US. THAT ALLOWS
THAT TO POINT THEM IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION FROM THE BEGINNING SO
THANK YOU. FOR HEARING THIS BILL
I'M PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY
COLLEEN MOORE. A RESEARCHER WITH
EDUCATION INSIDE CENTER AT
SACRAMENTO STATE. WHO HAS
WRITTEN EXTENSIVELY ON THE
IMPORTANCE OF LONGITUDINAL DATA?
SHE'S HEE TO EXPLAIN WHY IT'S
CRITICAL TO BE ABLE TO
COORDINATE DATA ABOUT OUR
STUDENTS WE ALSO HAVE JETT
JACKSON WHO BE TESTIFYING. ON
THE RESEARCH IS DONE WITH THE PP
I SEE INSTITUTES OF THANK YOU A
CHECK FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU SIR YES MA'AM.
THANK YOU TERRY ALLEN VICE CHAIR
WELCOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
TODAY MY NAME'S COLLEEN MOORE
AND I'M THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
OF THE EDUCATION INSIGHT CENTER.
RESEARCH AND POLICY CENTER
LOCATED AT SACRAMENTO STATE AND
WELL AND INSIGHTS TO NOT TAKE A
POSITION ON LEGISLATION I WAS
ASKED TO MAKE COMMENTS HERE
TODAY. BASED ON SOME RESEARCH
THAT THE SENATOR MENTIONED THAT
I'VE BEEN DOING ON CALIFORNIA
APPROACH TO TRACKING STUDENT
PROGRESS ACROSS INSTITUTIONS AND
SYSTEMS. MY RESEARCH HAS FOUND
THAT THE DATA SYSTEMS AT THE FOR
EDUCATION SYSTEMS WHILE QUITE
GOOD ARE DISCONNECTED AND
LARGELY INACCESSIBLE WHICH HAS
LED TO A KIND OF MAZE OF DATA
REPORTING AND DATA SHARING
EFFORTS IN THE STATE. AND THE
HAND OUT YOU HAVE THAT I
PROVIDED. IS KIND OF DEPICTS THE
COMPLEXITY AND THE DUPLICATION
OF EFFORT IN OUR URRENT
APPROACH. THIS DECENTRALIZED
APPROACH TO STUDENT DATA HAS A
NUMBER OF DISADVANTAGES IT
REINFORCES OUR VERY SILOS
APPROACH TO EDUCATION PLANNING
IT LEADS TO FRAGMENTATION IN THE
METRICS THAT ARE USED ACROSS
SYSTEMS. AND IT CREATES
CONFUSION AMONG STAKE HOLDERS
ABOUT WHAT METRICS MEAN AND
OTHER ISSUES WORST OF ALL IT
LEAVES THE STATE UNABLE TO
ANSWER IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT
CROSS SECTORS AND THE SENATOR
GAVE SOME GOOD EXAMPLES OF THOSE
KINDS OF QUESTIONS.
IN MY INTERVIEWS LOCAL EDUCATION
LEADERS OFTEN EXPRESSED
FRUSTRATION WITH THE CURRENT
PRESSURES THEY FEEL FROM THE
STATE. TO PROVIDE MORE DATA
OFTEN ON TOPICS THAT THEY HAVE
NO ABILITY TO TRACK WHEN
STUDENTS MOVE ACROSS
INSTITUTIONS AND REGIONS.
WHILE SOME OF THOSE INSTITUTIONS
PARTICIPATE IN REGIONAL DATA
SHARING EFFORTS THOSE EFFORTS
FACE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES AND
LIMITATIONS AND ARE NOT AN
EFFECTIVE SUBSTITUTE FOR HAVING
A STATEWIDE DATA SYSTEM.
FOR THE FINAL REPORT IN THE
SERIES I'M WRITING I'VE RECENTLY
BEEN LOOKING INTO THE NATIONAL
CONTEXT AND SPEAKING WITH
NATIONAL EXPERTS ABOUT THESE
DATA SYSTEMS. I'VE LEARNED THAT
CALIFORNIA IS FAR BEHIND ON THIS
FRONT. AS OF LATE TWO THOUSAND
SIXTEEN THIRTY SEVEN STATES HAD
LONGITUDINAL DATA SYSTEMS THAT
CONNECTED AT LEAST TWO OF THEIR
SECTORS OF EDUCATION. AND
SIXTEEN STATES HAD FULL P.
TWENTY W. DATA SYSTEMS WHICH
REFERS TO SYSTEMS THAT TRACK
FROM PRESCHOOL THROUGH WORK
FORCE AND MORE STATES FOR MOVING
IN THAT DIRECTION.
STATES USE DIFFERENT MODELS AND
PROCESSES FOR THESE DATA SYSTEMS
BUT WHATEVER THEIR STRUCTURE
STATES ARE FINDING THEM USEFUL
TO MONITOR PROGRESS TOWARD
STATEWIDE GOALS TO EVALUATE THE
IMPACT OF STATE POLICIES. TO
PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO INSTITUTIONS
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THEIR
STUDENTS.
WHEN THEY MOVE ON TO OTHER
INSTITUTIONS OF THE WORK FORCE
AND TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR
STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. IN MY
RESEARCH I'VE HEARD ABOUT THE
CHALLENGES IN CALIFORNIA TO
DEVELOPING A DATA SYSTEM SUCH AS
THE USE OF DIFFERENT STUDENT
IDENTIFIERS IN THE K. TWELVE AND
HIGHER ED SYSTEMS. AND OTHER
ISSUES BUT THOSE SAME ISSUES ARE
FACED IN THESE OTHER STATES THAT
ARE FINDING WAYS TO MOVE FORWARD.
IT'S IMPERATIVE FOR CALIFORNIA
TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THE
SUCCESS OF THE VARIOUS EDUCATION
REFORMS AND INITIATIVES THEY
IMPLEMENTED IN RECENT YEARS. AND
IT'S EQUALLY IMPORTANT THAT
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES ARE ABLE TO
ASSESS AND IMPROVE THEIR
PROGRAMS.
BOTH OF THESE NEEDS REQUIRE
ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT
STUDENT PROGRESS THAT SPANS
ACROSS THE EDUCATION SYSTEMS AND
INTO THE WORKFORCE. THANK YOU.
YES SIR.
THANK YOU SHERYL INVESTOR
WELCOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY
TODAY. MY NAME IS JACOB JACKSON
AND I'M A RESEARCH FELLOW IN THE
HIGHER EDUCATION CENTER AT THE
PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE
CALIFORNIA. SEASON NONPROFIT
NONPARTISAN RESEARCH
ORGANIZATION AND WE DON'T TAKE
POSITIONS ON BILLS. MY COMMENTS
TODAY ARE ABOUT THE POTENTIAL
BENEFITS OF A STATEWIDE
LONGITUDINAL STUDENT A STUDENT
DATA SYSTEM AND ARE BASED ON THE
RESEARCH OF PP I SEE AND OTHERS
HAVE DONE.
THAT'S RIGHT NOW EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS AND GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES ALREADY COLLECT A LOT
OF DATA HOWEVER THE DATE IS NOT
LINKED. TO DALE HIGHLIGHT THREE
KEY CONSIDERATIONS AND THINKING
ABOUT THE POTENTIAL VALUE OF AN
INTEGRATED DATA SYSTEM. FIRST
STATEWIDE LONGITUDINAL DATA
SYSTEM COULD HELP ANSWER SOME
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR
CALIFORNIA. RIGHT NOW.
CALIFORNIA'S UNABLE TO ANDERSON
ANSWER SOME IMPORTANT BASIC
QUESTIONS ABOUT EDUCATIONAL
PROGRESS THE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT AND EQUITY SUCH
QUESTIONS INCLUDE. HOW IS THE
STATE'S EDUCATIONAL PIPELINE
WORKING HOW DOES EDUCATION
AFFECT WORKFORCE OUTCOMES?
OUR STATE INTERVENTIONS WORKING
AND OUR STATE INVESTMENTS PAYING
OFF.
A SECOND COLLEGE IN HER READING
THIS IS ONE AREA WHERE A
LONGITUDINAL DATA SYSTEM COULD
REALLY HELP INFORM POLICY. TO
THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS.
AND A NEW SMARTER BALANCED
ASSESSMENTS ARE AIMED AT
PREPARING K. TWELVE STUDENTS FOR
CAREER AND COLLEGE SUCCESS.
THE PROJECT THAT CALIFORNIA WILL
BE SHORT ONE POINT ONE MILLION
COLLEGE DEGREES. BY TWENTY
THIRTY GIVEN CURRENT TRENDS.
GETTING STUDENTS READY FOR
COLLEGE IS AN IMPORTANT GOAL FOR
THE STATE. BUT DUE TO LACK OF
LINK DATA HIGH SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW
DO NOT ACTUALLY KNOW WHICH OF
THEIR STUDENTS APPLY TO WHICH
COLLEGES WHETHER THE STUDENTS
NEED REMEDIATION ONCE I GET
THERE. AND WHETHER THEY'RE
SUCCESSFUL IN ACHIEVING THEIR
EDUCATIONAL GOALS. THIS ALSO
APPLIES TO THE WORKFORCE.
FINALLY EVEN THOUGH THE ABILITY
TO LINK DATA ACROSS SECTORS HAS
BEEN LIMITED DOING SO WAS
ALREADY PRODUCED SOME IMPORTANT
INSIGHTS.
OCCASIONALLYRESEARCHERS HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT IT ACROSS
SYSTEMS FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS.
HERE TOO IMPORTANT INSIGHTS THAT
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE
WITHOUT LONGITUDINAL DATA. ON
THE FIRST DO CAREER TECHNICAL
EDUCATION OR CTP PATHWAYS PAY
OFF AND WHAT ABOUT SHORT TERM
STACKABLE CERTIFICATES.
RESEARCHERS CERVONE AND GENERAL
KAMEL'S WORK ON.
.
PLEASE COMMUNICATE JUST DATA
WITH EARNINGS DATA FROM THE
STATE'S UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
SYSTEM. THEY WERE ABLE TO SHOW
THAT YES CD CRITIC CREDENTIALS.
AND HEALTH JOURNAL HAD TO REALLY
HAVE SIZEABLE ECONOMIC RETURNS
AND THEY'RE ABLE TO SHOW WHICH
CERTIFICATES RESULTED IN HIGHER
WAGES. THEY ALSO SHOW THAT
EARNING MULTIPLE SHORT TERM
CREDENTIALS DOESN'T BACK PAY OFF.
THE SECOND QUESTION HOW MIGHT WE
ABOUT EVALUATE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES SO MY OWN RESEARCH WITH
MCCALL CALENDAR IT'S GOT CAROL
YOU SEE DAVIS. CONNECTED HIGH
SCHOOL DATED A COMMUNITY COLLEGE
DATA TO SHOW THAT INCOMING
STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS PLAY A
HUGE ROLE IN DETERMINING COLLEGE
WHITE OUTCOMES AND RANKINGS.
THESE FINDINGS ARE ESPECIALLY
IMPORTANT GIVEN THE INITIAL
CONVERSATIONS AROUND PERFORMANCE
FUNDING FOR CALIFORNIA'S
COMMUNITY COLLEGES. IN SUMMARY
LINKING K. TWELVE COLLEGE
EARNINGS DATA WOULD ALLOW THE
STATE INSTITUTIONS AND POLICY
EXPERTS TO DETERMINE WHICH
POLICIES AND PROGRAMS PRODUCE
THE BEST AND MOST EFFICIENT
OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS COLLEGES
IN THE STATE AS A WHOLE. THANK
YOU.
