MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WE CAN
START TO SUBCOMMITTEE.
GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY HOPE
EVERYONE IS DOING WELL LET ME
START BY A WELCOME EVERYONE IN
SAYING THAT WE HAVE SIX BILLS ON
TODAY'S. AGENDA ONE BILLS ON
CONSENT ITEM NUMBER SIX THAT'S
S. B. FOURTEEN TWENTY EIGHT.
MCGUIRE SPELL ON WORK PERMITS.
I LET ME ALSO I BELIEVE THAT THE
FOLKS FROM BAD PALACE REDUCE
CAPITAL CONVOY AIR HERE AND IT'S
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
WE HAD A.
A FULL.
DINNER LAST NAME YOU KNOW THIS
IS A GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
COME UP WITH THEIR EDUCATORS.
FROM MY DISTRICT AND
THAT COME UP TO LEARN ABOUT THE
CAPITAL AND EVERYTHING IS
HAPPENING HERE AND.
AND WE HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION
ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT ISSUES.
THAT RANGE FROM CAMPAIGN
FINANCE REFORM IN CLIMATE CHANGE
EDUCATION AND WE'RE SIX RIGHT
OUT HERE THIS MORNING FOR A RIP
ROARING MEETING WITH GOT COUPLE
OF THE.
AUTHORS HERE I THINK WE'RE GONNA
START WITH JIM BALANCE HERE TO
PRESENT S. B. TEN NINETEEN
WHICH.
I IS THAT JOINS OUR THAT JIM.
YES YOU HAVE TO BILLS OTHER ONE
IS JUST OF THIS LITTLE ONE.
.
SIR S. BEATEN NINETEEN ONE STORY
THAT THAT'S ITEM NUMBER ONE IN
YOUR PACKET MEMBERS.
IN THIS US TO DO WITH YOUTH
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE
ABUSE DISORDERS SERVICES.
OKAY.
MISTER CHAIRMAN MEMBERS SO GOOD
MORNING AND.
.
IT'S MY PLEASURE.
.
TODAY'S PERCENT.
AS SPEED TEN NINETEEN.
THIS IS A BILL THAT CREATES
PARITY IN THE CRISIS
INTERVENTION DOLLARS.
ALLOCATED THROUGH THE INVESTMENT
OF THE MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS
OUT OF.
TWENTY THREE THIRTEEN AND BOY
BOY STIRS THE MENTAL HEALTH CARE
PARTNERSHIPS.
BOB BETWEEN SCHOOLS.
AND REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH
AGENCY.
BEFORE BEGAN OVERLOOKED
ACCEPTED TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS
SUGGESTED BY THE COMMITTEE.
MEMBERS SO.
AS CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE TO.
SELECT COMMITTEE ON MENTAL
HEALTH IN THE. SENATE TO HOME.
REPRESENTATIVE.
ON THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT.
COMMISSION.
WE THE US FOUND THAT CHILDREN.
ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE
OR.
EXPRESS A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
IN A SCHOOL SETTING.
AND THE SCHOOL BASED PROGRAMS.
CAN EFFECTIVELY RESPOND.
AND SUPPORT THE SHARED GOALS OF
PROMOTING.
MENTAL HEALTH IN ACHIEVING
DESIRED EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR
YOUTH.
WITH MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS.
ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR
DISEASE CONTROL.
AND PREVENTION UP TO TWENTY
PERCENT OF AMERICANS.
UNDER EIGHTEEN.
SUFFER FROM MENTAL BEHAVIORAL
AND EMOTIONAL DISORDERS.
NOW THIS TRANSLATES INTO.
FIFTEEN MILLION CHILDREN ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
AND.
.
THERE'S RANGES FROM.
ONE AND A HALF OF SEVEN HUNDRED
FIFTY THOUSAND TO ONE AND A HALF
MILLION CHILDREN.
ACTUALLY IN CALIFORNIA.
THAT HAVE MENTAL HEALTH
PROBLEMS.
CHILDREN WITH MENTAL HEALTH
PROBLEMS. ARE VASTLY MORE LIKELY
TO DEVELOP SUBSTANCE ABUSE
PROBLEMS.
BECOME INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY AND AND DROPPED OUT OF
SCHOOL INTO IN NOT ACHIEVE THEIR
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT.
AMONG A AMERICANS AGED TEN TO
TWENTY FOUR SUICIDE.
IS ACTUALLY NOW THE THIRD
LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH.
DESPITE THESE GRIM FIGURES
CRISIS MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING FOR
YOU CENTRIC. PROGRAMS RECEIVES.
OVER FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE
TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS.
WITH THE REMAINING EIGHTY FIVE
PERCENT.
ALLOCATED TO ADULTS.
NO PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN SCHOOL.
SCHOOLS AND MENTAL HEALTH
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
OFFERS STUDENTS AND FAMILY AND
EXTENDED NETWORK.
BUT MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES THAT ARE EASILY
ACCESSIBLE.
WHEN THE PROGRAMS ARE ABLE TO
IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS STUDENT
MENTAL HEALTH AND BE HERE REAL
CHALLENGES EARLY.
STUDENTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO GAIN
RESILIENCY SKILLS.
AND BE SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOL AND
LIFE.
WHILE THE THREAT OF LEADER HARM
IS REDUCE.
AND ALTHOUGH USE BILL HEALTH
OUTREACH HAS A DEMONSTRATE WILL.
BENEFIT TO CHILDREN'S.
ONLY A HANDFUL OF CALIFORNIA
SCHOOLS.
AB PARTNERED WITH COUNTY MENTAL
HEALTH AGENCIES.
AN EXISTING CRISIS INTERVENTION
FUNDS ARE PRIMARILY UTILIZED BY
ADULTS. ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES.
ACCORDING TO OUR COMMISSION.
IN THE FIRST ROUND OF CRISIS
INTERVENTION GRANTS FIFTY
APPLICATIONS PROGRAMS WERE CUT
OFF FUNDS WERE RECEIVED.
ONLY SIX OF THESE PROGRAM.
APPLICATION PROPOSALS WERE
SPECIFIC TO YOU.
AND ONLY THREE PER THREE OF
THOSE MATTER EXCEEDED THE
MINIMUM THRESHOLD FOR FUNDING.
IN ORDER FOR CALIFORNIA'S SCHOOL
AGE POPULATION TO BE ADEQUATELY
SIR PARITY IN CRISIS
INTERVENTION.
CRAP FUNDING OUT CASES NOW IT IS
A NECESSARY FIRST STEP.
S. B. TEN NINETEEN CODIFIES THE
COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION. TO
ALLOCATE ELISE HALF THE CRISIS.
INTERVENTION GRANT FUNDING FOR
SERVICES TARGETED.
TO USE EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR
YOUNGER.
IN ORDER TO GENERATE MORE
PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN SCHOOLS.
AND REGIONAL MENTAL HEALTH
AGENCIES.
WE HAVE SPEAKERS WE HAVE.
TOBY WHO IN FROM THE.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OUR MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES OVERSIGHT
ACCOUNTABILITY COMMISSION.
AND.
.
LINDO KNOWING.
FROM THE WESTERN CENTER ALONG
PROPERTY I RESPECTFULLY ABSENT
AYE VOTES.
AND NOT TURN OVER ME WITNESSES
MISTER TURNED. YOU'RE WELCOME.
GOOD MORNING CHAIR MEMBERS LED
THE WAY WITH WESTERN CENTER ON
LAW AND POVERTY. A RECENT
AUDITOR'S REPORT FOUND THAT OVER
SO
HUNDRED THOUSAND STUDENTS.
I HAVE A SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH
CONDITIONS BUT ONLY A FRACTION
ABOUT A HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND
RECEIVED. OUR COUNSELING AND
THERAPY AS PART OF THEIR
INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM
A LACK OF COORDINATED INTEGRATED
APPROACHES BY COUNTIES AND LOCAL
EDUCATION AGENCIES.
TO ADDRESS THESE AYE. MENTAL
HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE
CONTRIBUTE TO NIGHT STUDENTS
MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS NOT BEING
MET SCHOOLS CAN REDUCE BARRIERS
TO ACCESS FOR CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES AND PROVIDE COVERAGE
FOR PREVENTION AND EARLY.
INTERVENTION PROGRAMS.
AND A WE APPRECIATE THAT THE
BILL INCLUDES PRIORITY TO
SCHOOLS THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED
HIGH LEVELS OF CHILDHOOD
ADVERSITY THEREFORE WE'RE
PLEASED THAT THE PARTNER DRIVE
VOTE.
PQ.
GOOD MORNING MISTER CHAIR
MEMBERS MY NAME'S TOBY EWING AM
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THE
MIDDLE HOUSE SERVICES OVERSIGHT
AND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMISSION.
AS SENATOR BELL POINTED OUT THE
THE COMMISSION ALLOCATES FUNDING
TO THE COUNTIES THROUGH A GRANT
PROGRAM.
TOOLS WE.
TO REALLY SHAPE HOW COUNTIES USE
MENTAL HEALTH DOLLARS.
ONE OF THE GOALS THE MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES ACT IT'S
EXPLICIT IN THE INITIATIVE IS
THAT PREVENTION AND EARLY
INTERVENTION FUNDS SHOULD BE
USED TO REDUCE SCHOOL FAILURE.
THE THERE'S THE RECOGNITION THAT
THE RIGHT KINDS OF MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES CAN REALLY SUPPORT
FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
PARTICULARLY IN EDUCATIONAL
ENVIRONMENT.
THAT'S THE SENATOR POINTED OUT
DURING THE FIRST ROUND OF
COMMISSION FUNDING WE ALLOW THE
COUNTIES TO PRIORITIZE THESE
DOLLARS FOR THOSE ISSUES THAT
THEY FELT WERE MOST IMPORTANT.
AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE
PROPOSALS ARE REALLY TARGETED
TOWARDS ADULTS.
LAST YEAR THE COMMISSION MADE A
COUPLE OF STEPS FIRST.
IT DECIDED THAT WE WOULD SET
ASIDE HALF THOSE FUNDS FOR
CHILDREN. IN RECOGNIZING THAT
THIS IS A CHALLENGE.
AT TEN NINETEEN WOULDN'T WOULD
PUT THAT IN STATURE IT AND AND
MAKE THAT PERMANENT MOVING
FORWARD.
THE OTHER THING WE RECOGNIZED
IT'S THAT WE NEED TO CREATE
STRONGER INCENTIVES FOR SCHOOL
COUNTY PARTNERSHIPS AND SO WE'RE
DOING THAT ADMINISTRATIVELY AS
WELL. BUT TEN NINETEEN WOULD GO
ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE
COMMISSION CAN CURRENTLY DO AND
CREATE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
IS TO INCENTIVIZE
KIND OF PER.
AN EARLIER.
STRATEGIES THAT WE NEED TO HELP
OUR CHILDREN AS A SENATOR
POINTED OUT WHEN WE UNDERTOOK A
PROCESS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN THE LIVES OF
CHILDREN IN CRISIS.
WHEN WE TALK WITH THE FOLKS WHO
RUN CRISIS HOTLINES WE TALK WITH
EDUCATORS OVERWHELMINGLY WHAT
THEY SHARED WITH US HIS CHILDREN
PRESENT IN SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS.
AND QUITE OFTEN THE RESPONSES
ARE INAPPROPRIATE LAW
ENFORCEMENT IS CALLED CHILDREN
ARE HANDCUFFED TO PUT IN THE
BACK OF A POLICE CAR AND TAKEN
TO A HOSPITAL. AND THAT'S
HAPPENING INSIDE OF A PLAYGROUND
INSIDE. ON THAT SCHOOL GROUND.
WHAT THIS BILL WOULD DO IS
CREATE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
AND TOOLS TO PROVIDE THE RIGHT
KINDS OF SERVICES TO CHILDREN IN
THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT VERY
EARLY? IN TERMS OF THEIR
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS TO
PREVENT THE KINDS OF BAD
OUTCOMES THAT COME WITH THOSE
KINDS OF RESPONSES. FOR THOSE
REASONS WERE VERY THRILLED THAT
THIS BILL IS.
I DO ASK.
AFTER SPUN.
OKAY BEFORE WE MOVE ON I'M
STICKING ESTABLISH A QUORUM. A
SECTOR PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ALLEN.
THE PRESENT HERE HERE WILL
PRESENT HERE GALGIANI. GALGIANI
HERE LEYVA LEYVA HERE PAN BIDAK.
OKAY SO OF QUORUM IS PRESENT AND
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INDULGENCE
AND UNIVERSITY MISTER CHAIR TONY
TO BEAR ON BEHALF THE CALIFORNIA
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. WERE IN
SUPPORT OF THE BILL WE HAD A
ROBUST HEARING YESTERDAY ON THIS
TOPIC.
I REFER MEMBERS TO PAGE SEVEN
OF THE ANALYSIS ITEM FOR THE
SECOND PARAGRAPH CTA WOULD
SUPPORT REQUIRING COUNTIES.
TO.
CONTRACT WITH THE LA A SIN
ORDER TO DELIVER THE SERVICE IN
A TIMELY FASHION
WE DO KNOW THAT IT AN ABUNDANCE
OF MONEY IS SITTING IN THE
COUNTY COFFERS AND IT'S NOT
BEING SPENT CURRENTLY. WE HOPE
TO SEE THAT THAT CHANGE IN THE
NEXT.
DAYS OR WEEKS
THANK YOU. THANK YOU ARE IT SO
OF THE OTHER FOLKS WHO WANT TO
VOICE SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL.
I NEWMAN CONCEPT COME UP WITH
OPPOSITION OR TO RAISE CONCERNS
RIGHT.
BEARD SUPPORT ARE OKAY EMILY
HAIG'S AT SENECA FAMILY OF
AGENCIES WE WE ARE PROVIDER OF.
AT CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AND
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND
PROVIDE SERVICES SIMILAR TO THE
KIND OF.
IMPORTANT MULTI TIERED
INTERVENTIONS THAT THIS BILL.
OUTLINES AND WERE IN STRONG
SUPPORT
OKAY THANK YOU.
THE MORNING WE UNDER CLICK
HARVEY ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA COUNCIL OF COMMUNITY
BEHAVIOR HOPE AGENCIES WERE IN
SUPPORT OF THISBILL AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE
AUTHORS OFFICE. ON LANGUAGE
AROUND CONTRACTING WITH AYE ARE
NONPROFIT PROVIDERS THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING CHRISTINE STONER
MERTZ.
I'M THE CEO AT LINCOLN WE
PROVIDE SERVICES TO OVER THIRTY
SCHOOLS.
IN PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES AND I THINK THAT THE
OVERALL APPROACH.
OUTLINED IN THE BILL IS
IT IS VERY MUCH SOMETHING THAT
WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF WE ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT.
SOME OF THE CONTRACTUAL MECCAN
A MECHANICS AND WE'D LIKE TO
TALK AND WORK WITH THE AUTHOR ON
THAT.
BUT OTHERWISE IN SUPPORT.
HE MORNING AMANDA NEWMAN AYE
AND.
EARLY EDUCATOR AND FAMILY
MENTOR OVER AND HUMBOLDT COUNTY
AND I AM. URGING YOUR.
SUPPORT FOR THIS BILL I SEE IT
IN MY LOCAL AREA THERE IS LACK
OF THE ABILITY FOR. CHILDREN AND
TO ACCESS MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT
SERVICES THROUGH THE SCHOOL
SYSTEM RIGHT NOW I SEE A LOT OF
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ENDING UP
IN NOT SIMILAR SITUATION.
GETTING THE POLICE CALLED ON
THEM HAVING TO GO. AND I'M GET
TAKEN AWAY TO HOSPITALS AND IF
WE HAVE MORE SUPPORT SERVICES
THAT ARE REQUIRED THROUGH OUR
EDUCATION PROGRAM.
WE CAN'T TEACH CHILDREN AS WELL
AS FAMILIES ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH
AND HOW TO MAKE CHANGES IN
THEIR.
DAILY LIVES
SO THAT WE CAN PREVENT MORE OF
THESE ISSUES FROM HAPPENING WITH
POLICE AND HAVING TO HAVE HIGHER
AUTHORITIES COME AND. PICK HIM
THANK YOU SO MUCH THE PERSON
THANK YOU OKAY ART SO I.
THE BILL ARE.
IN OPPOSITION.
OKAY THE MATTERS BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE I ENJOY AS A SUPPORT
SUPPORT FROM BOTH SIDES ANY
QUESTIONS FROM THE MEMBERS. YES
AS AN ELEVEN.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR I DON'T
HAVE A QUESTION I JUST WANT TO
COMMEND THE AUTHOR HAVE BEEN
HERE FOR FOUR YEARS AND THERE'S
NO BIGGER CHAMPION. OF FOR
MENTAL HEALTH THEN YOU SENATOR
BELL IN MY DISTRICT WHEN PEOPLE
ASK ME ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH I
TELL THEM THAT YOU ARE THE
BIGGEST CHAMPION AND WE ARE JUST
FORTUNATE TO GET TO FOLLOW ALONG
AND HELP SO I LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING THE BILL. THANK YOU.
OKAY ARABS THAT EMOTION I HER
PRINCE OKAY GREAT.
CENTER YOU MAY CLOSE.
OF THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN
AND.
I JUST SAY ONE THING.
.
AS YOU KNOW MY MOTHER.
.
IS NINETY ONE YEARS OLD HAD
SHE'S CHIUTAUGHT UNTIL THREE
YEARS AGO. IF.
SHE TOOK CARE OF KIDS IN THEIR
HOMES AND AT HOME TEACHING.
FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND NAM.
SHE HAS HER MASTER'S DEGREE.
SIX CREDENTIALS.
AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS BILL
ACTUALLY I SAID MAMA HOW YOU HOW
YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS AND YOU KNOW
SHE HAD TEN KIDS.
SO SHE'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD
SHE SAID. LOOK I GOTTA KILL THIS
GOT EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS.
HERE'S HERE'S THE REPORT THAT
YOU GOT THE A MINUS ON
BEFORE.
HER FAMILY SUFFERED THROUGH A
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT.
SHE SAID READ THIS REPORT THAT
YOU WROTE YOU GOT A MINUS.
HERE'S THE REPORT.
THAT THE GIRL WROTE AFTER THE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OCCURRED.
AND SHE SAID THIS IS ONLY THREE
MONTHS APART.
AND SHE SHOWED ME THE TO.
SHE SAYS IS WHAT YOU GOTTA DO
THIS BILL.
BECAUSE THIS REPORT GOTTA DE AND
THIS ONE GOT AN A MINUS THE ONE
THAT GOT THE. WAS THE THOUGHT
PROCESS WAS CLEARLY.
DISJOINTED AND DIFFICULT.
THE OTHER ONE WAS CLEAR PRECISE.
AND SHE GOT AN A MINUS.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THIS
BILL.
AND I'D THAT'S WHY IT AFFECTS
EDUCATION.
SERGEANT AYE VOTE MISTER
CHAIRMAN I THINK THIS IS AN AREA
WE NEED TO EXPLORE MORE.
WELL IT CERTAINLY ENJOYS MY
RECOMMENDATION I BELIEVE THAT
THE VICE CHAIR AND WITH THAT
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY
CENTER LEYVA NAY.
PAST THE TICKET WAS KALRA. ITEM
ONE S. B. TEN NINETEEN.
PROMOTION IS DO PASS AS AMENDED
TO APPROPRIATIONS ALLEN AYE
ALLEN AYE WILK AYE WILK AYE
GALGIANI. GALGIANI AYE LEYVA.
LEYVA AYE PAN PAN AYE BIDAK.
BUT MY DAD DIED.
OKAY SO THAT BILL IS OUT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH CENTER.
ALRIGHT. LET'S NOW HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TURN TO YOUR NEXT
BILL.
S. B. THIRTEEN C.
TO.
HAVING TO DO WITH HER SCHOOL
CHARTERING. AUTHORITY DUTIES
AND.
COSTS THIS IS S. B. THIRTY SIXTY
TWO ITEM NUMBER FOUR IN YOUR
AGENDA.
THE SOONER YOU MAY PROCEED.
MISTER CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS
GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR
ALLOWING ME TO VENT LE.
S. B. THIRTEEN SIXTY TWO.
.
I APPRECIATE LA EVERYBODY'S WORK
ESPECIALLY THE STAFF ON THIS SO
WE ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE'S
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
THEY DO MAKE SOME SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES TO THE BILL BUT I THINK
THEY'RE GOING TO MEMBERS WE
OUGHT TO PROCEED WITH.
S. B..
THIRTEEN SIXTY THROUGH WILL
MAKE.
NEEDED REFORMS IN THIS CHARTER
SCHOOL PETITION PROCESS THE
CHARTER ACTED OUT IS NOW TWENTY
FIVE YEARS OLD.
AND IT'S TIME TO REVISIT.
THE POLICY AND GIVE OUR LOCAL
SCHOOL DISTRICTS INFORMATION.
THEY NEED TO PROPERLY ASSESS THE
FISCAL STABILITY OF A NEW
CHARTER SCHOOL.
AND THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO
DECIDE IF THE SCHOOL IS IN THE
BEST INTEREST OF ACADEMICS
STATUS. OF ALL STUDENTS THEY
SERVE.
THESE UPDATES WILL PRINT IMPROVE
THE PROCESS FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS
AND THEIR AUTHORIZE YEARS.
MOST IMPORTANTLY LEAD TO BETTER
OUTCOMES
FOR STUDENTS.
AND I'VE HEARD SUCCESS STORIES
FROM STUDENTS.
THAT HAVE FOUND AN EDUCATION
THAT WORKS FOR THEM. IN GOOD
CHARTER SCHOOLS.
I'VE ALSO HEARD STORIES OF
CHARTER SCHOOLS CLOSING.
WITHOUT WARNING DISRUPTING
STUDENTS EDUCATION.
AND LEAVING CURRENT SCRAMBLING.
THE FORMER. AND PREVENT THE
LATTER. BY BUSH DURING THE
REVIEW PROCESS ON THE FRONT END.
THE BILL IS BASED UPON
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE FISCAL
CRISIS MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE
TEAM.
PRESENTED AT THE INFORMATIONAL
HEARING.
IN THIS COMMITTEE LED BY
SENATOR ALLEN IN YOUR COMMITTEE.
THIS BILL S. B. THREE EAST
THIRTEEN SIXTY TWO. WHAT REQUIRE
A CAPACITY INTERVIEW? WERE
PETITIONERS CAN DEMONSTRATE
THEIR EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE.
APPROVAL TIME LINES TO GIVE
APPROPRIATE TIME.
TO CONDUCT A THOROUGH ANALYSIS.
REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THE PETITIONER'S
FINANCIAL STATE. STABILITY IN
THE PETITION.
AND SPECIFY AUTHORIZES IT
OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES
AND CLARIFY THEY WILL OVERSEE
THE FISCAL AND BUSINESS
OPERATIONS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
IN THE CHARTER GOVERNMENT'S.
IT DOES HAVE.
AND I THINK WE AMENDED THIS OUT
THE FEE ISSUE.
SO THAT'S BEEN AMENDED OUT OF
THE BILL SO WERE NOT CHANGING
THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE AT THIS
TIME.
ADDITIONALLY WELCOME.
WE WE WE DID AMEND THE BILL
REGARD TO SPECIAL EDUCATION BUT
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S TO SUBMIT
A REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON
SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.
FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
CHARTER SCHOOLS.
NOW.
.
WHEN I PRESENT THIS BILL.
I STARTED HEARING.
THAT THE BILL CLOSE CHARTER
SCHOOLS EVERY CHARTER SCHOOL IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT'S
WITH THE.
.
THAT'S KIND OF THING I WAS TOLD
THAT PEOPLE COME UP TO ME IN MY
DISTRIBUTABLE AS ALL OUR SCHOOLS
AND OUR.
MISTER CHAIRMAN NAM NOTHING IN
THE BILL REQUIRES OR.
SAYS THAT WE'RE GONNA CLOSE
CHARTER SCHOOLS IT'S NOT PART OF
THIS BILL.
SO WHEN PEOPLE MAKE THOSE
STATEMENTS IS JUST MUCH A ON
TRUTH.
AS SAYING THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS.
BUT A RACK THE PUBLIC EDUCATION
SYSTEM.
SO YOU HAVE BOTH SIDES THEY THEY
THE HYPERBOLIC LE STATEMENTS.
IN MY OPINION ARE INAPPROPRIATE.
MISTER CHAIRMAN I'M KIND OF
USED AFTER YESTERDAY'S HEARING
FOR FOUR HOURS USE TO THOSE
KINDS OF STATEMENTS.
I HOPE THAT WOULD USE THOSE KIND
OF STATEMENTS.
WHAT EFFECTS PARENTS ESPECIALLY
PARENTS TO CARE ABOUT THEIR
CHILDREN?
BY SI WANTED TO SAY THAT. THIS
BILL IS NOT A MANDATE FOR
CHARTER SCHOOL MORATORIUM. BUT
RATHER NECK RECOGNIZES THE NEED
TO IMPROVE SUCH A SYSTEM.
TOO OFTEN THE CURRENT
CONVERSATIONS AROUND CHARTER
SCHOOL DEVOLVE INTO SOME KIND OF
MUD SLINGING.
A AND THEN WE END UP LOSING
SIGHT OF THE STUDENTS OKAY.
WE HAVE SOME.
SPEAKERS AND I'LL TURN IT OVER
TO.
THE SUPERINTENDENT EASTSIDE HIGH
SCHOOL DISTRICT CHRIS FAULK AND
I'LL COHEN FROM THE DIRECTOR OF
OF IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST SO. I
REQUEST RESPECTFULLY ASSN AYE
VOTE ON THIS BILL.
WITNESSES.
GOOD EVENING CHAIR AND MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE THANK YOU SO
MUCH EVEN YET.
IT IS ABOUT I SAID EVENING YOU
KNOW WHAT. I DID OTHER USELESS
SCHOOL OR MEETINGS PROBABLY I
ABSOLUTELY HAVE BEEN.
AND. MY NAME IS CHRIS FONG
CONSERVATIVE PRETTY SIDE UNION
HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT HE SAID YOU
KNOW HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT IS
LOCATED IN SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA
WITH THE LARGEST HIGH SCHOOL
DISTRICT IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
DEEPENING ON THE YEAR WITH
DECLINING ENROLLMENT WERE EITHER
FIFTH THERE'S.
IT'S IN THE STATE'S.
I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE THE POSTER
CHILD FOR THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF
THE CHARLES SCHOOL AND LAW AS
WELL AS THE POSTER CHILD FOR SP
THIRTEEN SIXTY TWO LET ME
EXPLAIN.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE THIRTEEN
CHARTER SCHOOLS HIGH SCHOOL
CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE SIDE TIN
THAT WE'VE APPROVED TO BY THE
COUNTY ONE BITE RECENTLY BY THE
STATE. WE HAVE A LEAD THEN
COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS.
NO WHERE NO ONE ANTICIPATED THAT
THEY WOULD BE MORE CHARTER
SCHOOLS THAN THE CHARTER AND
THEN THE HIGH SCHOOLS WITHIN A
DISTRICT.
ALL OVER CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE
HAD FIVE YEAR LEASES.
TO BOARD THE PROP THIRTY NINE
DANCE.
WE HAVE CREATED SPACE ON ALL OF
OUR CAMPUSES FOR THE MAJORITY OF
WORK OF CHARTER SCHOOLS EXCEPT
FOR TWO THAT FOUND THEIR OWN
LOCATION. WE HAVE USE FUNDS FROM
OUR BOND CONSTRUCT GEO
CONSTRUCTION BONDS TO HELP
CREATE.
UP TO DATE OF FACILITIES FOR
THEM.
UP TO DATE TECHNOLOGY.
WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED THEM IN OUR
LANGUAGE FOR OUR UPCOMING JUNE
FIFTH BALLOT FOR PARCEL TAX.
SO THE COLLABORATION THAT HE
SITE IS PROVIDED OUR CHARTERS
HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL.
NOT A SINGLE CHARTER HAS GONE TO
THE COUNTY ON APPEAL FOR RENEWAL
BECAUSE WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY
WITH A TRANSPARENT PROCESS WITH
OUR CHARTERS.
BUT.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME BECAUSE WE
ARE SO SATURATED BECAUSE WE HAVE
SIX CHARTERS WITH ENOUGH FOUR
MILE RADIUS THAT SERVES THE SAME
TYPE OF CLIENTELE.
AND YET NOT ONE SINGLE CHARTERS
FULLY IN RULED.
WE NEED TO WEAR A TIPPING POINT
IN THE SIDE.
WE'RE ALSO SITUATION WHERE WE
ARE IN DECLINING ENROLLMENTS.
AND AT THE LAST ABOARD MEAN LAST
JUNE MARIE DENIED OUR FIRST.
CHARTER IN IN A LONG TIME
IT WAS BECAUSE AT THE SAME TIME
THE BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION
TO LAY OFF A HUNDRED AND FORTY
FIVE EMPLOYEES. TO CLOSE THE
TWENTY SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR
HOLE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NETS
REVENUE OF LAS TO CHARTERS ANY
SIDE IT'S TWENTY TWO MILLION
DOLLARS HER GENERAL FUND.
SO WE'RE SIMPLY HEAD TIPPING
POINT AND WHY WE BELIEVE WE NEED
TO SUPPORT S. B. THIRTEEN SIXTY
TWO TO ALLOW OUR ELECTED
OFFICIALS THE OPPORTUNITY.
TO SAY NO TO CHARTERS BECAUSE OF
FISCAL IMPACT OR BECAUSE OF THE
BEST INTERESTS OF SCHOOLS THE
ORIGINAL INTENT OF CHARTERS WAS
TO PROVIDE.
BUT UNDERSERVED UNDER PERFORM.
AREA IN YOUR DISTRICT WITH THE
CHOICE.
OUR COMMUNITY HAS TWENTY SEVEN
HIGH SCHOOLS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT
TO CHOOSE FROM.
ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE TO
HIGHLIGHT IS THAT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR GRADUATION
RATES.
ANY SIDE THE STATE TO FIND RATE
IT'S EIGHTY EIGHT PERCENT FOR
ALL STUDENTS IT'S EIGHTY PERCENT
FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN IT'S
SEVENTY SEVEN PERCENT FOR LATINO
WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR LOCALLY
TO FIND STUDENTS THAT START WITH
US INSTEAD A HUNDRED. SEVEN
HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS ALL FOUR
YEARS
OUR DISTRICT AVERAGE IS NINETY
FIVE PERCENT.
AFRICAN AMERICANS NINETY SIX
PERCENT AN EARLY TINO'S NINETY
ONE PERCENT.
TO OUR PARENTS OUR COMMUNITIES
HAVE CHOICE OF TREMENDOUS
SCHOOLS TO CHOOSE FROM.
MY FINAL POINT IS SIMPLY THIS
WITH THIS LAST CHARTER THAT THE.
STATE APPROVED YOU HAD LOCAL
ELECTED OFFICIALS SAYING NO
YOU'RE THE COUNTY BOARD OF
EDUCATION ELECTED OFFICIALS SAY
NO AND YET THE STATE BOARD OF
EDUCATION WHO'S APPOINTED BY THE
GOVERNOR. SAY YES.
HOUSE OUT LOCAL CONTROL. AND HOW
DOES THAT REPRESENT OF DEMOCRACY
NGUYEN ARE ONLY LOOK TO
OFFICIALS DO NOT HAVE CONTROL
OVER WHO THEY CAN'T CANTER
CANNOT APPROVE.
SO WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF SB
THIRTEEN SIXTY TWO AND LOOKING
FOR YOU A VOTE THANK YOU.
MISTER CHAIR.
MY NAME IS BILL SIMMONS AND I'M
A SIX GRADE ENGLISH HISTORY
TEACHER AND I WAS ELECTED BY MY
PEERS TO SERVICE PRESIDENT OF
THE SAME ONE TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION. HERE IN SACRAMENTO.
I WANT TO TELL YOU A STORY THAT
INFORMS THE NEED FOR S. B.
THIRTEEN SIXTY TWO.
AND URGE YOUR SUPPORT OF THE
PROPOSAL.
TWO YEARS AGO THE SAN JUAN
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT DENIED
PARAMOUNT COLLEGIATE ACADEMY
CHARTERS PETITION. ON THREE OF
FIVE GROUNDS THAT IT DISTRICT
MAY DENY PETITION.
WELL THERE WERE THREE AREAS OF
CONCERN I WANT TO GO IN DEPTH ON
THE SECOND FINDING.
BECAUSE THAT FINDING IS THE ONE
THAT BECAUSE PARAMOUNT TO GO
BANKRUPT.
THE SAN JUAN DISTRICTS REVIEW
TEAM CONCLUDED THE FINANCIAL
PLAN PUT FORTH WAS FLAWED. AND
NOT REASONABLY COMPREHENSIVE.
PARAMOUNT WAS UNABLE TO SUPPORT
THEIR REVENUE PROJECTIONS.
SPECIFICALLY THEIR PROJECTIONS
APPEARED OVERLY OPTIMISTIC.
WHEN SAN JUAN UNIFIED REQUESTED
FURTHER CLARIFICATIONS.
PARAMOUNT'S RESPONSES WERE
INSUFFICIENT TO ADDRESS THE
CONCERNS.
FURTHERMORE THE A BA PROJECTIONS
FOR THE FIRST YEAR WERE
REASONABLE.
HOWEVER IN THE SECOND YEAR
PARAMOUNT PROJECTED TO SEVENTY
FIVE PERCENT ENROLLMENT
INCREASE.