IF YU TRY TO DRAWING SENIOR
DIRECTOR CHILDREN NOW AND THIS
IS LONG OVERDUE THANK THEM THERE
AUTHORS AND ASK FOR YOUR. VOTE
THANK YOU SIR.
THE FIRST ONE RESIZE SUPPORT.
GOOD MORNING MANY RODRIGUEZ ON
BEHALF OF THE EDUCATION TRUST
WEST HERE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF
THE BILL IS IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF
OUR EQUITY EIGHT BILLS THIS YEAR
AND.
WE THINK IT'S LONG OVERDUE.
THANK YOU SIR YES SIR.
JOINING WITH US ON BEHALF OF THE
STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION TOM TALKS AND IN
SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. ANYONE WANT TO RAISE
CONCERNS ABOUT THE BILL
OPPOSITION.
WHAT WERE YOU WERE NOT AS
OPPOSED BY TA WE WE KIND OF IN
BETWEEN YOUR POSITION AND MY
NAME IS ROSSETTI ON TIME WITH
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE?
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE AND WHILE
THE GOALS OF THE BILL ARE
CONSISTENT WITH OUR VISION FOR
SUCCESS DOCUMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING
WITH THE AUTHOR'S OFFICE ON THIS
AS THE BILL MOVES FORWARD THANK
YOU. THANK YOU.
WELL THE ITEMS BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE. AND I JUST WANNA KNOW
BOB CLYDE YOU FOR YEARS FOCUS ON
THIS AND ENORMOUSLY IMPORTANT
ISSUE YOU KNOW THIS IS ONE OF
THE. MANY ASPECTS AND KIND OF
HE'S A COLLATERAL DAMAGE THAT
TOOK PLACE WHEN THE GOVERNOR.
DECIDED TO ELIMINATE THE COMPANY
BUT SECOND SUPPOSE SECONDARY
EDUCATION COMMISSION AND I
SHOULD POINT OUT.
LET'S SEE BACK TO BACK USED TO
MAINTAIN A LONGITUDINAL DATABASE.
THAT ADDRESS MANY OF THE VERY
CONCERNED THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO
GET OUT HERE FROM TWO THOUSAND
FIVE TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN TO
FORCE. ITS DISSOLUTION AND THEN
I THINK.
YOU KNOW I WILL NEVER FULLY
REPLACE ALL THE ORDS HE BACK
WAS DOING AT THE VERY LEAST THIS
BILL SEEKS TO. REINSTATE AN
IMPORTANT.
.
PIECE OF THAT PUZZLE NOW THAT
WAS USED TO HELP. WITH ALL THE
THE THE POLICY MAKING DECISIONS
THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AND
CONTEMPLATED IN THE CONTEXT OF
THIS BILL AND SO.
WITH THAT I'M I'M A I'M A VERY
ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORTER AND I.
I'M.
YOU KNOW I THINK IT'S A IT'S A
IT'S A WAY OF OF ADDRESSING THIS.
THIS GAP THAT WE CONTINUE TO
FEEL ON THE.
OUR WITH WITH WITH WITH THAT IN
THE AFTERMATH OF THE DISSOLUTION
SEE BACK.
SO ANY THOUGHTS ARE THE
QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE.
FIVE OKAY AT. ALL OR MOVE THE
BILL GOES TO THE VICE CHAIR
WHICH WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE
CENTER THANK YOU CHAD. MISTER
CHAIR AND THE MEMBERS FOR HERE
IN THIS ISSUE OUT AND WE ALL
WANT TO DO WE WILL ALL WANT TO
MAKE SMART DECISIONS. ON THE
POLICIES THAT WE MAKE AND AND WE
KNOW HOW IMPORTANT DATA IS IN
MAKING ALLOWING US TO MAKE GOOD
DECISIONS FOR OUR KIDS. AND
THROUGHOUT ALL OF STATE
GOVERNMENT I THINK THIS WILL
HELP THAT OUT A LOT I KNOW
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN
TERMS OF.
IDENTIFIERS FOR STUDENTS AND
WHERE THE DATA IS CAPPED THERE'S
THERE'S SOME DETAILS THAT HAVE
TO GET FIGURED OUT BUT. I'M
HOPING THAT THAT THIS BILL WILL
ENCOURAGE OUR WONDERFUL SYSTEMS
OF EDUCATION TO COME TOGETHER
AND AND HELP MOVE THIS FORWARD
IN A IN A POSITIVE WAY THANK YOU
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
OKAY MRS ITEMS BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE IT'S BEEN MOVED BY THE
VICE CHAIR.
SECTOR PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ITEM EIGHT SP TWELVE TWENTY FOR
THE MOTION IS DUE PASSES AMENDED
TO APPROPRIATIONS ALLEN. ALLEN I
WILL I WILL I GO JOHNNY.
GOD YANNI I LAY THAT LEAVE THE
I. PAN MIGHT ASK. BY THAT GUY.
OKAY SO WILL LEAVE THE ROLE OPEN
FOR OTHER MEMBERS TO ADD ON AND
WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR TESTIMONY
IN AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOM
AND THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
I'M.
BUT I DO HOPE YOU'LL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TELL WHAT THE
COMMITTEE CALLS FOLKS I KNOW YOU
YOU WILL.
.
OKAY SO LET'S NOW ARE YOU NOW
READY TO. THAT QUESTION THAT MR
HERE I DON'T HAVE OTHER MATTERS
THERE STILL BEFORE YOUR
COMMITTEE. I THINK THEFINAL
REMAINING ONE BUT WE'VE GOT
CENTER MORALES BILLS THAT'S THE
ONLY OTHER ONE AND I'D LIKE TO
TAKE A COUPLE MINUTES SET TO SEE
IF WE I SEE WHERE. WE'RE READY
TO GO ON NOT TWELVE SIXTEEN IF
THAT WOULD IF THE COMMITTEE
WOULD INDULGE ME WITH THAT.
OKAY LET'S SEE CINNAMON ROLLS
READY.
BUT WE CERTAINLY DO OUR OUR.
A THREE PERCENT.
I UNDERSTAND HE'S ASKING US FOR
A COUPLE MORE MINUTES WHICH I'M
HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN BUILT THOUGH.
THE WE WE WE.
RIGHT.
YEAH YOU'RE NOT WITH JUST THE
OFFICE.
.
BUT CAN WE ASK THAT YOU THAT YOU
KNOW WITH ALL DELIBERATE SPEED.
LET'S HOPE SO WILL LET YOU STEP
DOWN FROM THE DICE AND AND ASK
FOR CINEMA RATHER CALM. I'M.
LET ME.
GIVE CENTER LABOR THE OPTION TO
ADD ON TO SOME OF THE VOTES.
SINCE YOU'RE HERE.
I THINK THEY'RE TOO SO WE GOT
THE CONSENT CALENDAR. UP AND
THEN WE ALSO HAVE FUN CENTER
FORTINOS SP TWELVE FORTY THREE.
WHEN WAS THAT WITH CIRCUITS AND
COUNTER.
CONSENT CALENDAR.
AND.
THE CHAIR VOTING I ADVISED HER
VOTING IFOR IS ZERO LIMA LIMA I
PAN.
SO WE'LL LEAVE THAT OPEN FOR
CENTER PAN WHICH ONE MAKES YOU
CAN MAKE A QUICK GETAWAY WHEN
WE'RE DONE. SENATOR. NOW WE'LL
TURN TO ITEM NINE THAT'S.
SP TWELVE FORTY THREE
CENTERPOINT YOU KNOW.
ITEM NINE SB TWELVE FORTY THREE
THE MOTION IS DO PASS AS AMENDED
TO APPROPRIATIONS WITH THE CHAIR
VOTING I'VE. VICE CHAIR VOTING
I'VE FOUR ZERO LEAVE THAT. LEAVE
THE I. PAN.
OKAY GREAT SO BELIEVE THOSE BOTH
OPEN FOR SENATOR HAND.
NOW WE'RE WAITING FOR CENTERS
MORALE AND OR LASER
YEAH.
OKAY SO I SEASON AROUND HERE
ONCE YOU COME UP.
SENATOR MORALES HERE TO PRESENT
TEST BE.
FOURTEEN FIFTY SIX.
YOU MAY PROCEED CENTER.
WELL THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR AND
MEMBERS.
YOU GUYS DOING OKAY LIKE. YEAH
ABSOLUTELY WE MAY PROCEED.
THANK.
FIRST I WANT TO THANK THE
COMMITTEE AND STAFF FOR WORKING
WITH OUR OFFICE.
YOUR STAFF WORKS CLOSELY WITH
STAKEHOLDERS. TO CRAFT
AMENDMENTS IN THIS BILL.
AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS
CONTINUED UNTIL LATE YESTERDAY
ON WHICH GREAT FOR FOUR THERE'S
STILL SOME WORK TO BE DONE I
BELIEVE.
WERE THERE NINETY PERCENT.
BUT THIS WILL BE A DOUBLE
REFERRAL TO THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE WHICH A WORKOUT THAT
FINAL.
TEN PERCENT WHICH WILL GIVE US
PLENTY OF TIME.
CONTINUE TO WORK. THROUGH ANY
CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE A AND
WE'LL COME BACK IN A MINUTE HERE
ARE SOME OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT
WE'VE PASSED OUT TO YOU GUYS
OKAY. FIRST LET'S TALK ABOUT
WHAT THIS BILL DOES. HEIGHTENED
CONCERN AT THE CONVERSATION
TODAY MAY GET IN THE WEEDS AND
SO I'D LIKE TO ASK THE COMMITTEE
TO REMEMBER. THAT THIS BILL
SEEKS TO DO SIMPLY ONE THING.
ANY IDEAS ARE ESTABLISHED A
MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR SCHOOLS TO
FOLLOW IN THEIR HIRING PROCESS.
THAT'S SET TO ENSURE THAT THEY
DO NOT HIRE SEXUAL PREDATORS WHO
WOULD SEEK HARM FOR OUR MOST
PRATT PRECIOUS. INVULNERABLE
ASSET OF COURSE OUR SCHOOL
CHILDREN K. THROUGH TWELVE. AND
SOLICITOR GENERAL GOAL ALL ALONG
THE WAY BUT YET NOT LONG ENOUGH
TO PREVENTING TRAGIC SITUATIONS
THAT YOU WOULD HEAR FROM. AND
ABOUT IN SOME WITNESSES WE HAVE
HERE TODAY. WE WILL BE TAKING
TALKING ABOUT OUR CHILDREN.
AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO REMIND
OURSELVES OF THE STANDARD WE SET.
FOR THE PEOPLE WE ENTRUST.
OUR CHILDREN WITH.
I'M QUITE DOWN OVER THERE WOULD
YOU GUYS.
MY GOD. ANYWAY. ENTRUST OUR
CHILDREN WITH ALL DAY LONG EVERY
DAY SHOULD BE UNWAVERING AND
SHOULD PROVIDE NO ROOM.
FOR THOSE WHO WOULD DO THEM NO
HARM REDO THEM HARM SO WE'RE
TAKING A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY
WITH THIS ISSUE CAN SEE. NOW TO
GET BACK TO THE AMENDMENTS YOU
GOT A SUMMER IN YOUR ANALYSIS IN
FRONT OF YOU BUT I PROVIDED A
MOCK UP FOR YOU TO BETTER
VISUALIZE WHAT WE ARE
CONSIDERING HERE TODAY.
THIS TO COMMITTEE STAFF HAS
OFFERED FIVE OVERALL CHANGES TO
THIS BILL IN WE'RE WILLING TO
ACCEPT NEARLY ALL THOSE GREAT
RECOMMENDATIONS HOWEVER THERE
ARE TWO VERY CONCERNED. THE
FIRST PM THAT THEY MA'AM AND
SEEK TO THIS BILL TO LIMIT
CREDENTIALED TEACHERS ONLY. THIS
GIVES ME GREAT CONCERN THE
SECOND CONCERN I HAVE REGARDING
THIS IS THE REGARDING LIABILITY
FOR THE SCHOOL AND AFTER HEARING
THE CONCERNS FROM YOU. FOLKS I
UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERN OF THE
LIABILITY ISSUE FOR THE
DISCLOSURE IN SCHOOLS THAT THEY
MAY BE GAY SIMPLY MIGHT GET SUED.
BY THE INDIVIDUAL WHOSE
INFORMATION WAS BEYOND THE
CLOTHES WITH A DISCLOSED SO WE
MADE UP A SIMPLE CHANGE TO MORE
CLEARLY COMMUNICATE AND REFLECT
THAT GOAL THAT YOU GUYS I THINK
WOULD BE SATISFIED WITH. SO THE
MOCK UP BY PROVIDED REFLECTS ALL
THE AMENDMENTS OFFERED IN ONE
CHANGE I THINK WOULD BE. WE'D
ALL AGREE PROPERLY FOCUSES ISSUE
ON A LIABILITY TO JUST TO REMIND
EVERYONE HERE THIS BILL WE BE
pJUDICIARY. AND.
THEY'LL WORK OUT THOSE FINAL
TEN PERCENT AND SO AT THIS TIME
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE SOME
OF MY WITNESSES TODAY WITH ME.
IS OUR SPONSOR TERRY MILLER
READ BACK REPRESENT AND SESAME
DOT ORG ALONG WITH KATE LEE
HAINES AND CHELSEA PER CAT WHO
WILL SPEAK TO THE PERSONAL
IMPACT. OF THE TYPES OF CRIMES
WE DISCUSS AND FINALLY MISTER
SCOTT RIGHT HAND WHO'S AN
ATTORNEY WHO WORKS FOR JUSTICE
TO PROTECT OUR YOUNG VICTIMS.
AND SO WHICH ONE OF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO GO FIRST PLEASE DO THANK
YOU MEMBERS.
GOOD MORNING MISTER CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
MY NAME IS TERRY MILLER AND
PRESIDENT OF STOP EDUCATORS
SEXUAL ABUSE MISCONDUCT AND
EXPLOITATION.
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SESAME.
I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF SB
FOURTEEN FIFTY SIX THE SEXUAL
ABUSE FREE. EDUCATION ACT.
BEFORE I BEGIN MY TESTIMONY I
GAVE YOU ALL A BROCHURE AND
INSIDE THAT BROCHURE. THERE'S A
INSERT.
PLEASE TAKE THAT OUT AND PLACE
IT IN FRONT OF YOU AS I WILL BE
REFERRING TO THESE NUMBERS AND
KEEP THOSE NUMBERS IN MIND. AS I
GIVE MY TESTIMONY.
AS GOD IS MY WITNESS.
THIS IS FOR THE ONE IN TEN.
SAYS TO ME IS A NON PROFIT.
PREVENTION AND SUPPORT
ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED IN
NINETEEN NINETY SIX. TO PROVIDE
MUCH NEEDED SUPPORT TO VICTIMS
OR SURVIVORS THEIR FAMILIES AND
PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED IN
EDUCATOR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT CASES.
TO DATE SAYS TO ME IS THE
LEADING NATIONAL VOICE FOR THE
PREVENTION OF SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION. ABUSE AND
HARASSMENT OF STUDENTS BY
TEACHERS AND OTHER SCHOOL STAFF.
IN NINETEEN EIGHTY THREE I
LEARNED OF A TEACHER IN MY
DISTRICT THAT WAS CAUGHT IN BED
WITH A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
TO ENSURE MY CHILDREN'S SAFETY I
BEGAN BEGAN PURSUING ACTION
AGAINST THE TEACHER AND TO MY
SURPRISE. AGAINST A STRONG
CURRENT OF OTHER FORCES
INCLUDING SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND THE COMMUNITY.
AFTER ELEVEN YEARS OF COMPLAINTS
IN NINETEEN NINETY FOUR. I
CONDUCTED MY OWN INVESTIGATION.
WHAT I FOUND ASTONISHING
TERRIFIED ME? IDENTIFIED SIXTY
VICTIMS WILLING TO COME FORWARD
TO SPEAK TO AUTHORITIES.
IT WAS THEN THAT I REALIZED WE
WERE NOT DEALING WITH AN
ISOLATED PREDATOR WE WERE
DEALING WITH IT DEEPLY FLAWED
SYSTEM THAT PROTECTS HEADER
FILES.
RATHER THAN CHILDREN.
CASES WHERE THE IMPETUS FOR MY
LOBBYING EFFORTS TO CRIMINALIZE
EDUCATOR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH
STUDENTS AND TO END THE PRACTICE
OF PASSING THE TRASH.
WHICH IS NOW PROHIBITED IN HALF
A DOZEN STATES AND BY FEDERAL
LAW IN THE TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN
EVERY STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT
SECTION EIGHTY FIVE FORTY SIX.
PROHIBIT SHIN ON AIDING AND
ABETTING SEXUAL ABUSE IN SCHOOLS.
PASSING THE TRASH IS THE
PRACTICE OF ENABLING SEXUALLY
ABUSIVE EDUCATORS TO EVADE
PUNISHMENT. CONCEAL SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT AND FIND ANOTHER
TEACHING JOB THAT DELIBERATELY
AND DANGERS CLASSROOMS FULL OF
CHILDREN.
PASSING THE TRASH REFERS TO THE
HIGH RISK OFFENDERS THAT SHOULD
BE THROWN OUT INSTEAD OF PAST TO
BECOME MOBILE MOLESTERS.
IT DOES NOT REFER TO THE NINETY
NINE PERCENT OF HONORABLE
DEDICATED SCHOOL PERSONNEL THAT
RESPECTFULLY EDUCATE OUR
CHILDREN. AND ARE FORCED TO WORK
UNDER A CLOUD OF SHAME AND
DISTRUST. WHEN A BAD APPLE IS
EXPOSED.
EXAMPLES OF CASES BETWEEN
CALIFORNIA AND MY STATE OF
NEVADA ARE NUMEROUS.
BUT I'LL GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE
TODAY. DAVID HARE HELP TO
STUDENT GRADUATE EARLY FROM AND
ABOUT A SCHOOL AND MARRIED HER
WHEN SHE WAS JUST SEVENTEEN.
HE WAS ALLOWED TO RESIGN AND
GIVEN A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION
WHICH HE USED TO GET HIRED AT
APPLE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL AFTER
ACQUIRING HIS CALIFORNIA
CREDENTIAL.
HIS YOUNG WIFE CAME HOME ONE DAY
TO FIND HIM IN THEIR BEDROOM
WITH A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
SHE DIVORCED HIM AND REPORTED
THE INCIDENT TO ADMINISTRATION.
HER REPORT WAS DISREGARDED.
YEARS LATER HE BECAME AN
ADMINISTRATOR IN THE PA HARO
VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT APTOS
HIGH SCHOOL
HIS PAST CAUGHT UP WITH HIM WHEN
THREE FORMER NEVADA STUDENTS
FILED COMPLAINTS WITH THE
CALIFORNIA COMMISSION OF
CREDENTIALING. THAT RESULTED IN
AN INVESTIGATION AND THE
REVOCATION OF HIS LICENSE IN TWO
THOUSAND ONE.
THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF
HORRIFIC CASES IN THIS STATE
THAT HAVE RESULTED IN MASSIVE
SETTLEMENTS AND SET PRECEDENTS
FOR CIVIL REMEDY NATION WIDE.
THE MERE MONTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CASE IN LOS ANGELES UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT REGARDING MARK
BURNT. IS THE LARGEST PAY OUT
EVER AMOUNTING TO OVER TWO
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS SO FAR
THERE ARE STILL CASES PENDING.
THE MARLBORO CASE IN HANCOCK
PARK WAS JUST SETTLED WITH TWO
FORMER STUDENTS ONE OF WHOM YOU
WILL HEAR FROM TODAY.
THERE IS ANOTHER HIGH PROFILE
CASE IT'S COME TO LIGHT IN SAN
JOSE AT PRESENTATION HIGH SCHOOL
WHICH ONE FORMER STUDENT HAS
BROUGHT TO LIGHT. THAT GAVE
MULTIPLE STUDENTS COURAGE TO
BREAK THEIR SILENCE TO EXPOSE
EXPOSE ABUSE BY MULTIPLE
TEACHERS.
THAT STUDENT IS ALSO HERE WITH
US TODAY.
TO SHARE HER TESTIMONY WITH YOU.
THE CASE THAT SET A PRECEDENT
FOR THESE CHILD VICTIMS IS THAT
OF RANDY W. VERSUS MUROC JOINT
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHERE
THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT
DECISION UP HELD RANDY HAD THE
RIGHT TO HOLD FIVE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS AND THEIR
ADMINISTRATORS LIABLE WHEN TIME
AFTER TIME? THEY GAVE GLOWING
REFERENCES TO EACH EMPLOYEE
ADMINISTRATOR. LYING IS FATAL.
FOR VICTIMS. ADMINISTRATORS AND
SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THE ATTORNEY WHO REPRESENTED
RANDY W. IS HERE WITH US TODAY
TO IMPRESS UPON YOU THESE FATAL
CONSEQUENCES.
A TWO THOUSAND TEN GOVERNMENT
ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT K. THROUGH
TWELVE EDUCATION SELECTED CASES
OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS
THAT HIRED OR RETAINED
INDIVIDUALS WITH HISTORIES OF
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT. FOUND THAT
ONE CHILD MOLESTER.
CAN HAVE AS MANY AS SEVENTY
THREE VICTIMS IN A LIFETIME.
ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL SCHOOL
BOARDS ASSOCIATION COUNCIL OF
SCHOOL ATTORNEYS. THE TYPICAL
PANEL FILE EMPLOYED IN OUR
SCHOOLS. MAKES HIS WAY OR HER
WAY.
THROUGH THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOL
EMPLOYMENT SETTINGS BEFORE BEING
STOPPED.
THE ACCUMULATION OF VICTIMS
COMES FROM PASSING OFFENDERS
FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL. DISTRICT
TO DISTRICT AND STATE TO STATE.
ONE IN TEN. K. THROUGH TWELVE
STUDENTS SUFFER SOME FORM OF
EDUCATORS SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IN
THEIR SCHOOL CAREER. AMOUNTING
TO APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILLION
CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES.
OR. ONE HUNDRED NINETY ONE
THOUSAND NINETY ONE.
CALIFORNIA CHILDREN.
EDUCATOR SEXUAL ABUSE.
A SYNTHESIS OF EXISTING
LITERATURE.
IT'S THE POOL OF MOBILE
MOLESTERS IN PUBLIC PRIVATE AND
PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS.