BASED ON COMPARISONS WITH OTHER
CHARTERS WITHIN SAN JUAN. THIS
WAS TOTALLY UNREALISTIC.
THE AVERAGE CHARTER INCREASE FOR
THE SECOND YEAR HISTORICALLY IN
OUR DISTRICT IS EIGHTEEN
PERCENT.
AND PARAMOUNT WAS PLANNING ON
LOCATING AND AN AREA OF OUR
DISTRICT WITH DECLINING
ENROLLMENT.
OTHER FINANCIAL ISSUES INCLUDED
USING ONE TIME FUNDS AS PART OF
ONGOING REVENUE.
AND UNCLEAR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT
EXPENDITURES.
ALL ATTEMPTS TO CLARIFY THESE
ASSUMPTIONS WERE MET WITH
UNCLEAR OR INSUFFICIENT
RESPONSES.
THE RESULT.
ON FEBRUARY EIGHTH TWENTY
EIGHTEEN I SACRAMENTO BEE
ARTICLE BEGAN AND I QUOTE.
PARAMOUNT COLLEGIATE ACADEMY
WHOSE CHARTER WAS INITIALLY
DENIED BY THE SAN JUAN UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY OF OFF
OFFICE OF EDUCATION.
AND EVENTUALLY APPROVED BY THE
CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF
EDUCATION CLOSED ABRUPTLY
WEDNESDAY.
THE REASON FOR THE ABRUPT
CLOSURE WAS BANKRUPTCY. BECAUSE
BY LOW ENROLMENT.
AND ISSUES WITH THE NEW
LANDLORD.
THE IMPACT ON STUDENTS WAS
DEVASTATING.
ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS WAS A
FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT.
AND THE AGENCY THAT PLACE THEM
WAS SCRAMBLING TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY WERE ATTENDING SCHOOL.
NORMALLY MID WEEK FOUR WEEKS
INTO THE SECOND SEMESTER IS NOT
THE TIME TO PLACE AN EXCHANGE
STUDENT INTO A NEWSCHOOL AND TO
ALL NEW CLASSES.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE VERY UNUSUAL
CIRCUMSTANCES THE SAN JUAN STAFF
WORK DILIGENTLY AND PLACE THAT
STUDENT ALONG WITH FIFTEEN OTHER
PARAMOUNT STUDENTS WHO WERE
TRANSFERRED INTO SAN JUAN
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CLOSURE.
ACADEMICALLY THEY ENTERED INTO
CLASSES THAT DID NOT NECESSARILY
ALIGN WITH THEIR PARAMOUNT
COURSEWORK. AND THEY CAME INTO
CLASSES THAT WERE ALREADY WEEKS
INTO THE SECOND SEMESTER.
BUT THE GREATEST CHALLENGE FOR
THE STUDENTS WAS THE SOCIAL AND
EMOTIONAL IMPACT THE SUDDEN
CHANGE ON HAD ON THESE MIDDLE
AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
TO BE ABRUPTLY PULLED AWAY FROM
TEACHERS AND PEERS PEERS IN THIS
MANNER USUALLY ONLY HAPPENS AS A
RESULT OF PERSONAL FAMILY
TRAUMA.
THE STATE. BOARD OF EDUCATION
BECAUSE THIS TRAUMA.
SAN JUAN UNIFIED SAW THE ISSUES
WITH PARAMOUNT'S FINANCES.
AS DID THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY
OFFICE OF EDUCATION.
BUT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
APPROVES THE CHARTER PETITION
ANYWAY. BECAUSE THEY SAID WE DO
NOT TRULY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO
REQUIRE CHARTERS PETITIONERS TO
DEMONSTRATE WHETHER THEY
UNDERSTAND BUSINESS AND FINANCE
OPERATIONS.
THIS IS WHAT LEDTO THE STATE
BOARD OVERTURNING LOCAL DECISION
MAKERS.
THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES PAID
THE PRICE.
BUT SB THIRTEEN SIXTY TWO WILL
ENSURE THAT THERE WILL BE NO
MORE PARAMOUNT'S.
THIS IS PREVENTABLE HARM THAT IS
DONE TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR
STATE.
IN SAN JUAN WE BELIEVE IN LOCAL
CONTROL.
AND WE SANG SENATOR BELFORT
PROVIDING MORE DISCRETION TO
LOCAL DECISION MAKERS.
THE LAW SHOULD SUPPORT LOCAL
CONTROL OF CHARTER PETITIONS.
AND WE URGE YOUR SUPPORT.
OF S. B. THIRTEEN SIXTY TWO.
SCRIPTURE AND THUS UNDER SELF
BRAMBLE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.
BECAUSE SPONSORING THIS PROPOSAL
WE THINK THE AUTHOR FOR HIS
EFFORTS I WAS ASKED BY PUBLIC
ADVOCATES ALSO TO REGISTER THEIR
SUPPORT. I'M OF THE PROPOSAL.
AS THE SENATOR MENTIONED AND.
ANALYSIS GOES INTO SOME DETAIL
ABOUT A LOT OF THIS IS
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE
BY FICK AT THE INFORMATION THE
HEARING.
LAST YEAR AND I KNOW THE
ANALYSIS POINTS OUT THAT WELL I
GUESS PIC MAP.
POINTS OUT THAT MORE THAN
EIGHTY PERCENT OF CHARTER
SCHOOLS CLOSE DUE TO FISCAL
MISMANAGEMENT. WE DID HAVE A A
GROUP THAT MET YESTERDAY THANK
YOU SENATOR GALGIANI FOR MAKING
YOURSELF AVAILABLE BUT WE HAD A
GROUP THAT MET WITH THE SENATOR
AND SHE ASKED A QUESTION THAT I
WANTED TO ANSWER KIND OF IN THE
PUBLIC SPACE. HOW COULD I
THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD QUESTION
WHICH WAS LIKE HOW MANY CHARTER
SCHOOLS HAVE OPENED OVER THE
LAST FIVE YEARS AND HOW?
OF THOSE HAVE CLOSED.
THIS IS CD DATA FROM TWO
THOUSAND TWELVE TO TWO THOUSAND
SIXTEEN FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
SEVEN CHARTER SCHOOLS OPEN. AND
FORTY SIX CLOSE OF ABOUT TEN
PERCENT OF THOSE.
BOTTOM LINE IS.
CHARTER SCHOOL LAW RIGHT NOW IS
BROKEN REALLY THERE IS NO
ABILITY TO REECT THE CHARTER
PETITION THAT IS WELL WRITTEN
THERE'S NO ABILITY OF SCHOOL
BOARD MEMBERS TOOK
CENTER. WHAT THE IMPACT IS GOING
TO BE ON?
KIDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY
ATTENDING THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
OR ON THE COMMUNITY A GOOD
EXAMPLE AND OAKLAND THERE WAS
SOME REPORTING THAT THE
ESSENTIALLY THEY HAD A BLUEPRINT
TASK FORCE TO DEAL WITH THE FACT
THAT THEY HAD TO CUT MILLIONS
OUT OF THEIR BUDGET AND. I THINK
IN A VERY LOGICAL FASHION WHAT
THEY DID WAS BROUGHT CHARTER
ADVOCATES TO THIS BLUEPRINT
GROUP THEY BROUGHT CHARTER
CRITICS TO THAT BLUEPRINT. TASK
FORCE GROUP AND THEY WERE
TALKING ABOUT I'M GONNA NEED TO
CLOSE SCHOOLS ARE BEGINNING TO
DO LAYOFFS LIKE WHAT ARE WE
GONNA DO TO MITIGATE.
THESE LOSSES IN THE MIDST OF
THAT NEW CHARTER SCHOOL
PETITIONS ARE COMING FORWARD AND
WHILE THEY ACKNOWLEDGE TO THE
PRESS THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE
LEGAL AUTHORITY TO PROBABLY DO
THIS THEY WERE SAYING WE CANNOT
APPROVE NEW PETITIONS. WHILE
WE'RE DOING THE WORK OF
DETERMINING HOW WE'RE GOING TO
MITIGATE THESE CUTS SENATE BILL
pEXACTLY THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM
TO
HAVE BEEN A REAL STAKEHOLDER
PROCESS TO BRING. CHARTER
ADVOCATES IN CHARTER CRITICS TO
THE TABLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT CAN
WE DO TO SERVE ALL THE KIDS IN
THIS COMMUNITY. OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT PROVISION IN THIS.
BILL ALLOWS THE DISCRETION OF A
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TO OR SCHOOL
BOARD TO DENY PRETTY
AND THAT QUOTE WOULD.
THE BEST IN.
PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT'S
WHY FOLKS WERE ELECTED TO
DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF SCHOOLS
ARE GOING TO BE IN A PARTICULAR
AREA WHAT KIND OF EDUCATION
THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE. A WE URGE
YOUR SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSAL.
TO MUCH BY THE WAY I BY.
IF FOLKS ARE STANDING UP
BECAUSE IT WAITING IN LINE I
KNOW THEY WANT TO SPEAK AT SOME
POINT THAT'S. VERY APPROPRIATE
WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE A TOTALLY
EMPTY TOP BALCONY WHERE YOU CAN
SEE EVERYTHING JUST AS WELL AND
HAVE A SEAT.
AND SO IF YOU ARE TIRED OR YOU
WANT TO SIT DOWN YOU ALL YOU DO
IS JUST GO UPSTAIRS AND YOU DO
YOU CAN YOU CAN SIT UPSTAIRS AND
AND YOU CAN. SEE THE PROCEEDINGS
IF YOU DO WANT TO SPEAK ON THE
MICROPHONE UNFORTUNATELY DON'T
HAVE ONE UP THERE. BUT ON YOUR
VERY VERY WELCOME TO GO UPSTAIRS
AYE I WAS WONDER WHY NO.
OKAY.
.
SO WITH THAT LOVE TO.
YES CARLOS.
GOOD MORNING CARL SPECIAL WITH
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS
ASSOCIATION.
WERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS MEASURE
WE BELIEVE THAT.
SUCCESSFUL CHARTERS A GO HAND
IN HAND WITH EFFECTIVE OVERSIGHT
AND AUTHORIZATION.
A WE HAVE A CHARTER SCHOOL TASK
FORCE THAT HAVE HEARD FROM.
MEMBERS THAT HAVE HAD GREAT
WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR
CHARTERS. OTHER CHARGES TO
PROVIDED VERY EFFECTIVE.
AND OPTIONS FOR THE STUDENTS IN
THOSE DISTRICTS WE BELIEVE THIS
A BILL TAKES THAT.
UP PROCESS A STEP FURTHER BY.
PROVIDING BOTH.
THE.
AUTHORIZED OR THE ABILITY TO
ENSURE THAT THE CHARTERS THAT
ARE COMING FORWARD WITH THE
PETITION AND A CHARTERS ARE
CURRENTLY SERVING IN THOSE
DISTRICTS ARE.
PROVIDING.
EFFECTIVE SERVICES FOR THE
STUDENTS AND THAT THERE'RE.
IN A FINANCIAL COM A.
BUT IF I HAD FINANCIAL AYE AYE
AYE CONDITION THAT THAT OUR BILL
PROVIDE A SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION
THINK THE AUTHOR'S WORK ON THIS.
AND URGE THE COMMITTEE TO
SUPPORT THE MEASURE WHEN IT
COMES UP FOR ABOUT.
THANK YOU SIR PART WE HAVE FOLKS
WHO WANT TO REGISTER THEIR
SUPPORT FOR THE BILL.
MR ISN'T BIG MISTER CHAIR AND
MEMBERS MY NAME IS TRISTEN BROWN
WITH THE CALIFORNIA FEDERATION
OF TEACHERS WE ARE ACTUALLY ALSO
CO SPONSORS OF THIS BILL JUST
LIKE TO REITERATE THAT.
ULTIMATELY IT IS.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF PARENTS WHO
HAVE ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD
MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
DECISIONS THEY MAKE WILL BENEFIT
THEIR CHILDREN. AND THIS BILL
DOES PROVIDE.
THE INSURANCE THAT THERE IS
FINANCIAL CAPACITY TO HAVE A
SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL. ADDS THAT
PARENTS DON'T HAVE TO WAKE UP
ONE MORNING.
TO AN EMAIL THAT THEIR SCHOOLS
NO LONGER FUNCTIONING AND HAVE
TO SCRAMBLE TO DEALWITH THAT SO
NOT ONLY IS A PROTECTING
TAX-DOLLARS BUT IT ALSO
PROTECTING
THE.
VITAL EDUCATION FOR OUR
STUDENTS AND WE URGE AN AYE VOTE
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
SO CHAIRMAN A MEMBERS DELORES
DURIAN FLOOR AS WITH THE
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
ASSOCIATION WE ALSO SUPPORT THE
BELL WE BELIEVE IT ADDRESSES A
VERY SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN
CURRENT LAW. THANK YOU.
MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS MICHAEL
YOUNG WITH THE CALIFORNIA LABOR
FEDERATION FOR THE REASONS
PREVIOUSLY PREVIOUSLY STATED
WERE ALSO SUPPORT.
MORNING KAI JACKSON WOULD SEND
YOU UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
OTHER REPRESENTS OVER A HUNDRED
THOUSAND NOW STUDENTS AND
FAMILIES. EYES THE SECOND
LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN
APPROXIMATELY TWENTY LARGEST
SCHOOL DISTRICT. IN THE NATION
OF OVER THIRTEEN THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED SCHOOL DISTRICTS
WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY TWENTY
PERCENT OF OUR SCHOOLS IN OUR
DISTRICT.
HAVE A ROBUST.
CHARTER DEPARTMENT BUT
DEFINITELY FEEL THAT THIS WILL
BE A POSITIVE OFFER STATE OF
CALIFORNIA EDUCATION WITH
RESPECT TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.
REQUEST YOUR AYE OF YES VOTE ON
THIS BILL.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS SEAN
TING FROM THE ROY AND I TEACH
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AT BRET HARTE
MIDDLE SCHOOL IN HAYWARD. AND I
URGE YOUR AYE VOTE THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS RUSSELL
AND TAYLOR AND I'VE BEEN
TEACHING MATH AND HE SAID YOU
KNOW HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR
OVER THREE DECADES AT THIS
POINT.
CHRIS FUNGUS MY SUPERINTENDENT.
AND.
I REALLY FEEL THAT WE NEED TO
SAY I TO THIRTEEN SIXTY TWO IT
IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR
STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THANK HIM.
I'M LARRY TO SEE A SEVEN EIGHT
RATE SCIENCE TEACHER FROM CHINO
VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
ME TEACHING FOR BOUT THIRTY
YEARS. AND I STRONGLY STRONGLY
URGE SUPPORT SP THIRTEEN SIXTY
TWO.
I'M LARRY HARPER FROM CENTER
MIDDLE SCHOOL DOWN THE STREET
HERE IN SACRAMENTO AND I TEACH
HISTORY SCIENCE AND ENGLISH. AND
I WOULD URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS
BILL THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS AMY
EVERITT JANICE I AM A FIFTH
GRADE TEACHER IN CUPERTINO AND I
URGE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIRTEEN
SIXTY TWO.
HELLO MY NAME IS REZA HANSEN I'M
A MATH TEACHER THAT REPRESENTS
TWELVE HUNDRED TEACHERS IN THE
SET YOU KNOW HIGH SCHOOL
DISTRICT AND I URGE YOU TO
SUPPORT THIS BILL.
HELLO GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS
INGRID VIA I AM A TEACHER A
FIFTH GRADE TEACHER IN SOUTH
CENTRAL LOS ANGELES A TEACHER IN
THE COMMUNITY THAT RAISED ME AND
I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS BILL.
GOOD MORNING KEVIN MERIDIAN HIGH
SCHOOL HISTORY TEACHER AS WELL
AS THE LOCAL PRESIDENT FOR CHICO
UNIFIED. IT CHICO WE HAVE SOME
REALLY GOOD CHARTER SEVEN NOT
SOMENOT SO GOOD THIS BILL WILL
HELP REDUCE THOSE NOT SO CA
CHARTERS. URGE YOUR SUPPORT.
GOOD MORNING I'M DOROTHY CAGE
AND THEN EARLY A CHILD EDUCATOR
AND I'M ALSO A STUDENT.
AND HUMBOLDT COUNTY AND I
ATTENDED MIDDLE SCHOOL TO
CHARTER SCHOOL AND I CAN ATTEST.
TO SOME OF THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS
ESPECIALLY RELATING TO OTHER.
FUNDING FOR STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES AND HAVING NOT NOT
BEING EVENLY SPREAD THROUGHOUT
THE SCHOOL. ARM INSIDE HURT YOUR
SUPPORT AND SPELL.
I'M LINDA HALPERN RETIRED
TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL OF OAKLAND
UNIFIED SCHOOL.
CURRENTLY WORKING WITH NEW
TEACHERS IN THERE. I'M COMING
INTO THE DISTRICT I WORK IN
CHARTERS.
PRIVATE.
AND PUBLIC.
AND I COME FROM A DEEPLY
PERSONAL AND REAL UP FRONT IF
YOU.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE DOING IT.
FALL OFF WHO STUDENTS.
THE OTHERS HANDLE SECTIONS.
PUBLIC SCHOOL. IS WHAT WE NEED.
THANK.
MY NAME IS DAVID WEINTRAUB AND
I.
WAS AND I RETIRED ATTORNEY.
WHO WORKED WITH THE GROUP LEGAL
SERVICES FROM THE CALIFORNIA
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION?
AND REPRESENTATIVES FOR OVER
THIRTY FIVE YEARS.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO
VOTE AYE ON THIS MEASURE.
BECAUSE OUR.
MY CHILDREN WHO WENT TO OAKLAND
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ALL
THE CHILDREN OF OAKLAND UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL STAND TO
BENEFIT FROM THE PASSAGE OF THIS
BILL. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW SCHOOL
BOARDS CANNOT CONSIDER FISCAL
IMPACT OR THE WELFARE OF ALL THE
OTHER STUDENTS.
WHEN CHARTERS APPLY FOR WHERE
ADD THEIR STATUS AND THE IT THAT
WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. TO STOP
THE IMPROVISATION AND
DISCRIMINATION IN OAKLAND AND
ELSEWHERE THROUGHOUT THE STATE
THANK YOU.
HELLO I'M EMILY SOLO I RETIRED
TEACHER FROM OAKLAND UNIFIED.
THIRTY FIVE YEARS WHERE.
CURRENTLY UNCHECKED CHARTER
PROLIFERATION IS DESTABILIZING
THE DISTRICT AND THERE IS NO
RECOURSE.
IN THE LAW FOR THIS
SO WE DESPERATELY NEED THAT
THANK YOU VOTING A. PURGING AN
AYE VOTE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH ANYONE ELSE
WHO WANTS REGISTER THEIR SUPPORT
FOR THE BILL.
ALRIGHT THIS IS NOT OPPORTUNITY
FOR THOSE IN OPPOSITION TO THE
BILL TO COME FORWARD AND STATE
THEIR OPPOSITION.
WE'RE GONNA FIRST HEAR FROM SOME
FOLKS ON THE PANEL
AND AS YOU NOTICE WE'VE WE'VE
GIVEN SOME I'M.
SOME ROOM FOR TO BOTH SIDES TO
HAVE EXTRA PEOPLE TO PRESENT.
I AND THEN AFTER THEY PRESENT
WILK WILL HAVE FOLKS LINED UP AT
THE MICROPHONE.
BUT BY ONE AND REITERATED THE
UPSTAIRS IS NOW OPEN WE ALREADY
HAVE PEOPLE UP THERE SO IF YOU
DO WANT TO SIT DOWN YOU'RE
WELCOME ABOUT THERE AS WELL.
YES SIR ABOUT GOOD MORNING.
CHAIR MEMBERS MY NAME'S COLIN
MILLER I'M THE.
SENIOR ADVISER FOR THE
CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS
ASSOCIATION AND WE ARE OPPOSED
TO THIS BILL.
WHILE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR SICK.
AUTHORIZING.
WE BELIEVE THESE LOOK ISSUES ARE
LARGELY STRUCTURAL AND THIS BILL
DOES NOTHING TO ADDRESS THE CORE
PROBLEMS.
I WILL ALSO GROUP MANY OF THE US
SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS INDIA
COMMITTEE ANALYSIS.
BUT S. B. THIRTEEN SIXTY TWO
REMAINS UNWORKABLE. OF THE BILL
APPEARS TO BE INTENDED TO
STRENGTHEN OVERSIGHT APPROVAL
PROCESSES HOWEVER THE LANGUAGE
IS SO VAGUE THAT IT WOULD
ACTUALLY EXACERBATE CURRENT
CONCERNS WITHING INSISTENCE HE'S
AND LACK OF CLEAR STANDARDS FOR
CHARTER APPROVALS.
ALLOWING TRIGGERED TO NILES
UNRELATED TO THE EDUCATIONAL
QUALITY OR THE OPERATIONAL
VIABILITY OF THE PROPOSED SCHOOL
WOULD FURTHER POLITICIZE THE
PROCESS THAT CURRENTLY SUFFERS
FROM A LACK OF STUDENT CENTERED
OBJECTIVITY. ON THE AMBIGUITY
AND THIS BILL WOULD ALSO WEAKEN
THE APPEAL PROCESS AS APPELLANT
BODIES WOULD ALSO BE HARD
PRESSED TO INTERPRET AND APPLY
THESE VAGUE STANDARDS.
DISTRICTS CURRENTLY HAVE BROAD
DISCRETION.
TO DENY OR APPROVE CHARTER
SCHOOLS IN FACT THE NUMBER OF
CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN
DENIED THAT HAVE APPEALED TO THE
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS
ACTUALLY DOUBLED IN THE LAST
YEAR. AND THIS SUGGEST THAT
DISTRICTS DO NOT FEEL HAMSTRUNG
BY THE CURRENT LAW. I'M
EXTENDING TOWARD APPROVAL TIME
LINES AS PROPOSED IN THE BILL.
DELAYS TIMELY OPENING FOR HIGH
QUALITY SCHOOLS UP VERTICALLY
FOR THOSE SCHOOLS ARE FORCED TO
SEE
APPROVAL THROUGH THE APPEAL
PROCESS.
THE SUBMITTAL OF FINANCIAL
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED
CHARTER SCHOOL IS ALREADY
REQUIRED IN LAW AS PART OF THE
REVIEW PROCESS.
AND A ONCE A PETITION IS
APPROVED.
CHARTER MISS AND WE SUBMIT
ANNUAL AUDITS QUARTERLY FISCAL
REPORTS THEY'RE ALL CAPS I'M AND
ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT'S
REQUESTED BY THE CHARTER
AUTHORIZED HER A WE BELIEVE THAT
THE CURRENT LAW DOES PROVIDE
SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION AND DATA
TO DO EFFECTIVE.
IF A DISTRICT SO TO THIS TO DO
THAT.
FINALLY.
WE DO ALL AGREED THAT.
CHARTER SCHOOL CLOSURES ARE
DEVASTATING FOR REFERRED
STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES.
THEY DISRUPT THE LIVES OF
TEACHERS FAMILIES AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY THE KIDS. I'M WHILE.
YOU KNOW WE DID HERE FOR ABOUT
A TERRIBLE CLOSURE THAT HAPPENED
THIS YEAR.
WE ARE ALSO WE ARE CONCERNED
THAT THIS BILL WOULD WOULD.
CREATE MORE CHARTER SCHOOL
CLOSURES
BECAUSE THE.
THIS NEW BAKER CHUCK CRITERIA
WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR A RENEWAL
DECISIONS AT DISTRICTS AND WE WE
THINK THAT WOULD TRIGGER.
A HIGH NUMBER OF NON RENEWALS
OF CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE BASED ON
THIS NEW ABBE CRITERIA SO WE
ARE.
REALISTICALLY AND SERIOUSLY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF
CLOSURES.
ON THAT THIS BILL WOULD CREATE
I'M ALL STOP HERE FOR NOW
UNVEILED FOR QUESTIONS BUT I
WOULD LIKE TO DEFER TO OUR.
OUR WITNESSES
WHO WILSHIRE NATIONAL
PERSPECTIVE ON THIS ISSUE AND
ALSO ADDRESS SOME OF THE SPECIAL
EDUCATION.
THANK YOU.
GREAT THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
MAME'S VERONICA BRICKS WE AND
THE POLICY DIRECTOR OF THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHARTER
SCHOOL OPERATORS ALSO KNOWN AS
ACCESS.
I WEARING NATIONAL NONPROFIT
INDEPENDENT VOICE FOR AFFECTED
CHARTER SCHOOL POLICY AND
THOUGHTFUL CHARTER PRACTICES
EYES WE WORK WITH AUTHORIZED
HERS OP BOTH DISTRICTS AND I
HAD.
I UNIVERSITIES AS WELL AS
INDEPENDENT FIVE ENTITIES AS
WELL ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON
CHARTER AUTHORIZING.
AND SO FIRST OF ALL I JUST WANT
TO THANK EVERYONE INCLUDING THE
AUTHOR FOR TAKING
INTEREST IN AUTHORIZING I THINK
FAR TOO OFTEN. ODD YOU KNOW EVEN
THOUGH WE KNOW THAT QUALITY
CHARTERING DEPENDS ON QUALITY
AUTHORIZING AUTHORIZING DOESN'T
REALLY GET THE ATTENTION THAT IT
DESERVES.
THAT'S SAD AYNAX EGG CANNOT
SUPPORT THE BILL AS IT'S AS IT'S
CURRENTLY DRAFTED FOR SOME OF
THE REASONS THAT COLLIN JUST
MEN'S MENTION.
BUT MOSTLY WHAT I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT IS AT SOME OF THE
STRUCTURAL ISSUES OF
CALIFORNIA'S CHARTER LOSSES
SINCE NINETEEN NINETY TWO. WHEN
CALIFORNIA'S HER LAW WAS FIRST
ENACTED THERE BEEN A MULTITUDE
OF TWEAKS BUT NONE OF THEM HAVE
ACTUALLY ADDRESSED WHAT
CALIFORNIA'S COSTS WERE THE
KILLINGS HE'LL IS WHEN IT COMES
TO CHARTERING. AYE AND THAT
ISSUE IS THAT CALIFORNIA HAS TOO
MANY AUTHORIZED HERS
PARTICULARLY VERY SMALL
AUTHORIZED HERS.
SO IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
ALTER ORDER ARE OLD SCHOOL
DISTRICTS CAN BECOME OPERATORS
AND CURRENTLY THERE ARE THREE
HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR AUTHOR
IS OURS IN THE STATE.
ABOUT NINETY PERCENT OF THOSE
ABOUT TWO HUNDRED NINETY THREE
OVERSEE FEWER THAN FIVE SCHOOLS
AND ABOUT A HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE
OWN. ONLY OVERSEE ONE SCHOOL.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT A LOT
OF THESE AUTHORIZES PARTICULARLY
THE VERY SMALL DISTRICTS.
I HAVE INCONSISTENT AND
INEFFECTIVE PRACTICES UP
PARTIALLY BECAUSE THEY DO NOT
HAVE THE COULD.
I'D TO DO QUALITY AUTHORIZING
AND WHAT THIS IS CREATED IN
CALIFORNIA IS OF REAL PATCHWORK
AYE. OF AUTHORIZING PRACTICES SO
IN SOME PLACES YOU HAVE CHARTER
SCHOOLS THAT ARE FACING.
I VERY LITTLE AUTONOMY IN THE
OTHER SIDE DISTRICTS YOU'RE
FACING OUGHT TO LITTLE CHARTER
SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY AND IT
JUST SORT OF DEPENDS ON WHAT
DISTRICT BACK HERE AND. AND IN
TWENTY SIXTEEN ACTUALLY ACCESS
ON THE ORGANIZATION I'M WHEN.
COMPLETED A WHITE PAPER ON
CALIFORNIA'S AUTHORIZING
PRACTICES AND CONCLUDED THAT
THERE WERE SIX MAJOR OBSTACLES
FACING THE SECTOR HERE.
I WON'T GO OVER ALL OF THEM BUT
I DID I GIVE TO THE SERGEANT. A
A COPY OF THE PAPER FOR ALL OF
YOU TO TO READ OVER AND HAPPY TO
TAKE QUESTIONS ON NOT BUT SOME
THE THE BIGGEST ONES WERE
RELATED TO INCOME.
AUTHORIZE OUR CAPACITY AND
EXPERTISE
A POLITICIZED AUTHORIZING
STRUCTURE AND PROCESS AND THEN
WEEKS STATE LEVEL OVERSIGHT OF
AUTHOR WRITERS.
THERE WERE FOUR BIG
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MACS ARE
MADE ON AROUND HOW OLD
CALIFORNIA COULD ADDRESS SOME OF
THESE ISSUES. ARE AND AGAIN WE
CAN GO OVER THAT AND QUESTIONS
IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY SB THIRTEEN
SIXTY TWO DOES VERY LITTLE TO
ADDRESS THAT SO WE ARKANSAS WE
ARE STILL VERY CONCERNED ABOUT.
THE STATE OF AUTHORIZING HEARING
CALIFORNIA AYE AND THE ABILITY
FOR AUTHORIZED YEARS TO REALLY
DO RIGHT. HIGH BY THEIR SCHOOLS
AND BY THE STUDENTS AND AND ALL
OF THE DISTRICTS.
AND.
AGAIN UNHAPPY DID TO TALK A
LITTLE BIT MORE I THINK MY TWO
MINUTES IS PROBABLY OUT BUT
HAPPY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE.
ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THIS AS
WELL AS TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
ANOTHER RECENT PAPER.
AND THAT WE DID I'M RESEARCHING
AND RESEARCHING THE TOP
AUTHORIZES IN THE COUNTRY.
I'VE IS A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE
THE CAR
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGH
QUALITY OPERATORS WITH THE BEST
PERFORMING PORTFOLIOS IN THE
COUNTRY. I CAN TELL YOU A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT SOME OF THOSE
CHARACTERISTICS AND AND WHY WE
FEEL THAT. ADEN AGAIN CALIFORNIA
IS REALLY MISSING OUT A LOT OF
TIMES IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO
MEET THOSE.
WELL I I I ACTUALLY DO WOULD
DENY YOUR IMPORTANT PART OF THIS
CONVERSATION SO I I WOULD LOVE
YOU TO ELABORATE A LITTLE MORE
ON AND ONE OR TWO THINGS THAT
I'M LOOKING AT YOU'RE NOT AT
YOUR REPORT.
I'M AND ONE OF THE.
KEY FINDINGS WAS ON JUDGMENT.
I AM YOU MAKE THE ASSERTION THAT
I AGREE WITH A GREAT AUTHORIZES
MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT
WILL DRIVE STUDENT OUTCOMES. NOT
BASED ON CHECKING BOXES OR
PERSONAL BELIEFS.
AND I THINK THAT ONE OF THE
CONCERNS OF CENTER BELLS TURN
ADDRESSES THAT THE CURRENT
CHARTER ACT IS REALLY ABOUT
CHECKING BOXES IT'S ABOUT IF YOU
MEET THE SIXTEEN CRITERIA LAID
OUT IN THE CHARTER ACT.
YOU HAVE TO AUTHORIZE AND THAT
YOU KNOW WE OUGHT TO FIGURE OUT
A WAY TO.
YOU KNOW TO TO TO TUNE DRIVE AN
AUTHORIZATION PROCESS THAT IS
TRULY ABOUT STUDENT OUTCOMES.
MATT YEAH I CAN I CAN I JUST SAW
HIM AND I THINK I THINK THAT.
AT THE JUDGMENT PIECES IS
CRACKED ON THE KEY THERE BEING
THE OBJECTIVE.
.
JUDGMENT I OF STUDENT OUTCOMES
YEAH I THINK RIGHT NOW WHERE.
MEN ARE CONCERNED WITH THIS BILL
IS AROUND AYE THE THE SPECIFIC
BECAUSE THAT WOULD ALOW SCHOOL
BOARDS TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT.
A CHARTER SCHOOL IS IN THE BEST
INTERESTS OF ITS COMMUNITY.
PERSONALLY I HAVE ISSUES ABOUT A
SCHOOL BOARD.
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE
COMMUNITY AND. BUT.
IN IN ADDITION TO THAT ARE
THERE ELECTED BY THE COMMUNITY
THEY THEY ARE BUT IF IF THE
FAMILIES AREN'T ARE HAVING THEIR
NEEDS MAD AND.
THEY CAN'T.
NECESSARILY KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL
BOARD MEMBER WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT
ARE WHAT ARE THEIR OPTIONS. AND
AND THEY'RE THEY'RE MORE CATTLE
ANY OTHER DECISION MAKER IN THE
PROCESS I MEAN I I DON'T
DISAGREE WITH. YOU KNOW IT'S
FRUSTRATING FOR EVERYBODY TO
DEAL WITH GOVERNMENT ME MYSELF
INCLUDED BUT.
YOU KNOW THEY REALLY ARE THE
MOST ACCOUNTABLE ANY.
DECISION MAKER UP AND DOWN THE
CHAIN.
I AM I THINK THAT YOU KNOW IN
TERMS OF THE OBJECTIVITY PIECE
THOUGH. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
AYE JUDGMENT WHAT WE WANT TO SEE
IS THAT IT'S BEING BASED ON ON
STUDENT OUTCOMES.
AND AND UNFORTUNATELY WHAT WE
KNOW IS THAT THERE ARE SOME
DISTRICTS THAT AREN'T AREN'T
FOCUSED AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY
BUT THEY AREN'T FOCUS
NECESSARILY. ON THE OUTCOMES
FEES AS MUCH THEY ARE ON THAT ON
THAT FISCAL COMPONENT. ON AND
DIED DUE TO THE POLITICIZED
NATURE OF OUR. OF THE POLITICS
OF SCHOOL BOARDS.
UNFORTUNATELYWHAT THAT MEANS
IS THAT A LOT OF TIMES THERE ARE
STUDENTS WHO WOULD MISS OUT ON
OTHER ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL
OPTIONS IF THE SCHOOL BOARD
DETERMINE THAT. FISCALLY THAT
WASN'T. I DON'T I DON'T DISAGREE
WITH ANYTHING YOU JUST SAID THAT
I I POLITICS FOR TAKING THIS
MOMENT BUT I I DO WANT TO GET
SOME OF THIS HASHED OUT ON.
THE AND I THINK NOW IS AN
APPROPRIATE MOMENT FOR IT AND
BECAUSE I DON'T DISAGREED
ANYTHING YOU DECIDE BUT I DO
THINK THAT PART OF THE CHALLENGE
AT THAT SCHOOL BOARD.
THE SCHOOL BOARDS ARE ARE BRING
UP IS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO
LOOK AT THE STUDENT OUTCOMES FOR
THEIR ENTIRE DISTRICT.
AND FISCAL IS PART OUT STORY AND
IT'S A PART OF THE STORY CAN OF
WHICH IS CHARTER SCHOOL SHUTS
DOWN BECAUSE OF FISCAL
MISMANAGEMENT OR. LACK OF
PLANNING THAT IMPACTS TO NOW
COMES THE COULD YOU THIS.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT WE
WOULD LOVE TO THINK THAT WE CAN
OPERATE IN A NON FISCAL
ENVIRONMENT BUT THE FISCAL
ISSUES ARE REAL.
AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO FIGURE
OUT A WAY TO ENSURE THAT EVERY
DECISION MADE AT EVERY LEVEL IS
ALL ABOUT STUDENT OUTCOMES
TAKING IN TO ACCOUNT THE
TOTALITY OF CIRCUMSTANCES. AND
IF YOU CAN HELP ME FIGURE OUT
LANGUAGE THAT WOULD THAT WOULD
HELP TO MOVE US IN THAT
DIRECTION.
I MAYBE IT'S EVEN TWEAKING SOME
OF THE LANGUAGE IN THE BILL AYE
I'M ALL EARS BUT I DO THINK THAT
PART OF WHAT THE CENTERS TRYING
TO DO HERE.
IS PROVIDE FOR MORE INDEPENDENT
JUDGMENT.
YEAH SO THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT
TAKING BOXES.
EIGHT I I CAN'T SPEAK TO TO.
I TO THE INTENT THERE BUT I
WOULD SAY THAT.
ITO WHEN WHEN WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT TAKING BOXES AT HOSTAGE BE
LAST ABOUT.
YOU KNOW DID THEY MEET THE BAD
BAD SORT OF THE.
THE ISSUES THAT ARE IN STATE LAW
AND REALLY THINKING ABOUT ODD
THINKING ABOUT THE THE QUALITY
OF AND THE CAPACITY OF THE
PEOPLE LEAVING THE SCHOOL. AND I
THINK THAT THERE ABSOLUTELY IS
LANGUAGE STATUTORY LANGUAGE THAT
COULD BE PUTTING.
I SAT THERE ARE OTHER STATES
DOING US ALL ACROSS THE THE
COUNTRY AND AGAIN IF YOU IF YOU
TAKE A LOOK AT THE WHITE PAPER
AND I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH SOME
OF THOSE. THERE'S SOME REALLY
AYE KEY COMPONENTS
ODD THAT CALIFORNIA IS MISSING
IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE
FRAMEWORKS IN TERMS OF ODD THE
WAY THAT RENEWAL DENVER NEWELL
PROCESS HAPPENS RIGHT. I THINK
COLIN MENTIONED THAT PART OF THE
ISSUE WITH THIS PARTICULAR BILL
IS THAT CALIFORNIA RIGHT NOW.
THE RENEWAL PROCESS MORE LAST
JUST BE IS BASED ON WHAT'S IN
THE PETITION PROCESS SO ALL OF
THIS ON THAT WE WOULD BE TALKING
ABOUT PUTTING OUT FORWARD IN THE
BEGINNING WOULD ALSO BE LOOKED
AT OUT. THAT IN THE REAL PROCESS
AGAIN THERE ARE STATES DOT.
IN THAT MOST IT'S ACTUALLY DOT
IS NOT THE CASE RIGHT THAT THERE
THERE ARE A CLEAR. RENEWAL
PROCEDURES AND EXPECTATIONS ITEM
THAT NEED TO BE MET BEFORE
SCHOOL CAN BE PRETTY. CRAP I'M
VERY DISINGENUOUS THIS
CONVERSATION ADDRESS I THINK
YOU'RE GETTING TO THE CRUX OF.
OF.
THE ISSUE HERE.
I'M YES SIR.
OKAY.
AN SP TO THE SPECIAL ED
COMPONENTS AND THE BELL. OUTSIDE
THE MORNING SENATOR ALLEN
COMMITTEE MEMBERS MY NAME IS
GINA PLATE
AND I CHAIR THE STATE'S ADVISORY
COMMISSION ON SPECIAL AT WHICH
WAS ESTBLISHED UNDER FEDERAL
LAW.
I TO ADVISE THE STATE BOARD OF
ED THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT. OF
THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR
IN NEW AND CONTINUING AREAS OF
RESEARCH PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.
AND EVALUATION IN SPECIAL ED
CONTENT FOR CALIFORNIA I ALSO
SERVE AS A SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
FOR REGIONAL ADVOCACY AT THE
CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS
ASSOCIATION.
I WANT TO THANK SENATOR ABOUT
FOR HIS PASSION FOR STUDENTS
WE'VE HEARD ABOUT.
A LOT OF IT THIS MORNING AND
CHAMPIONING WORK IN MENTAL
HEALTH. ADDRESSING YOUTH THAT
ARE HOMELESS AND OTHER GROUPS OF
STUDENTS FROM VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS.
IT'S WHAT THIS HEART AND MIND
FOR EQUITY THAT I THINK WENT
INTO THE SPECIAL LIKE COMPONENTS
OF THIS BILL BUT UNFORTUNATELY
SB THIRTEEN SIXTY TWO IS
MISGUIDED AND THAT'S APPROACH.
TO SPECIALIZE IN CHARTER
SCHOOLS.
SALOME TO START BY CLARIFYING
THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS SERVE ALL
STUDENTS.
STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS PROTECT
THE RIGHTS OF STUDENTS AND
DEFINE WHAT SHOULD BE PROVIDED
TO THEM WHEN THEY HAVE A
DISABILITY AND THOSE LAWS.
ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS TRADITIONAL
AND CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CHARTER
SCHOOLS IT'S IMPORTANT TO
RECOGNIZE THE STRUCTURAL
BARRIERS THAT EXIST. AND IMPEDE
A CHARTER SCHOOLS ABILITY TO
SERVE ALL STUDENTS AND IN SOME
CASES THEY PREVENTED ALTOGETHER.
UNDERSTANDING THE LEGAL STATUS
UNDER WHICH CHARTER SCHOOLS
SERVE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
OR THE RELATIONSHIP THAT THE
CHARTER SCHOOL HAS WITH ITS
DISTRICT OR COUNTY OFFICE OF AT
THAT APPROVED IT. PASSED THE
FIRST BE ESTABLISHED.
ONE MUST FIRST UNDERSTAND WHO'S
RECEIVING THE STATE AND FEDERAL
FUNDING AND WHO ACTUALLY CARRIES
THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PLACING
AND SERVING ALL STUDENTS.
THE DEFAULT OPTION IN CALIFORNIA
IS FOR THE AUTHORIZED AIR. THE
DISTRICT OR THE COUNTY OFFICE OF
AD TO BE THE RECIPIENT OF ALL
THE STATE AND FEDERAL SPECIAL
LIFE FUNDS.
AND CARRY THE RESPONSIBILITY THE
DEFAULT FOR CALIFORNIA%
CHARTER SCHOOL THIS TO BE
AUTONOMOUS IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT
FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
IN TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN THE
OPTION WAS FOREIGN TO ALLOW
CHARTER SCHOOLS TO BECOME FULLY
AUTONOMOUS AND JOIN A SPECIAL AT
LOCAL PLANNING AREA OR SELL BY.
THIS OPTION TO BECOME AN ALLEY A
FOR SPECIAL ED PURPOSES ALLOWS
THE CHARTER TO HAVE BOTH FISCAL
AND PROGRAMMATIC AUTONOMY.
THOSE CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE
ACCESS TO THE STATE AND FEDERAL
MONEY CARRY THE FULL
RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE ALL
STUDENTS.
ABOUT FIFTY PERCENT.
OF THE CHARTERS IN CALIFORNIA
HAVE THIS AUTONOMY. THE OTHER
FIFTY PERCENT OF CHARTERS IN
CALIFORNIA ARE DEPENDENT ON
THEIR AUTHORIZED. TO SERVE
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES THAT
AND ROLE IN THE CHARTER.
RESEARCH ACROSS OUR STATE SHOWS
THAT WHEN CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE
BOTH THE FISCAL AND THE
PROGRAMMATIC AUTONOMY THE NUMBER
OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
AND THE RANGE OF THE SEVERITY
SERVED INCREASE SAYS.
IT INCREASES AND MIRRORS THAT OF
OUR TRADITIONAL SYSTEM.
TODAY THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS
WITH DISABILITIES AND ABOUT
FIFTY PERCENT OF CHARTER SCHOOLS
AND IN CALIFORNIA THAT HAVE BEEN
GIVEN THE AUTONOMY OVER THEIR
OWN FUNDING. AND PLACEMENT
DECISIONS.
WHO THROUGH ELEAZAR ADDRESS OR
LA A LIKE AGREEMENTS AND HAVE
ACCEPTED FULL WEIGHT OF FEDERAL
AND STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
PROVIDING SPECIAL LEAD? THEY'VE
CLOSED THE GAP ENTIRELY IN BOTH
PERCENTAGES AND RANGE OF
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES BEING
SERVED.
RELATIVE TO THEIR TRADITIONAL
PUBLIC SCHOOL COUNTERPARTS.
I WANT TO SAY IT AGAIN JUST SO
THAT THIS POINT DOESN'T GO
UNNOTICED.
CHARTER SCHOOLS WITH THE MOST
AUTONOMY OVER SPECIAL ED AND ARE
FUNDED DIRECTLY. TO EDUCATE
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
WHO DO NOT HAVE TO RELY ON THEIR
DISTRICTS TO MAKE FUNDING AND
PLACEMENT DECISIONS?
OUR SERVING VIRTUALLY THE SAME
PROPORTION AND SEVERITY OF
STUDENTS RELATIVE TO THEIR
DISTRICTS SCHOOL COUNTERPARTS.
THERE'S STILL SOME DISPARITY AND
I KNOW WE'VE READ ABOUT THAT IN
THE MEDIA ABOUT FIFTY PERCENT OF
CHARTER SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE THE
SAME PERCENTAGES OF STUDENTS
WITH DISABILITIES. OR THE SAME
AS THEIR TRADITIONAL PUBLIC
SCHOOL COUNTERPARTS.
BUT THIS IS BECAUSE THEY ARE
DEPENDENT ON THEIR LOCAL
DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE THE
SERVICES.
IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT CLOSING
THAT GAP THAT ME REMAIN BETWEEN
CHARTERS AND TRADITIONAL PUBLIC
SCHOOLS. EVIDENCE NOW SHOWS THAT
THE ISSUE MUST BE ADDRESSED WITH
INCREASED FISCAL AND
PROGRAMMATIC AUTONOMY. NOT A
SPECIAL EDUCATION QUOTA.
THERE IS ALSO A PROVISION FOR A
STUDY IN THE BILL IN CHARTER
SCHOOLS ARE NOT AFAID OF
ACCOUNTABILITY OR STUDIES THAT
LOOK AT HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE
PERFORMING. BUT THE STUDY HAVE
TO BE STRUCTURED IN A WAY THAT
DOESN'T SINGLE OUT ONE ENTITY.
IT MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE
LEGAL IDENTITY I JUST DESCRIBED
IT HAS TO BE STRUCTURED FAIRLY
AND CANNOT BE FOCUS ON A
COMPARISON OF DEMOGRAPHICS
SERVICES OFFERED.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE'VE
MADE SOME GREAT STRIDES IN BOTH
ARE TRADITIONALLY CHARTER PUBLIC
SCHOOLS FOR ENSURING THAT WE
HAVE SETTINGS THAT ARE PREPARED
TO SERVE ALL STUDENTS.
AND THAT WERE ACTUALLY HELD
ACCOUNTABLE TO THE OUTCOMES FOR
ALL STUDENTS BUT ONE OF THE NEXT
BIG HURDLES WILL BE AROUND
SPECIAL LIKE FUNDING REFORM.
AND I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR
THERECENT WORK YOU'VE BEEN
DOING AROUND SPECIAL AT FINANCE.
ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN CALIFORNIA
TRADITIONAL AND CHARTER WORK
FROM THE SAME POOL OF STATE AND
FEDERAL FUNDS. AND RIGHT NOW THE
WAY THOSE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED.
IS NOT EQUITABLE.
WE ARE ALL CHARGED WITH
PROVIDING A FREE AND APPROPRIATE
EDUCATION TO ALL STUDENTS IN THE
LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT.
ENSURING THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE
PREPARED TO ENTER THE WORLD IN
WHICH IN A PATH THAT ENSURES
THEY ARE SELF SUSTAINING. AND
OUR FUNDING MODEL HAS NOT KEPT
UP WITH THE NEEDS OF OUR YOUTH.
WELL WE APPRECIATE THE WORK
THAT'S GONE INTO THIS BILL AND
SPECIFICALLY TO FOCUS ON KIDS
WITH DISABILITIES THE STRATEGIES
DESCRIBED ARE NOT THE WAY TO GET
IT DONE.
WE RESPECTFULLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO
VOTE NO ON SB THIRTEEN SIXTY
TWO.
I'M BREALEY PREACHER COMMENTS I
THINK THEY'RE THEY DO A GOOD JOB
OF CLARIFYING NUMBER THINGS I
WILL POINT OUT AS YOU KNOW THAT.
AND I JUST FOR FOLKS TIPS TO
REITERATE THAT WE. THAT THE
AMENDMENTS.
THINK IT WOULD THE COMMITTEE ASK
FOR THAT WERE ACCEPTED BY THE
CHAIR. REMOVES THE REQUIREMENT
OF THE CHARTER PETITIONS ADDRESS
HOW THE SCHOOL CHIEF.
A BALANCE AND IN THAT THE QUOTA
ISSUE ON SPECIAL ED BUT I'M BUT
I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU FELT THE
NEED TO SAY WHAT HE SAID AT THAT
TIME.
SO YES SIR BUT VERY BRIEFLY ERIC
PREMATURE SCHOOLS DEVELOPMENT
CENTER REPRESENTING SEVERAL
HUNDRED CHARTER SCHOOLS IN
CALIFORNIA AND ALSO OVER THE
PAST TWENTY SIX YEARS I'VE
WORKED I THINK IN TWENTY FIVE TO
THIRTY DIFFERENT STATES HELPING
THEM TO WRITE CHARTER
LEGISLATION.
AND IF THERE'S ONE SUPER CLEAR
LESSON THAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER
THOSE TWO.
I DO YEARS
IT IS THAT RELYING. PRIMARILY ON
SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DO CHARTER
AUTHORIZING AN OVERSIGHT WAS A
HUGE MISTAKE. AND VIRTUALLY
EVERY OTHER STATE THAT WROTE
THAT INTO THEIR LAW BACK IN THE
EARLY AND MID NINETIES HAS GONE
BACK TO RETHINK THAT IT'S UP FOR
CALIFORNIA.
SO WHETHER IT'S COLORADO
WASHINGTON DC MINNESOTA
WISCONSIN. UP YOU KNOW YOU CAN
GO DOWN THE LIST ALL OF THEM
HAVE GONE THROUGH ANOTHER
ITERATION AND FIGURED OUT A
DIFFERENT WAY TO DO AUTHORIZING
TO GET TO SOME OF THE UNDERLYING
PROBLEMS.
THAT THIS BILL WOULD BE A
BANDAID OVER.
SO WE CLEARLY DO I THINK HAVE
CONSENSUS IN THEIR SPERM THAT WE
HAVE AN AUTHORIZING PROBLEM IN
CALIFORNIA THE QUESTION IS DO WE
FIX IT BY PUTTING A BANDAID OVER
SOME THAT WE NOTE.
CANNOT AND DOES NOT WORK OR DO
WE TRY SOMETHING NEW SECOND WITH
ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE AUTHOR
THIS IS AN ASSAULT BOTH ON
PERSPECTIVE CHARTER SCHOOLS AND.
RENEWABLES OF EXISTING ONES
BECAUSE THEY RELY ON THE SAME
STANDARDS AND CRITERIA. AND.
THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POINT
THIRD WITH RESPECT TO SPECIAL
LEAD IF WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK
AT THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT
FUNDING EQUITY AS WELL. CHARTER
SCHOOLS THAT OPERATE ON THEIR
OWN FOR SPECIAL ED GET A LOT
LESS MONEY PER STUDENT.
THEN MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO
AND IT'S A HUGE GAP THANK YOU.
SOME OF THAT STE ADDRESSED BEING
ADDRESSED BY AN INTERESTING BILL
OF ASSEMBLY SIDE. I'M OKAY.
PROCEED EVERYONE'S COMMENTS A
LOT OF ON BOTH SIDES THIS IS
IMPORTANT INTERESTING LET'S HEAR
FROM FOLKS WHO WANT TO REGISTER
THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE BILL.
RAUNCHY JONES ON BEHALF OF LEARN
FOR LIFE IN OPPOSITION.
BURNED INTO AGAIN BEHALF OF AND
VOICE IN OPPOSITION.
HELLO MY NAME IS WEAKER REGULAR
I'M JUST A MOTHER AND WE ARE
HERE PERCENT ARE SHORTER SCHOOL
BUT ALSO. THE DISTRICT'S SCHOOL.
US ME SO MANY PARENTS HAVE BOTH
CHARTERED AND DISTRICT ON KIDS
AND WE REALLY TRUST ON CHARTERED
MOOMIN Y. BECAUSE OUR KIDS
DESERVE. A BETTER THE K.
ALLOCATION. AND A SWELL AND WE
ARE PARENTS ARE GARY PREPARE TO
BE A BETTER PARENTS CHARTERED
ALL FOR US.
SO MANY.
.
OVER TO NEED IS BUT ALSO
TRAINEES FOR PARENTS TO GROW UP
AND LEARN HOW TO RAISE OUR KIDS.
AND BELIEVE ME. I HAVE.
OUR THIRTY YOUR.
BOY.
KIT FOR FOLKS WHO SIT TYPICALLY
WE JUST ASK FOLKS TO JUST GIVE
THEIR SUPPORT I'M HAPPY FOR FOR
COUPLE CLARIFYING COMMENTS BUT I
KNOW I HEAR DAHLE OTHER PEOPLE
OWN ALL POLLS AND THEY HAVE.
THEIR TIME TO ADJUST REALLY
QUICK I HAVE MY ON MY KIT AND.
I'VE BEEN ON THE DISTRICT AND
THEY NEVER.
GAME ME SOMEDAY TO GET INSPIRED
TO RAISE MY KID TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF CHARTER SCHOOL
THEY ARE PROMOTING OUR KEYS TO
GET GRADUATE FROM UNIVERSITY
THANK YOU. AND JIM SO WHAT WE'RE
HAPPY FOR A COUPLE OF COMMENTS
BUT PLEASE KEEP THEM ALL TIED.
I MIND PRISTINA MARTA AND I HAVE
TWO KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND
THEY'RE GOING TO THE CHARTER
SCHOOL SO. NOTE TO THE. AS I'M.
THIRTEEN SIXTY TWO.
HI MY NAME IS ADRIANA HERNANDEZ
AND MR BENJAMIN I HA I LIKE TO
MAKE A COMMENT ON SOMETHING THAT
YOU ASKED HER. AND INDEPENDENT
JUDGMENT WILL ONLY GET THE
DISTRICT THE OPPORTUNITY TO THE
NIGHT A BETTER EDUCATION.
TO THE STUDENTS IN THE URBAN
CITIES LIKE MY KIDS. THEY ONLY
REPRESENT THEIR WELL BEING OF
THE WEALTHY PEOPLE IN THEIR
DISTRICT. WHICH IS TOTALLY TRUE
BECAUSE WE DON'T GET THE RIGHT
TO VOTE.
I I PEOPLE THEY'RE THE ONES WITH
THE POWER HEN THAT BEING.
WE ARE HERE FOR THAT FOR OUR
KIDS THEIR KIDS AND I KIDS ARE
USA CITIZEN AND DAY THE THIRD
THAT SAME RIGHTS TO THE SAME
MEDICATION.
AND OPPORTUNITIES AND EDUCATION
THEY WERE READING SOME.
PERCENTAGES NINETY SIX NINETY
SIX PERCENT PERSON ON GRADUATES
ONLY LATINO OF THIS SCHOOL THAT
MY DAUGHTER GOALS THAT HAVE
THREE GENERATIONS GRADUATE HAN
DEPRESSING GOING TO A FOUR YEAR
COLLEGE IF ANY DISTRICT THINK
GEAR. CAN GIVE ME THAT SAME. PER
MY DAUGHTER AND MY KID WHICH BY
THE WAY TO THE TWO OF THEM HAVE
AUTISM. I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM
BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO
BE GOOD CITIZENS AND TO HAVE THE
RIGHT TO BE INDEPENDENT AYE
THURMOND THAT'S MY MAIN CONCERN
I HOPE YOU. YOU TAKE THAT INTO
CONSIDERATION AND THAT YOU
UNDERSTAND IF THEY CAN THANK
WHAT'S GOING ON WEEKEND BECAUSE
WE HAVE THE POWER THANK YOU.
HI GOOD MORNING MY NAME ONLY
THAT AND I COMING FROM BURKE
DEMENTED CHARTER SCHOOL AND I
SAY NO TO THIRTY SIX IT TO.
BEGIN.
HI MY NAME IS LET THE GOMEZ I'M
A CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT
FIFTEEN I'M A PARENT OF ROCKET
SHIP WHAT SAT AND I OPPOSE I
STRONGLY OPPOSE SB THIRTEEN
SIXTY TWO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I WILL MORNING EVERYONE MY NAME
IS MARIA MARTINEZ.
I'M GOING TO.
BUT BROWN FOREPLAY.
THERMOS.
CHARTER SCHOOL.
I KEPT TWO BOYS AND UC SANTA
CRUZ ANOTHER BOY. GOING TO THEIR
ROCHESTER NEW YORK THE LOGIC IF.
THIS IS COOL IS BETTER FOR ME
FOR MY FAMILY FOR MY. COMMUNITY.
OUR OPERATIVE IS YOUR COMMENTS.
BUT UP.
I'M OPPOSITION. FORUM IS WE.
THIRTEEN SIXTY THREE I CAN GIVE.
BUT ARE NOT WHAT THE OTHERS
ARMED LIBERAL YOU'RE WELCOME
ANALLY.
THERE'S ASSEMBLY DOES.
THANK YOU.
GLOBAL SALAS ENJOYMENT PHONE LAW
ANNIHILATE THIS ASSESSMENT
BALES.
LOOSE A LAWYER COME FROM STERN
MASS I HAVE TWO HILDREN. A
DAUGHTER IN ELEVENTH GRADE SON
IN NINTH GRADE MY SON HAS ITS IN
SPECIAL EDUCATION AND I STRONGLY
OPPOSE THIS BILL. THINK IF.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS CONNIE
RIVERA AND I'M A PROUD PARENT A
BUTTON ALLIANCE GRADUATE. I'M
FOR TWELVE YEARS I WORKED FOR
THE SAME SCHOOL MARKET EVEN
STERN MATH AND SCIENCE SCHOOL
AND I STRONGLY OPPOSED TO SPEND.
WHEN THE VIETNAM IT WITHIN THAT
THING OUGHT TO THINK ABOUT ALL
OF THEM IT'S GONNA CHARTER.
KENNETH BRANAGH SIXTY AND I
SWEAR LOW LIMON WHICH UNITES
PARTICULAR THOUGHT COMO YEAH
PLYMOUTH ROCK I'M NOT. YOU WAS
REAL HARD YOU. KNOW THAT YOU'VE
GOT THAT I WISH THAT I KNEW FOUR
AUTHORED BY THE CORONER BAKER
FOOD BY.
A BOY IN A SLUSH FUND.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS THE LORD
JESUS I AM A STUDENT AT. ASPIRE
LEAN TRUST CHARTER SCHOOL AND I
OPPOSE SB THIRTEEN SIXTY TWO.
EARLY IN THE MORNING MONEY AS WE
CAN TO ERA I'M A STUDENT AT AS
PART OF THE ENTIRE SCHOOL NO ON
S. B. THIRTEEN. SIXTY TWO.
WHEN THE D. AS ME NUMBER IS BUT
IN THEM I CANNOT SAY MY THAT IT
IS A STATISTICALLY AND THAT'S
GET DONE DAVID PUSAT. BILLS
ALTHOUGH MANY MONTHS AND W. THAN
IT SEEMS NON BEATING. BUT AS AS
AS AND BAGELS.
BOB THEY WENT THE LOCKET
SYMBOLIZES WHAT I STUDIES ON
THAT IS NOT THERE MUST BILLION
ITSELF MENIFEE STILL AND THE
METAL.
METAL STUDY AND SEVEN. ONE UP
BUT I'M A MODEL STILL.
THEY GOT THE LA WHAT BUT STATIC.
DATA ON THOSE YOU LET NIELSEN
AROUND YOU ONE BULLET ON MY AS
THE ONLY NOT THE MILLS THAT YES
I'VE ADDED. AS HEAVY METAL THEY
LONG THAT DAHLE LITTLE SYSTOLE
AND THIS BUT GET BADLY OUT OF
AIKIDO CABIN WAS HONESTLY AND
DOES IT BOTHER DAIS. NOBODY WAS
MYERS THAT'LL STILL MUST BATTLE
JOHN THE BUT I DO BECAUSE YOU
KNOW THAT MOST OF THE HOLES SO I
GUESS THAT WILL NOT S. BUT
I'M AT THAT I MEAN COHEN THAT
NGUYEN THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT HE
STILL NOT. AWAKE EGGMAN PETER.
BLACK AB ONE THAT WILL BE AND
NUMBER THEY LOOKED AT THAT SUCK
NAM IT BUT THEN THIS YEAH OKAY I
MEDIA THIS WAY. THEY'VE DOESN'T
HATE POSSIBLY DONALD MCNICHOL
TEMPLE.
THE MISGUIDED AMONG WHICH I HAD
TO GET OUT A LOT BUT IT ON THE
STATE MONTANA SEPARATE POSTS
COMING OUT AT HIM WE ALSO AYE.
POINT OF A ONE THAT.
WE CANNOT THEM THEM OUR
GRANDDAUGHTER A OF OUR
VOICES SEE.
ESTIMATE ON THAT THE CORNELIA
AND THIS TIME ABOUT IT AND ON
THE ESTA THE UNIFORM LAW ALLOWED
IRAN BC. THEY SAY IT BE THE
BASIS OF BY THOSE.
HELLO MORE NOSY ES ME NUMBER
IT'S MILLION SUNNDAL YOUR EGO
BECAUSE THOMAS BY EAST YOU KNOW
CONTINENT THAT PANAMA ALSO. THAT
AND SO OUR KIDS THOUGH HAD
VOICE SO THAT PARENTS ARE HERE.
WE DID THEY CALDERON JOB WOULD
TAKE OUR TIME THIS MORNING TO
COME HERE. IS A BAR OUT OF
SCHOOL OR A CHILDREN'S DON'T I
HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE PITCH
WILL PICK YOU NEED YOU SO MUCH
MY LOOK. AYE AYE WE GOT A LONG
LIST OF FOLKS WILL HAVE A WHOLE
BUNCH OF BILLS THAT WE HAVE TO
HEAR SO I AM I AM JUST ASKING
FOLKS NOW.
IF IF YOU GUYS WANT TO GET
TOGETHER AND HAVE ONE OR TWO THE
PARENTS MAKE A A LONGER
STATEMENT THAT'S FINE BUT IN IN
IN IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT. I
JUST ASK YOU TO PLEASE GIVE YOUR
NAME
YOUR AFFILIATION WHERE YOU'RE
FROM.
THE BILL
I'M SORRY BUT WE WE'VE WE'VE GOT
A LONG SCHEDULE AND WE WE HAVE
TO MOVE BY THIS BUT I DON'T
EXECUTIVE
EXPECTS YEAH. AS THE IS THAT
BEING PEDRO AND SCENIC WENT AS
NANCY THOMAS KATE KATE LIKE A
MIGHTY ELECTION TO SUPPLEMENT
THAT SO NUMBER EIGHT HE'S BEEN
UNDER. HE SAW IT WAS HIM
PARDEE BENEFITS AND THAT CAN
TAKE. A MINIMALISM BANG FOR
THEIR VOICES THE MORNING HERE
EMAIL BUNGALOW I.
EXHIBIT THAT IS IS IT'S AN GOALS
AS WELL AS I HAVE THE
HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AS
ALL OF YOU I'M ALSO A SCHOOL
BOARD TRUSTEE FOR THE ALUM ROCK
SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICTS.
AND AND IF SOME OF YOU KNOW MY
DISTRICT IS QUITE CONTROVERSIAL.
I SAY ALL OF THAT SIMPLY
BECAUSE I'M URGING YOU TO VOTE
NO ON SB THIRTEEN SIXTY TWO AND
THE MAIN REASON IS BECAUSE WE
HAVE ALREADY CURRENTLY HAVE.
THE ABILITY TO DENY A CHARTER
AND I GUESS I ALLOWING.
THIS BILL TO GO THROUGH EVERY
HAVE COLLEAGUES WHO DENIED A
CHARTER AND THEY SAID IN PUBLIC
COMMENT BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE
CHARTERS NOT ON THE MERITS OF
THE ACADEMIC RIGOR AND THE
GROWTH OF WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE
DISCOVERING AND HAVE THE
ABILITY.
TO GO TO COLLEGE BUT I'M ASKING
YOU THROUGH THESE
NO ON THIRTEEN SIXTY TWO AND
PLEASE JOIN NOT DELAY THIS
VOTES.
WE NEED THIS VOTE TODAY.
OKAY THANK YOU.
DEPENDS ON WHAT THE OUTCOME IS
RIGHT ALRIGHT THANK YOU. ALSO
DENNIS A META HOUSE TO HAVE
PARENTS WHO'VE WRITTEN LETTERS
WHO COULDN'T TAKE THE TIME OFF
TODAY AND LIKE TO SUBMIT THEM
ALSO TO BE ON THE RECORD.
BUDGET.
MY NAME IS CONSTANCE TRYING IT I
MISTER NOT GRANADA HILLS CHARTER
HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE YOU GO I
WOULD. I WOULD LIKE TO URGE YOU
TO NOT ONLY CONSIDER THAT THIS
BILL NOT ONLY NOT NEGATIVELY
AFFECTS ME AND ALL THE PEOPLE
BEHIND ME BUT IT AFFECTS
MILLIONS OF STUDENTS. ACROSS
CALIFORNIA SUIT WHICH IS WHY I
URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS
BILL.
RICHARD.
I WOULDN'T MIND LIMITS MONEY
SAILOR I REPRESENT MOTIONS MODOC
IN. THIS IS MY SAID POLITICAL
REDUCE I HAVE EXCELLENT
REFERRALS. IN MY OWN EXPERIENCE.
BUT I AM. CLOSER.
DONE IT IS V.. THIRTEEN SHIFTED
TO THANK YOU THANK YOU.
FULLER.
I AM MINES VICTOR OFFER MORGAN
HOW.
I'M REPRESENTING VOICES.
ARM THIS BILL GREATLY AFFECT MY
SON SAID DUCATION.
IF THE BILL IS PASSED ARM.
MAJOR.
BILL MILLER DIFFERENT ARE A TIME
FOR SHIPMENT AINA HAINA I
APPRECIATE AND WE WOULD LOVE IT
IF YOU WANT TO SUBMIT.
WE'LL LOOK AT THE PAPERWORK HOME
HELLO MY NAME IS JAMIE SOUTHERN
AN UNLISTED AN ANIMAL RALPH
BUNCHE AND I URGE YOU TO SAY
NOTES AS BE THIRTEEN SIXTY
THREE.
PICKING.
HELLO MY NAME IS DAVID OF LONDO
I LISTED AND I KNEW ABOUT BUSH
CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL AND I URGE
YOU TO SAY NO TO AS PACKED AS
BEAT THAT YOU SIXTY TWO. THANK
YOU AND KIM.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS THERE'S
A BOOK OUT AND I I AM MISTER
ADAM ABOUT BUT CHARTER HIGH
SCHOOL AND I SAY NO TO AS WE
THIRTEEN SIXTY TO. PRODUCE SO
MUCH THANK YOU.
AND GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS
SARAH HOW COOL I'M EXTERNALIZE
WITH A HIGH SCHOOL LOCATED
HUNDRED PARK.
I MEAN YOU SPECIAL IT PROGRAM
AND I HOST THIRTEEN SIX TOO MANY
THANKS FOR COMING ON OIL.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS A
CENTIPEDE IS THAT REPRESENT
VOICES FRANKEN MCANALLY BUT MOST
IMPORTANTLY I REPRESENT MY SON.