LIBERATE SUCH DRASTIC NUMBERS.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS. WE
CAN'T BE CERTAIN THAT THE PERSON
STANDING IN FRONT OF OUR
CHILDREN RIGHT NOW. IS IN THE
NINETY NINE PERCENT OF HONORABLE
TEACHERS OR IN THE ONE PERCENT
OF BAD APPLES.
THE ONLY ONES WHO KNOW ARE THE
YOUNG VICTIMS WHO HAVE
ENCOUNTERED THEM.
IT IS NEGLIGENT FOR US TO PUT
THE RESPONSIBILITY ON CHILDREN
TO EXPOSE THE MONSTERS BY
TELLING.
AND THEN NOT TO BELIEVE THEM
WHEN THEY TELL.
IT IS WRONG FOR US TO ASK OUR
CHILDREN TO REPORT. WHEN ADULTS
ARE MANDATED BY LAW TO SPEAK UP
ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN.
IT IS INCUMBENT UPON ALL OF US.
PARENTS ADMINISTRATORS
LEGISLATORS AND COMMUNITY. TO DO
OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO ENSURE
PROTECTIONS ARE IN PLACE. AND
PEOPLE PLACED IN CLASSROOMS ARE
QUALIFIED AND DEEMED FIT TO
SERVE OUR CHILDREN.
WE MUST GET AWAY FROM A CULTURE
OF SILENCE AND STOP SEXUAL
PREDATION IN ITS TRACKS. WE MUST
PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF STUDENTS
TO PRESERVE AN ENVIRONMENT
CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING FREE FROM
HARASSMENT DISCRIMINATION AND
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.
THAT IS WHY I SUPPORT SP
FOURTEEN FIFTY SIX AND I ASK YOU
TO SUPPORT WITHOUT DELAY.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU
TODAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION ON THIS MOST CRITICAL
PROBLEM. I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS
QUOTE BY FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
IT IS EASIER TO BUILD STRONG
CHILDREN. THAN THAN IT IS TO
REPAIR BROKEN MEN.
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
KATE WOULD.
MORNING CHAIRMAN MEMBERS MY NAME
IS KATE LEE CAME AND I WAS
SEXUALLY ABUSED BY AN EDUCATOR
AT PRESENTATION HIGH SCHOOL A
PRESTIGIOUS CATHOLIC ALL GIRLS
SCHOOL IN SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA.
WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER MY SPANISH
TEACHER INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHED
ME AND KISSED ME AND SHOWED ME
DEMOGRAPHY.
AND I WAS NOT HIS ONLY VICTIM HE
ALSO SEXUALLY HARASSED ABUSED
AND ASSAULTED OTHER YOUNG GIRLS
AS WELL.
THE WE COMPLAINED TO THE
ADMINISTRATION ABOUT HIM OVER
SEVERAL YEARS THEY NEVER
CONTACTED THE AUTHORITIES.
THEY ALLOWED HIM TO STAY AT THE
SCHOOL AN EVEN AWARDED HIM
TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
I RECENTLY WROTE ABOUT MY
EXPERIENCE IN THE WASHINGTON
POST. AND OVER THE PAST SIX
MONTHS AN ALARMING PATTERN OF
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT SPANNING MORE
THAN THREE DECADES HAS SURFACED
A PRESENTATION HIGH SCHOOL.
DOZENS OF PEOPLE HAVE COME
FORWARD TO REPORT OVER TWENTY
INSTANCES OF SEXUAL ABUSE
INVOLVING OVER TWELVE
PRESENTATION HIGH SCHOOL ABUSERS.
ACCUSATIONS ON MAKE PRESENCE
SAFE DOT COM RANGE FROM
HARASSMENT TO INAPPROPRIATE
TOUCHING AND KISSING TO RATE.
THE MOST SHOCKING PART IS THE
PAST AND PRESENT PRINCIPLES
MARION STUCKEY AND MARY MILLER
DIDN'T REPORT THESE INCIDENTS
SOME AS RECENT AS TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN. TO AUTHORITIES AS
REQUIRED BY LAW.
THEY ALLOWED OUR ABUSERS TO STAY
AT THE SCHOOL AM DOOR QUIETLY
MOVE ON TO OTHER SCHOOLS. THEY
SIMPLY PASS THE TRASH.
JEFFERY HICKS IS A PARTICULARLY
EGREGIOUS EXAMPLE OF THIS. IN
TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR
PRESENTATION HIGH SCHOOL WAS
NOTIFIED OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT BY
JEFFERY HICKS THE PERFORMING
ARTS DIRECTOR.
DESPITE NUMEROUS SEXUAL ABUSE
ALLEGATIONS AND HIS OWN
ADMISSION THAT HE FONDLED A
STUDENT.
PRESENTATION HIGH SCHOOL FAILED
TO NOTIFY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
ALLOWED HICKS QUIETLY FINISH THE
SCHOOL YEAR. ANTITRUST SUMMER
PROGRAM WORRY WAS WITNESSED IN
IT ENGAGING IN ADDITIONAL
PREDATORY BEHAVIOR.
BECAUSE HICKS WAS ALLOWED TO
LEAVE PRESENTATION HIGH SCHOOL
WITH A CLEAN RECORD. HE WAS
HIRED AT STANBRIDGE ACADEMY. A
CEMETERY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN
WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES.
THERE HICKS WAS PLACED ON LEAVE
FOR EXCHANGING FACEBOOK MESSAGES
ABOUT MASTURBATION WITH A
FOURTEEN YEAR OLD STUDENT.
THE HEAD OF THE SCHOOL ALSO
FOUND A CD ON HICKS'S DESK
CONTAINING PORNOGRAPHIC VIDEOS.
HICKS WAS BEING CONVICTED AND
SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS IN JAIL
FOR KEEPING CHILD* AND
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT. HE'S NOW A
LIFETIME REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER.
TRAGEDY WAS ENTIRELY PREVENTABLE.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY.
I'M SPEAKING FOR THE DOZENS OF
VICTIMS OF HARASSMENT AND ABUSE
AT PRESENTATION HIGH SCHOOL AND
ARE WIDER COMMUNITY. OUR STORIES
ARE THE RESULT OF A TRAGICALLY
FLAWED SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS
INSTITUTIONS TO PROTECT THEIR
REPUTATIONS AND SEXUAL ABUSERS.
RATHER THAN THE CHILDREN.
SCHOOLS SHOULD BE THE SAFEST
PLACE FOR CHILDREN TO LEARN AND
GROW.
BUT FAR TOO MANY OF US ARE
SUFFERING LIFELONG TRAUMA
BECAUSE PETA FILES AREN'T
THOROUGHLY VETTED DURING THE
HIRING PROCESS.
I WANT A BETTER PROTECTION FOR
CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS
OF SCHOOL CHILDREN.
SCHOOLS SHOULD BE A HAVEN. NOT A
HELP FOR THESE CHILDREN.
THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT
STRENGTHENING MANDATORY
REPORTING LAWS AND THAT'S WHY I
SUPPORT THE SAFE ACT. AND I ASK
THAT YOU DO SO AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS MOST
SERIOUS MATTER. KELSEY.
OKAY MORNING CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS. AT THANKS FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU
TODAY A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO
SENATOR MORALE FOR SPEARHEADING
SP ONE FOUR FIVE SIX.
MY NAME IS CHELSEA WERE CAT AND
I WAS SEXUALLY ABUSED BY AN
EDUCATOR AT THE MALL FOR A
SCHOOL IN A LEAGUE ALL GIRLS
SCHOOL IN LOS ANGELES.
AS A TEENAGER I WAS
SYSTEMATICALLY GROOMED BY JOSEPH
CATHER'S MY THAN ENGLISH TEACHER.
FLATTERY GIFTS CONVINCING ME I
WAS AN ADULT ENTITLED TO MY OWN
SECRETS. THOSE WERE CATERERS
CURRENCY.
WITHIN MONTHS HE WAS ROUTINELY
RAPING ME DOING AND SAYING
THINGS TO ME THAT I WILL NEVER
TALK ABOUT.
OUR QUOTE RELATIONSHIP
CULMINATED WHEN CUTTERS
IMPREGNATED ME.
AND PROMPTLY ABANDONED ME.
I MISCARRIED IN SHOCK IN
EXCRUCIATING PAIN AND COMPLETELY
ALONE.
KHATTAR SON WHO IS THEN THIRTY
FOUR AND MARRIED DID IRREPARABLE
DAMAGE. WHEN I GOT PREGNANT I
BEGAN TO SELF HARM. AND
DEVELOPED AN EATING DISORDER
THAT WOULD LAST FOR SEVEN YEARS.
I'VE BEEN ON EMOTIONAL ROLLER
COASTER SINCE HIGH SCHOOL
FIGHTING DEPRESSION AND COMPLEX
PTSD DAILY.
I'VE OFTEN CONCLUDED THAT THE
ONLY SOLUTION TO THIS ECHO
CHAMBER OF SHAME AND SELF DOUBT
IS AND MY TIME ON THIS EARTH.
IN COLLEGE I TRIED BUT
FORTUNATELY I WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.
IT IT OF ITSELF WHAT HAPPENED TO
ME WAS DISGRACEFUL.
THAT'S NOT WHY I'M HERE TODAY.
I'M HERE BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED
TO ME WAS A HUNDRED PERCENT
PREVENTABLE.
AFTER COMING FORWARD ABOUT MY
ABUSE IN TWENTY FOURTEEN. I
DEDICATED NEARLY FOUR YEARS OF
MY LIFE TO ADJUDICATING MY CASE
CRIMINALLY AND CIVILLY. AND IN
SO DOING I DISCOVERED JUST HOW
MANY SUPPOSEDLY RESPONSIBLE
ADULTS HARBORED AND ENABLED
CUTTERS EGREGIOUS BEHAVIOR
ACROSS MULTIPLE DECADES AND
ACROSS THREE DIFFERENT LA
SCHOOLS.
HE WAS KNOWN AS CREEPY CUTTERS
AT HIS PRIOR EMPLOYER VIEWPOINT
SCHOOL WHERE AT A MINIMUM WE
KNOW HE HARASSED IN TOUCH GIRLS
INAPPROPRIATELY DURING HIS ONE
YEAR STINT.
YOU POINT FIRED CUTTERS FOR HIS
MAKE MISCONDUCT. YET REFERRED
HIM ENTHUSIASTICALLY TO MARLBORO
VERBALLY AND IN WRITING.
COMPARING VIEW POINT
ADMINISTRATORS DISCIPLINARY MEMO
TO CATERS. TO THE GLOWING
RECOMMENDATION THEY GAVE HIM IS
ABSOLUTELY NAUSEATING.
AND WHILE EMPLOYED AT MARLBORO
FOR OVER A DECADE CUTTERS
TARGETED A FAVORITE STUDENT EACH
YEAR. RAPED AT LEAST ONE OTHER
GIRL RACKED UP MULTIPLE
COMPLAINTS AND WAS ULTIMATELY
CAUGHT SENDING AGGRESSIVELY LEWD
EMAILS TO A STUDENT IN TWO
THOUSAND TWELVE.
THE OUTCOME HE WAS ALLOWED TO
QUIETLY RESIGNED WITH YET
ANOTHER IF YOU SERVE
RECOMMENDATION I MOVED ON TO THE.
TO PASADENA POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL.
I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE MY STORY
IS A PART OF AN EPIDEMIC.
WHEREBY INSTITUTIONS PROTECT
THEIR FACULTY REPUTATIONS AND
DONOR BASES OVER VULNERABLE
CHILDREN. I AM HERE TODAY TO
SPEAK FOR CUTTERS MANY VICTIMS
OF HARASSMENT AND ABUSE AND FOR
VICTIMS EVERYWHERE WHO HAVE YET
TO FIND THEIR VOICES.
AND IF I CAN SIT HERE TODAY AND
BARE MY SOUL AND FROM THE
CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE.
WE'RE COUNTING MY VERY DARKEST
DAYS TO YOU YOU CAN DO ONE THING
FOR ME.
TAKE ACTION WHERE IT IS SORELY
NEEDED. IF AN INDIVIDUAL WANTS
TO TAKE A JOB WORKING WITH
CHILDREN DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
MAKE SURE THE RULES AND
REQUIREMENTS MATCH THE
RESPONSIBILITIES.
I ASKED ARE THREEFOLD ONE.
REQUIRE TEACHING CANDIDATES
BACKGROUNDS WITH FIRE SCHOOLS
CHECKED FOR COMPLAINTS OF SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT. TO. REQUIRE THAT
SUCH COMPLAINTS.
ART ARE DISCLOSED TO PROSPECTIVE
EMPLOYERS AND THREE HOLD
MANDATORY REPORTERS ACCOUNTABLE
WHEN THEY FAIL IN THEIR DUTY TO
REPORT THE REASONABLE SUSPICION
OF ABUSE AS IS THEIR LEGAL DUTY.
HELP SCHOOLS WERE THEY VERY
CLEARLY CANNOT HELP THEMSELVES
FOR ONCE AND FOR ALL THANK YOU.
IS. THAT RIGHT HAND DISMISSIVE
USUALLY IT'S OUR PRACTICE TO
HAVE TWO WITNESSES WERE HAPPY TO
HEAR YOU BUT BUT IF YOU COULD.
MAKE SURE THAT YOU. KEEP IT.
WITHIN CERTAIN SHORT MAN TYPE
PLACE I WILL DO MY VERY BEST TO
KEEP IT TOO DULL ROAR.
MY NAME IS SCOTT RIGHT HAND A
MOCK TRIAL LAWYER DOWN IN SAN
FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA.
MORNING MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
MISTER CHAIRMAN.
I I WAS THE TRIAL LAWYER. WHO?
LITIGATED THE RANDY W. CASE.
AND I WANTED TO DISCUSS HOW THEY
CAME ABOUT.
THE CASE WAS REFERRED TO ME BY A
GENTLEMAN IN MODESTO WHO SAID HE
HAD A CLIENT.
WHO WAS MOLESTED HIS FOURTEEN
YEAR OLD GIRL WHO WAS MOLESTED
BY HER VICE PRINCIPAL LIVINGSTON
UNIFIED SCHOOL THIS HAPPENED
BACK IN NINETEEN NINETY FIVE?
I SAID TO HIM WHAT'S UP WHAT'S.
BRING HER IN AND DISCUSS THE
ISSUES.
BUT SHE HAD SO SHE CAME TO MY
OFFICE IN THE HOME DISCUSSED THE
SHE'D BEEN MOLESTED BY VICE
PRINCIPAL. AND WE BROUGHT AN
ACTION AGAINST LIVINGSTON
UNIFIED SCHOOL.
IN FILING THAT ACTION FOR
NEGLIGENT HIRING. LIVINGSTON
UNIFIED SCHOOL DECIDED THAT THEY
WERE GOING TO DEFEND.
THAT ACTION.
AND DID SO BY DISCLOSING THE
FACT THAT.
THEY HAD RECEIVED LETTERS OF
REFERENCE FROM OTHER SCHOOLS IN
OTHER DISTRICTS ABOUT HOW.
WONDERFUL. PERSON THIS
INDIVIDUAL MR GHADAMES WAS AND
HOW GREAT HE WAS WITH CHILDREN
AND HOW EFFECTIVE HE WAS.
AROUND YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND ON THE STRENGTH OF THAT
LIVINGSTONE UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT HIRED THIS MAN.
I THEN DECIDED ON TIME WAS
APPROPRIATE TO FILE AN ACTION
AGAINST THOSE REFERRING SCHOOLS.
AND THAT'S WHAT BREAD THE
DECISION AND RANDY W.. WHICH CAN
BE FOUND AT FOURTEEN CAL FOURTH
TEN SIXTY SIX. AND THE DECISION
CAME DOWN IN NINETEEN NINETY
SEVEN.
WE WERE FOUR BEFORE JUDGE CANE
IN FRESNO. AND HE THREW OUR.
THAT ASPECT OF THE CASE WHERE.
WE BROUGHT SUIT AGAINST THE
REFERRING. EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS HE SAID THERE WERE
THERE WAS NO DUTY.
TO DOWNSTREAM.
YOUNG GIRL.
LIKE CHELSEA WHO.
INNOCENTLY IS OF HIS PREY TO
THIS INDIVIDUAL WHO IS REFERRED.
OF WITH GLOWING REMARKS FROM
REFERRING INSTITUTION.
SO.
THE APPROPRIATE THING.
I THOUGHT AT THAT TIME AND STILL
THINK MOST BRING THAT TO THE
COURT OF APPEAL ATTENTION DOWN
THE FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF
APPEAL REVERSED JUDGE CANS
OPINION.
AND SAID THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE.
FOR A STUDENT WHO IS MOLESTED
LIKE THIS TO BE ABLE TO FILE AN
ACTION AGAINST THE REFERRING
INSTITUTIONS. FORMAL FRAUD
MISREPRESENTATION AND FOR
VIOLATION OF THE REPORTING
STATUTES THAT OUR PENAL CODE ONE
ONE ONE FOUR SIX THAT SUCK.
THE UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME I
THOUGHT.
THE SUPREME COURT ULTIMATELY
DECIDED TO HEAR THIS CASE I HAD
WANTED AT THE COURT OF APPEAL
LEVEL. I WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT
THE SUPREME COURT WAS GOING TO
REVERSE THE DID NOT.
THEY UNANIMOUSLY UPHELD.
.
THE RIGHTS OF A STUDENT OF TO.
BRING THEIR ACTIONS FOR FRAUD.
THEIR ACTIONS FOR NEGLIGENT
MISREPRESENTATION BUT THEY DID
NOT UPHOLD THE TRUCK THE COURT
OF APPEALS PERSPECTIVE ON THE
REPORTING STATUTE.
THE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS THAT THE
REPORTING STATUTE.
HARM THAT CAUSES OF ACTION UNDER
THE REPORTING STATUTE WERE TOO
ATTENUATED. THIS WOULD NOT HOLD
THAT THEY DID NOT UPHOLD THAT.
WE ARE NOW TWENTY ONE YEARS PAST
THE SUPREME COURT DECISION.
PROVIDING.
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN
MOLESTED IN THIS CONTEXT RIDES.
AND THE TWO FILE ACTIONS AGAINST
RECOMMENDING INSTITUTIONS THERE
BEEN NO.
EFFECTIVE DISCLOSURE RULES AND
LAWS IN PLACE IN THE STATE OVER
THAT TWENTY ONE YEAR PERIOD IT
IS TIME FOR THAT TO HAPPEN IN MY
OPINION. IT IS TIME TO TAKE CARE
OF THE CHILDREN. OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH A QUOTE
THAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE ONE OF
THE QUOTES THERE MANY IN THE
RANDY W. CASE WHERE IT SAYS. ONE
OF SOCIETY'S HIGHEST PRIORITIES.
IS TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM
SEXUAL OR PHYSICAL ABUSE CITING
THE BURRELL OVER SUPERIOR COURT
CASE.
AND THAT THERE IS A DUTY OF ALL
CITIZENS TO PROTECT CHILDREN
FROM SEXUAL ABUSE AND IT IS TIME.
THAT WE.
EFFECTUATE. THAT DUTY. AND. TAKE
CARE OF THE CHILDREN OF THE
STATE IN MY OPINION THIS BILL.
PEACE BE MOVED FORWARD IN THE
PAST. AND DEMAND DISCLOSURE
REQUIREMENTS FROM SCHOOLS THAT
ARE.
REFERRING THEIR TEACHERS ON TO
OTHER SCHOOLS.
THANK YOU THANK YOU AWAY MISTER
CHAIR THANKS FOR TAKING TIME
THESE. STORIES ARE VERY
PERSONALIZED JUST WANNA THANK
YOU FOR ALLOWING THEM EXTRA TIME
THANK YOU UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHY
WE AND THAT'S WHERE WE. SHARE
CENTER CITY THANK YOU THANK YOU
SENATOR.
OKAY OTHER FOLKS WHO WANT TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL.
IF YOU JUST COME TO THE MIKE AND
AND STATE YOUR SUPPORT.
BUT MY NAME IS SPELLED VASQUEZ
WITH THE CHILD PROTECTION
ADVOCACY GROUP KEEP KIDS SAFE
KEEP KIDS SAFE DOT ORG. I
SUPPORT THIS BILL AND WE URGE
YOU TO. DO WHATEVER YOU CAN. TO
MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND MOVED ON
FROM THIS COMMITTEE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SIR THANK YOU.
OKAY WE WANNA GIVE.
FOLKS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE
CONCERNS ABOUT THE BILL EXPRESS
OPPOSITION IF WE COULD GIVE THEM
A COUPLE SEATS UP HERE AT THE
HIGHEST.
I'M.
ONE ONE X. HERE FROM OPPOSITION.
THE.
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND STAY
HERE.
CONCERNS.
GOOD MORNING CATHY SURE ON
BEHALF OF THE ACLU OF CALIFORNIA.
I WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT
WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF THE
COMMITTEE STAFF TO ADDRESS SOME
OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE BILL
AND.
AND OF THE AUTHOR TO TO WORK ON
THOSE CONCERNS. AS REFLECTED IN
IN THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED IN
THE ANALYSIS.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE THE
VICTIMS WHO CAME FORWARD TODAY
BECAUSE I THINK WHATEVER YOU
THINK THE SOLUTION AT. THE
APPROPRIATE SOLUTIONS ARE TO
THIS PROBLEM IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO COME
FORWARD AND AND TELL THEIR
STORIES.
UNFORTUNATELY ON ON FIRST
REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS AND AND ALL I'VE BEEN
ABLE TO LOOK AT IS WHAT WHAT WAS
IN THE THE ANALYSIS.
WE MUST REMAIN OPPOSED TO THE
BILL.
WE BELIEVE THAT SIGNIFICANT DUE
PROCESS CONCERNS REMAIN.
I WANT TO BACK UP AND SAY.
IT'S IMPORTANT UNDERSTAND
FAILURE TO REPORT ABUSE IS
ALREADY A CRIME.
.
WE ARE TALKING AND WE'RE ALSO
NOT TALKING ABOUT CASES IN WHICH
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN. CRIMINALLY
CHARGED IN AND CONVICTED BECAUSE
IN THOSE CASES THE BACKGROUND
CHECKS WOULD BAR EMPLOYMENT.
UNDER EXISTING LAW.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AT THAT SUBSET OF CASES IN
WHICH THERE ARE ALLEGATIONS THAT
HAVE IN SOME WAY BEEN
INVESTIGATED BY THE SCHOOL WHERE
THE WHERE THE PERSON WAS.
BUT IT HAS NOT RESULTED IN
MANDATED REPORTING IT HAS NOT
RESULTED IN CRIMINAL CHARGES.
AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT IN EVEN
AS PROPOSED TO BE AMENDED.