WHO NINE YEARS AGO WE LEGALLY
ADOPTED HIM PUT A BETTER PLACE A
BETTER FAMILY AND A BETTER
EDUCATION? VOICES PROVIDES THAT
NO ONE BE S. B. THIRTEEN SIXTY
TWO YOU CAN.
ONE MORNING MY NAME IS SCOTT
PECK ON OUR FATHERAT THE PIZZA
BEHIND ME ARMAGH I'M NOT SUPPORT
OUT THERE TO SUCCEED TO THANK
YOU. THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS DANIEL
CORONA.
I AM FOR A STUDENT OF ALLIANCE
SCHOOL AND I OPPOSE AS BEAT THE
EIGHTEEN SIXTY TWO.
GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ABRAHAM
CORONA I AM A STUDENT ASPYR
PACIFIC CARRIED ME AND AYE
OPPOSED TO ESPY'S THIRTEEN SIXTY
THREE.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS DAVID
CORONA I GO TO ALLIANCE KIND
FAMILY I OPPOSE AS THE.
PRETTY SIXTY THREE.
IN THE MORNING I AM MEDIA
SEGOVIA I AM THE MOTHER FROM A
DOOR EMERGING PROGRAM
ESSENTIALLY THE TO SHIP ACADEMY
IN LINCOLN HEIGHTS AND I OPPOSE
S. B. THIRTY SUCCEEDED.
GOOD MORNING MY DAUGHTER TENS
FENTON AVENUE CHARTER SCHOOL AND
I WOULD SAY NO ON THIRTEEN SIXTY
TWO I ALSO COME TO REPRESENT
ALLIANZ MIT CHARTER. I PROVIDE
FOOD FOR THE KIDS THERE AND
THEY'RE LIKE MY KIDS.
NO AT THIRTEEN SIXTY TWO THANK.
HI GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY MY
NAME MRS META LAMB OF THE NANA
COMING FROM THE SAN FERNANDO
VALLEY MY. THREE KIDS ATTEND TO
CHARTER SCHOOLS AND I HAVE A
UNIVERSITY PAY AYE SHE CAME FROM
A TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS SO I
SUPPORT QUALITY TO KITCHEN A
CHARTER SCHOOL IS PROVIDING ONE
ARTIST IS SIR. BY EIGHT
REQUIREMENTS A THREE YEAR AND
THERE ARE IN THERE ARE SECURE
OUR KIDS NOT JUST GRADUATE FROM
HIGH SCHOOL BUDGET GRADUATE FROM
UNIVERSITY IN ME ABLE TO GET.
DEGREE SO I AM A PARENT ON THIS
SUPPORT CHARTER SCHOOL IN SAN.
TO A SPEAK.
THIRTEEN SIXTY.
HELLO EVERYONE MY NAME IS
JENNIFER GARNER RIPS AN ENGINE
AND CHARTER SCHOOLS AND I SAY NO
ON THE. AS BE THIRTEEN SIX TO.
WHEN I'M IN A MOTHER AND THAT
IMMOBILIZE HAVE IT THOSE OF US
IN THIS.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS LAUREN
AT THE BOTTOM AND OPPOSITE ON
THIRTEEN SIXTY TWO.
ONE OF THE FBI NOBODY'S AND
CATTLE ILLEGAL NO ALLIES HAVE IT
PURCHASES AND BY THE.
ONE OF THE S. MINIMAL MIGHT
DECIDE BIGELOW FISCAL NOTHING
YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE NOT AYE AYES
HAVE IT BUT IT'S ASSEMBLY LOS.
ONE OF THE OTHER YOU KNOW
MEDICAID ECOTONE MATTING UP FONG
RELY SERVICE IN TEXAS AND THEY
THOSE ISLAM AND THE LIST YOU
KNOW THIS IT COMMITTEE BECAUSE
THAT IS IN THE LIGHT MCCARTY THE
CUSTOM MENTALLY LESS COLLECTION.
ONE OF THE HOUSING NUMBERS I'M
ANOTHER UP IS MAINLY BY IN SOME
FOR NONE THOUGH FINGLETON ENOUGH
THE ONLY THE COUSIN OF PATHETIC.
IMMOBILIZER EVENT THAT THIS
ISN'T THE END OF.
HELLO I'M THE LEAD THERE
REVEREND LINDSEY WHAT'S WRONG I
AM A MOTHER OF THREE CHILDREN
ONE OF WHOM IS A SPECIAL NEEDS
CHILD AND THEY GO TO AND VOICES
MOUNT PLEASANT AND I AM IN
OPPOSITION TO SB THIRTEEN SIXTY
TWO.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS CARLA
AND I HAVE A DAUGHTER AND BOYS
MCMAHON PLATES AND I'M AGAINST.
IT'S BE SEAT THIRTEEN SIXTY TWO.
WOULDN'T NIELSEN NUMBER OF
HURDLES WE DON'T WANT THIS THING
GOING ON IN YOUR OWN VOICE
LESSONS ARE PERFECT.
IN ORINDA.
BUT IS SAY.
IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG.
ONE OF THE AND NUMBER SEATED
BUSCA BANGLADESHI OTHER WEST
THAT ALLOWED ALLIANCE I MEANT.
IT AND WHAT DOES IT COST EMAIL
IT EGON NO ALLIES HAVE IT THROWS
UP THIS ENTITLES.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS MARGARET
OF US KIDS EVER RESENT ALLIANCE
COLLEGE READY FROM SIMON TECH
WHAT'S. AND AYE OPPOSED THIRTEEN
SIXTY TWO EMPLOYEES ON THE LAY
ON THIS.
BELT THINKING.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS NO ME
ONE ON THIS I HAVE A PARENT AT
COLLEGIATE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
AND I OPPOSES GOING PLEASE NOT
DELAY ON THIS BILL.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS JULIE
COLUMBUS AND I AM A PROUD PARENT
OF ALLIANCE HIGH SCHOOL I I TO.
ASK NOT TO VOTE ON THIS BILL
THANK YOU.
ONE OF THE OTHER NUMBER IS ONE
OF THE FEW YA. MAMMA MOTHER AND
WE ARE WE ALSO THE CAN BE SINGLE
DOSES THAT I'M NOT CHARTER EMAIL
BONGO ALLIES HAVE BEEN WITH US
SOMETHING.
A GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS EVER
YES AND I SAY NOT TO THIRTEEN
SIXTY TWO.
THAT MORNING EVERYONE MY NAME IS
MARIA AND I A POSTER S. B.
THIRTEEN SIXTY TWO.
HELLO GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS
SONYA AND NON S. B. THIRTEEN
SIXTY TWO.
AND WHEN WE ONE MY NAME IS
CHRISTINE THOUGH AND I URGE YOU
TO VOTE NO ON STE SIX. THIRTEEN
SIXTY TWO AND PLEASE W. EARLY TO
VOTE.
BUT ONE DAY MY NAME IS CHRIS AND
UPLAND CARD THAT BINGO SAN JOSE
EVEN AS THE OPEN WINDOW EYES
ARE.
MYTH AS THE PROPOSED THAT THAT
THIS ISN'T A THOSE GRAPHICS.
ONE OF THE ON THE NUMBER OF
YOUNG MEN IVAN LENDL CYCLE AS
THE OR NOT I IS A BET THAT A
SUCCESS IN THE US.
WHEN OF THE S. ME NUMBER S.
AGREEMENT ON YOUR REPRESENT THE
MUCH OF PART OF THE LAST GREAT
I'M A SENIOR TOMATO LITTLE SIGN
HILLIS. EITHER SEE MOSES SITTING
AT THE SUMO NO I LIFESAVING
VISITORS AND THEY THOSE GUYS.
GOOD MORNING MY NAME IS MEDINA
GATE ON.
AND I SAID NO TO THAT S. B..
THIRTEEN SIXTY TWO THANK YOU.
I AGREE THAT.
OKAY THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR
YOUR COMMENTS TIME AND I DO
APOLOGIZE FOR HAVING SPEECH
FOLKS ALONG BUT THIS IS THE.
UNFORTUNATELY.
OF.
YOU KNOW SIX BILLS THAT WERE
CONSIDERING TODAY AND I KNOW
OTHER MEMBERS HAVE TO GET TO THE
OTHER COMMITTEES AS WELL.
PARDON SO WITH THAT THE ITEM IS
NOW BEFORE THE MEMBERS BECAUSE
NOW. YOU KNOW I DON'T I I DON'T
MIND HAVING IF WE DE MAIS WILL
STAY S. BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE OF
THE MIX OF FOLKS.
.
JUST SO I KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE
A ROBUST DISCUSSION HERE AND
LOOKS LIKE CENTER PAN HAS A
QUESTION.
WE WERE AND WHERE YOU I'M SORRY
IF YOU DID I DO BUT OKAY.
ALRIGHT I SHOULD THE GOOD
PREDICTION WHEN IT COMES TO
SENATOR PAT.
MISTER CHAIRMAN.
YES SIR BIRD DOG.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE SPEAKING
THAT. THEY SHOULD KNOW THAT THE
BILL AS BEEN CHANGED AND WE GO
OVER THE.
ó YEAH AMENDMENTS SO THAT
EVERYBODY'S INFORMS.
ABOUT WHAT THE BILL IS AT THE
PRESENT FORM STRESSING COCAINE
IMITATION CHANGES SO.
THE COUPLE KEY AMENDMENTS AND
THAT DE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE
THE.
THE CHAIR HAVING TAKEN FIRST OF
ALL AND.
WE'VE MADE IS THAT THE MONEY
MEMBERS THE FIRST TIME WAS TO
EXTEND THE PETITION.
REVIEW TIMELINE BY ONLY FIFTEEN
DAYS TO COME A CAPACITY
INTERVIEWS PRESERVE THE CURRENT
CALENDAR DAY METHODOLOGY
REQUIRE.
CHARTER SCHOOL PETITIONS TO
PROVIDE NOTICE LIKE A LETTER OF
INTENT TO THE AUTHORIZED OR NO
LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS BEFORE
SUBMITTING A POSITION THAT'S OF.
THAT'S A. BEEN BEEN HERE'S TWO
KEY THINGS THAT I THINK WERE.
TWO OF THE THREE BIGGEST
CONCERNS THAT I SAW.
THAT THE CHARTER FOLKS HAD
FIRST OF ALL THERE'S. A DELETION
OF THE INCREASED OVERSIGHT FEES.
AND THEN THERE'S A REMOVAL OF
THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE CHARTER
PETITIONS ADDRESS HOW THE SCHOOL
ACHIEVE A BALANCE OF PEOPLE'S
RECEIVING SPECIAL EDUCATION
SERVICES THAT IS REFLECTIVE. OF
THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IS
KIND OF A SPECIAL QUARTERS
ISSUE.
SO THAT IS NOT TAKEN OFF THE
TABLE SO WE'RE REALLY I'M.
FOCUSING IN ON THIS WHOLE
QUESTION OF DISCRETION.
AND IT'S A YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S A
FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION AND. BE NO
AND AND I THINK THAT WE'VE ALL
YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS IT'S.
FIND AND FRUSTRATING ABOUT THIS
COMMITTEE IS THAT WE OFTEN GET
TO SITUATIONS IN THIS WHEN WHEN
WHEN WHEN THESE TWO SIDES ARE.
BATTLING BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE
WHERE WE SAY TO OURSELVES YOU
KNOW WE AGREE ON SOME OF THE
BASIC PROMISES AND THEN OF
COURSE THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS IN
THE DETAILS AND THAT. IS ANOTHER
BILL ON THE AGENDA.
IT WASN'T A GLAZERS BILL THAT
IS A KIND OF SIMILARLY.
I SITUATED WHERE BOTH SIDES SAY
HEY WE ALL AGREE THAT WE OUGHT
TO HAVE OPEN MEETING LAWS AND
AND.
AND THE LIKE APPLY TO BOTH OUR
SCHOOLS INDUSTRY SCHOOLS BUT
THEN WHEN IT COMES THE ACTUAL
APPLICATION OF HOW. ARE HOW WE
APPLY THEM GIVEN THE DIFFERENT
GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES AND.
AND SYSTEMS THAT YOU KNOW THEM
THAT'S WHERE EVERYTHING GETS
BROKEN DOWN SO ON. SO I I WAS
VERY INTERESTED IN YOUR COMMENTS
AND.
AND DIED.
BUT I KNOW THAT WERE MORE AT
CENTER PENN HAS THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR.
SO THAT HE COULD HAVE A FEW
QUESTIONS OF THE FIRST OF ALL I
ACTUALLY FOR TO THE OPPONENTS OF
THE BILL
THOUGHT AND HEARING THE
TESTIMONY NICER FEEL LIKE YOU
KNOW. ONCE TESTIFYING HERE AND
THEY'RE NOT REALLY MEDIA SO I'M
GOING TO ASK THIS QUESTION SO WE
HEARD FROM THE PROPONENTS OF THE
BILL HERE
IN THE WITNESSES.
I WON THE CHALLENGES THEY HAVE
AND YOU KNOW SO WE HEARD FROM A.
SUPERINTENDENT AND.
TEACHER BUT SUPER DOES LIKE
OKAY SO WE HAVE WE WE HAVE A
SCHOOL DISTRICT WE HAVE A
POPULATION WE WE HAVE PROJECTION
DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS ABOUT
WHAT'S HAPPENING.
STUDENTS RIGHT WE HAVE DECLINING
ENROLLMENT.
AND WERE ACTUALLY OVER CAPACITY.
HALL THE IS SHOULD THAT BE A
FACTOR IN.
YOUR OPINION OF IN TERMS OF
MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT.
WHAT GOES ON SCHOOL DISTRICT I
MEAN?
OVERCAPACITY OFTEN MEANS.
BOB LESS EFFICIENT USE OF
RESOURCES ARE. NOW ARE LOTS OF
THAT. ED YOU KNOW SOMETIMES SO
LEADS TO PROBLEMS AND AND
MANAGEMENT SO FORTH SO.
SO I JUST WANT TO BE DONE THE
PERSPECTIVE FROM.
THE OPPONENTS ABOUT.
.
HOW SHOULD WE HELP SHOULD THAT
FACTOR IN INTO DECISIONS ABOUT
BECAUSE THE SCHOOL BOARDS
SAYING THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE
CERTAIN RESOURCE DECISIONS BASED
ON LOOKING AT? WATER PROJECTED
DIED DEMOGRAPHICS ARE GOING TO
BE YOU KNOW YOU PROJECT THAT
THERE'S. AND THAT.
DI I SUNSET ALLOCATION BOARD NOW
WE HAVE PEOPLE AT THIS SHOW THAT
THEY HAVEN'T GOT THE OLD SCHOOL
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE IN
THERE WE DON'T LIKE TO SPEND
STATE MONEY AND THIS IS. WHERE
ALL PUBLIC SO CHARTER SCHOOLS
EVERY ON THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SO
WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WE HAVE TO
OVERSEE?
PUBLIC RESOURCES OBVIOUSLY WE
DIFFER LA THAT TO SCHOOL.
DISTRICTS WHICH ARE RUN BY
SCHOOL BOARDS SO HOW HOW HOW HOW
HOW HOW THEY SHOULD THAT BE
FACTORED INTO DECISION MAKING.
WHEN IT COMES TO.
TO CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZATIONS
NEW AUTHORIZATIONS AND SO FORTH
YEAH FEATURE YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON
THAT.
SURE THANK THANKS FOR THE
QUESTION I I THINK YOU KNOW WE
ALL RECOGNIZE HOW DIFFICULT IT
IS TO GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL FLORIDA
AND THAT.
RIGHT THERE THERE'S
IT YOU KNOW IMMENSE YOU KNOW
COMPLEXITIES AND CONFLICTING AND
COMPETING.
BUT YOU.
WHEN WE LOOK AT CHARTER SCHOOLS
AS ONE PIECE.
YOU KNOW WE NO THE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS ALREADY ARE FACING
STATEWIDE.
DECLINING ENROLLMENT.
WITH OR WITHOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS
THAT'S AN ISSUE THERE ALL HAVE
TO DEAL WITH AND THEY NEED TO
FIGURE OUT. YOU KNOW HOW TO HOW
TO SUSTAIN THEIR PROGRAMS IN A
IN A ENVIRONMENT THAT ISN'T. A
GROWTH MODE WHICH IS WHAT SCHOOL
DISTRICTS ARE REALLY DESIGNED.
STRUCTURALLY AYE AYE ON THIS
ASSUMPTION THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS
GOING TO BE GROWING AND THAT'S
JUST NOT THE CASE ANYMORE SO SO
WHAT CHARTER SCHOOLS ONE PIECE
OF THAT.
THAT'S NOT REALLY THE PROBLEM
AND AND PERHAPS DISTRICTS ARE
NOT WRITTEN ANYTHING QUICK
ENOUGH TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE
ISSUE OKAY BUT. BUT BUT THEY'RE
NOT OBVIOUSLY NOT THE ENTIRE
PROBLEM MAYBE NOT A MAJORITY OF
THE PROBLEM BUT.
YOU RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ISSUE
RIGHT.
AND SO HOW SHOULD.
WHEN IT COMES TO BECAUSE I AM IS
IS YOU'RE SAYING OKAY SO WHEN
IT'S SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE TO
DECIDE OKAY HOW MANY SCHOOLS
GOING TO HAVE IN THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT HOW MANY KIDS DO.
ETCETERA.
AND SOMEONE SAYS YOU ALSO YOU'RE
YOU'RE SITTING THERE GOING OKAY
WE'RE OVER CAPACITY.
AND NOW SO IS IS WHY ONE OPENING
THE SCHOOL.
YOUR DISTRICT.
HOW SHOULD THAT HOW WOULD YOU
SUGGEST TO ME IT'S GREAT TO
DOUBLE BACK ON SCHOOL BOARDS AT
WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM BUT FRAUD
BUT ONE THE PROBLEMS THEY'RE
FACING IS THAT SOMEONE'S COMING
IN SAYING I? WANT TO OPEN A NEW
SCHOOL. AND.
TELL LIKE OKAY WELL.
BUT YET I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO MANAGE THE SENSHI WHAT'S
GONNA BE STREAKING PULL
RESOURCES BECAUSE IF YOU'RE A
KID SMALLER ADA AT CETERA.
IS IT JUST MEANS THAT THIS I
MEAN THAT.
AND GIVE THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO
EDUCATION RIGHT WE WE FACE THEM
IN HEALTH CARE RECENTLY SINCE
PEOPLE COME UP WITH STRATEGIES
GOOD OR BAD TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT
A MAJOR RESORT OUT OF POVERTY.
RESOURCE WE DON'T OVER
UTILIZATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT
OF ESPECIALLY COMES PUBLIC FUNDS
HOW REMISS FISH SO SO. SO.
CLEARLY THE OPPONENT SIAD IT'D
BE PROPONENTS THEY'RE SUGGESTING
BUT I I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU
KNOW THAT PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE
SOMEONE I WANT. THAT HAVE WHITE
HOUSE SHOULD DID I MEAN I ASSUME
BECAUSE AS PART OF OUR PUBLIC
SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT'S WHAT YOU
ARE CARD SCHOOLS. WHAT WOULD YOU
SUGGEST
YOU DN'T LIKE THIS PROJECT GOT
IT BUT HOW WOULD YOU SUGGEST WE?
APPROACH THAT PROBLEM DEBT
MANAGEMENT PROBLEM.
WE CAN'T JUST HAVE ONE SEGMENT
OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM SO YOU
KNOW WE SHOULD HAVE NO LIMITS.
WHILE EVERYONE ELSE HAS TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.
BUT SO WHAT HOW DO HOW SHOULD
THAT WHAT'S A FAIR WAY TO HAVE
CHARTER SCHOOLS INVOLVED IN
HELPING US MANAGER OVER OUR
RESOURCES YOU ARE IT MUST MEAN
EVERY TIME I HEAR IT I AGREE YOU
ARE TO PUT ESSENTIAL A PORTENT
AND. SOMEONE TO ARGUE ESSENTIAL
PART OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
SO HOW AWARE HOW HOW HOW HOW
SHOULD WE MAKE THIS WORK.
GOTTEN DOT TO PANTS IT THE
BOTTOM ALREADY THE CURRENT LAW
DOES GIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS A LOT
OF DISCRETION IN THIS AREA IF
THE CHARTER SCHOOL CAN'T
DEMONSTRATE THAT IT HAS PARENTS
TO OUR INTERESTS AS A NOT AN
UNKNOWN AND AN ADVOCATE ADVOCATE
AT THE HOW OLD IT WILL THE.
CHARTER SCHOOLS HELP PARTICIPATE
IN IN UNLESS UNLESS YOU.
IT IS ENTIRELY UP TO THE SCHOOL
BOARD THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM THEN
WE HAVE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD THE
TOOLS TO DEAL ITS I'M LOOKING
AT.
I'M I'M LOOKING FOR SOME SOME
SUGGESTIONS FROM TO FIND APPEAR
THAT THERE'S CONSENSUS AMONGST
THE CHARTER PROPONENTS THAT WE
NEED A FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT
APPROACH TO AUTHORIZING WHERE
THE AUTHORIZING TO SEE
ENTERTAINING. OUT OF THE HANDS
OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND INTO
SPECIAL PURPOSE.
AGENCIES WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO
MAKE THOSE DECISIONS IN AN
UNBIASED FASHION.
RIGHT NOW SAYS IT IS A LOT OF
THINGS THAT YOU QUESTION OKAY
FINE YOU SAY YOU WANT TO TAKE
OUT THE SCHOOL THIS IS SHOULD
THEN WHATEVER AUTHORIZING INTO
TEARS AND WE CAN HAVE A SEPARATE
DEBATE ABOUT SCHOOL DISTRICTS
AND SO FORTH.
SHOULD THEY ALSO BUILD A FACTOR
IN THIS DEMOGRAPHIC RESOURCE IN
OBSERVATION BETSY WHEN THE FACT
IS THAT THEY SHOULD BUILD APPLY
AND TRYING TO DO AYE MARTIN AYE
RICE OR SHOULD BE LOOKING AT IS
THERE AND IT IS THEIR PARENT DE.
FOR THE PROGRAM TO SUPPORT THE
US BUT OVERALL RESOURCES.
PARDON OVERALL RESOURCES YOU
HAVE A DECLINING REVENUE STREAM
I MEAN THAT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE
TO DEAL WITH IT YOU KNOW WE HAVE
A TAX BASE AND IT ONLY GOES UP
CERTAIN SPEED SO WE HAVE TO
MANAGE WITHIN THAT.
SO HOW YOU KNOW WHEN PEOPLE
PEOPLE ARGUE WHETHER WE DO
SUCCESSFULLY OR NOT THAT SAY OUR
DEGREE WITH THAT OR NOT BUT. AT
WHAT POINT DO DOES WHAT WHERE
WHERE.
THAT THAT THE DECISION MAKING
POINT THE SOMEONE SAY YOU KNOW
I'D THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO
OPEN ANOTHER SCHOOL IN THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE WE JUST IT.
BY ALL IT DOES IS IS THAT AND
WE'RE JUST TAX
CREATING EXCESS CAPACITY.
IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WE HAVE.
DEL FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS AND.
ACTION MAYBE EVEN THOUGH
REGULAR SCHOOLS AND YOU KNOW AND
SEVEN MONTHS OPEN ANOTHER ONE IN
THAT AREA AND THEN THERE'S NOT
JUST THE MEN AND THEY'RE ALL OF
AND THE EXISTING ONES ARE ALL
UNDER SUBSCRIBED SO APPOINT
SOMEONE AS YOU KNOW I UNDERSTAND
I UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE I USED.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WERE IN
FIVE.
BEFORE CHARTER SCHOOLS CAME
ALONG SO THEY FACE THESE
PROBLEMS YES WITH OR WITHOUT
CHARTER SCHOOLS.
WE CAN HAVE A WHOLE NOTHER
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MANY LAWS
AND RESTRICTIONS THAT MAKE IT
VERY HARD IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE FOR
DISTRICTS TO RESPOND TO DECLINES
IN ENROLLMENT. WEATHER CAUSED BY
CHARTER SCHOOLS BASE CLOSURES OR
OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS IN
RIGHT NOW.
THE LAWS IN THIS BLUE BOOK THE
AD CODE MAKE IT VERY HARD FOR
SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DO THAT AND
IF WE WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION
ABOUT THAT IT'S A VERY
INTERESTING TOPIC BUT I
GUARANTEE YOU A LONG AND
COMPLICATED ONE.
OKAY.
SO.
SO LADIES SO I I THINK THEM SO
THAT THAT IS A PROBLEM.
THAT I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE
OUT.
I AGREE A SOLUTION FOR AND AND A
LOT OF PARENTS IN THIS RIGHT WHO
WELL HAVE BOTH KIDS BANDIT
CHARTER PUBLIC JOHNSON
TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND
EVERYBODY CARES ABOUT BOTH.
AND IT'S A SERIOUS ISSUE WE HAVE
A NUMBER OF DISTRICTS INCLUDING
SOME OF THE STATE'S BIGGEST
SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WHETHER
CHARTER SCHOOL EXIT EXIST OR
NOT.
ARE TEETERING ON FINANCIAL
INSOLVENCY.
BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE TIED THEIR
HANDS.
THEN YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH THAT
ISSUE OKAY WELL I I SO I I
THINK.
SO FOR SERVICES FIRST OF ALL.
I'M NOT HEARING ANY ANSWER
WHICH IT ON THE DISAPPOINTED
ABOUT ACTUALLY.
BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED YOU TO
BE PART OF THE SOLUTION AND I'M
THAT HEARING.
THAT WE HAD ALSO.
YOU KNOW I ACTUALLY OUSTS HERE
DO I ACTUALLY DO HAVE CONCERNS
ABOUT THE VAGARIES OF THE NEW
REQUIREMENTS.
SO IN THAT SENSE I DO AGREE WITH
YOU THAT YOU KNOW I THINK THAT
WE NEED TO HAVE MORE DEFINITION.
BY ACTUALLY PART OF MY REASON
I'M ASKING THE QUESTION IS ARE
HOPING THAT YOU COULD SUGGEST
SOME MORE DEFINITION IN A WAY TO
HELP US ADDRESS THAT PROBLEM.
BUT I'M NOT HEARING THAT.
SO YOU KNOW I I THINK THAT
THAT'S NO THERE'S STILL NO THE
BILL LIST THAT WE SEE AS MANY
STEPS TO GO BUT. I I THINK THAT
IS A FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE WE'VE IT
BECAUSE OF YOUR. BECAUSE WE
DON'T FIGURE THAT OUT.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
WE'RE WHO WE WERE WHEN WE HAVE
MAJOR PROBLEMS HEADED DOWN THE
LINE AND YOU MENTIONED LIKE IT'S
STATEWIDE WE HAVE DECLINING
ENROLMENT AGAIN TO CERTAIN
DEMOGRAPHICS WE HAVE CERTAIN
SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO HAVE TO FACE
THAT AS WELL. AND I THINK THAT
WE WANT TO GIVE PARENTS.
OPPORTUNITIES RIGHTS.
.
AND IN DOING THAT BLOCK PERTAINS
ONLY CREATED IF YOU YOU'RE
ACTUALLY DENY A PIECE WE HAVE
OVER CAPACITY BECAUSE WE HAVE
THE OF AN EFFICIENT USE OF
RESOURCES. AND DOES SO AND THAT
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU
KNOW WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT.
HOW WE DEAL WITH THAT TO HOW
THOSE DECISIONS GET FACTORED IN
AND WHAT'S A FAIR WAY TO FACTOR
THOSE ISSUES INTO MAKING
DECISIONS ABOUT?
DON'T SCHOOLS RIGHT SIZE OF
SCHOOLS OPENING SCHOOLS CLOSING
SCHOOLS ETCETERA AYE SO I MEAN
SO I THINK ON ONE LEVEL YOU KNOW
I THINK THERE'S THE ISSUE ABOUT
AND AGAIN. WHAT WEDO ABOUT HIM
BE SURE THAT SCHOOLS ARE STE
FISCALLY STABLE AND AND SO FORTH
THAT WE DON'T HAVE
S. B. A LITTLE THING IT'S HARD
TO BE SURE THAT? WE'VE HAVE
DECISION MAKING THAT ALLOWS US
TO MAKE EFFECTIVE USE OUR
RESOURCES WHILE STILLPROVIDING.
YOU OPTIONS WE WANT INNOVATION
THAT'S WHAT CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE
ABOUT RIGHT WE WANT TO HAVE
TREAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THIS
IS NOT ABOUT SAYING WE DON'T
CHARTER SCHOOLS THIS IS ABOUT
SAYING HOW DO WE BEST MAN TO
RESOURCES AND WITH THE FACT THAT
CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE. A
SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT IN PUBLIC
EDUCATION SO THAT MEANS TO GOD
WE PART OF THAT'S SOLUTION AS
WELL. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S AN
AND SO I HOPE THAT I'D LOVE TO
HEAR MORE SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS
FROM YOU ABOUT HOW WE FACTORED
THOSE THINGS IN AND MAKE. A
DECISION MAKING SO THAT WE CAN
ACTUALLY BETTER MANAGE. OUR
PUBLIC SCHOOL RESOURCES BY DRUM
BENDIS WITH A NATIONAL
PERSPECTIVE SIT THERE ARE OTHER
STATES I I WOULD JUST LIKE TO
CLARIFY THAT.
YOU KNOW WE ARE NOT ADVOCATING
THAT BECAUSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS BE
STRIPPED OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO
AUTHORIZE THERE ARE LOTS OF
SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND THE
COUNTRY AND HERE IN CALIFORNIA
THAT ARE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB
AS IT RELATES TO
SLOTH RISING.
AND IN TERMS OF OTHER STATES
THAT ARE ARE ARE DEALING WITH
SOME OF THESE ISSUES ARE WHEN I.
WHEN A CERTAIN AREA REACHES.
.
SATURATION POINT IF YOU WILL OF
CHARTER SCHOOLS AND THERE ARE
SOME PLACES WHERE.
IS THE THE AUTHOR RISER WORKS
TO CREATE.
PETITIONS THAT WOULD OUT.
LARGEST NEED IS.
AND INCENTIVIZE AYE AYES
CARTER'S BEING PLACED IN CERTAIN
COMMUNITIES FOR EXAMPLE OR I'D
AYE. TARGETING A CERTAIN
POPULATION THAT I HAS A SPECIFIC
NEED IN THAT AREA SO THERE ARE
OTHER PLACES THAT. ODD THAT THEY
ARE WORKING YOU KNOW OF.
THE COLLABORATIVE LEAD TO OUR
TRAIN FIGURE THAT OUT NEW
ORLEANS IS ONE THAT COMES TO
MIND IN THE ONE THAT I'M MOST
FAMILIAR WITH.
ALRIGHT WELL I THINK THAT SO
THAT'S THAT'S I SEE A PROBLEM
THAT.
NEEDS BETTER TO FEEL FIGURE OUT
SOLUTIONS IDEA THE OTHER ISSUE
RIGHT TO DO WHAT ALSO JUST
DUBBED RAMPS AND WHEN THINGS I
IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THIS
BILL.
I THINK THAT IN A TEAM UP BEFORE
UNDER DISCUSSION BUT I IS.
.
BUT DID I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NEW
AUTHORIZATIONS AND RE
AUTHORIZATIONS.
I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WITH THAT.
I RENEWALS RIGHT AND SO I MEAN I
THINK THAT YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT WE DON'T WANT KIDS
BEING YANKED OUT OF SCHOOL
BECAUSE THE SCHOOL WILL BE A
FISCALLY CLOSE WHERE ELSE Y..
THAT KIDS THREE YANKED OUT
SCHOOL BECAUSE
GOOD DEAL AT A A DECISION WAS
MADE BY THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT
MIGHT NOT. THAT BAD THEN PUT
HELL ON AN EXISTING SCHOOL SO
AGAIN THAT'S GOOD OF YOU SEE
THEIR STUDIO.
IT.
AUTHORED YOU IN TERMS OF
OVERSIGHT AND SO FORTH THAT ADDS
AND WE NEED TO HAVE THAT THE
FUNCTIONS NEED TO PERFORMED AND
THAT SCHOOLS NEED TO HELP TO
THOSE HIGH STANDARDS BUT. I
THINK THAT THAT THE BY US THE
THINGS THAT I KNOW I'D BE A LOT
MORE TIGHT ABOUT. A SCHOOL
THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE
ABOUT BEING SURE THAT.
WE'RE NOT JUST YANKING HER THE
CHARTER FROM THEM AND THAT
THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO
WORK WITH THE SCHOOL TO ALLOW
LIST AFTER ALL OF THE PARENTS
ARE GOING TO SEND YOU TO KIDS AT
SCHOOL.
BAY YOU KNOW THEY BUDGET MUST
FIND SOMETHING ABOUT THE SCHOOL
THEY LIKE CELL AND WE SHOULD BE
YOU AND SO WORKING WITH THAT
WORKING WITH THAT SCHOOL TO TO
BE SURE THAT. THAT THEIR
SUCCESSFUL SO.
SO I HOPE WE MET MULLIN
DISTINGUISH A LITTLE THERE
BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S
I MEAN.
THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY THE SAME
SITUATION. I KEEP.
WELL I I HAVE SAVED CENTER I
THINK YOU HIT. A LOT OF MAIL SUB
HEAD TERMS OF WHY.
I'M.
OPENED HIS TO SO MUCH OF THIS
BILL WITH. YOU KNOW WITH THE
AMENDMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN TAKEN
THE I THINK. THE YOU KNOW THOSE
OF US WHO SERVE ON THE SCHOOL
BOARD.
I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO
MANAGE A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A
TIME OF FLUCTUATING ENROLLMENT
DECLINING ENROLMENT. WITH ALL
THE BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS AND
AND IS JUST INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT
AND AND I'M.