THE BILL WOULD STILL REQUIRE
SHARING OF INFORMATION REGARDING
ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE WHERE THE
INVESTIGATED IN INVESTIGATION
WAS COMPLETE PLEADED AND THE
STANDARD WOULD BE SO LONG AS THE
ALLEGATIONS WERE NOT DETERMINED
TO BE FALSE.
I WOULD POINT OUT THAT THERE
ARE A LOT OF WAYS THAT AN
INVESTIGATION CAN AND THAT THERE
ARE NEITHER THE ALLEGATIONS ARE
SUBSTANTIATED AND THIS PERSON IS
SUBJECT TO SOME KIND OF
DISCIPLINE. NOR THEY ARE FOUND
TO BE FALSE THERE ARE MANY MANY
CASES IN WHICH FOR EXAMPLE THERE
SIMPLY IS NOT SUFFICIENT.
SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE EITHER WAY.
.
THESE ARE THE CASES WERE WERE
TALKING ABOUT COM REQUIRING THAT
THAT. INFORMATION ON THAT
ALLEGATION ARE OR THOSE
ALLEGATIONS OUGHT BE SENT TO THE
NEXT SCHOOL IN SOME CASES THAT
MAY BE APPROPRIATE IN OTHERS IT
MAY NOT BE.
AND IT MADE MADE.
AT I THINK.
YOU ALSO ARE ALMOST CERTAINLY IN
THOSE CASES GOING TO WIND UP
WITH A PERSON WHO BECOMES
UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYABLE.
IN IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM BECAUSE.
REGARDLESS OF.
THE TRUTH OF THOSE ALLEGATIONS
ABOUT HIRING SCHOOLS GOING TO BE
VERY RELUCTANT TO TO HIRE
SOMEONE BASED ON.
THE MERE ALLEGATIONS REGARDLESS
OF WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THE
INVESTIGATION WAS.
.
IT.
WE THINK THAT THAT.
.
AS THEY SAY THAT THE AMENDMENTS
IMPROVE IT BUT BUT DO NOT
RESOLVE OUR CONCERNS AND WE
WOULD ASK FOR YOUR NOVEL.
THIS.
GOOD MORNING SANDRA BORRERO ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL
EMPLOYEES OF ASSOCIATION IN
OPPOSITION.
WE UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF
THE SITUATION AND WANT TO
PROTECT STUDENTS FROM PREDATORS.
BUT THE AUTHOR HAS NOT PROVIDED
ANY EXAMPLES OF THIS PROBLEM
OCCURRING WITH CLASSIFIED SCHOOL
EMPLOYEES.
OF FALSE ACCUSATIONS COULD
POTENTIALLY RUIN THE LIVES THE
CAREERS OF THOUSANDS OF
EMPLOYEES.
YET HE'S PROVIDED NO EXAMPLES
OF WHY THIS BILL IS NECESSARY
FOR CLASSIFIED STAFF.
WE ASK FOR YOUR NOTEBOOK THANK
YOU.
FOR PRESIDENT ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY
WITH THE STAFF IN THE AUTHOR'S
OFFICE AND TRYING TO FIND SOME
WAY TO WEAVE THROUGH THIS. THIS
ISSUE THE ISSUE THAT THE BILL IS
HIGHLIGHTING THE SOMETHING THAT
ACCESS HAS WORKED ON FOR MANY
YEARS.
AND TRYING TO FIND THE WAY TO
CLOSE MAYBE WHAT I CALL THE GRAY
AREA BETWEEN WHEN WE SUBMIT TO
THE COMMISSION ON TEACHER
CREDENTIALING WE'LL GET TO
CLASSIFY IN JUST A MINUTE BUT.
TO THE COMMISSION ON TEACHER
CREDENTIALING FOR TEACHERS THAT
LEAVE WHAT WE CALL UNDER A CLOUD
OF SUSPICION WHERE WE'VE BEEN
DOING AN INVESTIGATION THEY
RESIGN. THEY'RE NO LONGER OUR
EMPLOYEE WE'RE REQUIRED TO
NOTIFY THE COMMISSION. IS
BECAUSE WITH IT A CERTAIN AMOUNT
OF TIME TO LET THEM NOW TO
CONCLUDE TO FIVE FOR THE
INVESTIGATION. I'M DURING THAT
TIME THAT PERSON CAN GET
EMPLOYED IN ANOTHER DISTRICT AND
SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND A
WAY TO CLOSE THAT PIECE DOWN
WE'VE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN
FINDING THAT WAY IN ORDER TO.
INSURE DUE PROCESS AND SURE WE
HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO SOME OF
THE WORK THAT'S BEEN ASKED OF US.
AND SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO
HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. AND
WELCOME BACK.
THE AREA FOR CLASSIFIED AS A
WHOLE DIFFERENT ISSUE FOR US
BECAUSE WITH THIS WITH TEACHERS
WHO ARE CREDENTIALED WE DO HAVE
THE COMMISSION ON TEACHER
CREDENTIALING. WE ARE REQUIRED
TO FINGERPRINT EVERYBODY NOT
EVERYBODY WHO GETS ALLEGED TO
HAVE DONE SOMETHING HAS. HAS NOT
RISEN TO A CRIMINAL OFFENSE SO
THEY DON'T HAVE A FINGERPRINT
THAT'S GOING TO SHOW THAT
THEY'VE DONE MAYBE HAVE DONE
SOMETHING.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE A
CLEARINGHOUSE FOR CLASSIFIED WAS
CERTIFICATED WE DO WE GO TO THE
AS I KEEP SAYING WITH THE
COMMISSION ON TEACHER
CREDENTIALING TO. HAVE LAWYERS
THEY WORK WITH US.
TO DO FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
FOR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES WE HAVE
NO PLACE TO PUT THAT INFORMATION
FOR. THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME
THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO.
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT
PASSING YOU KNOW TESE THESE.
THESE PERPETRATORS BUT WE ALSO
THINK THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SO
MANY LAWS THAT WE'RE IN
COMPLIANCE WITH TO ENSURE THAT
WE DO NOT HAVE. PREDATORS ON OUR
CAMPUSES DO WE HAVE THEM YES I'M
SURE THAT THEY'RE OUT THERE.
I'M NOT GONNA SAY THAT THEY'RE
NOT AND I THINK I MEAN I GUESS
THEY'RE CLASSIFIED AS WELL
CERTIFICATED WHERE PEOPLE HAVE
YOU BEEN INDUSTRY IS GOING TO
HAPPEN. BUT WE DO ARE REQUIRED
AS MANDY MANDATED REPORTERS WE
KNOW WE HAVE FIVE MEMBERS WHO'VE
LOST THEIR CREDENTIAL BECAUSE IT
DIDN'T MATTER DIDN'T REPORT FOR
SOME REASON THEY CHOSE NOT TO.
IT GOING TO JAIL.
SO WE KNOW THAT THAT SYSTEM IS
ALREADY IN PLACE. BUT THE BUILD
WE WE THINK THE APPROACH THAT
THIS BILL IS GOING IS NOT THE
RIGHT APPROACH WOULD WANT TO SIT
DOWN AND TALK WITH. THE SPONSORS
AND THE AUTHORS AND CAN
HOPEFULLY MAYBE NEXT YEAR BE
ABLE TO PUT SOMETHING FORWARD
THAT WE THINK IS WELL THOUGHT
OUT. THIS BILL WERE HAVING TO
REACT TO IT WE WERE NOT BROUGHT
TO OUR.
BUT WAS NOT WE WERE NOT ASKED
TO HAVE INPUT IT BEFORE THE BILL
WAS INTRODUCED AND WE MAY HAVE
HAD A DIFFERENT APPROACH. SO I
THINK THE GOAL WHERE WE WANT TO
GO IS IS A GOOD ONE I THINK WE
WANT TO ALL GET TO THE SAME
PLACE I THINK THE WAY TO GET
THERE. IS STILL NOT.
HAS NOT BEEN FLESHED OUT ENOUGH
THANK YOU.
QUESTION MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE TONY TOOK CARE ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION I WANT TO
APOLOGIZE TO BOTH THE AUTHOR.
AND THE COMMITTEE WE JUST
REVIEWED THE BILL AT OUR STATE
COUNSEL AND TO COMPOSE POSITION
ON APRIL EIGHTH SUNDAY SO WE ARE
STILL TRYING TO GET OUR LETTERS
ACROSS THE STREET SO I APOLOGIZE
FOR THAT.
CT A REPRESENTS BOTH
CERTIFICATED IN CLASSIFIED
EMPLOYEES WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE
AMENDMENTS WE HAVE NOT SEEN
ANYTHING IN WRITING.
SO I JUST WANT TO ASSOCIATE
MYSELF WITH THE REMARKS OF THE
OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN OPPOSITION.
WE ARE OPPOSED AND WOULD LIKELY
OPPOSE AS I UNDERSTAND THE
AMENDMENTS BEING PROPOSED WE
WOULD STILL BE IN OPPOSITION.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU OTHER FOLKS WHO WANT
TO RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT THE BILL
OR OR OPPOSITION OR OR.
OKAY.
.
THANK YOU WANT ONE OF THEM JUST
FOR THIS BECAUSE THEY MAYBE
DISCUSSION IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO
HAVE ONE OR TWO YOU STAND MAYBE
ONE OR TWO FROM THE A PROPONENT
SIDE STATE. AND.
I'M SURE THIS IS COULD SPARK
SOME DISCUSSION. ON.
OKAY.
AND DONE TO THIS THE MATTER IS
NOW BEFORE THE COMMITTEE FOR
DISCUSSION AND AND CONVERSATION.
.
I WANTED TO.
I.
I GUESS I'M I'M KIND OF UNCLEAR
AS TO WHAT EXACTLY YOU'VE
ACCEPTED OF THE AMENDMENTS AND
WHAT YOU HAVE IN.
THE ONES THAT WERE PROPOSED BY
THE COMMITTEE. YESTERDAY. AND
THEN I KNOW THAT SENATOR DO YOU
WANT TO.
BUT WHAT WOULD YOU WOULD YOU
START CENTER GOT JOHNNY. I'M I'M
TRYING TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE
WITNESSES AND AND TRYING TO MAKE
SENSE OF THE FIVE PAGES OF
AMENDMENTS HERE SO. I'M HOPING.
.
I'M LOOKING AT AT LANGUAGE THAT
WAS STRICKEN HERE ON. PAGE TWO.
RELATIVE TO.
WHETHER THE APPLICANT WAS THE
SUBJECT OF AN INVESTIGATION
CONCERNING CHILD ABUSE OR SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT.
AND.
AN INVESTIGATION OF CHILD ABUSE
OR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH A
TRIAL WHERE THE ALLEGATIONS WERE
DETERMINED TO BE FALSE IS NOT
REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED BY THIS
SUBPARAGRAPH. AND THAT'S THAT'S
CROSSED OUT.
DECEPTION ABOUT.
.
WHETHER THE APPLICANT WAS
SEPARATED FROM EMPLOYMENT WHILE
UNDER INVESTIGATION. IS CROSSED
OUT.
AND CAN YOU CAN YOU POINT OUT.
EITHER EXPLAIN WHY WHY IT'S
CROSSED OUR POINT OUT. WHERE IN
THE TEXT IT'S BEEN RE WRITTEN?
AND AGAIN I'M ASKING ABOUT PAGE
TWO.
SECTIONS.
TO.
A THROUGH.
THREE A BE.