YOU KNOW I THINK YOU RAISE A LOT
OF PRECAUTIONS AND I AGREE WE
DIDN'T GET ANY GOOD ANSWERS
I'VE.
NOW I'M VERY INTRIGUED BY THE
ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY
OUR AND FRIEND FROM THE NATIONAL
LEVEL AND ABOUT YOU KNOW THE.
WAYS THAT WE CAN TRY TO
INCORPORATE MORE.
LANGUAGE THAT REALLY DOES FOCUS
ON JUDGMENT AND OCUS ON STUDENT
OUTCOMES AND STOOD OUTCOMES RATE
LARGE AND WE HAVE TO NOT JUST
TAKING ACCOUNT.
AND THE KIDS IN ONE PARTICULAR
SCHOOL BUT THE KIDS AT ALL THE
SCHOOLS.
I'M.
THAT'S IMPORTANT I THINK WE CAN
ALL AGREE ARM I I'D I DO AGREE
THAT IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO FIGURE
OUT A WAY TO GET PEOPLE IN THE
DECISION MAKING POSITIONS THAT
ARE GOING TO TRULY BE.
INDEPENDENT AYE AYE THEM THAT'S
ULTIMATELY WHAT'S HARD HERE
RIGHT BECAUSE. YOU KNOW THE INTO
THE PUT THE PROCESS DOES GET
POLITICAL I MEAN OF THAT THE
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS GET
POLITICAL.
I'M PART OF PART OF WHY I FEEL
COMFORTABLE WITH THE BILL'S
BECAUSE.
ARE WE IT A LOT THIS DISCUSSION
TO SOME EXTENT FOR ME. COMES OUT
OF THE DISCUSSION WE HAD LAST
YEAR WITH S. B. EIGHT OH EIGHT
THAT WAS SPONSORED BY THE SAME
FOLKS WHO ARE SPONSORING THIS
BILL. BUT THAT I VERY MUCH
OPPOSED. BECAUSE.
YOU KNOW IT TOOK AWAY THE
AUTHORIZING POWER.
OF CHARTER SCHOOLS.
AT THE COUNTY AND STATE LEVELS.
MY THOUGHT HERE IS WE GIVE MORE
DISCRETION TO EVERY DECISION
MAKER ALONG THE WAY.
AND YEAH THINGS GET TOO CRAZY TO
POLITICIZE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD
LEVEL BECAUSE OF THE POLITICS
AND AND YOU KNOW THERE WILL BE
OTHER WAYS FOR A CHARTER TO BE
AUTHORIZED IF IT'S A GOOD
APPLICATION OF IT'S REALLY GONNA
MAKE A DIFFERENCE. FOR THE KIDS
THE COMMUTER IT'S WELL THOUGHT
THROUGH IN IT IN IT AND IT
REALLY IS DRIVEN BY STEAM NOW
COMES. FIND THINGS GET TO
POLITICIZE THE LOCAL LEVEL WE
CAN THEN GET AUTHORIZES THE
COUNTY OR THE STATE LEVEL THAT
IS THAT THOSE THOSE VEHICLES ARE
STILL PRESERVED. BECAUSE S. B.
EIGHT AWAY DID NOT MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO I'M.
YEAHTHAT'S WHY I I THINK DIDN'T
I THINK THE SENATOR WITH THE
MEMONS TAKEN IS IS IS IS FOUND
AT A A DECENT APPROACH NOW I'M.
SUPER INTERESTED IN THE LANGUAGE
THAT YOU CAN OFFER IF THERE IF
THERE WAYS THAT WE CAN PUT
LANGUAGE INTO LA TO REALLY HELP
TO FOCUS THE CONVERSATION ON
STUDENT OUTCOMES.
THEN I'M ALL EARS.
AND.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S
ULTIMATELY WHAT THIS HAS TO BE
ABOUT.
I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD JUST BE
ABOUT FISCAL CONCERNS THE FISCAL
CONCERNS. ARE PART OF THE MIX
YOU CAN'T IGNORE THEM WHEN
YOU'RE TRYING TO RUN A
MULTIMILLION DOLLAR OPERATION
THAT THAT IS COMPLICATED I I SAY
THIS HAVING SERVED ON THE SCHOOL
BOARD. AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF
THIS WELL BUT BUT THEY CAN'T BE
THE ONLY FACTOR ULTIMATELY THAT
THIS THIS WHOLE DECISION HOUSE
TO BE DRIVEN BY STU NOW BECAUSE
I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE.
AND SO MY THOUGHT IS IF THERE'S
A WAY THAT WE CAN AND YOU KNOW.
ADDRESS.
THAT CORE ISSUE THAT YOU RAISE
IN THE REPORT I'M I'M INTRIGUED
BY BY SO MANY THINGS YOU RAISE
YOUR. UP BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY
BE COMFORTABLE MOVING THE BILL
FORWARD. I'M BUT I THINK YOU
KNOW BUILT EMILY DEPENDS ON
WHERE THE COMMITTEE IS IN AND
DONE.
YOU KNOW.
WHERE WHERE FOLKS ARE BUT I'M
BUT CERTAINLY ANDERSON HEARING
FROM OTHERS AND YOU KNOW IF IF
IT TAKES?
WORKING WITH YOU FOR ANOTHER
WEEK YOU HAD TO SEE WHAT WE CAN
DO ON SOME LANGUAGE I'M I'M
HOPING I HAPPY TO DO THAT AS
WELL.
IN.
BUT MR VICE CHAIR IF YOU HAVE
SOME COMMENTS I'M CERTAINLY HERE
MISTER CHAIR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH I'M SURE THIS
WILL BE A QUESTION HERE AT SOME
POINT.
VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION WHICH I
REALLY APPRECIATED PRE
SHE.
THE PAT THE.
AND.
OF OUR GOOD SENATOR.
FROM
SAN JOSE AREA.
I'M JUST LOOK WE ALL KNOW THAT
THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THIS
PROCESS I MEAN WE ALL CONCUR ON
AND I JUST LOOK AT THIS BILL I
JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE IT IT HE
GETS IS HERE.
I APPRECIATE OTHER.
THE AUTHOR TAKEN THE COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENTS IN TERMS OF CHILDREN
DISABILITY QUOTA TO ME THAT'S
JUST CHECKING THE BOX.
AND I JUST FEEL LIKE TO THIS IS
LIKE TOO MUCH YOU KNOW CHECKING
A BOX WE TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS
BEING POLITICAL.
I IT IT UNFORTUNATELY IT IS HERE
IN THE LANGUAGES.
BOB A IT YOU CAN MAKE A DECISION
BASED UPON WHAT'S IN THE BEST
INTEREST THE PEOPLE.
THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT
IS INCREDIBLY VAGUE AND DAHLE
AYE YOU I WOULD HAVE DISTRICTS
IN IN MY. IN MY DISTRICT THAT
WOULD.
NOT APPROVE ANY CHARTER SCHOOL
BASED UPON YOU KNOW LANGUAGE
LIKE THAT AND WE A LOT OF TALK
ABOUT LOCAL CONTROL WHICH I
DON'T HEAR LINED UP TO
SACRAMENTO. BUT THE MOST THAT
THE BEST LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IS
THE FAMILY AND SO THE THE MOM
THAT SHARED WITH US.
HER STORY ABOUT HER TWO KIDS AND
THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE THE POWER
TO DETERMINE WHERE THEY GO NOT
ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD TO SHE CAN
EVEN VOTE SHE'S DISENFRANCHISED
IN THAT RESPECT.
I I THINK THAT'S THAT WAS THAT
WAS POWERFUL TO ME. I JUST THINK
IF YOU HAVE A MAJOR PIECE OF
LEGISLATION LAW THAT HAS NOT
BEEN SIGNIFICANT YOU.
SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED SINCE
NINETEEN NINETY TWO I'M JUST
TROUBLED BY TRYING TO MOVE THIS
IN THE SECOND YEAR OF A TWO YEAR
SESSION.
IBM PLEDGED YOU KNOW TO WORK
WITH THE AUTHOR WITH THE CHAIR
WITH IT YOU KNOW ALL THE
STAKEHOLDERS TO GET TO SOMETHING
THAT THAT WORKS FOR ALL PUPILS I
JUST DON'T THINK THIS DOES AND I
WOULD HATE TO SEE JUST MOVE IT
ON. JUST TO BE YOU KNOW IS A
SENATORIAL COURTESY BECAUSE I
THINK WE'RE LONG WAYS AWAY BUT I
AM CONFIDENT SOME POINT WE CAN
GET THERE.
IT CERTAINLY WOULD BE CENTER A
COURTESY ON MY. PART I DIDN'T
BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF
OF REALLY POOR THINGS IN HERE
I'M I WOULD JUST MY OWN
RESPONSES.
YOU KNOW IT'S ABOUT DISCRETION
AND WE STILL WOULD. IT WOULD WE
WE INTENT WE EMPOWER LOCAL SPOKE
SCHOOL BOARDS WITH ALL SORTS OF
DISCRETION TO RUN ENORMOUS
BUDGET TO RUN CURRICULUM.
YOU KNOW WE WOULD STILL BE
PRESERVING THE AUTHORIZATION AT
OTHER LEVELS HAD I DO HAVE A
QUESTION.
WHAT WHAT STATES SHOULD WE BE
LOOKING OUT FOR ANOTHER IS ATION
MODEL THAT YOU THINK WOULD WORK
FOR A STATE IS COMPLICATED
CALIFORNIA?
SO FAR I AM I WOULD ACTUALLY
ENCOURAGE.
THAT CALIFORNIA AND TO NOT JUST
LOOK AT CERTAIN STATES I CAN
ONLY IN THOSE IN A SECOND. ON
BUT ALSO TO LOOK AT ARE THE
MODEL LAW. AND LANGUAGE THAT IS
AVAILABLE VIA THE.
GUYS WELL.
SO WE HAVE.
PACIFIC STATUTORY LANGUAGE
AROUND ON ALL TYPES OF CHARTER
AND AUTHORIZING ISSUES.
THAT.
ADDRESSES A LOT OF THE CONCERNS
THAT WE HAVE RELATED TO
CALIFORNIA SOME OF WHICH
ACTUALLY REFLECTS WHAT ODD AS
SENATOR BILL INTRODUCES WERE
ALSO THERE THERE ARE COMPONENTS
OF.
I OF THAT.
IN TERMS OF STATES.
SOME OF THE MOST ABOUT RECENT
STATES THAT HAVE AUTHORIZED
CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE I TAKEN
BACK MODEL LANGUAGE AND SORT OF
ADOPTED IT AS THEIR OWN.
I IN A STATE LIKE CALIFORNIA
WERE CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN
AROUND FOR TWENTY FIVE YEARS I
DON'T KNOW THAT.
DROPPING THAT MODELING WHICH
DIRECTLY INTO YOUR LW WOULD I
WOULD WORK BUT I THINK THAT YOU
COULD LOOK AT PLACES LIKE
COLORADO YOU COULD LOOK AT
PLACES LIKE MINNESOTA. I YOU
COULD LOOK IT PLEASES EVEN LIKE
OHIO IN TERMS OF AUTHORIZED OR
ACCOUNTABILITY IN TERMS.
S. FRAMEWORKS ATEN TO SEE ARE I
THINK LANGUAGE THAT COULD BE
HAN.
THE WORKS TO WORK IN CALIFORNIA
AROUND THAT.
I'M CONSERVATIVE QUESTION.
OKAY.
I'M SENATE PAN.
BUT IT'S NO THANK YOU.
THEM I'M VERY EXCITED TO HEAR
MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES.
SETTING UP FOR THE RIGHTS OF
UNDOCUMENTED AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH YOU. FURTHER AND
THAT THAT'S GREAT.
IT'S A IF ONLY YOUR COLLEAGUES
IN WASHINGTON FELT THE SAME THE
SENATE PAN.
THANK YOU.
AND I AND I APPRECIATE WERE
TRILLION TRYING TRYING TO TACKLE
PROBLEMS AND DISCUSSION WE HAVE
HERE.
SO.
THE I ADMIT I'M I AM CONCERNED
ABOUT THE VAGUENESS OF THE. SO I
EIGHT ANDERSON WE TRYING TO KIND
OF GET AT IT BUT I DO FEEL THAT
THAT'S VAGUE AND.
SO I'M A BY US I THINK THAT WE
NEED TO GIVE OUT TEAM TO
CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT SO I
THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE I'D
LIKE TO SEE.
THING
IN THE FUTURE DEBTS BETTER
DEFINED. IN TERMS OF FOR A STATE
BEST INTERESTS US I THINK
TERRORISM AYE AYE AYE.
TO THE TOP
JUST LIKE EIGHT WE NEED
TO HAVE.
SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW WHAT. WE
HAVE PROBLEMS IF FIGURE OUT SAW
AND I THINK THAT I HOPE THAT
THERE'S MORE.
.
THINK ALL THE PARTIES NEED TO
COME UP WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR
SOLUTIONS.
APPETIZER FEEL LIKE WE WERE
OFTEN.
STANDOFFS GOING ON
BUT.
SO I I IT SO I GUESS AT MY
QUESTION FOR THE AUTHOR IS IS
THAT THE IS THAT SOMETHING THAT
YOU THINK WE'LL. BE ABLE TO WORK
ON ASSIST THE BILL MOVES FORWARD
SIMEON PASSES HERE WELL.
.
HERE'S HERE'S MY HERE'S MY PAN
AYE I USED I WORKED ON THESE
AMENDMENTS AND PART OF THE
AMENDMENTS WERE.
* SOME WORK WITH THE CHAIR
AND NOT STAFF BUT ALSO.
HEARING SOME CONCERNS FROM
COMMUNITY PEOPLE. IN MY DISTRICT
ABOUT THOSE PARTICULAR ISSUES SO
WHAT.
YOU HEARD THE ISSUE ABOUT
SPECIAL A.
GUYS KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT.
AYE I THINK THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS
CRAZY.
IT'S TERRIBLE IT'S DEMEANING TO
THE PARENTS.
IT'S.
WE DON'T FUNDED ADEQUATELY WE
GIVE EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT THE
SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR EACH
KID REGARDLESS OF THE. SPECIAL
NEEDS OF THE CHILD THAT'S
RIDICULOUS.
THOSE KIDS SHOULD HAVE.
EXTRA HELP.
BUT THAT'S WHAT PARENTS WORKING
ON YEAH AND THAT'S WHAT PATRICK
MAGNUSON REMEMBER MCDONALD'S.
THAT AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S
KIND OF.
AND THEN AND THEN THE WHOLE
ISSUE DISPARITIES ABOUT HOW WE
HAVE UNEQUAL.
KIND OF TREATMENT IN CERTAIN
AREAS OF CARS. AND OUR
COMMUNITIES.
LOT OF IT'S BASED ON ECONOMIC.
RACIAL.
FX.
.
SPIRITED XIN OTHERS.
PARENTS SOMEPARENTS DON'T GET
THE SAME LEVEL SERVICES OTHER
PARENTS THAT'S NOT RIGHT AND
SLICK.
THAT'S WHY PARENTS
WE HEARD A LOT OF THEM HAD
SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS LIKE LIKE
LIKE ME.
I'M OF.
MY MY CHILDREN ARE MY STEP SHOWN
ARE IN SCHOOL. YOU KNOW I WENT
THROUGH THE SPECIAL ED PROCESS
SORT.
PRETTY FROM OUR WITHOUT.
AND.
I THINK DID DO A.
I'M COMMITTED TO CHANGING IN AND
HELPING YOU TO THE COMMITTEE TO
WORK ON SPECIAL EDUCATION
BECAUSE WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT IT IT'S JUST NOT.
IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT THE WAY WE
TREAT THOSE KIDS.
PROBLEM AND YOU'RE HERE ONE OF
THE CHAMPIONS ALL YOU'RE
CHAMPION SO THAT. SO THAT'S WHY
I REMOVED THE THE ISSUE OUT OF
THIS BILL SO THAT WE CAN.
HOPEFULLY BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT
SOME PEOPLE TALK TO ME ABOUT IT.
OR THE LAST WEEK.
THE AREA I THINK IS REALLY
IMPORTANT MISTER CHAIRMAN WELL.
IS THAT.
MORE INFORMATION MAKES BETTER
DECISIONS OKAY LEADERS ON OUT SO
IF YOU HAVE MORE FISCAL
INFORMATION. AND MORE
INFORMATION.
ON THE FISCAL HEALTH OF THE
CHARTER SCHOOL YOU HAVE MORE
INFORMATION ON UPON THE IMPACT
OF OR THE FISCAL HEALTH OF THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THE SITUATION UP.
SUPERINTENDENTS FACING THE
LAYING OFF EMPLOYEES ALL THOSE
KINDS OF THINGS. ARE RELEVANT TO
DISCUSS.
IN A PROCESS TO PROVE OR RENEW
THESE CHARTER SCHOOLS.
AND I CAN'T I I CAN'T EMPHASIZE
THIS MORE WE CAN'T JUST DEVOLVE
INTO. EVERY TIME WE HAVE A
DEBATE ABOUT THIS SUBJECT.
TO HAVE.
GROUP ONE GROUP SAY.
WELL.
THEY'RE TRYING TO CLOSE OUR
SCHOOL DOWN LET'S GO DOWN TO THE
MEETING AND FIGHT THAT.
AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR TRYING
TO CLOSER SCHOOL DOWN.
WITHOUT REALLY SITTING BACK AND
DISCUSSING.
THE SUBJECT. SO I KIND OF RESENT
THAT OUT BUT I. AM I'M.
I'M A BIG GUY I CAN YOU KNOW.
A GOOD DEAL THAT OBVIOUSLY. BUT
I KNOW THAT'S THAT'S WHAT
HAPPENED.
THEY'RE AROUND TELL INTELLIGENT
BILLS TRYING TO CLOSE OUR
SCHOOLS.
WHAT WOULD A RIDICULOUS THING I
WOULD THAT WOULD SAY?
I'M NEVER GONNA CLOSE SCHOOLS
OBSERVE IF THEY'RE GOOD SCHOOLS
ARE STILL.
RIGHT.
I MEAN SO SO I THINK WHEN PEOPLE
SAY THAT THAT JUST POLLUTE
THAT'S CREATES A POLITICIZATION
OF THIS LEGISLATION.
AND IT'S AN APPROPRIATE.
IT'S AN APPROPRIATE FROM AN
ETHICAL STANDPOINT TO DO THAT.
OKAY BY FUNCTION AN UNETHICAL
MANNER.
SO WHEN PEOPLE DO THAT KIND OF
THING. YOU CAN SEE THE KIND OF
PROBLEMS THE CHARTER. LAW
CURRENTLY HAS.
WITH THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT.
THAT WE DEAL WITH EVERY TIME
THERE'S A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT
POLLS SAYING. BANG IS REPEATED
OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
SO WE NEED TO CHANGE THE LAW
TWENTY SIX YEARS.
WEEK WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE PRO
UPPER.
STUDENT EVALUATION PROCESS IN
THE CURRENT LAW.
THE DASHBOARD IS NOT INCLUDED IN
THERE.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON
THAT THE VALUATION OF THE
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IS NOT.
PROPERLY WRITTEN IN THE LAW THE
LEGISLATION.
SO I'M TRYING TO UPDATE AND AND
CURRY.
THE MORE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE
FAIR.
MEANINGFUL PROCESS IS FAIR TO
THE COMMUNITY FOR TO THE
PARENTS.
AND
MISTER CHAIRMAN I'D BE HAPPY TO
SPEND MORE TIME WITH YOU AND.
THOSE DIFFERENT SIDES.
BUT I TELL YOU THOSE.
IT'S GOTTA CHANGE BECAUSE IT
DOESN'T WORK RIGHT NOW.
IT DOESN'T WORK AND YOU KNOW IT
DOESN'T WORK YOU KNOW YOU KNOW
THIS IS NOT WORKING YEAH SO WE
NEED TO CHANGE IT AND.
YOU CAN'T JUST SIT ON THE SIDE
AND THROW THROW MUD AT.
OKAY SO A SO THAT DOESN'T WORK.
AND IT'S NOT GOING TO WEAR
ADORNMENTS.
TO ME BECAUSE THAT JUST MAKES
ME.
WANNA PUSH HARDER AS YOU KNOW.
THAT DOESN'T WORK A GYM DEL.
RIGHT.
WELL JIM VIEW I SERVED AS A JIM
SEAT MATE FOR FOR TWO YEARS AND
I KNOW THAT TO BE THE CASE SO.
RIGHT SO I'M AS SUGGESTION BUT
SURLY CENTER PAN IF YOU SAW T
ON THE SHOW ACTUALLY GOT ANSWER
TO I WOULD WORK WITH HIM AND
I'LL TELL AN OLDER THE HARDYS
TOGETHER. BUT IT WILL I THINK
DOWN. RIGHT THAT GO TO TAKE A
LOOK AT THE DEFINITION IDEA TO
DO THAT KIND OF.
OPEN ENDED I I WOULD LIKE SEE
MORE SPECIFICITY AS TO HOW
THAT'S JUDGED YEAH LIKE
EVERYBODY'S INPUT ABOUT
SPECIFICS ABOUT WHAT CONCERNS
THE HEAD OF THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
IF HE COULD SPOT. I WILL HERE'S
THE THING CENTER I'M SO I HAVE
BEEN AND I'VE. MADE OF
MONITORING THE.
THAT THE VIEWS OF THE COMMITTEE.
ON THIS BILL AB OVER THE.
YOU KNOW OF COURSE THAT THE
MORNING.
AND REALLY I THINK I'VE I'VE
I'VE EXPRESS WHERE I AM.
BUT BUT REALLY NOT PRESSURING
ANYBODY IT'S MY SENSE.
THAT I.
SO SO WHAT I WOULD I WOULD
PREFER TO DO IN AND I'M HAPPY TO
TO TO DO WELL A NUMBER OF THINGS
WE CAN JUST TAKE IT UP OR DOWN
VOTE OR WE CAN. I OR WE CAN DO
THE FOLLOWING WHICH IS TO.
I TO TO SPEND SOMETIME WITH THIS
MODEL LAW AND AND THE FOLKS FROM
MAX A.
TO SEE IF SOME OF THIS LANGUAGE
CAN BE.
FURTHER. I HONED ALONG THE LINES
OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED.
AND AND SEE IF WE CAN GET TO A
PLACE WHERE WE CAN HAVE AN UP OR
DOWN VOTE NEXT WEEK ON
WEDNESDAY.
BASED ON THAT NEGOTIATION AND
BASED ON THAT WORK. PALM SO THAT
IS WHERE THAT'S WHERE I AM NOW
IT THAT BEING SAID. IF CERTAINLY
IF THE CHAIR WANTS TO HAVE A BIT
OF UP AS ARTHUR AUTHOR WAS AT A
BROUGH RIGHT NOW I'M I'M FINE
WITH THAT. AND IN IF BUT ALSO IF
THE MEMBERS IF WE ULTIMATELY
DON'T HAVE THE VOTES HERE. AND
AND AND AND AND AND AND THE
OTHER FOLKS WHO ARE. LIKELY TO
VOTE NO.
I. FEEL AS THOUGH THERE'S
ABSOLUTE NO WAY WE CAN WE CAN
GET THERE GIVEN THAT THE GENERAL
PARAMETERS OF THE DISCUSSION.
I'M. YOU KNOW I'M.
DON'T WASTE ANYBODY'S TIME.
BUT THAT'S BUT MY MY.
MY PREFERENCE.
MY PREFERENCE IS THAT WE GET
ANOTHER WEEK TO SEE IF WE CAN.
REALLY ZERO IN ON THE PHONE ON
ON THE SURFACE COULD COME BEFORE
US FROM NAXOS WHICH ADDRESSES
THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN JUST
IN DIALOGUE BETWEEN CENTER PANTS
IN ABOUT.
THANK YOU.
OKAY SO.
WITH THAT.
I. WILL WOULD GIVE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY MAKE A COUPLE MORE
COMMENTS SENATOR AND DONE.
I THINK I DON'T I DON'T INTO CAN
CORRECTLY GIPSON INVITE AT W. TO
ASK QUESTIONS. NOW EITHER YEAH
ALRIGHT UP HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING
WITH THEM ALREADY. YEAH YEAH DID
WITH BIN LADEN CONVERSATIONS
COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND SO I
FIGURED YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR
COMMUNITY AND YOU TALKED ABOUT
THE MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN DO
YES MAKE THINGS ALWAYS BETTER
AND I BELIEVE YOU WHEN YOU SAY
THAT. ESTATE WERE YOU WORKING
WITH THE OPPOSITION
YES I.
DID WE HAVE A MEETING.
THE RICH ARE I MEAN CONNECT.
I I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE OTHER
FOLKS ON THE TABLE BUT I I WAS
NOT INVOLVED IN A MEETING.
WE WERE NOT INVOLVED.
NORMAL YOU WEREN'T THERE.
SO SOME PEOPLE CAME TO MY
OFFICE.
TOM BUT I'M. I'M BUT THOUGHT IF
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD IN
BUT IF WE WERE ALL TALKING
BEFORE THIS I'M GONNA HAVE A
HARD TIME SUPPORTING. ANYTHING
GOES THROUGH HERE WHEN WE WERE
TALKING WITH THE OPPOSITION THE
DIDN'T DUCK TUCK YOUR COMPUTER
CURE COMMUNITY. I'M. THIS IS
JUST GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT
ONE.
SHOULD JUST VERY BRIEFLY. AT
PEOPLE COME IN MY OFFICE SORRY
DOWN HIGH I'M JUST ASK SORRY I
KNOW THIS IS AWKWARD CALLING
TENTATIVELY TO YOU COME OVER
HERE PROCESS WE ARE GOING TO
GET.
OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR IN A FOR THE
ABILITY.
I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY PLAYS
OKAY.
SO THE SITUATION WE HAVE A AS
GINA PLATES AT AND OTHERS.
DURING OPPOSITION TESTIMONY
WE BELIEVE THE SENATOR IS
APPROACHING THIS BILL WITH THE
BEST OF INTENTIONS. THE PROBLEM
IS THAT WE HAVE IN NO WAY PLEASE
INTRODUCE YOURSELF HEARTLESS ARC
AS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FOR THE
WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED.
ALONG THE WAY.
UNTIL VERY RECENTLY WE FINALLY
HAD A MEETING WITH THE SENATOR
YESTERDAY.
HAVE A GOOD CONVERSATION.
BUT ULTIMATELY FELT STILL LIKE
WE WE HAD TO OPPOSE TYPE
LEGISLATION EVEN WITH THE
AMENDMENTS.
HE DID MEET WITH OUR. OUR FOLKS
ARE SCHOOL LEADERS IN HIS
DISTRICT IN IT AND THEY HAD A
PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION BUT
ULTIMATELY HASN'T YIELDED ANY
MEANINGFUL.
CHANGES IN THAT IN THE
DISCRETIONARY PIECE IN THE BILL.
AND I THINK THERE IS REALLY A
DEFICIT OF TRUST BETWEEN US AND
THE SPONSORS OF THIS BILL. AND I
THINK THAT'S WHY WE BELIEVE THAT
THERE IS NO DELAYING THIS BILL
IS THE WRONG VEHICLE WITH THE
WRONG SPONSORS.
AND THAT'S WHY WE DON'T SEE MANY
WISDOM AND WASTING.
IT'S TIME.
DELAYING THE VOTE ONE MORE WEEK
BECAUSE
WE ABSOLUTELY DON'T BELIEVE THAT
WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO FIX THIS
BILL WITH ANY MEANINGFUL TRUST.
FOR TO MOVE FORWARD IN
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IN THIS
VEHICLE SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT
RIGHT NOW RESPECTFULLY NOT
CHAIR.
GRAHAM APPRECIATE THAT
PERSPECTIVE.
I AM OKAY.
SO I I I GUESS IF IF I SO I WILL
CERTAINLY IF THERE IS THE PAN.
IF THERE INVESTORS STRONG
OPPOSITION FROM THE COMMITTEE I
I I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD
ON A DELAYED BECAUSE I THAT'S MY
BEST SENSE OF WHERE THE
COMMITTEE IS.
I'M BUT I I RESPECT YOUR
POSITION I YOU KNOW WE HAD A
SIMILAR SITUATION JUST LAST WEEK
WITH THE GLAZER BOW THAT YOU'RE
SUPPORTING.
SO.
YOU KNOW SOMETIMES THAT PROCESS
IS MESSY AND I AM. SO MY MY IT
IS MY SENSE THAT WE OUGHT TO SEE
WHAT WE CAN'T WORK OUT.
WITH SOME OF YOUR WITNESSES.
.
AND WITH THAT I I'D LIKE TO DO
THAT BEEN AND LESSER STRONG
OPPOSITION FROM I DO THANK YOU
MEMBERS.
OKAY.
ALRIGHT THANK YOU EVERYBODY. WE
DO APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION
A GREAT DEAL EVERYBODY WAS
LISTENED TO AND HEARD.
THIS IS INTENSE THIS IS A
PROMOTIONAL IT'S IMPORTANT AND
WE PROCEEDED ONCE PARTICIPATION.
SO WE'RE GONNA.
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM AND WE
DO APPRECIATE RUN.
ALRIGHT.
SO TO BE CONTINUES.
ALRIGHT LET'S NOW MOVE ON TO
ANOTHER. YOU KNOW WITH THE SOME
OF THE SAME PLAYERS WILL STILL
BE INVOLVED IN THIS THE NEXT
BILL.
I WAS TOLD THE STUDENTS LAST
NIGHT IT LOOKS BAD CASE
COMMITTEE IS OFTEN THAT. OF OF
PASSING A BATTLEGROUND BETWEEN
SOME OF THE SAME FOLKS. WE'RE
GONNA HEAR FROM CENTER GLAZER
WITH SP TWELVE SIXTEEN RELATING
TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.
SENATOR YOU'RE WELCOME TO THE
DYESS.
THIS IS ITEM NUMBER TWO AND YOUR
AGENDAS MEMBERS.
THE OTHER A NON CONTROVERSIAL
BILL.
CHAIRMAN THANK YOU FOR HAVING US
HERE ISSUE IT TODAY.
PUT FOLKS COULD MAKE THEIR WAY
OUT QUIETLY IF YOU BUT BY THE
WAY A LOT OF THE SAME FOLKS A
PROBLEM HERE THIS DISCUSSION TO.
ALRIGHT. HE'D LET ME KNOW WHEN
YOU'RE READY TO GO WE'RE READY
TO GO.
CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS I THIS
BILL ATTEMPTS TO CLARIFY STATE
LAW.
IT APPLIES NEW STANDARDS TO
ENSURE THE CHARTER SCHOOL BOARD
MEETING
AS OUR OPENS.
AND THE RECORDS ARE ACCESSIBLE
TO THE PUBLIC.
CURRENT LAW IS UNCLEAR ABOUT
WHETHER THE STATE'S OPEN MEETING
LAWS AND PUBLIC RECORD ACT APPLY
TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.
THE ORIGINAL LAW THAT CREATED
CHARTER SCHOOLS EXEMPTED THEM
FROM OTHER STATE LAWS AND
REGULATIONS.
EXCEPT WHERE SPECIFICALLY NOTED.
AT LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL HAS A
PINE THAT THESE LAWS DO APPLY.
BUT NO STATUE
SAYS THAT THEY DO. THIS IS LEAD
TO CONFUSION MANY CHARTER
SCHOOLS APPLY THESE LAWS
VOLUNTARILY.
SOME DO NOT.
AND ALL ARE LEFT WONDERING WHAT
RULES.
REALLY GOVERN THEIR PRACTICE.
THIS BILL WOULD AND THAT
CONFUSION.
UNDER THIS BILL ALL CHARTER
SCHOOL RECORDS WILL BE OPEN TO
INSPECTION UNDER THE CALIFORNIA
PUBLIC RECORDS ACT.
MISTER CHAIRMAN I.
WHEN I ACCEPTED AUTHORS
AMENDMENT.
THAT ALLOW CHARTERS ON INDIAN
LAND.
TO HAVE THEIR RECORDS AVAILABLE
AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICE
THAT CHARTER THAT SCHOOL AND
THAT'S NOT IN THE.
ANALYSIS HER IN THE EYE
RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS FROM FROM
YOUR STAFF BUT I WANTED NOTE
THAT.
THAT THAT IS A CHANGE THAT I'M
SUPPORTIVE OF DOING IS THE BILL
MOVES FORWARD.
ALL CHARTERS A SCHOOL GOVERNING
BOARD MEETINGS WILL BE SUBJECT
TO THE STATE OPEN MEETINGS LAW
THAT RALPH M. BROWN ACT IN THE
BAGLEY KEENE ACT.
IN ADDITION TO THIS BILL WOULD
EXPAND THE OPEN MEETING
OBLIGATION.
BY REQUIRING CHARTER SCHOOL
NETWORKS THAT HAVE SCHOOLS IN
MORE THAN ONE DISTRICT.
THE TELECONFERENCE THAT THAT
MEETING.
AND EVERY STE DISTRICT IN WHICH
THEY RUN A SCHOOL.
THAT'S A REQUIREMENT OVER AND
ABOVE THEA THE BROWN ACT.
IT'S BILL ALSO APPLIES NEW OPEN
MEETING REQUIREMENTS TO BOARD
THAT RUN A CHARTER SCHOOL BUT
ALSO HAD BUSINESS ON RELATED TO
THE OPERATION THE SCHOOL.
IN THIS CASE IS ANY MEDIUM WHICH
CHARTER SCHOOL BUSINESSES
DISCUSSED.