I AM SENATOR MUSTAPHA AND AND I
JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT THE
MOCK UP YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS A
REFLECTION OF THE COMMITTEE'S
SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS.
AND I BELIEVE ACCEPTED ALL THE
COMMITTEE SUGGESTED A MOMENT I'M
SORRY YES EXCEPT FOR.
THE ONLY THING THAT THE MARKET
DOES NOT REFLECT.
IS.
INCLUDE IS LIMITING THE BILL TO
CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES AND SO
THAT MOCK UP THEN WOULD HAVE
JUST INCLUDED. THREE REFERENCES
TO CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES.
SO THAT IS NOT REFLECTED IN THIS
MOCK UP EVERYTHING ELSE ARE THE
AMENDMENTS THAT WERE.
OUTLINED IN THE ANALYSIS YOU'RE
GONNA WALK BACK THE ON THE GREEN.
I'M.
YEAH AND SAY THERE IS AN
ADDITION ON PAGE THREE. ONE LINE
WHICH AT WHICH DEALS WITH
LIABILITY.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT ACCEPTING THE
GIMMES MINUTES ON THAT EITHER.
THAT'S ONE ADDITION THAT WE'VE
ADDED TO THE COMMITTEE
SUGGESTIONS AND SO AS OUR
UNDERSTANDING OUR UNDERSTANDING
WAS THAT.
FROM.
WHEN THE CONVERSATION THAT WE
HAD WITH THE STAKE HOLDERS.
WAS IT THAT THEY WANTED TO FOCUS
THE LIABILITY.
ON DISCLOSURE OF. INFORMATION IS
BEING DISCLOSED ON THE
PERPETRATOR. NOT POTENTIAL
LIABILITY FOR DISCLOSURE OF
INFORMATION ABOUT VICTIMS. AND I
BELIEVE THAT'S RIGHT THAT SCOTT.
SO I'M I'M STILL CONFUSED
BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
WELL LIABILITY AND I'M ASKING
ABOUT PAGE TWO.
WHERE THERE ARE SECTIONS THAT I
THOUGHTWERE IMPORTANT TO THE
BILL THAT ARE I'M SEEING ARE
STRICKEN HERE?
AND THAT'S ABOUT IT SECTION A
ALLEGATIONS DETERMINED TO BE
FALSE.
.
SECONDLY DEALING WITH.
A SITUATION WHERE. AN APPLICANT
WAS SEPARATED FROM EMPLOYMENT
WHILE UNDER INVESTIGATION.
THAT'S BEEN STRICKEN.
AND THERE'S A SECTION WHERE.
IT'S BEEN STRICKEN.
DEALING WITH ALLEGATIONS.
WHERE SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH THE
CHILD WERE PENDING?
SAM I'M AGAIN MY QUESTION IS IS
WHY HAVE THOSE SECTIONS BEEN
STRICKEN.
OKAY.
EXCUSE ME.
ALTHOUGH I WAS NOT A PARTICIPANT
IN. ANY OF THIS PROCESS AT ALL I
YOU KNOW JUST CAME TO IT AT THE
END.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT LOOKS
TO ME AS OF SUBSECTION ON PAGE
TWO.
WELL LOOKS LIKE BE.
BE ONE.
SUBSECTION BE.
SAYS THAT THAT THIS IS THESE ARE
THE THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO
BE DISCLOSED UNDER THIS BILL IN
THAT SUBSECTION BE STATES
WHETHER THE APPLICANT WAS THE
SUBJECT OF A SUBSTANTIATED
INVESTIGATION. CONCERNING CHILD
ABUSE OR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH
THE PEOPLE.
AND THE ALLEGATIONS WERE NOT
DETERMINED TO BE FALSE.
SO IT LOOKS TO ME AS IF.
THIS PORTION IS KIND OF
REPLACING WHAT WAS WHAT WAS IN
THE.
ARE EXCLUDED MATERIAL AND THAT
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DISCLOSE.
AN INVESTIGATION OF WAS
DETERMINED TO BE FALSE.
OKAY. SENATOR. PART OF WHAT'S
FRUSTRATING ABOUT THIS IS THAT
AND.
YOU KNOW YOU HAD THIS BILL
INFERENCES FEBRUARY.
MY STAFF IS WORKING REALLY HARD
ON TRYING TO DRAFT UP A BUNCH OF
A MAN'S. EYE THAT STILL BY THE
WAY HAVEN'T.
ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE
FOLKS IN OPPOSITION.
BUT THAT I THINK GO A LONG WAY
TOWARD.
CREATING A SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY
GOING TO GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE
TO MEET THE SORTS OF GOALS THAT
YOU HAVE THAT ARE VERY
MERITORIOUS.
AND YOU.
NO THAT WE WE'VE WE ARE HAPPY TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
CERTIFICATED PORTION.
AT LEAST ON THE COMMITTEE SIDE.
FIVE. YOU KNOW I THINK YOU'VE.
BUT MEET RECENTLY MADE AWARE OF
THE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES THAT
EXIST IN TERMS OF.
A STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE IN
PLACE TO INVESTIGATE THESE TYPES
OF SITUATIONS FOR CLASSIFIED.
VERSUS CERTIFICATED YESTERDAY ON
THE PHONE I OFFER YOU THE
OPPORTUNITY OKAY LET'S FOCUS
THIS BILL ON THE CERTIFICATE
SITE WHERE WE HAVE A STRUCTURE
IN PLACE.
YOU CAN MOVE FOR THE SEPARATE
BILL TO ADDRESS THE CLASSIFIED
CONCERNS AND ACTUALLY HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY. TO MEET WITH THE
STAKE HOLDERS WHO YOU HAVEN'T
MET WITH.
TO WORK OUT THE DETAILS AND HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO. YOU KNOW TO
TO COME UP WITH A BILL THAT WILL
WORK AND THEN YOU CAN MAIL THE
BILLS LATER ON IN THE PROCESS.
AND FOR WHATEVER REASON YOU
DIDN'T SEEM WILLING TO DO THAT.
THIS.
YOU KNOW I I I IT'S IT'S
FRUSTRATING TO ME THAT.
THAT.
YOU KNOW HERE WE ARE WITH THE
CROWD LAST MINUTE MARK UP ON THE
DAY OF THE HEARING.
WITH A DOUBLE ROW OF REFERENCE
AT THE END OF THE PROCESS WHEN
YOU KNOW THIS. YOU HAVE TO SPELL
OUT THERE FOR A LONG TIME AND
YOU HAVEN'T EVEN MET.
WITH THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS LIKE
THE ADMINISTRATORS WHO RUN THE
SYSTEM. TO.
YOU KNOW BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW
TO CRAFT A STRUCTURE THAT WOULD
ACTUALLY BE WORKABLE IN THE
CLASSIFIEDS SITE AND THAT'S.
THAT'S.
YOU KNOW WHAT'S FRUSTRATING FOR
ME HERE AND I'M I'M HAVING A
HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING WHY YOU
WON'T TAKE.
THAT APPROACH.
A COUPLE THINGS WE TOOK I MEAN
YOU KNOW YOU GAVE US FIVE.
SUGGESTED YESTERDAY WE TOOK FOUR
OUT OF FIVE AND SO WE'RE JUST WE
JUST DON'T WANT TO BAN ON IF YOU
GO TO PAGE THREE.
.
PAGE THREE OF THE BILL.
OF THE OF THE MONTH.
BLINDS ELEVEN THROUGH SIXTEEN
THAT THIS IS HOW SIMPLE THIS
DARN BILL AS I DIDN'T KNOW THERE
BE SO MUCH FRUSTRATION HERE.
BECAUSE SO IT SAYS A SCHOOL
ENTITY SHALL NOT HIGHER PERSON.
AS AN EMPLOYEE. OR INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTOR POSITION INVOLVING
DIRECT CONTACT WITH CHILDREN IN
A GUN THERE'S TWO KEY WORDS THE
WHAT NEXT ONE IS IF THE PERSON
WAS AN EX HE WOULD DETERMINE. BY
A CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYER AS
RESULT OF AN INVESTIGATION TO BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR AN ACT THAT
CHILD ABUSE OR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
WITH A CHILD. I DON'T WANT TO
ELIMINATE THAT I FELT LIKE I WAS
BEING STRUCK DOWN THE LINE
THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT THING
WE'VE GOT THIS ONE LADY HERE WHO
SAID EARLIER FROM. GOD BLESS THE.
ACLU HERE THAT THEY WANT TO
PROCESS FOR THE TEACHERS BUT THE
INES ONLY A THOUSAND DOLLARS IF
ONE OF THESE KIDS GET ABUSED
SEXUALLY ONLY A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
YET WORSE TO DUE PROCESS FOR THE
CHILDREN THE SECOND THING IS.
ONE OF YOUR OTHER OPPOSITIONS
HERE SAID THAT WE GAVE NO
EXAMPLES OF POTENTIAL TEACHERS
AND WE DID IN FACT IT PROBABLY
MAYBE ONE PASTOR BUT WAS LIVING
SO LET ME SPEND SCHOOL DISTRICT
A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY WHERE A VICE
PRINCIPAL OF THAT SCHOOL
MOLESTED A KID SO HERE'S WHAT
THE BILL HAS GOT ELIMINATE THAT.
WELL YOU DID YESTERDAY LANE
WORKS ON TRUE WALK US THROUGH
YOUR AMENDMENTS BECAUSE WE HAVE
FIVE PAGES OF AMENDMENTS HERE.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE
ANALYSIS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE
TAX AND WE'RE TRYING TO MATCH
THINGS UP AND YOU'RE SAYING
TRUST. NO ONE EVER SAID TRUST US
BY THE WAY WHAT I'M SAYING IT
BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKING US TO JUST
ACCEPT AMENDMENTS THAT WE. WE
I'M TRYING TO MATCH WHAT I'M
SEEING HERE IN THE ANALYSIS
SUGGESTED I'M SICK TRYING TO
MATCH THE TEXT AND I'M TRYING TO
MATCH THE MOCK UP THAT WE JUST
GOT AS YOU STARTED PRESENTING
THE BILL. AND WE'RE TRYING TO
LISTEN IN AND SO FORTH SO.
I. SELL ONE OF YOUR WITNESSES
ANSWERED THE QUESTION THAT I HAD
EARLIER. AND THAT.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW.
SAID THEN.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE AND WE WERE
ASKING WE WERE ASKING IN OUR
ANALYSIS THAT. THE REFERENCE
SHARING REQUIREMENT BE ELEVATED
TO THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT
SO MAYBE YOU CAN POINT OUT TWICE
IN YOUR MOCK UP WHERE THAT IS.
SO WE CAN SEE THAT.
WE JUST WE FINISH THE MOCK UP
THIS MORNING JUST YOU HAVE IT
THERE.
LIKE I SAID A MOMENT AGO THE
THEM AND I HOPE MAYBE THAT THE
COMMITTEE CAN ANSWER HELP ANSWER
YOUR QUESTION FOR US BECAUSE.
THE MOCK UP REFLECTS THE
AMENDMENTS THAT WERE SUGGESTED
BY THE COMMITTEE AND SO ON.
THERE'S A LOT OF LANGUAGE THAT'S
BEEN STRICKEN AND I AND I CAN
SEE HOW THAT WOULD LOOK
CONCERNING AND SO I THINK. A LOT
OF WHAT THE AMENDMENTS REFLECT
IS KIND OF A DIFFERENT UP BY US
DIFFERENT APPROACH TO. THE
STRUCTURE OF THE BILL ITSELF.