WOULD HAVE TO BE FULLYNOTICED
AND PUBLIC. UNDER THE OPEN
MEETING LAWS.
AT LAST YEAR THIS COMMITTEE
APPROVE MY SP EIGHT OR SIX THAT
SOUGHT TO ADD THESE TRANSPARENCY
REQUIREMENTS TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.
WHILE ALSO ADDRESSING THE MUCH
MORE COMPLEX ISSUE OF CONFLICT
OF INTEREST.
I'M CHARTER SCHOOL GOVERNING
BOARDS.
THIS BILL ONLY DEALS WITH
TRANSPARENCY.
S. B. NINE FORTY NINE BY
CHAIRMAN ALAN. WHICH YOU
APPROVED TWO WEEKS AGO SEEKS TO
RESOLVE THE CONFLICT ISSUE.
TOGETHER THESE TWO BILLS WOULD
ADD MUCH NEEDED ACCOUNTABILITY
WHILE PRESERVING THE ABILITY TO
EXPERIMENT AND INNOVATE THAT
MAKES CHARTER SCHOOL SUCH AN
IMPORTANT PART OF REPUBLIC.
SYSTEM.
WITH ME HERE TODAY IS DOMINIQUE
TOMORROW REPRESENTING THE
CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS
ASSOCIATION.
BUT MR CARE MEMBERS THANK YOU SO
VERY MUCH AND SENATOR GLAZER.
DOMINICK'S PART HERE ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOL
ASSOCIATION.
MY LOBBY FOR THEM AND I'M ALSO
A FOUNDER AND BOARD MEMBER OF A
CHARTER SCHOOL MYSELF. SO I HAVE
REAL BASIS ARM. AND WE ARE HERE
IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL S.
SPONSORS WE. BELIEVE THAT THERE
HAS BEEN SOME AMBIGUITY IN.
WE HAVE VARYING. COURT DECISIONS
THAT COME OUT ON BOTH SIDES OF
THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AS TO THE
APPLICABILITY OF. OPEN MEETING
LAWS
TO CHARTER SCHOOLS WE SEEK TO
RECTIFY THAT AND CREATE
STATUTORY AUTHORITY FOR THOSE
LAWS TO BE APPLIED TO CHARTER
SCHOOLS.
VIRTUALLY ALL CHARTER SCHOOLS IN
THE STATE TODAY APPLY OPEN
MEETING PRINCIPLES BROWN ACT
BAGLEY KEENE ACT AS BEST
PRACTICES
IF YOU'RE CHARTER SCHOOL AND YOU
HIRE ANY OF THE.
LAW LAW FIRMS THAT REPRESENT
CHARTER SCHOOLS AROUND THE STATE
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY DO
IS THEY TUTOR YOU ON. OPEN
MEETING ACT AND.
BASICALLY THE BROWN A BAGLEY
KEENE ACTS AND POLITICAL REFORM
ACT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE
INCOME.
YOU KNOW YOU COMPLY WITH THOSE
LAWS AS BEST PRACTICES. OPEN
ENTRANCE TO PARENT MEETINGS IS
THE HALLMARK OF THE SCHOOL
SYSTEM AND IT'S NO DIFFERENT IN
THE CHARTER WORLD AS WELL OR AT
LEAST SHE.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE
WILLINGNESS OF CSEA TO SIT DOWN
AND TALK WITH US AND HAVE A
DIALOGUE ABOUT TRYING TO FIND A
RESOLUTION UNFORTUNATELY.
WE COULD NOT FIND THAT
RESOLUTION AS BETWEEN OURSELVES
IN WASN'T FOR LACK OF TRYING.
AND WE'RE GRATEFUL AND I'M
THANKFUL THAT THEY WERE AND
PEOPLE TO ENGAGE IN A DIALOGUE
AND.
A MAN REGRET NOT BEING ABLE TO
TAKE TO CLOSE THAT GAP WE GOT
CLOSE BUT WHO WERE QUITE THERE.
AND I THINK THE CHALLENGE FOR.
US AS WE. CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT
THIS ISSUE IS THAT WE ARE
APPLYING STATUTES THAT WORD
DRAFTED SOME DECADES AGO. TO
MODERN SITUATIONS THAT PERHAPS
WERE CONTEMPLATED BY THE STATUTE
AND CERTAINLY THE APPLICABILITY
OF THE STATUTES TO CHARTER
SCHOOLS. PROBABLY REQUIRE
CERTAIN WRINKLES THAT DON'T
EXIST IN THE.
PRESENT APPLICATION OF THE
STATUTES.
PARTICULARLY MULTI
JURISDICTIONAL OF.
CHARTERED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
RUNNING SCHOOLS IN VARYING
DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS OR
DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE. AND
CERTAINLY THE IT AT THE TELE.
SUSPECTED
OF.
.
MEETINGS IS CERTAINLY NOT
SOMETHING THAT MAY HAVE BEEN
CONTEMPLATED WHEN THE STATUTES
WERE ORIGINALLY WRITTEN AND
APPLIED.
AND SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON
THIS OF WE CONTINUE TO
APPRECIATE.
THE GLAZERS
ON THIS
MISTER CHAIR WE APPRECIATE THE
EFFORTS YOU MADE IN THIS AREA AS
WELL.
AND WE ARE HERE IN SUPPORT OF
THE SPITTLE AND WE WOULD REQUEST
DIVERT FROM THE COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CALLING HIS HIS COLUMN MELOR IS
SIX HUNDRED AS A TECHNICAL
EXPERT BECAUSE INCREASED SMARTER
NINE THAT CASH AS THEY.
ALRIGHT APPRECIATE IT THANK YOU
THANK YOU BOTH.
LET'S NOW GIVEN OPPORTUNITY FOR
FOLKS WHO WANNA COME TO MAKE
INVOICE SUPPORT FOR THE BILL
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO.
TO DO THAT NOW OKAY ALRIGHT SO
LET'S GIVE CHANCE FOR FOLKS TO
COME UP AND VOICE THEIR
OPPOSITION.
TO THE BILL.
WHO'S THE BEST PLACE TO BE THIS
MORNING EVANS HERE AND. I'M
GOING TO STAY HERE.
LIST CHAIR IT HIT AND SOME OTHER
SEPARATELY ON BEHALF OF THE
CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
WE ARE OPPOSED.
TO.
THE SENATE BILL TWELVE SIXTEEN
RESPECTFULLY IT DOES HAVE SOME.
EXCEPTIONS.
THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS WOULD BE
TREATED DIFFERENTLY WITH SOME
ASPECTS OF OF OPEN MEETINGS WE
ARE OPPOSED TO THOSE EXCEPTIONS
FOR EXAMPLE.
THERE IS THE ABILITY FOR A
TELECONFERENCE TO OCCUR.
FOR.
CHARTER OPERATOR.
GOVERNING BOARD THAT SITTING
OVER MULTIPLE DISTRICTS THAT'S
NOT A STRUCTURE THAT. THIS
LEGISLATURE SHOULD ALLOW.
GOOD NEWS WE JUST UNIONIZED
CALIFORNIA VIRTUAL ACADEMY THEY
SETTLED THEIR CONTRACT THAT YOUR
UNIX ONLINE CHARTER SCHOOL
ENVIRONMENT THEY HAVE.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND STUDENTS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE THEY HAVE.
LIKE SEVEN HUNDRED TEACHERS
THAT HAVE AGREED TO CUT THEY
HAVE ELEVEN DIFFERENT CHARTER
PETITIONS THAT THEY HAVE
PETITIONS FROM SAN DIEGO. THEY
HAVE PETITIONS FROM.
THOUGHT NOMA.
AND WHAT THIS BILL WOULD ALLOW
AND THEN SOMEHOW TELECONFERENCE
IN THE COMMUNITY AND SAN DIEGO.
FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY NINE MILES
AWAY.
THAT SIMPLY BAD POLICY.
OF COURSE FOLKS IN SIN NO MORE
ARE DUE TO BE PAYING MUCH
ATTENTION TO WHAT FOLKS DOWN IN
SAN DIEGO HAVE TO SAY. ABOUT.
YOU KNOW GOVERNANCE AT CENTER.
.
AS THE ANALYSIS POINTS OUT IN
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL CONFIRMS.
CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY
REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE
GOVERNMENT CO TEN NINE D. WITH.
TOOK REFORM ACT WITH PUBLIC
RECORDS ACT AND WITH THE BROWN
ACT.
AND SO WE HAVE A PROPOSAL
ASSEMBLY BILL TWO SEVENTY SIX TO
JUST MAKE THAT CLEAR.
AND HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT
KIND OF A PROPOSAL FOR MORE THAN
A DECADE TO ENSURE THAT OUR OPEN
MEETINGS LAWS IN OUR PUBLIC
RECORDS LAWS IN OUR PROTECTIONS
AGAINST CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
AND SELF DEALING APPLY THE SAME.
TO CHARTER SCHOOLS AND TO
TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND I
KNOW THAT.
YOU KNOW A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ON
THE CHAIR DECIDED TO TAKE ON
WHAT'S BEEN KIND OF THE MOST
CONTROVERSIAL OF THOSE FOR
GOVERNMENT CUT TEN NINETY WE
WOULD CALL A KIND OF THE LAST
REMAINING.
I'M HURDLE AND WE'VE BEEN
WORKING WITH WHAT KINDS OF
CHANGES CAN WE CONSIDER THAT
WOULD APPLY THE LAW THE SAME TO
CHARTER SCHOOLS. AND TRADITIONAL
PUBLIC SCHOOLS THIS IT'S NOT
THAT PROPOSAL THIS DOES NOT.
APPLY RULES IN THE SAME WAY TO
CHARTER SCHOOLS AS STE TO
TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND
WE WOULD URGE OPPOSITION TO THIS
PROPOSAL.
MISTER CHAIRMAN MEMBERS STILLER
STRAND FLORES WITH THE
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
ASSOCIATION WE ARE ALSO HEARING
UP OPPOSITION. MUCH OF OUR.
CONCERNS ARE OUTLINED IN OUR
LETTER OF THAT WE DID AS THE.
SPONSOR SAID WE DID SIT DOWN
WITH THE CHAIR AS WELL AS
THE AUTHOR AND THE SPONSORS TO
TRY TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY WAY.
THAT WE COULD MINIMIZE YOU KNOW
OUR CONCERNS AND UNFORTUNATELY
WE DID NOT GET THERE. OF THE BIG
STICKING POINT FOR US TO WE HAD
SEVERAL BUT ONE WAS WHERE YOU
HAVE A CHARTER SCHOOL THAT HAS A
GOVERNING BOARD THAT HAS MANY
CHARTER SCHOOLS IN VARIOUS
AREAS.
WE WANTED A SITUATION TO AND WE
WANTED TO SITUATION THAT WOULD
ENSURE THAT THE.
GOVERNING BOARD WOULD HAVE
MEETINGS. IN THE END ANY AREA
WHERE THEY HAVE A CHARTER SCHOOL
BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THE PUBLIC.
THE.
PARENTS.
AND THE EMPLOYEES HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS
THAT BOREDOM PARTICIPATE IN THAT
BOARD. AND ALSO WITH REGARD TO
THEIR TELECONFERENCING MECHANISM
ON HOW WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT ANY TALK.
WE HAVE SOME.
PUBLIC
THAT.
IT WAS ACTUALLY AT A SITE A
LOCATION.
THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR INPUT AND
IT WOULD BE INTERACTIVE NAY
TOUGH LIKE A AGENDAS AND BOARD
ITEMS WE COULDN'T GET THERE SO
WE REMAINED. A PULSE WE ASK FOR
YOUR NO VOTE THANK YOU.
MUCH THANK YOU OKAY OTHER FOLKS
WHO WANT TO RAISE. POINTS OF HIS
YES I AM YES ACTUALLY I TRIED TO
SWITCH MYSELF INTO THE TWEENER
AND TRANSITIONAL SPACE BUT IS A
LITTLE BIT LATE IN THAT. I'M BE
UP YOU ARE NOT TO KEEP THE SPACE
YEAH YEAH YEAH I'M GETTING YES I
HAPPIER HAPPIER MODE.
ESOP LA ARE NOW TAKING TIME
HERE FOR THE BROWN A BAND OF
MISSION INDIANS AREAS AND WE DID
HAVE SOME.
EARNS AND
TERMS AND MEAN
ACCESS FOR THE PUBLIC RIGHT
RECORDS ACT I'M REQUIREMENTS
I AS THE AUTHOR INDICATED IN HIS
STATEMENTS WE HAVE REACHED AN
AGREEMENT WITH THE AUTHOR. I'M
IN TERMS OF THAT MEANS OF ACCESS
VAGUELY WOULD BE THROUGH THE.
CHARTERING AUTHORITY OR SCHOOL
DISTRICT VERSES ON AND THE.
SCHOOL SITE AND JUST A QUICK
MINUTE.
FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE
COMMITTEE'S BENEFIT SINCE I AM
SO RARELY IN THIS COMMITTEE
BROWN A HOUSE WHAT WE BELIEVE TO
BE A TRULY UNIQUE SITUATION IN
THAT AT DOWN TO OUR
UNDERSTANDING THEY ARE THE ONLY
TRIED TO HAVE A CHARTER SCHOOL.
ACTUALLY ON THE RESERVATION THE
VERY SMALL OPERATION THEY
CURRENTLY SERVE ABOUT EIGHTY ONE
STUDENTS.
AT BUT THROUGH THEIR
ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS CHARTER
SCHOOL THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
PROVIDE WONDERFUL CULTURAL
ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR NOT
ONLY.
TRIBAL MEMBERS CHILDREN BUT
ALSO CASINO EMPLOYEES CHILDREN
AND ALSO.
ELIGIBLE COMMUNITY MEMBER.
CHILDREN ON SO IT HAS REALLY
BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE AND
WE TRULY DO APPRECIATE THE
AUTHOR'S.
AGREEMENTS TO REFLECT OUR
AMENDMENTS ASSUMING THIS BILL
MOVES FORWARD AND ONCE THE
AMENDMENTS ARE I'M SUCCESSFULLY
IMPRINTS WE DO YOU INTEND TO
MOVE TOWARD A SUPPORT MODE.
THANK YOU THANK YOU
OKAY.
BOOKS YOU WANNA HURT HIS
CONCERNS VOICE INTO THIS DEBATE
MISTER CHAIR AND MEMBERS FOR
SOME BROWN OF THE CALIFORNIA
FEDERATION OF TEACHERS BUT TO
ITERATE THAT.
IN THE DEBATE GOING ON BETWEEN
WHETHER NOT THESE LAWS TO APPLY
IS ACTUALLY CLEAR IN THE LAWS
THEMSELVES CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE
PUBLIC AGENCIES TO DO TAKE
PUBLIC DOLLARS. THEY MUST BE
ENTRUSTED WITH THOSE DOLLARS AND
THE GOVERNMENT CODE IS WHAT
PROTECTS RESIDENTS.
FOR THOSE DOLLARS NOT THE
CORPORATIONS CODER ANY OTHER
COATED IS THE GOVERNMENT CODE
THAT'S WHY IT EXISTS AND THAT'S
WHY THE LEDGE COUNCIL AND IF PPC
OF BOTH OPINED. THAT THEY EXIST
BECAUSE YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT
IF YOU'RE PUBLIC AGENCY YOU HAVE
TO COMPLY WITH THESE LAWS.
IT 䈖A
THAT THEY MIGHT NOT AND EVERY
TIME WE'VE SPONSORED BILLS TO
CLARIFY THIS POINT TO LET FOLKS
KNOW WHEN THEY OPERATE A CHARTER
SCHOOL THAT THIS IS NOT JUST A
BEST PRACTICE.
THE LAW AND THEY SHOULD BE AWARE
OF IT FOR THEIR OWN PROTECTION
AND SAFETY
AS WELL AS THE SAFETY OF THE
STUDENTS.
WE'VE MET WITH RESISTANCE ON
THIS MISGUIDED APPROACH THAT NO
WE DON'T THINK THEY MIGHT APPLY.
AYE AND INSTEAD WE GET THESE
LAWS THAT SAY WELL WE SHOULD
MAKE THEM APPLY WITH CERTAIN
CONSIDERATIONS THAT ARE SPECIFIC
TO THIS INDUSTRY. BUT THERE IS
THE REASON WHY THESE LAWS APPLY
AND WHY THEY EXIST IN THE FIRST
PLACE FROM THE NINETEEN FORTIES
IS BECAUSE THE BRIDGE.
REPUBLICAN TAX DOLLARS
THAT IT THAT WE'VE HAD THESE ON
THE BOOKS FOR MANY MANY YEARS
FOR A SPECIFIC REASON AND IT'S
FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE POP.
WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT
TRADITION AND PROTECT PUBLIC
MONEY.
UTILIZING TEN NINETY OF OPEN
RECORDS ACT PUBLIC.
OPEN MEETINGS ACT ETCETERA AYE
AND INSTEAD OF BENDING OVER
BACKWARDS TO OUT SPECIAL
EXEMPTIONS AND ANYBODY THAT'S
EVER BEEN ON A TELECONFERENCE
BEFORE EVEN TO JUST CHECK YOUR
FLIGHT KNOWS HOW FRUSTRATING IT
CAN BE. TO TRY TO VOICE YOUR
OPINIONS OVER THE PHONE WITH A
BOARD THAT IS TRYING TO CAN
POLICY DISCUSSIONS THIS IS
WHAT'S CRUCIAL THAT THERE IN
PERSON MEETINGS. IN THE
COMMUNITY WHICH IS WHAT SCHOOLS
ARE THERE CORNERSTONES OF
COMMUNITY AND WE MUST HOW FOLKS
THAT ARE OPERATING SCHOOLS BE IN
THE COMMUNITY AND LISTEN TO THE
COMMUNITY TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR
THE COMMUNITY. NOT TRY TO FIGHT
OVER THE PHONE EACH OTHER ON THE
PHONE SO WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
NO VOTE THANK YOU THANK YOU.
ERIC PREMAXILLA CHARTER SCHOOLS
DEVELOPMENT CENTER.
HAVE STRANGE BEDFELLOWS ON THIS
BILL TODAY.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS
ABOUT THIS BILL IN LARGE PART
BECAUSE IT IMPOSES RESTRICTIONS
ON CHARTERSCHOOLS WITHOUT. ODD
LOOKING AT SOME OF THE BENEFITS
OF GOVERNMENTAL STATUS THAT
CHARTER SCHOOLS CURRENTLY DO NOT
ENJOY THINGS LIKE TORT CLAIMS
ACT PROTECTION THINGS LIKE
MANDATED COST REIMBURSEMENT.
THOSE SORTS OF THINGS SOME OF
THESE POSITIVE FEATURES WERE IN
SENATOR GLAZERS PRIOR MEASURE ON
THIS.
.
AND WE THINK THAT THOSE SORTS OF
THINGS NEED TO BE SORTED OUT AS
PART OF A BROADER PACKAGE RATHER
THAN JUST IMPOSING THE BURDENS
ON CHARTER SCHOOLS THANK YOU.
JULIUS THOMAS SOME ACCOUNTS
LEARN THE PROFESSOR RIO HONDO
COLLEAGUES AND I AM OPPOSED TO
THIS BILL. IT SEEMS EVERY MONTH
I READ STORIES ABOUT HOW HORROR
STORIES BASICALLY ABOUT HOW
CHARTER SCHOOL OPERATORS BUT
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
SPEND THE MONEY SPENT FOR MY
STUDENTS THEY'RE WEARING ARMANI
SUITS THEY'RE BUYING LIMOS GOING
CASINO PARTIES HOSTING VARIOUS
PARTIES IN HOLLYWOOD MANSIONS.
MEANWHILE MY TEACHERS MY
COLLEAGUES DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
MONEY TO PAY FOR PAPERS OR
PENCILS.
FROM THE STORIES ARE DOCUMENTED
IN THIS REPORT AND I WOULD LIKE
TO ASK THAT THE SERGEANTS.
IF THEY WOULD PASS THESE REPORTS
OUT TO THE VARIOUS MEMBERS ON
THE PANEL.
IF THEY WOULD.
THE REPORT WAS RELEASED JUST
LAST MONTH AND IT'S RELEASE BY
THE PUBLIC INTERESTS AND THAT
DOCUMENT STATES THAT THERE'S ONE
HUNDRED AND FORTY NINE MILLION.
DOLLARS OF WASTE AND FRAUD AND
ABUSE WITH TAX MONEY CONCERNING
CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS.
SO I'VE READ THE BILL AND THERE
ARE NO PROTECTIONS AGAINST SELF.
DEALING OR CONFLICTS OF
INTEREST WITHOUT THESE
PROTECTIONS THIS WILL CONTINUE
AND GET WORSE AND WORSE.
I LIKE TO FOCUS ON STOPPING THE
ABUSE AND OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR
KIDS DESERVE MORE THAN JUST STOP
PROFITS.
THANK YOU IN AGAIN I URGE YOU TO
VOTE NOW.
MY DISTRICT ON THE CONFLICT
ISSUE THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M
TRYING TO DRESS IN NINE SB NINE
FORTY NINE.
YES MA'AM.
GRAYSON HANSON CTA MEMBER FOR
TWENTY FOUR YEARS SAN JOSE
CALIFORNIA I OPPOSE THIS BILL. I
WOULD LIKE THE COMMUNITIES TO
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY CONTINUE TO
ENGAGE WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE
CHARTER SCHOOL OR IN A PUBLIC
SCHOOL SO I POSE THIS THINK.
ROSLYN TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL MATH
TEACHER SAN JOSE HE SAID YOU
HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH THIS
BILL AND HOW IT MIGHT ACTUALLY
VIOLATE PARTS OF THE.
OUR THAT OCCUR THAT THE BAGLEY
KEENE OPEN MEETING ACT
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE.
NECESSITY FOR TRANSLATION FOR
NON ENGLISH SPEAKERS AT CETERA
THAT IT MIGHT BE HARD WITH THE
TELECONFERENCING WITH THE DEAF
COMMUNITY WITH THEM SIGN
LANGUAGE TRANSLATORS I URGE YOU
TO VOTE NO ON THIS BILL THANK
YOU.
AND IF IT DENNIS FIFTH GRADE
TEACHER IN CUPERTINO AND I URGE
A NO VOTE ON THIS BILL.
BUT JACKSON WAS ANY UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT LIKE TO LOVE
FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE.
AUDIBLE MISTER GLAZIER AND THE
SUPPORTERS OF THIS BILL FOUR
FOUR OUT THEIR EFFORTS TO BRING
GREATER TRANSPARENCY TO CHARTER
SCHOOLS.
AND SEND YOU UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE
TO WORK WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS TO
TO STRENGTHEN ACCOUNTABILITY AND
OVERSIGHT WITH THAT SAID WE HAVE
SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THIS BILL
WOULD LIKE TO ALIGN OUR COMMENTS
WITHOUT OF OUR COLLEAGUES OF US
CSEA NCTA AND.
DO ARM.
OPPOSE THIS BILL.
SOMETHING HOME OF ROOM MIDDLE
SCHOOL PHYSICAL EDUCATION
TEACHER IN HAYWARD AND FOR ALL
THAT.
PREVIOUS COMMENTS THAT
I MADE I URGE YOUR MOM OPPOSE
VOTE ON THIS BILL.
KEVIN READY HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY
TEACHER ASKING FOR YOUR NOBLE.
BUT BECAUSE HIS THIRTY YEAR
SCIENCE TEACHER CHINO VALLEY
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE
STRONGLY URGE YOU TO OPPOSE THIS
BILL.
GOOD VIA FIFTH GRADE TEACHER
BOND NINETY THIRD STREET
ELEMENTARY URGING THAT YOU
OPPOSE THIS BILL.
MICHAEL YOUNG WITH THE
CALIFORNIA LABOR FEDERATION WERE
ALSO STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS BILL.
LARRY HOPPER THIRTY YEAR VETERAN
TEACHER STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THIS
BILL.
OKAY MATTERS BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE.
OFFER QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AND
THOUGHTS.
I'M.
SO.
YOU KNOW I MEAN MY LOOK ZOVE
COMPANIES THAT WANT TO DIS
MENTION IT IN IN THE IN THE SOME
INNOCENT PERSON THEY WANT TO SEE
FIRST OF ALL.
I'M.
EXACTLY TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME
OF THE CONFLICTS THAT WERE
RAISED BY ONE OF THE. PUBLIC
COMMENTERS IN S. B. NINE FORTY
NINE.
AND IF WE CAN ACTUALLY WORK OUT
SOME OF THE DETAILS IN THAT BILL
AND IN THIS BILL WITH BOTH
SIDES.
ULTIMATELY THE TWO BILLS COULD
COME TOGETHER.
IN SOME FORMER ANOTHER I THINK
WHAT WERE AND AND BY THE WAY
THIS BILL WOULD ALSO HAVE TO GO.
TWO.
JUDICIARY NUYS FORGETS OUT OF
COMMITTEE TODAY WHICH WILL
CERTAINLY HAVE STRONG OPINIONS
ON A NUMBER OF THE ISSUES THAT
HAVE BEEN RAISED.
I THINK THAT THE CHALLENGE THAT
I'M THAT IS IT THAT WE HAVE
HERE.
WITH THIS BILL AND WITH THIS
ISSUE. IS THAT.
WE DO HAVE.
THE BROWN ACT WHICH IS SET UP
FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
HOW A LONG TIME AGO A COURSE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT YEAH I SITUATED
IN A GEOGRAPHICALLY DEFINED
PLACE?
WHETHER IT BE A SCHOOL BOARD OR
WHETHER IT BE A A I A CITY.
AND
THE LAWS OF THE BROWN ACT OVER
THE WAY THE BROWN IT WAS CRAFTED
WAS TO DO IT WAS CRAFTED TO TO
TO REFLECT THE REALITIES OF.
A OF OF THOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
ENTITIES.
AND WE.
NOW WE ALSO COURSE HAVE THE
BADLY KEEN ACT WHICH WAS
STRUCTURED TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS
OF STATEWIDE AGENCIES.
UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU KNOW
YOU'VE THAT THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE
NOT LOCALLY BASED THEIR BASED
AROUND THE STATE IS A GUY.
FOLKS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE
STATE YOU MAY WANT TO BUILD A
PARTICIPATING I'VE SERVED BOTH
ON A BROWN A COMPLAINT COMMITTEE
THAT SENECA MALIBU
UNIFIED-SCHOOL SUPPORT
EDUCATION. OF
ALSO SERVED ON A BADLY KEEN.
HOW COMPLAIN COMMITTEE WOULD
THAT THE UNIVERSE ACCOUNT FOR
HIS BOARD OF REGENTS? NOW ONCE
AGAIN.
THE SIMPLE CONCEPT OF APPLYING
THE SAME RULES TO CHARTERS AND
IS FOR SCHOOLS RUNS INTO A
PROBLEM.
BECAUSE OUR YOU KNOW WHERE TO
CHARTERS FIT IN THIS MIX.
ARE THEY TRULY A LOCAL
GOVERNMENT ENTITY.
BAD HAS BEEN STRONGLY SUGGESTED
HERE BY SOME OF THE FOLKS IN
OPPOSITION. THERE'S A STRONG
ARGUMENT TO MADE. THEIR WEEK WE
HEARD THE COMMENT ABOUT HOW
LOCAL SCHOOLS ARE TWO SCHOOLS OF
THE CORNERSTONE. OF OUR SYSTEM.
AND SO THERE'S AN ARGUMENT.
THE FACT IS THAT FOR BETTER FOR
WORSE WE HAVE ALLOWED CHARTER
MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS TO GROW
WITH ENTITIES INSIGHTS THAT ARE
IN DIFFERENT PLACES DIFFERENT
JURISDICTIONS IN SOME CASES.
DIFFERENT PLACES AROUND THE
STATE.
YOU'VE GOT ALL SORTS OF
DIFFERENT CMO MODELS BY THE WAY
I WAS JUST THAT ONE. IN MY
DISTRICT WHERE THEY HAVE CREATED
FOUR SEPARATE ELEAZAR FOUR
SEPARATE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL
AGENCIES.
FOUR FOUR DIFFERENT CHARTER
SCHOOLS ON THE EXACT SAME CAMPUS
LITERALLY ONE FOUR ATOP EACH
OTHER. THAT'S ONE MODEL YOU HAVE
OTHER MODELS WHERE YOU'VE GOT A
SINGLE TURNER MANAGE
ORGANIZATION THAT IS EFFECTIVELY
RUNNING VERY SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
OBVIOUSLY THEY THEY CREATE
BECOME A SEPARATE ENTITY FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THE CALIFORNIA
MANAGEMENT.
SO.
ONCE AGAIN YOU KNOW WE WE ARE
CURRENT IS STUCK IN THIS PLACE.
.
YOU NO PART OF MY CHALLENGES
CHAIR HERE IS WHAT WE ALWAYS
HEAR FROM EVERYBODY'S ALL WE
NEED COMPREHENSIVE REFORM. AND
BOTH SIDES WILL AGREE TO THAT
BUT THEN NEITHER SIDE WILL EVER
BE ABLE TO COME TO ANY
COMPROMISE TO ALLOW US TO MOVE
SOMETHING FORWARD AND BOTH
SIDES.
ARE ABLE TO BASICALLY
EFFECTIVELY BLOCK EACH OTHER.
IVAN.
HERE IN THIS LEGISLATURE SO.
THIS IS THE CHALLENGE THAT I
THINK WE FIND OURSELVES IN AND
DOWN AND I SEE I HAVE A MIGHT MY
FRIEND SETH WANTS TO MAKE A
COMMENT I'M I'M HAPPY TO HEAR
HIS COMMENT.
.
SO RESPECTFULLY CENTER I WOULD
JUST SAY A LEG THERE SOME AREAS
THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR
REFORM.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INNOVATION
THERE SOME AREAS THAT SHOULDN'T
BE SUBJECT TO INNOVATION FOR
EXAMPLE IF YOU'RE GONNA SPEND
PUBLIC FUNDS.
YOU SHOULD HAVE TO HAVE AN OPEN
MEETING YOU SHOULD HAVE TO HAVE
A PUBLIC RECORDS YOU SHOULDN'T
BE ABLE TO POCKET TAX DOLLARS
BUT THOSE ARE NOT AREAS THAT WE
SHOULD ALLOW INNOVATION WHEN I
WAS DESCRIBING THE SITUATION IN
CALIFORNIA VIRTUAL ACADEMY THAT
HAS ELEVEN CHARTER PUT.
THEY HAVE ELEVEN GOVERNING
BOARDS SO IF THEY WANT TO SERVE.
A COMMUNITY IN SAN DIEGO THEY
HAVE A GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER
MEETING THERE WHERE THEY CAN
ADD.
INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY IF I WANT
TO OPERATE IN LA THEY HAVE WHEN
THEY'RE. THE TERM THAT YOU
MENTION.
CHARTER MANAGEMENT
ORGANIZATIONS RIGHT NOW IS
CURRENTLY NOT IN THE LAW IT
WOULD BE USEFUL I THINK FOR US
TO HAVE.
YOU KNOW SOME KIND OF LEGAL
DEFINITION OF WHAT A CHARTER
MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION IS BUT
INTO WE ESTABLISHED THAT KIND OF
A LAW WHAT WE CAN DO IS PROTECT
TAX DOLLARS AND ENSURE THAT IF
YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND TAX
DOLLARS YOU HAVE OPEN MEETINGS
YOU HAVE OPEN RECORDS TOTALING.
AND SO WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU DO
APPLY THE LAW IN THE SAME WAY
OKAY RESPECT TO THESE AREAS WITH
CHARTER SCHOOLS INTRODUCTION SO
SO SOME FILM FOR EXAMPLE.
THE ZIPPER EXAMPLE YOUR COMMENTS
ARE WELL TAKEN I DON'T DISAGREE
WITH A SINGLE THING YOU TO SET.
.
YOU OUTSIDE RIGHT.
WE DON'T EITHER BY THE WAY YEAH
OF COURSE THIS IS THE PROBLEM
THAT THAT THIS IS WHY THIS JOB
IS NOT EASY. BECAUSE YOU DON'T
DISAGREE ON THOSE CORE CONCEPTS
AND YOU BOTH SAY THESE THINGS TO
THE PUBLIC. AND THE PUBLIC IT
MAKES SENSE OF THE PUBLIC OF
COURSE WE OUGHT TO HAVE.
BUT WE ARE NOT ALLOW SELF
DEALING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
PROFITEERING.
WE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT OUR
SYSTEM IS SUBJECT TO OPEN
MEETING LAWS NOW THE QUESTION
IS.
WHICH OPEN MEETING LAWS WE'VE
GOT TWO DIFFERENT OPEN MEETING
LAWS IN THE STATE ONE FOR STATE
AGENCIES ONE FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.
WHERE TO CHARTERS BEST FEELIN
WHEN? I WENT IN SOME CASES THEY
HAVE.
SITES IN DIFFERENT. LOCAL
LOCATIONS.
THIS DISCUSSION THAT STARTED
OVER THE LAST WEEK WITH CSEA WAS
FASCINATING BECAUSE IT REALLY
STARTED TO DELVE INTO THESE
KINDS OF QUESTIONS CSEA.
SO SO THE I THINK THAT THE THE
THE GOAL OF YOUR BILL WAS TO
KIND OF DO A BAGLEY KEENE BUT
BUT BUT A STRONGER BADLY KEEN
THAT WOULD ACTUALLY REQUIRE.
THEIR TO BE TELECONFERENCE
LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE COULD
PARTICIPATE FROM ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT PLACES WHERE A SCHOOL
DISTRICT IS WHAT WE'RE TIRED CMO
OF WHATEVER THAT MEANS HAS A
SITE.