AND SO YOU HAD YOUR QUESTION
WAS ABOUT THE SUPERINTENDENT.
LAMENTING THE SUPERINTENDENT.
THIS PAGE ONE.
IT'S THE BLUE LANGUAGE IN
SEVENTY SEVENONE MORRIS SAYS.
IN THE SCHOOL AND HE SHOULD
CONTACT THE SUPERINTENDENT OR
HIS OR HER DOESN'T ME.
ON PAGE ONE OF OF THE OF CENTER
MORALES.
BLUE AND RED MARK UP.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THE EFFECT OF
THAT AMENDMENT IS THAT.
IT. PUTS THE ONUS ON THE
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE MINISTRY OF
LEVEL RATHER THAN THAT AND
PERHAPS THE TEACHER OR SOMEBODY
WHO'S DOING A REFERENCE TRACK
OFTEN TIME THAT'S A PRINCIPLE.
IT'S MY FEELING THAT WE HAVE.
SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS AND
WE ARE OFFERING YOU WITH A VERY
CLEAR PATH THAT IS AN AGGRESSIVE
AND RESPONSIVE BILL. THAT WILL
MOVE FORWARD.
THAT STILL HAS A LOT ABOUT SEE
ANY CONCERNS FROM.
ARE THE FOLKS ON THE DUE PROCESS
SIDE BUT I THINK YOU KNOW I'M
WILLING TO MOVE THAT FORWARD
BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S GONNA GO
JUDICIARY WILL THEY WILL FULLY
THAT THE DUE PROCESS CONCERNS.
BUT ULTIMATELY ALLOW YOU TO
ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT I'VE
BEEN RAISED BY THE WITNESSES
WHICH IS TO PREVENT. THESE KINDS
OF INCIDENTS IS THAT THAT.
AND AND AND MAKE THE RULES MORE
AGGRESSIVE. AND I I WILL PROVIDE
YOU WITH THE PATH HERE. WITH
THESE AMENDMENTS WERE ALSO
PROVIDE YOU WITH THE PATH TO GET
YOUR HANDS DIRTY ON THE
CERTIFICATE ON THE CLASSIFIED
SIDE. AND HELP TO CRAFT A SYSTEM
THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE WORKABLE
IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE
WILLING TO PUT THE TIME INTO OR
WILLING TO PUT TIME INTO IT OKAY.
THAT THAT WE MOVE THE BILL WITH
THE COMMITTEE SUGGESTED
AMENDMENTS THAT ARE THAT ARE.
LINED OUT IN OUR COMMITTEE
ANALYSIS.
OKAY CLUE. BUT THE THAT INCLUDE.
DEALING WITH.
CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES. DEALING
WITH.
LIMITING THE ENTITIES TO PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS ONLY.
LIMITING THE SHARING OF
UNSUBSTANTIATED ALLEGATIONS.
TO.
SEVEN EIGHTY NOW SAYS.
AJ YES.
TO.
AN INVESTIGATION CONCERNING
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT WITH A CHILD.
LIMIT LIMIT THE SHARING OF AMPS
OF IRAN SUBSTANTIATED
ALLEGATIONS TWO INSTANCES WHEN A
TEACHER ENDS EMPLOYMENT.
PREMATURELY.
.
ELEVATING.
TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OR HIS BUT
IT'S ALL THE STUFF IT'S LOCAL
OUTLINED IN THE ANALYSIS. IT'S
ALL THE IN WHICH MOST OF WHICH
YOU ACTUALLY AGREE TO SENATOR.
.
I I I MEAN I LOOK I I HAVE TO
SAY THAT'S WHAT I SUPPORT I
THINK THIS GIVES YOU A.
AGGRESSIVE RESPONSIVE BILL WE'RE
PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO
WORK ON THE CONCERT ON THE*
CLASSIFIED SIDE WHICH JUST. WITH
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT YOU HAVEN'T
SPENT ANY TIME I JUST TOLD YOU
I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT OKAY.
NOW MOVE THE BILL WITH THE COOK
THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS OKAY.
OKAY.
I'VE SENATOR LEVIN I JUST I WANT
TO BE COMPLETELY CLEAR.
SO FEDERAL YOU ARE MOVING THE
BILL WITH ALL OF THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS.
FIVE OUT OF FIVE NOT FOUR OUT OF
FIVE.
MY MOTION AND WILL MAKE THAT
OFFER FOR RIGHT NOW.
AND COULD I HAVE TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS ON.
HISTORY FOR.
WHY CAN'T?
BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT BUT I
JUST WANT TO SAY WELL I HAVE MY
TIME TO THE TWO WOMEN WHO
TESTIFIED THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COURAGE AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO
THINK THAT WE DON'T WANT TO PASS
THIS BILL WE JUST WANT TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING AND.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING
IT IN A WAY IT'S GOING TO
PROTECT OTHER PEOPLE OTHER
STUDENTS AND I HOPE THAT BOTH OF
YOU KNOW. YOU ARE IN NO WAY
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT
HAPPENED TO YOU YOU ARE NOT
FLOODING YOUR PERSONALITY IS NOT
FLOOD IT IS THE PERPETRATOR WHO
WAS FLAWED SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
COURAGE. BECAUSE I CAN'T IMAGINE
HOW HARD IT WAS TO COME AND
TESTIFY BEFORE US BUT YOU MAKE
US BETTER LEGISLATORS SO THANK
YOU. AND THANK YOU SENT AROUND
HERE. WORDS.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS
THAT ARE LAID BACK I CAN'T AGREE
MORE I CANNOT AGREE MORE.
AND.
.
OKAY WELL I I I APPRECIATE THIS
DISCUSSION AND I'M AND I
APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS.
SENATOR I I KNOW YOU'RE BRINGING
THIS BILL TO US WITH THE.
ABSOLUTE BEST OF INTENTIONS AND
I YOU'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS IT AS
A PROBLEM ABOVE SERIOUS PROBLEM.
AND I DIE ALSO APPLIED THE
COURAGE OF THE WITNESSES HAVE
COME IN TO TESTIFY IN. AND BRING
YOUR STORIES TO US ARE
HEARTBREAKING TOPS ARE BREAKING.
SO I'M.
OKAY SO HIGH AND AND I JUST
REMIND THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS
BILL WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO GO
JUDICIARY WELL THEY WILL TAKE A
LONG HARD LOOK AT THE DUE
PROCESS. CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN
RAISED BY THE OPPOSITION. ON.
I DO THINK FOR OUR FOR OUR
PURPOSES THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS MEET THE CORE.
EDUCATION SIDE CONCERNS THAT WE
HAVE EVEN AS SOME CONCERNS
REMAIN OUTSTANDING.
AND I DO I DO I AM SINCERE AND
MY INVITATION TO YOU TO.
ENGAGE IN A A ROBUST AND
EXAMINATION OF THE CLASSIFIED
SIDE. ARM BUT I I THINK THAT
THEY'RE STILL OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF
WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN ON
THAT SITE FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD
ON THAT ON THAT SIDE BUT STILL.
WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS? AGGRESSIVE
AND RESPONSIVE AND. ON TOP OF
THAT WITHOUT YOU MAY CLOSE.
THANKFULLY ASH'ARI ARRIVAL OKAY
THANK YOU SO I WENT TO THE
MOTION FROM CENTER GOT JOHNNY IS
TO APPROVE PASSED A BILL TO PASS
TO. JUDICIARY AS AMENDED BY ALL
THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS.
AND DONE WITH THAT CENTERPIECE
CHOLERA.
ITEM TEN SP FOURTEEN FIFTY SIX
THE MOTION IS DO PASS AS AMENDED
TO JUDICIARY ALLEN. ALLEN I WILL
I WILL I GATHER JOHNNY'S GOT
JOHNNY I LEAVE THEN. LEAVE THE
I. PAN BIDAK BY THAT GUY.
THANK YOU I THANK YOU MEMBERS
AND THANK YOU SENATOR OUT FOR
YOUR FLEXIBILITY FOR WORKING
WITH US.
SO THAT'S ON CALL.
I THINK THE ONLY PERSON THAT ON
AT THIS POINT IS SENATOR PAN AND
LET ME TO MEMBERS JUST TO LET
EVERYBODY KNOW.
SAID. LET'S SEND A GLACIERS UP
AS B. TWELVE SIXTIES AND PULLED.
FROM THE AGENDA TODAY SO FOR
THOSE MEMBERS WHO HAVE ALREADY
VOTED. AND THATS EVERYBODY
EXCEPT FOR CENTER CAN NOW I MEAN
YOU ARE.
FIND TO GO.
AND WE DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE.
STICKING OUT.
YEAH
.
BILL FREE TO GO I WILL STAY AND WAIT
FOR HIM I'M I LOVE TO FIND OUT
THE BACKS OF HIS BILL BUT I DO
APPRECIATE EVANS PATIENTS
WE WANT TO GIVE US AN IMPENDING
UP TO ADD ON TO THE VERY SPILLS
A SECTOR PLEASE GO THROUGH THE
BILLS AT. CENTER AND MISS OUT ON
TO ITEM ONE SP EIGHT THIRTY
SEVEN THE MOTION IS TO PASS. TO
APPROPRIATIONS WITH THE CHAIR
VOTING I ADVISED HER NOT VOTING
THREE ONE WILKE HAND BY HAND I.
THAT'S ABOUT IT OUT SO THAT'S
OUT.
CONSENT CALENDAR AND.
WITH THE CHAIR VOTING I VICE
CHAIR OF ANY I. FIVE ZERO CAN I
CAN I.
THAT'S ALL.
ITEM THREE SB NINE SIXTY SEVEN
THE MOTION IS TO PASS AS AMENDED
TO APPROPRIATIONS WITH THE CHAIR
VOTING BY VICE CHAIR VOTING I
FIVE ZERO PAN. PAN I.
OUT.
ITEM SIX SB ELEVEN SEVENTY SEVEN
THE MOTION AS YOU PASS TO LABOR
AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS WITH
THE CHAIR VOTING AYE VICE CHAIR
VOTING NO THREE TO. HAN HI CAN I.
THAT'S OUT THERE THAT'S OUT.
ITEM EIGHT SP TWELVE TWENTY FOR
THE MOTION IS DO PASS AS AMENDED
TO APPROPRIATIONS AT THE CHAIR
VOTING I'D VICE CHAIR VOTING I
FIVE ZERO PAN. PAN I.
THAT'S OUT.
ITEM NINE SP TWELVE FORTY THREE
THE MOTION IS TO PASS AS AMENDED
TO APPROPRIATION TO THE CHAIR
VOTING I ADVISED HER VOTING I'VE
FIVE ZERO CAN I CAN I.
I DON'T EITHER ON THE MORALE
ITEM JUST FOR YOU KNOW SENATOR
RELUCTANTLY. HE TOOK ALL OF THE
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS.
AND WE THEN DECIDED TO OVER
FOUR.
ITEM TEN SP FOURTEEN FIFTY SIX
THE MOTION IS DO PASS AS AMENDED
TO JUDICIARY WITH THE CHAIR
VOTING I ADVISED HER VOTING I
FIVE ZERO CAN I CAN I THAT'S
OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH SENATOR
THANK YOU TO THE STAFF.
AS EVER FOR YOUR HARD WORK. AND
WITH THAT THIS HEARING OF THE
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE IS
HEREBY TURNED