AND SO YOU ACTUALLY UNLIKE
BADLY KEEN WHICH ONLY REQUIRES
THE BOARD MEMBER TO CALL IN AND
THAT THAT LOCATION TO BE
PUBLICLY LISTED AND OPEN FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR BUT PEOPLE TO
COME AND WEBER THAT BOARD MEMBER
HAS TO BE.
IN IN THE CASE OF YOUR BILL
YORKSHIRE REQUIRING THOSE
LOCATIONS TO DECIDED IN ALL
THOSE PLACES ARE WHERE A SCHOOL
AND A CITED IT WITHIN THE
CHARTER ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
NOW. THAT HE SAID I AM ALSO
SYMPATHETIC TO THE I'M AND I
GUESS I'M ALL IN AND THERE'S A
OLD SCHOOL CITED ME I SERVE ON
THE SCHOOL BOARD. THERE'S
SOMETHING ABOUT THE FACE TO FACE
CHARTER YOU KNOW A SCHOOL IS NOT
THE SAME AS THE REST OF
CALIFORNIA CAL STATE BOARD OF
TRUSTEES.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT DO YOU
SAY SENATOR TO THE ARGUMENT THAT
YOU KNOW PARENTS WANT TO HAVE A
MEANINGFUL WAY TO INTERACT WITH
THEIR BOARD. IN THEIR DECISION
MAKING AND DOING IT BY PHONE I'D
EVEN IF THEIR COMMENTS ARE TAKEN
INTO THE RECORD AND AND THEY'RE
GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO FULLY
PARTICIPATE. THAT THAT IS A
ULTIMATELY MUCH MORE
DISSATISFIED EXPERIENCE IN BEING
ABLE TO GO DOWN TO THE LOCAL
CITY HALL THE LOCAL SCHOOL
DISTRICT OFFICES AND VOICE THEIR
CONCERNS BEFORE THE LOCAL BOARD.
YEAH LA I AM AS SYMPATHETIC AS
YOU ARE THAT CONCEPT. IS REALLY
ABOUT TRYING TO BE PRAGMATIC
ABOUT IT FOR EXAMPLE LOS ANGELES
UNIFIED.
I EAT WE EXPECT THE PARENTS IN
THE LONG BEACH TO GO DOWNTOWN TO
LOS ANGELES TAKE THEIR VOICE A
COMPLAINT WE DON'T REQUIRE. A
UNIFORM ST PETER SEE PETER
ST PETE ON ME JUST BECAUSE OF
ITS AROUND SAINT PETE AT
SENTENCING PEDRO. BUT THAT YOU
KNOW THOUGH THAT THERE'S A
PRAGMATIC SIDE OF THIS SO I I
DON'T DISAGREE THAT IT BE NICE
TO. HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY I'M
OPEN MINDED TRYING TO FIGURE
THAT OUT AND AYE AYE AYE TANK
IN.
HAVE RESPECT FOR MY FRIENDS AT
CSEA WHO I THINK VERY
CONSTRUCTIVE AND TRYING TO
FIGURE THIS OUT I'D LIKE TO
STILL. WORK ON THAT AND SEE IF
WE CAN I THINK THAT. THEY WERE
ACT ASKING FOR IS OF A VERY
EXACTING.
WAY OF DOING IT WHICH I THINK
WAS I YOU KNOW I A REQUIREMENT
THAT WENT TOO FAR. CLUB BUT I
WOULD UNDERSCORE AGAIN THAT
THAT.
THAT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT UNDER
THE BROWN ACT TODAY. IT'S NOT A
REQUIREMENT UNDER BAGLEY KEENE
TODAY I DON'T KNOW IT'S LIKE YOU
IT'S ONE LOCATION.
THEY GET THE BROWN ACT AND
ANTICIPATES A. BUT. I
GEOGRAPHICALLY INTEGRAL LOCAL
ENTITY
I'M SURE BUT YOU KNOW OUR
COUNTIES ARE BIG PLACES AND OUR
CITIES ARE BETTER BIGGER FAKE
PLACES TO SO.
I MEAN I THINK IT'S ABOUT TRYING
TO FIND A PRAGMATIC WAY TO MAKE
THAT HAPPEN.
BUT NCE AGAIN WHAT YOU'RE
ASKING FOR IS IS GET AGAIN GOING
OVER AND ABOVE WHAT EXISTS
TODAY.
AS IT JUST LIKE YOU I
SERVED ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITIES AND
IT WOULD BE LIKE REQUIRING.
THAT GOVERNING BOARD THAT MEETS
IN LONG BEACH TO.
ROTATE THAT MEETING TO EVERY.
COLLEGE SITE IN THE COURSE OF A
YEAR AND I KNOW WHY THAT WOULD
BE A GOOD THING AND I HE'S.
BUT PRAGMATICALLY. I IT'S NOT
REALLY.
OVERLY WORKABLE ON SO THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO TRY TO
BALANCE HERE AND IT'S A
CHALLENGE YOU CAN YOU KIND OF
WALK US THROUGH THE NEGOTIATION
CSEA AND GIVE US A SENSE BECAUSE
I BECAUSE I WANT TO GET A BETTER
SENSE.
BUT I THINK WITH WITH WHAT THEY
WERE TRYING TO GET AND THEY MAY
HAVE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
HERE THAN CTA.
BUT WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO GET
OUT WAS.
THIS ISSUE OF OF ACCESS PARENT
COMMUNITY ACCESS.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT YOU'RE RIGHT
THAT YOU KNOW IT YOU'VE COUNTIES
ARE BIG BIG PLACES. ARE BUT YOU
KNOW IT AND YES IT'S HARD TO GET
FROM ST PETER DOWNTOWN LA BUT
IT'S A HELL OF A LOT HARDER
DIFFERENT SENTIDO TO. SAN
FRANCISCO.
YEAH OUR THAT THREE ISSUES IF
YOU LIKE TO WALK THROUGH THE.
PATH THROUGH THAT WEEK IT'S WITH
SALT AND ONE WE DID WE WERE NOT
ABLE TO SOLVE THAT WE CAN CLOSE.
THE FIRST ONE WAS THAT WHEN YOU
HAD BOARDS THAT HAVE MULTI
RESPONSIBILITY BEYOND CHARTERS
THAT ANYTIME. THAT WE'RE GOING
TO DEAL WITH MATTERS RELATING TO
CHARTERS THAT THOSE. MEETINGS
HAD TO BE NOTICED.
AND PUBLICLY HAD TO BE DONE IN
THE PUBLIC SPHERE WITH
TELECONFERENCE
I. OUR THAT THAT IS A PLACE
WHERE WE AGREE. AND THE BILL
ADDRESSES.
THE SECOND ISSUE WAS. THAT THOSE
LOCATIONS BE ACCESSIBLE ON THERE
BE AN INTERACTIVE OPPORTUNITY
AND I WE WE AGREE.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO A
RESPONSIVE AND THE BILL IS AS
BEEN PRESENTED.
AND THE THIRD WAS THE
REQUIREMENT OF A MEETING
ROTATION.
AND THIS IS I WAS THEIR DESIRE
AGAIN FROM THE HEART TO HAVE
THOSE MEETINGS BE ACCESSIBLE
WHEN I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT
THE GOALS THAT THEY LAID OUT.
BUT THAT THEY WERE VERY
PRESCRIPTIVE AND HOW IT HAD TO
BE A ROTATION IN THE COURSE OF A
YEAR. AND GIVEN MY TO TIGHTEN
UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHARTER
SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND THE MULTI
JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE.
THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO WORK
THAT THAT ISSUE OUT THE GOAL
THAT THEY SET. ABOUT TRYING TO
HAVE THESE AYE GOVERNING BOARDS
ACCESSIBLE TO. PARENTS AND
EMPLOYEES I THINK IS A VERY GOOD
GOAL AND I THINK WE WOULD BE SO
WHAT WOULD BE A MORE REASONABLE
ESOS HAVE YOU HAD TROUBLE WITH.
PERHAPS OF A TO PRESCRIPTIVE.
ASK.
BOB WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD BE A
MORE REASONABLE WAY OF
ADDRESSING THIS ACCESS QUESTION.
I THINK IT COULD BE I I DRESSED
UP OVER THE COURSE OF US NOT
JUST A SINGLE YEAR BUT OVER A
PERIOD OF TIME. I THINK IT COULD
BE ADDRESSED BY ARE NOT
NECESSARILY MEAN IS PRESCRIPTIVE
AS EVERY SCHOOL.
DISTRICT HAS TO HAVE ONE BUT
THAT IN A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA
THERE HAS TO HAVE ACCESS I THINK
THERE'S.
ROOM TO FIND GROUND THERE. AND.
BUT THAT'S JUST WHERE WE'RE NOT
ABLE TO GET TO THAT SOME.
SPECIFIC THING THAT WE COULD
ALL.
ALL LIVE WITH THE I THINK WE'RE
NOT TOO FAR APART MISTER
CHAIRMAN I HOPE THAT IF THIS
BILL DOES MOVE FORWARD I'M
CERTAINLY OPEN TO CONTINUING TO
TRY TO. FIGURE THAT PART OUT.
.
AGAIN THESE ARE REQUIREMENTS
OVER AND ABOVE WHAT IT EXISTS
FOR IN ANY PUBLICATION SEEMED
CALIFORNIA TODAY.
BUT I'M STILL OPEN TO TRYING TO
FIND A WAY TO AT THE BACKS THIS
UP.
IT'S IT'S IT'S DISAPPOINTING
THAT THESE ISSUES STILL REMAIN.
IT'S THE LAW IT'S NOT THE LAW.
WE'RE SIMPLY TRYING TO BE CLEAR.
AND DIED IN ITS APPLICATION
HERE TO EVERYONE'S BENEFIT BOOK
IT'S OVER AND ABOVE WHAT'S IN
BADLY KEEN BUT IT'S NOT OVER
ABOVE WAS IN THE BROWN ACT.
BOB TURNER GALGIANI.
OFFERS FINE I CAN THINK THE
AUTHOR FOR TAKING THE AMENDMENT
THAT ASK FOR FOR THE BROADBAND
MISSION INDIANS.
ELI'S YEAR BRINGING UP
QUESTIONS IT'S IT'S MAKING ME
THINK ABOUT THE DEBATE THAT WE
HAD WHEN I WAS IN THE ASSEMBLY
AND WE WERE TRYING TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH TELE HEALTH. AND.
TELECONFERENCING AND AND.
HOW WE DID E. HEALTH AND THERE
ARE CERTAIN?
CERTAIN MEDICAL PROCEEDS
PROCEDURES AND THINGS THAT IT
IT MAKES SENSE TO DO THAT AND
THEN WHEN THERE'S OTHER MORE
COMPLICATED SITUATIONS.
IT NO LONGER MAKES SENSE I'M.
I THINK THAT IT WOULD TELL HELP
I WAS A BIG ADVOCATE I DID I DID
BILLS ON IT BECAUSE. IT ALLOWED
FOR GREATER ACCESS AND RURAL
COMMUNITIES THAT I REPRESENT IT.
IN THIS IN THIS SENSE DANCE
POSSIBLY GOING FORWARD.
WE COULD LOOK AT MAYBE INSTEAD
OF JUST THAT THE MEETINGS
THEMSELVES EACH TIME. THAT THE
CONTENT OF THE MEETING IS
CERTAINLY WE KNOW WE HAVE
COMMITTEE HEARINGS WHERE. THERE
ARE BILLS THAT GOES THROUGH
RATHER. RELATIVELY EASILY AND
THEN THERE ARE OTHER TIMES WHEN
THERE ARE BIG ISSUES THAT REALLY
REQUIRE. A MORE TIME MORE MORE
AND PUT IT TO MORE DISCUSSION
AND SO I'M JUST SUGGESTING THAT.
YOU KNOW I'M GONNA SUPPORT THE
BILL TODAY BUT I'M SUGGESTING.
THAT RATHER THAN JUST LOOK AT.
THE MEETING ITSELF.
LOOK AT WAYS THAT IT SOMETIMES
THE CONTENT OF THE MEETING.
NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED TOO YEAH
I IF I MAY THROUGH THE CHAIR I.
SUPPORT OF OF TRYING TO ADVANCE
THAT.
AND I I THINK THAT WE CAN MAKE
PROGRESS THERE.
IWOULD NOTE MISTER CHAIRMAN I
THINK WE STILL DO HAVE A
DISAGREEMENT BUT THE BROWN ACT.
BUT LET ME JUST SAY THIS.
YOU DON'T WOULD PEOPLE FOR IN
LOS ANGELES BENEFIT FROM THIS
HEARING TODAY THAT COULD COULD
COULD COME UP HERE. AND I WOULD
SAY YES SO WHERE IS OUR
REQUIREMENT THAT WE
TELECONFERENCE THIS. TO LOS
ANGELES SO THEY CAN PARTICIPATE.
WILL THE LAW DOESN'T REQUIRE
THAT RIGHT. BUT UNDER WHAT I'M
PROPOSING TODAY AT THIS THIS
WOULD REQUIRE THAT THE PRODUCT
DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT. THE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AT LEAST
PEOPLE CAN WATCH IT DOWN NOW I
GET IT BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
THE INTERACTIVE
BUT THIS.
THE BROWN TAXES IF YOU'RE A
BOARD MEMBER.
AND YOU CAN'T BE PRESENT ANYONE
TO PARTICIPATE THAT WHEREVER YOU
ARE IT'S PUBLICLY NOTICE
INACCESSIBLE.
A HOTEL ROOM EVERY TEAM OKAY.
.
BUT IN THAT ANYTHING IS WHAT BUT
BUT BUT BY BILL REQUIRES IT THAT
IF YOU HAVE A SCHOOL SITE NOW IT
REQUIRES THAT YOU HAVE THIS
LINK.
WITH COMMUNICATIONS SO IT GOES
ABOVE WHAT IS WHAT IS KERN NOT
VIDEO.
THAT VIDEO RIGHT.
YEAH BUT IT WAS CERTAINLY MY
HOPE THAT AS TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT. IT
BIG BECOME AFFORDABLE THAT WE
WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN WE WANT
THAT INTERACTION. SO LOOK I MEAN
I I AGREE I THINK I THINK
ULTIMATELY YOU HAVE GONE.
YOU HAVE GONE BEYOND THAT THAT
WE CAN ACT IN AND DONE.
AND AND I THINK THAT WAS
APPROPRIATE ARMY A GIVEN ALL THE
CONSIDERATIONS I'M.
SO YES DID YOU WANNA MAKE A
QUICK COMMENT AS I DID WANT TO
MAKE A COMMENT ALSO ABOUT THE
BAGLEY KEENE BROWN ACT WE WERE
JUST GIVEN THAT AMENDMENT LATE
LAST NIGHT AS A POTENTIAL
AMENDMENT.
WELL LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
AND ARE.
LAWYER TOOK A BRIEF LOOK AT IT
TODAY AND THEY SAID WELL THE
DIFFERENCE. THERE A BIG
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BROWN ACT
IN THE BAGLEY KEENE.
LAW. IT AND GIVING THE CHARTERS
THE CHOICE TO DO THAT. IS THAT
UNDER BAGLEY KEENE.
THERE IS NO.
A PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD YOU CAN'T
COMMENT ON ANYTHING EXCEPT WHAT
IS ON THE AGENDA.
SO IF YOU HAVE A CHARTER
GOVERNING BOARD THAT HAS A LIST
OF THINGS THAT AE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT AND THEY HAVE LIKE FIFTEEN
DIFFERENT CHARTER SCHOOLS AND.
HAITIAN.
THEN IT ANYBODY IN ANY OF THOSE
OTHER LOCATIONS CANNOT GET UP
AND SPEAK ON A PROBLEM THAT'S.
UNIQUE TO THEIR DISTRICT OR
SOMETHING THEY WANT TO EXPRESS
TO THE BOARD MEETING AND TO THE
BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE A
PROHIBITED IN THEIR LIMITED. TO
WHAT IS ON THAT AGENDA SO THAT'S
JUST ONE LOOK AT THE COMPARISON
BETWEEN BAGLEY BROWN ACTED NOTS.
YOU KNOW WE WE DON'T SUPPORT
THAT WE THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY EVEN OUR AND
OUR OWN BOARD. MEETINGS WE ALLOW
AT GOOD OF THE ORDER ANYBODY CAN
GET UP AND SPEAK OF ANYTHING.
PART.
YOU KNOW WE PULSE BUT IT WOULD
SEEM IMPORTANT DID.
BOSE OF MY ANSWER BE THAT I
THINK THAT'S A BEST PRACTICES TO
PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY. BUT
THE LAW DOESN'T REQUIRE MY CITY
COUNCIL TO US HAVE SOMEONE GET A
CAN APPEAR AND SPEAK.
BUT IT'S NOT AGENDA AS THE LAW
DOESN'T ALLOW US TO DEBATE AND
DISCUSS IT IN AND DECIDED EITHER
AND THAT'S FOR EVERY
JURISDICTION IN THE STATE SO.
AGAIN I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE
AT THE AT THE DESIRES OF THE. OF
THE SPEAKER TO HAVE THAT
INTERACTION BUT WE WE THERE IS A
PROCESS IN WHICH THE ENGAGEMENT
DOES HAPPEN.
IT'S THE RULES.
CAN MAKE A CLARIFICATION ON
BROWN ACT.
THERE YOU KNOW I THINK WHAT
WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS I
THINK YOU DESCRIBED IT PERFECTLY
WHICH IS WHAT HE DO THESE MULTI
JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES IT'S JUST.
ABOUT AN UNCOMFORTABLE FIT IN
BROWN ACT ON THERE IS A
PROVISION BROWN ACT THOUGH THAT
DEALS WITH JOINT POWERS
AUTHORITIES THAT OPERATE IN
MULTIPLE TO.
AND WE DID LOOK AT THAT AS AS
MAYBE A MODEL OF HOW WEWOULD
DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE BECAUSE IT
ALREADY EXISTS.
THAT PROVISION.
ONLY REQUIRES A A MULTI
JURISDICTIONAL JOINT POWERS
AUTHORITY TO SET UP THEIR BOARD
MEETINGS IN ANY ONE LOCATION
THAT ONE OF THEIR MEMBERS.
OPERATES AND.
WE DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS
SUFFICIENT.
WE THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE
TRANSPARENCY THAT THAT
TELECONFERENCE PIECE OF THAT IS
IS ABOVE AND BEYOND ANYTHING
THAT'S REQUIRED BY ANY ENTITY
UNDER UNDER PRODUCT EVEN THOSE
ARE OPERATING.
THE STATEWIDE.
SO SO WE DO THINK IT IS A
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION WE
THINK IT'S A.
OF FAIR OP YOU KNOW GOAL TO TRY
TO GET.
GET A GREATER.
ACCESSIBILITY TO THESE MEETINGS
BUT THERE'S A THERE IS A JUST A
LOGISTIC PROBLEM WITH. THAT
THOUGH JUST TO CLARIFY.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AND
REALIZE MORE PEOPLE THE TERM WAS
MANAGING THAT THAT THE THAT IT
IT BUT THE BROWN ACT DOES NOT
ALLOW FOR MULTI SITE MEETINGS
THE BATTLE QUINA ACTORS.
SO THIS DOES GO ABOVE AND BEYOND
THAT WE KEEN.
BUT THE BROWN ACT ANTICIPATES
ONE SITE FOR A MEETING.
I BELIEVE THERE ARE OUR
TELECONFERENCE OPTIONS IN BROWN
ACT AS WELL BOTTOM.
IS THAT RIGHT.
YOU SURE ABOUT.
I WAS ON THE. ICE WARRIOR. AND
YOUR BROWN A COMPLAINT THAT WAS.
BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE ALLOWED BUT
NOT REQUIRED THIS WOULD ACTUALLY
REQUIRE TO ORDERS TO HAVE.
ACCESSIBILITY ADRENALINE LIMITED
TO JUST DESPERATE CLARITY THE I
MEAN THAT MAY BE TRUE ABOUT YOU
KNOW PARTICULAR CAN
COLLEGE BOARD WHAT WHAT THIS
BILL IS CONTEMPLATING IS THAT
LITERALLY YOU COULD BE.
AND SO NOW MY FIVE HUNDRED MILES
AWAY AND TELECONFERENCE IN SAN
DIEGO I GET THAT IT'S A
HEADACHE.
IF YOU WANT TO OPERATE A SCHOOL
IN SAN DIEGO AND A SCHOOL IN
SONO AND ONE IN LA.
BUT YOU'RE MAKING THAT CHOICE
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO OPERATE
SCHOOLS NO THREE LOCATIONS SO
YOU SHOULD HAVE A MEETING AND
ALL THREE OF THOSE LOCATIONS YOU
SHOULD GO TO LA YOU SHOULD GO TO
SAN DIEGO AND HAVE A MEETING
THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN COME
FROM.
JUST TO MAKE A REAL QUICK
CONNECTION TO SOME OF THE FRAUD
CONVERSATION THAT YOU'VE HEARD.
ABOUT ARMANI SUITS AND THINGS
LIKE THAT A LOCAL WHISTLE
BLOWERS ARE THE RESULT OF LOCAL
RELATIONSHIPS SO IF IF I'M IN
CINEMA.
AND OF COURSE OPEN MEETINGS ARE
WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN HOLD
PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE SO IF I'M IN
CINEMA.
I'M GONNA HEAR MUCH MORE ABOUT
THE FOLKS IN CINEMA THAT'S
NATURAL IN GOVERNANCE YOU HAVE
RELATIONSHIPS THAT RESULT IN
BETTER INFORMATION WHEREAS.
IF I'M DEALING WITH A SCHOOL
THAT'S IN SAN DIEGO I DON'T HAVE
THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND SO IT'S
LIKELY THAT MORE MONEY IS GOING
TO BE SQUANDERED IN THAT WAY
THAT SHOULD BE GOING FOR OUR
CLASSROOMS AND FOR KIDS.
AND AND SENATOR IF I MAY UM
CSC'S AMENDMENT AS WELL DEALT
WITH THE IN PERSON MEETINGS
BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THAT WITH
SOCKS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. WE
DIDN'T WANT A SITUATION WHERE
CHARTER GOVERNING BOARD IN LA
THAT HAVE AUTHORIZED OTHER
CHARTER SCHOOLS IN OTHER SCHOOL
DISTRICTS.
THAT THEY WOULD JUST BE SITTING
IN LA MAYBE NOT COMING TO THE
OTHER COUCH
AS WELL OR OTHER SCHOOL
DISTRICTS TO MEET.
YOU KNOW AN OPEN MEETING WHERE
PEOPLE CAN BE CAN GO IN AND TALK
EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS.
WE DIDN'T WANT THEM JUST BE IN
ONE LOCATION AND IN THE COURSE
OF OUR DISCUSSION WE ALSO FOUND
OUT THAT THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT
THAT THAT CHARTERS HAVE ANY
NUMBER OF BOARD MEETINGS.
SO SOME OF THEM HAVE TWO OR
THREE BOARD MEETINGS IN A YEAR.
WHICH WAS YOU KNOW KIND OF
TROUBLING FOR US TO EVEN KNOW
THAT THAT'S THE CASE BUT.
THAT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT FOR
US ITO TO ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE
IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY SAID
HOBBIES CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE THE
ABILITY.
TO GO IN AND HAVE THEIR VOICES
BE HEARD.
EVEN THE EMPLOYEES THE PARENTS
THE. THE.
YOU KNOW COMMUNITY IN THE
EMPLOYEES HAVE A LOT TO SAY AS
WELL THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO
ACCESS THEIR BOARD. MEMBERS
LOCALLY AND THEN IF WE HAVE THE
BAGLEY KEENE ACT THEY ARE
LIMITED TO WHATEVER'S ON THE
AGENDA AND IT MAY NOT BE WHAT'S
IMPORTANT TO THAT PARTICULAR
COMMUNITY OR TO THAT EMPLOYEE OR
TO THAT PARENT. SO YOU KNOW
AGAIN WHEN IT'S WHY WE OPPOSE.
CURRENT.
ALRIGHT.
BUT YOU KNOW I I THINK GUN THIS
IS A VERY INTERESTING DISCUSSION
I THINK WHY THINK YOU KNOW I
APPRECIATE EVERYBODY NEEDED
TAKEN THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT TO
RAISE SOME OF THE. DIFFICULT
AMBIGUITIES THAT EXIST WHEN
WE'RE TRYING TO.
APPLY LAWS THAT WERE WRITTEN FOR
DIFFERENT UNDER DIFFERENT
CIRCUMSTANCES TO THIS NEW
CIRCUMSTANCE.
AND DONE.
SO.
NO I'M NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH
EVERYTHING I THE BILL I'M
CERTAINLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS
ISSUE OF. OF OPEN ENDED
COMMENTS.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.
MEETING ACCESS ID I AM
LOCATIONS.
I WAS HOPEFUL THAT AND YOU KNOW
I I I I I WAS HOPEFUL THAT THAT
YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE THE ON
STRIKE A DEAL I'M. WITH THE WITH
THE AUTHOR AND AND I UNDERSTAND
THAT THINGS AND MARK DOWN AND I
UNDERSTAND WHY THINGS AND WORK
OUT BY THE WAY.
I'M I'M ALSO COGNIZANT THE FACT
IF THIS BILL DOES GET OUT OF THE
COMMITTEES DAY WOULD GO TO THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
I'M WHERE WHERE THEY WILL YOU
WILL CERTAINLY FACE SOME
CHALLENGES.
.
I GUESS MY ASK OF THE OF THE.
I AM OF THE OF THE AUTHOR IF I
AM TO SUPPORT DEFINED SUPPORT
THIS TODAY. PATENT IS TO BE A
FIRST WHY WOULD ACTUALLY WANT
THIS COMMITTEE TO RESERVE THE
RIGHT TO BRING THE BILL BACK.
I'M EVEN IF IT WERE
INCONVENIENT.
AND AND ULTIMATELY YOU KNOW I I
WOULD I UNDERSTAND THAT THE
NEGOTIATIONS FALL DOWN WITH
CSEA.
AND.
FROM MY SUPPORT I'M NOT. ASKING
FOR CSEA TO SIGN OFF ON THE RAID
ON THE ON THE EVENTUAL DEAL.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF MY SUPPORT
BUT I I DO THINK THAT JUST
BECAUSE YOU ENABLE SECOND DEAL
DOESN'T MEAN THAT. SOME OF THE.
THE CRITICAL ISSUES THAT YOU
WERE DISCUSSING SHOULDN'T BE
ADDRESSED IN WHATEVER BILL MOVES
FORWARD SO MAYBE IF YOU'RE NOT
FULLY COMFORTABLE WITH THE THE
SPECIFICITY THAT THEY WERE
PROPOSING. IN TERMS OF LOCATION.
I AND TIMELINE FOR MEETINGS WE
WOULD HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO.
YOU KNOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE
IS SOME FORM OF OF A PHYSICAL
ACCESS.
FROM A COMMUNITY IN THE BOARD
IF IF THEY IF YOU DO WANT TO RUN
IN A SYSTEM THAT INVOLVES
SCHOOLS ALL OVER THE STATE. THIS
IS NOT THE EVER SEE CALIFORNIA
THIS IS NOT THE CAL STATE
UNIVERSITY AND IS NOT THE WANT
STATEWIDE. SYSTEMS HERE AROUND
WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOU
KNOW THAT HE DID THE DID THE
USUAL EXPECTATION THAT PEOPLE
COMMUNITY HAVE THEIR GOING TO
HAVE. A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LOCAL
ACCESS TO THEIR TO THEIR KEY TO
TWELVE. BY INSTITUTION I'M
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY I I
APPRECIATE THE FACT YOUR TURN
AWAY FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE.
THIS UNUSUAL GOVERNANCE
STRUCTURE AND AND WITH WITH
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
WORK WITHIN THE CONSTRUCT OF THE
LAW THAT WE HAVE AND I THINK
THAT YOU'RE TRYING YOUR BEST I
REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT.
AND SO IN A.
THAT'S WHY MY INCLINATION IS TO
ALLOW YOU TO KEEP THIS WORK
MOVING FORWARD WITH ALL OF THESE
DISCUSSION POINTS IN MIND.
BUT.
BUT I I I I I I I REALLY YOU
KNOW THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT
FOR YOU EH TO.
AND AND AND I I WANNA COMMITTEE
TO BE INVOLVED WITH THIS NOW.
NOT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY
TO ADDRESS THE CORE ISSUE THAT'S
IN THE HEART OF THE CONCERN FROM
THE POLICE ASSOCIATION WHICH IS
THIS ACCESS.
QUESTION AND I DON'T THINK IT'S
AN FULLY ADDRESSED YET IN THE
BILL AS AS WRITTEN.
COULD.
SO I'M DO WE HAVE YOUR
COMMITMENT TO.
YOU KNOW.
TO.
INCORPORATE.
POD TO TO WORK WITH US WORK WITH
OUR COMMITTEE STAFF IF THE BILL
GETS OUT TODAY. TO I'M TO
INCORPORATE.
I.
SOME SORT OF LANGUAGE TO ENSURE
GREATER COMMUNITY ACCESS
TO THESE MEETINGS.
THAT WOULD GO BEYOND.
I'M.
THE THIRD THE DIVE TEAM ACT.
MISTER CHAIRMAN I AM OPEN TO OF
TRYING TO FIND THAT.
ADVANCEMENT AS WE DISCUSSED THE
BILL IS GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND
WHAT IS CURRENTLY REQUIRED FOR
OTHER PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS BUT
THAT DOESN'T.
TRY TO DO EVEN BETTER.
BUT I DO WANT TO SEPARATE THE
THE THOUGHT ABOUT BEST PRACTICES
WITH THE REQUIREMENT.
I THINK THAT WHAT SOME OF THE
SPEAKERS OF OFFERED UP IN TERMS
OF ACCESS ARE GOOD BEST
PRACTICES.
AND I I SUPPORT THAT NOW CAN WE
PUT IT IN THE FORM OF
REQUIREMENT THAT'S WORKABLE
TODAY TOMORROW AND FOR THE NEXT
TWENTY OR THIRTY YEARS THAT'S
THE CHALLENGE BEFORE US AND. I'M
HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO. TO WORK TO
TRY TO FIND THAT I THINK WE'VE
GOT VERY CLOSE WITH CSEA AND.
I'M VERY COMMITTED TO TRYING TO
KIND OF SUN AND SOME OF THESE
WARS THAT ARE GOING ON THAT ARE
UNNECESSARY BECAUSE I THINK
WERE.
NINETY FIVE PERCENT OF THE WAY
IN THE ON THE SAME PAGE AND
LET'S LET'S SEE IF WE CAN.
I'VE ADVANCE THAT THE THE THESE
PLACES OF AGREEMENT SO THAT WE
CAN TRY TO MINIMIZE THE.
THAT WE. HAVE IN THE SPACE FOR
QUITE AWHILE OKAY I LIKE MY OUR
COMMITTEE STAFF TO BE INVOLVED
IN THE DISCUSSION TO.
I THE AYE AYES AYE MENTION
ENOUGH THIS BILL DOES GET OUT
TODAY WILL GO TO JUDICIARY IN
AND THEY WILL CERTAINLY BE AND
THERE. IT GOES ISSUE FOR A LOT
OF THESE VERY SAME REASONS I
MEAN THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED
ABOUT A NOTE HEARINGS TO.
TOO BAD THAT THE CORE GOALS THAT
ARE AT THE HEART OF OPEN
MEETINGS LAWS.
AND DONNA AND PART OF THAT
REALLY DOES ASSIDUOUS
TRANSPARENCY ACCESS AND
WHISTLEBLOWER ISSUES AND. NO
CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY THAT
COULD LEAD TO BETTER GOVERNANCE.
.
SO THAT'S THAT'S UP TO THE HEART
OF OUR CONCERNS TO.
OKAY ARM YES MOVE THE BILL'S
WRITER. OKAY SO THE BILL'S
REMOVED I'M WE DO APPRECIATE
EVERYONE'S PARTICIPATION IN AND
EMPLOYED.
.
SENATE WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE
THANK YOU OF AMATEUR THOUGHTFUL
CONVERSATION PRECEDED BY ALL
SIDES. AND LOOK FORWARD TO
HOPEFULLY WORKING FURTHER ON
THIS ISSUE WITH ALL OF THE
SO THANK YOU AGREED TO TAKE THE
AMENDMENTS THAT ARE ON THE
COMMITTEE HOUSES IN JUDICIARY
AND YOU'RE ALSO GREEN.
OUT.
OH OKAY I'M SORRY.
SO I'M SO.
WITH THAT.
COMMITMENT THAT YOU ARE AND WILL
WORK WITH OUR COMMITTEE ON THESE
CORE ISSUES.
AND BE COMMITTED TO GOOD FAITH
BARGAINING ON ON THESE ISSUES.
.
IT HAD ADDED TAKING THE
AMENDMENT UP FROM VERONA AND AS
SO SIRONA ALREADY ANI.
GRAHAM.
OKAY.
FOR JOBS KALRA.
ITEM TWO S. B. TWELVE SIXTEEN
THE MOTION IS TO PASS TO
JUDICIARY ALLEN.
BY ALLEN AYE WILK AYE WILK AYE
GALGIANI. GALGIANI AYE LEYVA.
LEYVA NO HAN.
MIGHT ACT LIKE BIDAK I.
OKAY THAT THAT IS OUT CLOSENESS
YOU HAVE SOME FUN OVER THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WITH SOME.
AND.
APPRECIATIVE REPRESENTATION
GIPSON.
THANK YOU MEMBERS.
ALRIGHT. OKAY.
SO THIS BRINGS AT CENTER WILK DO
YOU WANNA.
I SAID I SEE SENATE FULL HERE
I'M SORRY I SEASON FULL HERE.
PARTS OF CENTER FULLER IS HERE
TO PRESENT ITEM NUMBER FIVE
THAT'S S. B. THIRTY THREE
RELATING TO TEACHER
CREDENTIALING.
WE WELCOME THE DICE APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU WELL WE ON THE TAKE A
DEEP BREATH AFTER THAT. AND
MAYBE DO A FEW JUMPING JACKS.
GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND MEMBERS
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT S. B. THIRTEEN EIGHTY
THREE RELATING TO TEACHER
CREDENTIALING. WITHIN THE
COMMISSION ON TEACHER
CREDENTIALING THERE'S A
COMMITTEE UP CREDENTIALS. SIS OF
SEVEN MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE
COMMISSION.
THE COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
INITIATING ALL INVESTIGATIONS
INTO ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT
BY CREDENTIALED HOLDERS AND
RECOMMENDING DISCIPLINARY
ACTIONS TO THE COMMISSION. THE
COMMITTEES MEMBERSHIP CONSISTS
OF THREE PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES.
AND AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER
A SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER A
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ANNA
CERTIFICATED SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATOR.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE VOLUNTEERS
WHO MEET THREE DAYS EACH MONTH
ON A FOURTH DAY FOR TRAVEL TO
SACRAMENTO.
IN RESPONSE TO A TWENTY ELEVEN
STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT THE
COMMISSION ON TEACHER
CREDENTIALING HAS DRAMATICALLY
IMPROVED ITS PROCESSING OF
TEACHER MISCONDUCT CASES.
BUT THAT HAS INCREASE THE
WORKLOAD OF THE COMMITTEE. AND
THAT'S THE SUBJECT OF OUR BILL
TODAY. THIS WORKLOAD HAS BECOME
INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE
IN THE TIME ALLOTTED TO THE
MEMBERS.
BOTH ABSENCES AND VACANCIES A
INCREASE THE WORKLOAD. AND MAKE
IT DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN A
QUORUM.
S. B. THIRTEEN EIGHTY THREE SIX
TO EXPAND THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERSHIP BY TWO MEMBERS IN AN
EFFORT TO EASE THE WORKLOAD
BURDEN. IT WOULD ALSO ENABLE THE
COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH A LIST OF
QUALIFIED FORMER. COMMITTEE
MEMBERS TO ACT AS TEMPORARY
SUBSTITUTES IF THE MEMBER IS
SICK OR HAS TO BE ABSENCES IN
THAT CLASSROOM THAT WEEK.
AND IN AN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN A
QUORUM S. B. THIRTEEN EIGHTY
THREE WOULD ALLOW THE COMMITTEE
TO. RE.
A QUALIFY OR AS BY ESTABLISHING
AN ALTERNATE LIST OF INDIVIDUALS
FOR THE PURPOSE OF FILLING
UNANTICIPATED VACANCY SOMETIME
TO TAKE SIX MONTHS OR MORE TO
FIND A VOLUNTEER WHO IS WILLING.
TO COME AND WORK ON THESE CASES
FOUR DAYS EVERY MONTH FOR FREE
I'M. I'M SURE YOU'RE SURPRISED
TO HEAR THAT HAS NOT LONG LIST.
IN ORDER TO EASE RECRUITMENT S.
B. THIRTEEN EIGHTY THREE WOULD
ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT THAT
FORMERLY CERTIFICATED
INDIVIDUALS BE AT LEAST FIVE
YEARS REMOVED FROM THEIR LAST
CERTIFICATED POSITION. WHICH
WOULD ACTUALLY ALLOW MORE
TEACHERS WHO ARE RETIRED SERVE
BECAUSE RETIRED TEACHERS HAVE
MORE TIME.
WITH ME TODAY HAS JUST WAS
SPEAKS REPRESENTING THE SPONSOR
OF THE BILL THE COMMISSION ON
TEACHER CREDENTIALING TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT
HAVE. THANK YOU.
BUT KEEP.
OKAY I DO HAVE OTHER FOLKS ONE
OF VOICE SUPPORT FOR THE BILL.
IN HONOR REYES OPPOSITION OWE
YOU YEARS OKAY.
IF YES NO PLEASE ABSOLUTELY
THREE.
SO GOOD MORNING MISTER CHAIRMAN
VERSE.
MY NAME IS JOSHUA SPEAKS AND I
AM HERE REPRESENTING THE
COMMISSION ON TEACHER
CREDENTIALING A WHERE THE
SPONSOR OF THIS BILL.
AND AS SENATOR FULLER SAID OVER
THE LAST FEW YEARS WE'VE SEEN A
DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE
WORKLOAD OF OUR COMMITTEE OF
CREDENTIALS.
IN IN THE TIME PERIOD THAT
WE'RE DISCUSSING.
THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT GO TO
FORMAL REVIEW HAS MORE THAN
DOUBLED.
AND THIS WORKLOAD IS PRIMARILY
DRIVEN BY AN INCREASE IN NEW
APPLICATIONS AND REPORTS FROM
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
AS IF YOU'RE AWARE.
THE STATE HAS BEEN IN A PERIOD
OF TEACHER SHORTAGE AND.
HAS BEEN MAKING EFFORTS TO
INCREASE RECRUITMENT AND WE ARE
SEEING SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF
THAT.
THAT EFFORT TO INCREASE
RECRUITMENT IN FACT IN OUR MOST
RECENT EACHER SUPPLY REPORT. WE
SAW I BELIEVE A SIX PERCENT
INCREASE. ARE BETWEEN LAST YEAR
AND THIS YEAR AND IN THE NUMBER
OF TEACHERS THAT WE CREDENTIAL.
THE PROBLEM IS ANY INCREASE IN
THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS.
APPLICATIONS BINDING TEACHERS.
COMES WITH A CORRESPONDING
INCREASE IN THE WORKLOAD OF THIS
COMMITTEE BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO
THEY INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF
MISCONDUCT FROM TEACHERS WHO ARE
CURRENTLY CREDENTIALED.
BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO DO THAT
THE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS
AND LOOK INTO ANY PAST
MISCONDUCT FOR APPLICANTS.
AND SO FOR THOSE REASONS.
THE COMMITTEE IS IS BEING
STRETCHED TO ITS LIMITS AND AND
FRANKLY SOMETIMES BEYOND THEM.
AND SO THESE CHANGES ARE SIMPLY
INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT WE
STATE.
A HEAD OF OUR WORKLOAD.
AND AND NEVER.
RETURN TO SITUATION WHERE WE
COULD SEE A GROWING BACKLOG.
AND WE BELIEVE THAT.
THE EXPANSION THAT WE'RE
PROPOSING ADDING ONE ADDITIONAL
PUBLIC MEMBER AND ONE ADDITIONAL
TEACHER MEMBER.
IS A MAINTAINS THE BALANCE AND
THE DIVERSITY OF PERSPECTIVES
THAT THE COMMITTEE NEEDS TO MAKE
THE MOST INFORMED JUDGMENTS
POSSIBLE.
ALMONDS SO THAT WITH THAT AS
SENATOR FULLER SAID I'M I'M
HAPPY ANSWERING QUESTIONS YOU
MAY HAVE.
I DO SO MUCH.
BOB OKAY FOLKS WHO WANTED.
RAISE CONCERNS FOR THE BULLARD
OPPOSITION.
THINGS.
GOOD AFTERNOON MISTER CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS I AM ISABEL GARCIA ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION WE
RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE SENATE BILL
THIRTEEN EIGHTY THREE.
CJ PROPOSED SEVERAL AMENDMENTS
TO THE AUTHOR IN THE BILL'S
SPONSOR BUT THEY HAVE THE TO
ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS BUT THEY'VE
BEEN REJECTED.
THE PRIMARY AMENDMENTS IS
TEACHING IS CONTINUING TO ASK
THE AUTHOR A BILL SPONSORED TO
ACCEPT IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER
OF CREDENTIALED TEACHERS ON THE
COMMITTEE WHICH IS CURRENTLY UP
TO.
WE WOULD LIKE THAT INCREASED TO
FOUR INSTEAD OF INCREASING THE
PUBLIC MEMBERS FROM THREE TO
FOUR.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PUBLIC
POLICY ISSUE BEFORE THE
EDUCATION COMMITTEE FOR THE VERY
REASON THAT THE COMMITTEE ON
CREDENTIALS. IS UNIQUE AND HAS A
PROBABLE CAUSE SCREENING
COMMITTEE.
THAT TAKES ALL INVESTIGATIONS
INTO ALLEGATIONS AGAINST
CREDENTIAL HOLDERS AN
APPLICANT'S IT REVIEWS EVIDENCE
AND IT RECOMMENDS DISCIPLINARY
ACTIONS TO THE CTC TO PROTECT.
ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY OF OUR
CLASSROOMS AND THE PROFESSIONAL
FITNESS OF THAT CALIFORNIA'S
EDUCATOR WORKFORCE.
YOU HAVE A.
CHART THAT WAS PASSED DOWN SO
YOU CAN SEE THE WORK OF THE
COMMITTEE.
CITY BELIEVES THAT TEACHERS
UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS OF
TODAY'S CLASSROOMS THE
UNDERSTAND THE TEACHING
PROFESSION AND THEY UNDERSTAND
THE CHALLENGES FACING ALL
EDUCATORS RICK WHETHER THEY'RE
SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS OR IN
CHARTER SCHOOLS.
ADDING MORE TEACHERS TO THE
COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS REGARDS
EDUCATORS IS A VALUABLE
PROFESSION.
IT STILL MAINTAINS A BALANCE AND
DIVERSITY ON THE COMMITTEE. AND
ITS STILL MAINTAINS A HIGH
STANDARD OF CREDIBILITY ON THE
COMMITTEE.
ADDING MORE TEACHERS TO THE
COMMITTEE COULD POTENTIALLY SAVE
THE CTC MONEY IN THE LONG RUN
BECAUSE.
TEACHERS AS OPPOSED TO PUBLIC
MEMBERS WHO MAY NOT FULLY
UNDERSTAND TODAY'S CLASSROOMS.
COULD PROVIDE MEANINGFUL POP
PROBABLE CAUSE SCREENING THAT
COULD RESULT IN THE.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
COMMITTEE BEING RESOLVED AND
FEWER LIVE TRIALS AT AN AN
ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING WHICH IS
VERY COSTLY FOR EVERYBODY.
IN SHORT TEACHING IS UNIQUE
PROFESSION.
AND PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS SHOULD
HAVE A GREATER VOICE IN THEIR
PROFESSION INCLUDING IN THE
DISCIPLINARY PROCESS.
CTA DEEPLY APPRECIATES THE
AUTHOR AND SPONSOR FOR CREEK
CONSIDERING CTA'S ON PRIMARY
AMENDMENT.
BUT FOR THE REASONS GIVEN WE
RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE THE BILL IN
ITS CURRENT FORM IN OUR ROOM AND
URGE YOUR NIGHT AND NO VOTE.
OKAY.
I'M THANK YOU.
I WILL SAY THAT THE BILL AS
DRAFTED THIS GIVE TEACHERS MORE
TO SAY ON THE COMMITTEE BUT I'M
AYE BUT I UNDERSTAND THE
OUTSTANDING CONCERNS THAT EXIST.
I'M.
SO OTHER THOUGHTS OR ANYONE ELSE
WANTS TO RAISE CONCERNS ARE OR
SUPPORT FOR THE BILL.
OKAY MATTERS BEFORE.
THE COMMITTEE FOR QUESTIONS OR
THOUGHTS.
I'M CENTER PAN.
A KEY I HAVE TO BE SURE YOU CAN
COUNT ON ME TO ASK QUESTIONS
YEAH I KNOW IT'S PRETTY MUCH.
SANYO'S GASKET WANTS TO. US SO I
SAID TODAY HAVE A QUESTION FOR
THE COMMISSION I CERTAINLY.
YOU KNOW APPRECIATE AND
UNDERSTAND.
CTA'S CONCERNED ABOUT YOU KNOW
BE SURE PEOPLE WHO ARE WHO HAVE
KNOWLEDGE OF THE FIELD AND
BACKGROUND.
BUT IN TERMS OF I THINK ONE OF
THE CHALLENGES WAYS RIGHT INTO
THESE TYPES OF BODIES
IS THAT.
ACTIVELY INVOLVED ACTED
PROFESSIONALS I'M IN MEDICAL
FIELD WE TRY TO GET BACK TO
PRACTICING PROFESSIONALS AND
THINGS AND. I READ IT SO HOW DO
YOU HAVE AND DO YOU HAVE
CHALLENGES WITH QUORUM IN
ATTENDANCE I MEAN TWO PEOPLE
MAKING MEETINGS ARE BECAUSE
THEY'RE BUSY DOING THEIR JOB.
DID YOU SPEAK TO THAT IS THAT
IS HOW HOW HOW WE
DEALING WITH HOW HOW'S THAT
GOING IN HOW WE DEALING WITH
THAT.
I THINK YOU YES I AM WE WE DO
HAVE ISSUES WITH THAT ONE OF.
THAT'S WHY ONE OF THE
AMENDMENTS THAT WERE PROPOSING
WOULD ALLOW US TO.
CREATE A SUBSTITUTE LIST.
IS.
PRECISELY BECAUSE WE DO AT
TIMES A STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN A
QUORUM. SO.
AS AS SENATOR FULLER SAID THE
COMMITTEE PROCESS IS AFFORD A
LONG PROCESS THEY COME IN THE
FIRST DAY THEY GET BIG STACK OF
CASES TO REVIEW.
AND THEN DAYS TWO THREE AND
FOUR THEY ACTUALLY MEETS AND
THEY DISCUSSED THE CASES.
THEY HAVE.
FOLKS COME IN AND SPEAK ON
THEIR OWN BEHALF.
IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO THAT
SORT OF THING.
AND.
WHAT WE SEE IS WE WE?
WE HAVE NOT YET HAD A MEETING
WHERE WE JUST COULDN'T HOLD THE
MEETING WE DID HAVE A QUORUM FOR
THE ENTIRE MEETING. BUT WHAT
HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN IS THAT WE
HAVE OF.
SAY WE SWITCHED
CAN'T MAKE THE QUORUM HAPPEN 㛱
SO THAT THE IT'S TUESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY BASICALLY WE CAN HAVE THE
QUORUM HAPPEN ON TUESDAY OR ON
FRIDAY PEOPLE EITHER HAVE TO
COME LATE OR LEAVE EARLY.
AND SO WE STRUGGLE TO GET THE
CORPSMAN THOSE DAYS ANOTHER
THING THAT WE'VE SEEN. IS THAT.
WE SORT OF GET OUR QUORUM OF
FORM MEMBERS BY.
SORT OF PLEADING AND AND.
YOU KNOW WE HAVE FOLKS COMING
SICK AND THINGS LIKE THAT
BECAUSE WE OUR CONTACT AND SAY
HEY. TOM IF YOU CAN SHOW FOR
THIS MEETING THEN WHERE DOES NOT
TRAVEL AND I JUST THAT SHE MORE
SPECIFICALLY SO I MEAN YOU HAVE
MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE ON THE
COMMISSION'S PUBLIC MEMBERS
ETCETERA I MEAN IS THIS. A
BIGGER CHALLENGE WITH THE
MEMBERS WHO WERE ACTUALLY
CERTIFICATED VERSES ARE IS A
PUBLIC MEMBERS WHO ARE SHOWING
UP.
THAT'S ONE.
DO A LITTLE MORE GRANULAR ON ON
ON THE CHALLENGE.
SO.
BY I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE
STATISTICS ON THAT WE DON'T WE
DON'T KEEP ATTENDANCE ON ON WHO
SHOWS UP AND WHO DOESN'T.
TO THAT DEGREE.
ONE THING AND I DO WANT TO SAY
THOUGH IS IS I THINK THAT THAT.
CERTIFICATED MEMBERS AND PUBLIC
MEMBERS IS A LITTLE BIT
ARTIFICIAL BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE
RIGHT NOW OUT OF OUR THREE
PUBLIC MEMBERS. ALL OF THEM AT
ONE TIME WERE CLASSROOM TEACHERS
SO ONE OF THEM WENT ON TO BECOME
A PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION.
ONE OF THEM YOU KNOW WAS A
CLASSROOM TEACHER ALL THROUGHOUT
HER CAREER.
ONE OF THEM WENT ON TO BE A A.
DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT I BELIEVE
SO EVEN AMONG OUR PUBLIC MEMBERS
IT'S NOT AS IF THESE ARE YOU
KNOW SORT OF RANDOM FOLKS PULLED
OFF THE STREET THEY DO HAVE.
AN EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND IN
MOST CASES.
MAYBE A QUESTION FOR THE STAFF
FOR CTA EIGHT AND A PRETTY SHEET
THAT YOU WON ACTIVELY
CERTIFICATE PEOPLE BAR YOU
OPENED I MEAN I I THINK THAT
AGAIN BECAUSE IT I KNOW YOU
TEACHERS ARE BUSY. AND DOING
THEIR JOB TEACHING.
.
YOU ALSO HAVE PEOPLE MAYBE
RECENTLY RETIRED TO WOULD STILL
HAVE PRETTY GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF
THE FIELD WHAT WOULD THAT BE
SOMETHING YOU'D BE OPEN TO.
ALL WE WE WE THINK THOSE ARE
IMPROVEMENTS ON THE ALTERNATE
LIST IN THIS TEMPORARY SHORT
TERM BUT SUBSTITUTE GLANCED.
BUT AAIN THOSE ARE GENERALLY.
YOU KNOW AGAIN IN THE PUBLIC
IT'S A OF A RANGE YOU KNOW YOU
COULD HAVE SOME MEMBER FROM THE
PUBLIC DOESN'T HAVE CHILDREN IN
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. OR IN
TODAY'S LANDSCAPE YOU COULD
HAVE.
AN DIVERT SUSUNOD MAY BE TRIED
UNDER MY BUT WE DON'T KNOW BUT
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT.
WE WHAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN
PRACTITIONERS ON THE COMMITTEE
AND NOT SO MUCH RETIRED SO THAT.
A CERTAIN A VITAL
POURTANT PURPOSE FOR SURE AND
WE'RE GLAD THAT.
A LOT OF RETIRED EDUCATORS
WHETHER THEIR SCHOOL BOARD
MEMBERS ADMINISTRATORS YOU KNOW
CAN VOLUNTEER FOR IT TO BE A
PUBLIC MEMBER. BUT.
BUT IN TERMS OF INCREASING THE
COMMITTEE FROM SEVEN TO NINE
WHERE AGAIN IT WILL NOT BE A
MAJORITY. OF CURRENT
PRACTITIONERS ON THE COMMITTEE
ARE CERTIFICATED TEACHERS ARE
CERTIFICATED TEACHERS AGAIN THE
VALUE TEACHING IN THEIR
CLASSROOMS I'M A FORMER TEACHER
TAUGHT NEARLY TEN YEARS BUT I
WAS. I GRANT FOR POSITIONS
LEADERSHIP.
I MEAN YOU CAN STILL TEACHER
YOUR CLASSROOM AND SERVE YOUR
PROFESSION BY SERVING ON THE
CAN.
SO WE THINK YOU CAN DO BOTH AND
IT SUPPORT.
BUT ONE DOESN'T SUBSTITUTE FOR
THE OTHER I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
FOR THE COMMITTEE TO SAY.
TO BE REPRESENTED BY CURRENT
CLASSROOM TEACHERS UP TO GO FROM
THE CURRENT TWO POSITIONS TO
FOUR INSTEAD OF INCREASE IN THE
PUBLIC MEMBERS SO THAT'S. I MEAN
THAT'S IN LINE WITH OUR POLICY
WHICH SPEAKS TO A MAJORITY OF
SEARCH
IT'D.
UP PROFESSIONALS ON ANY
STATEWIDE PANEL THAT DETERMINES
THEIR PROFESSION AND IN THIS
CASE IT'S DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE
SO IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ROLE
FOR. WE SET IMPAIR EVIEW OF OUR
APPEAR IN OUR EDUCATORS AND
THAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND WE'D LIKE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
MATT MATT IS THAT ONE THING.
.
I'D LIKE TO CORRECT THAT FROM
FROM OUR PEOPLE US STANDPOINT
WE.
THIS IS THIS BILL IS A. THE
INITIAL PROPOSAL WAS TO. COME
PUBLIC.
REPRESENTATIVES AND SAID THERE
WAS AN INITIAL COMPROMISE OF. OF
ONE OF HER PUBLIC SCHOOL
TEACHER.
AND ONE UP.
PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVE CALM BUT
THE FACT IS IS.
I'M I'M A. CREDENTIALED TEACHER
BOTH OF PRIMARY. ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY.
ADAM I THINK ALL OF US VALUE
HAVING EXPERIENCED AND THAT
TEACHERS AS WELL AS
PRACTITIONERS ON THIS BOARD. THE
CURRENT BOARD THAT IS THE REALLY
KIND OF A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE
THAT WILL DO THIS AT ALL.
AND THEY DO GO ON TO OTHER
THINGS FROM BEING A. CURRENT.
PRACTITIONERS SCHOOLTEACHER JUST
DECIDED AND SEVERAL OF THE
CURRENT BOARD THERE'S ONLY ONE
THAT HASN'T BEEN AN EDUCATOR AT
SOMETIME OR ANOTHER OF ALL OF
THESE THINGS. AND BY.
REMOVING AB AND I HAD A LITTLE
THOUGHT ABOUT REMOVING THE FIVE
YEARS AS A FIVE YEAR WAITING
PERIOD SO.
AND BY REMOVING THE FIVE YEARS
THAT THAT MAKES ALL OF THOSE
PUBLIC RIVERS RESIDENTS
POTENTIALLY.
CREDENTIALED TEACHERS MAYBE NOT
PRACTICE PRACTITIONERS BUT
CREDENTIALED TEACHERS WHO WERE
PRACTITIONERS PROBABLY AT ONE
TIME
ANOTHER.
AND SO I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF.
NOT SURE I WAS GOING ARE
ACTUALLY WHO YOU KNOW PAY
FOR THIS AND.
THEY NEED SOME REPRESENTATIVES
ON THIS BOARD AS WELL.
AND WE ARE HEAVILY NOW INTO
MORE PEER REVIEW. BUT BECAUSE I
VALUE PEER REVIEW AND I THINK
TEACHERS GENERALLY DO THE RIGHT
THING. I YOU KNOW I'D I DON'T I
I DECIDED TO COME FORWARD SO THE
SHORT LONG OF THIS IS.
THIS ACTUALLY GIVES.
MORE POTENTIAL EDUCATOR
EMPLOYED.
AND OR RETIRED INPUT WHICH IS
NEEDED FOR THE FLEXIBILITY TO
SYRIA THAT YOU BRING OTHERS A
FIVE YEAR COOLING OFF PERIOD I'M
FOR THE PUBLIC MEMBERS AND NOW.
ONE OF THIS BILL ANYBODY COULD
GO STRAIGHT IMMEDIATELY FROM.
LEAVING THE PROFESSION RIGHT
INTO THE BOARD UNSATISFYING TO
SO SO FIRST OF ALL I THINK YOU
FOR BRINGING THIS BILL FORWARD.
YA I'M NEXT DAY ON SOME
SYMPATHETIC TO CTA'S POSITION AS
A PROFESSIONAL A LITTLE FOR FOR.
I ALSO POINT OUT BECAUSE I'M ON
THE BNP COMMITTEE THAT THERE'S
ALSO BEEN A PUSH TO ACTUALLY SAY
THAT PRACTITIONERS SHOULD NOT BE
MAJORITY ARE.
VARIOUS LICENSING BOARDS WHICH
ACTION NOT SURE I ALWAYS AGREE
WITH BUT A. BUT YOU KNOW I THINK
WE ALSO I THINK THERE IS A
DEMAND FOR BEING SUGARS ADEQUATE
PUBLIC REPRESENTATION AS WELL
AS.
SO.
IS I THINK WELL I APPRECIATE
YOUR YOU HAVE CONTINUE
CONVERSATIONS BY APPRECIATE THAT
WE DO NEED TO HAVE FOURTH WE
NEED TO MAKE THIS COMMISSION
FUNCTIONAL SO CERTAINLY I.
SUPPORTING THIS BILLS WE CAN
KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND BE HAPPY
TO MOVE AT THE PROPER TIME.
OKAY. THANK YOU.
OTHER QUESTIONS OF THOUGHTS IN
THE COMMITTEE.
HOW WOULD YOU TO CLOSE HONOR I
URGE A YES VOTE FOR OUR CHILDREN
THINK?
BUT YOU
ALRIGHT THANK YOU TO TO THE TWO
WITNESSES FOR YOUR TESTIMONY AND
FEAR AND PLAN IN YOUR
PARTICIPATION NEGOTIATION WITH
THE WITH THE AUTHOR AND I KNOW.
AND THAT'S AND THAT'S BEEN
ONGOING.
I AND SO THIS MOVE BY CENTER PAN
AS SUCH IT WAS KALRA.
ITEM FIVE S. B. THIRTEEN EIGHTY
THREE THE MOTION IS TO PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS ALLEN BY ALLEN
AYE WILK AYE WILK AYE GALGIANI.
GALGIANI AYE LEYVA LEYVA AYE
PAN.
PAN I MIGHT ACT LIGHT ACAI.
OKAY SO THAT.
.
IS OUT THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR
DEFICIT IS AIN'T PARTICIPATING.
AND.
.
WE DID NOW GO TO CENTER WILK WHO
IS GOING TO PRESENT SB THIRTEEN
FIFTY SIX.
ON THE AEROSPACE INSTITUTED
ALABAMA COLLEGE.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR AND
MEMBERS I KNOW WERE COLD AND I
KNOW WE'RE HUNGRY I HAVE SEEN
I'VE SET MY WITNESSES HOME. SO
THERE'LL BE NO TESTIMONY OTHER
THAN MINE AND I HOPE THAT DOES
NOT COME BACK TO BITE ME IN THE
REAR AND.
YOU'RE GOING TO SAY ME TOO. BEEN
HERE.
ANYWAY UP BEFORE YOU IS S. B.
THIRTEEN FIFTY SIX
WHICH WILL UPON THE FULFILLMENT
CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS ALLOW THE
STATE TO MATCH PRIVATE
CONTRIBUTIONS UP TO FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
IN SUPPORT OF THE CALIFORNIA
INSTITUTE FOR AEROSPACE.
AND AEROSPACE INSTITUTE.
WOULD BRING INDUSTRY EXPERTS
ACADEMIC.
AND RESEARCH LEADERS IN
ENGINEERING PHYSICS AND OTHER
SCIENCES AND STUDENTS AT THE
GRADUATE POST GRADUATE LEVEL
TOGETHER IN THE HEART OF THE
CALIFORNIA'S AEROSPACE INDUSTRY
WHICH IS THE APPLE VALLEY. NOT
THE SOUTH BAY.
MISTER CHAIR.
NO RESPONSE OKAY. HER HER HER
HER HER CALIFORNIA AEROSPACE
DIRECTLY SUPPLIES OVER HALF
MILLION MORTGAGE PAYING JOBS
IN CALIFORNIA WITH THE INDUSTRY
AVERAGE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
WITH THIS TALISMAN THE FUNDING
OF THIS ISSUE TO WE CAN PRESERVE
EVEN GROW THOSE NUMBERS NUMBERS
CURRENTLY DANGER OF VANISHING
* INDUSTRY SRUGGLES TO FIND
ADEQUATE INTELLECTUAL TALENT.
THE INSTITUTE WOULD BE
SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO TRAIN
THE NEXT GENERATION BEAR SPEAKS
ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS SO THAT
THEY CAN GO WANT TO PURSUE
CAREERS HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
IS ANTICIPATED SEVERAL.
THAT SERVER SEVERAL MILLION WILL
BE I CONTRIBUTED FROM THE
PRIVATE SECTOR.
AS PART OF THE PUBLIC PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP IN SO THAT THE
STATE'S MMASHARE SEEMS MORE THAN
FAIR AND WILL BE MORE THAN.
REPEATED REVENUE OVER THE LONG
HAUL BY PRESERVING CALIFORNIA'S
PLACE AS THE HOME OF THIS VITAL
INDUSTRY AND KEEPING OUR TOP
TIER TALENT HERE IN THE GOLDEN
STATE.
CALIFORNIA'S AEROSPACE
INDUSTRIES CONTRIBUTIONS ARE
WELL KNOWN NOT ONLY DO THEY
REPRESENT AND ECONOMIC SECTOR
LARGER THAN AGRICULTURE IN FILM
TELEVISION COMBINED.
BUT THEY BROUGHT US.
OKAY AS INNOVATE INNOVATIONS
INCLUDING KIDNEY DIALYSIS BELLY
DE LIGHTS SOLAR SOLAR PANELS
POKE POKE KINDS OF PRODUCTS THAT
HAVE MADE OUR LIFE BETTER.
ASKING THE STATE TO CONTRIBUTE A
MODEST ALLOCATION EACH YEAR TO
NEAR SPACE INSTITUTE IS ASKING
THE STATE DISCIPLINE VAST IN ITS
OWN FUTURE. IS AN INVESTMENT
THAT WILL PAY DIVIDENDS LONG
AFTER WE'VE ALL LEFT OFFICE IN
ONCE IN ONE WOULD WE BE REMISS
NOT TO DO HERE TODAY WITH THAT
IN MIND. I WON WELCOME NICOLE
WRITES WITH THE CALIFORNIA
FACTORS IN TECHNOLOGIES
ASSOCIATION TO TESTIFY BEHALF OF
THE BILL.
THANK YOU A CENTER WILK.
MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS LOCAL RICE
CALIFORNIA MANUFACTURERS AND
TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION AND
FOLLOWING THE DIRECTION OF. THE
AUTHOR WE SUPPORT THANK YOU.
YOU.
OUR OTHER FOLKS SOONER VOICE OUR
SUPPORT.
ANYONE WANTS TO VOICE OPPOSITION
TO THE BILL.
BOB OKAY VA MATTERS BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE QUESTIONS US SENATE
PEN HAS A QUESTION THAT ANOTHER
QUESTION I A BET SO.
.
OKAY IDEA I DO HAVE AN ISSUE
WITH CONTINUOUS APPROPRIATION
BECAUSE I THINK THAT IN TERMS OF
LET'S SAY OVERSIGHT BE NOT A
LEAD APPROPRIATE.
DEAL AT THAT.
THE BILL WHEN APPROPRIATE.
OKAY THE BILL'S REMOVED I WOULD
LIKE AS IF I MADE TO BE ADDED AS
A CO AUTHOR IN SPITE OF YOUR
DAVID MY DISTRICT. I DON'T LOVE
YOUR DISTRICT NITROGEN YOU'VE
COME NUMBER NUMBER OF TIMES AND
I FOR THAT I WILL ALWAYS BE
GREAT AND WORK AT YOUR GET CUT
MY DESCRIBED.
WORKING THAT OUT.
OKAY SO WITH WHICH YOU IN MY I
JUST IT'S JUST A CLOSE SO THIS
IS CAN BE A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN
YOU SEE LAY OUT OF VALLEY
COLLEGE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING CUTTING
EDGE RESEARCH.
HERE IN IN CALIFORNIA.
AND KNOW THE NUMBER OF THE OF
THE PRIMARY SPACE MANUFACTURERS
ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
AND ARE WILLING TO INVEST IF WE
SHOW COMMITMENT DIE TOO TO
INVEST.
THERE'S OTHER CENTERS IN THAT
IN THE UC SYSTEM.
CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN YOU
KNOW.
IT NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOTECHNOLOGY
I. T. THAT THINK TECH
TELECOMMUNICATIONS THAT'S BEEN A
MAGNET FOR INVESTMENT WHAT I'M
TRYING TO DO IS CREE MORTGAGE
PAYING JOBS IN MY DISTRICT SO I
DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A HUNDRED TEN
THOUSAND.
COMMUTERS EVERY DAY GOING DOWN
THE FOURTEEN FREEWAY TO LOS
ANGELES AND WENT HAVE JOBS.
WHERE MIGHT?
THE SEARCH WAS LEFT WITHOUT AYE
ASPIRIN AYE VOTE.
THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH
SENATOR.
IT'S REMOVED.
BY SENATOR PAN PASSAGE OF HIS
KALRA ITEM THREE SB THIRTEEN
FIFTY SIX THE MOTION IS TO PASS
TO APPROPRIATIONS ALLEN. AYE
ALAN AYE WILK.
I WILK AYE GALGIANI. GALGIANI
AYE LEYVA LEYVA AYE PAN. PAN AYE
BY TASK BIDAK I.
OUR THAT'S OUT THERE YOU SO MUCH
OKAY NO LET'S SEVENTEEN A MOTION
FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR MOVE BY
SENATOR LEYVA THIS IS.
I MEAN SIX S. B..
FORTY 28-7 AS AMENDED MCGUIRE
BILL. POSITIVELY KALRA INSANE
CALENDAR ALLEN AYE ALLEN AYE
WILK.
I AYE WILK AYE GALGIANI.
GALGIANI AYE LEYVA. LEYVA AYE
PAN PAN I INVITE ACT RIGHT AFTER
I.
OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH OF NOW
LET'S GET NUMBER JUDY FOR OTHER
MEMBERS TO ADD ON OR EVERYONE'S
AT A NOT. SO GREAT.
OKAY.
IT DOESN'T THANK YOU.
WITH THAT HE ITEM IN THE.
THE MEANING IS HEREBY ADJOURN