ALL THE.
MAY THIRD.
MEANING OF BUDGETS UP ONE TO
ORDER.
AND WE WILL GO INTO OUR FIRST
PANEL RIGHT AWAY.
SO.
COMMA.
COMMISSION ON TEACHER
CREDENTIALING BUDGET PROPOSAL.
DOCTOR SANDY'S IN THE HOUSE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
TAKE IT AWAY.
SURE
WHY DON'T I START WITH JUST SOME
BROAD CONTEXT A LITTLE TURN IT
OVER TO FINANCE TO TALK ABOUT
THE BUDGET SPECIFICS AND GO
THROUGH. THE PANEL AT YOUR
LEISURE IN THAT WAY. SO JUST BY
WAY OF REMINDER.
ON THE COMMISSION ON TEACHER
CREDENTIALING IS EIGHT AND
INDEPENDENT STANDARDS BOARD WE
LIVE AND EXIST OUTSIDE OF THE
STATE BOARD OF THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BUT WORK
IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THEM.
I WERE STAFFED WITH ABOUT A
HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO POINT NINE
PEOPLE WE ARE FUNDED BY A
SPECIAL FUNDS THAT ARE ISSUED
COME COME WITH CREDENTIAL
APPLICATIONS INCOME WTH TESTING.
OF PROGRAMS AND ALSO THERE'S A
NO CHARGE FOR US OF OUR
CRETACEOUS ACTIVITY.
WE HAVE THREE PRIMARY FUNCTIONS
WE SET STANDARDS FOR PREPARATION
OF THE EDUCATIONAL WORK FORCE
WE'RE CREDIT PREPARATION
PROGRAMS THAT LEAD TO
CREDENTIALS WE ISSUE CREDENTIALS
TO QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
IN THEM. AND WE EXERCISE TEACHER
DISCIPLINE WITH TEACHERS WHO
CONDUCT OR ENGAGE IN MISCONDUCT
THOSE ARE OUR PRIMARY FUNCTIONS
WITHIN. A STATE GOVERNMENT WE
HAVE A NINETEEN MEMBER BOARD ARE
PRIMARILY APPOINTED BY THE
GOVERNOR AND THE MEAT SIX TIMES
A YEAR TO ESTABLISH POLICY AND
DEVELOP STANDARDS. SO I WILL
SIMPLY SAY ABOUT THIS BUDGET
THAT WE'RE IN FULL SUPPORT OF
THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET
AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO
FINANCE TO TALK YOU THROUGH THE
PARTICULARS OF THAT. BUT HAPPY
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU
HAVE A LONG WAY.
GOOD MORNING KIMBERLY LEAHY WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.
THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET INCLUDES
TWENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
TEACHER CREDENTIALS FUND FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS TEST DEVELOPMENT
AND ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT FUNDS
AND THREE HUNDRED EIGHT THOUSAND
DOLLARS IN REIMBURSEMENTS FOR A
TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET. JUST
OVER THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS FOR
THE COMMISSION IN TWENTY
EIGHTEEN NINETEEN.
THIS FUNDING SUPPORTS A HUNDRED
AND FIFTY FIVE AUTHORIZED
POSITIONS AS MARRIED SANDY JUST
MENTIONED.
THEY TYPICALLY KEEP MOST OF
THEIR POSITIONS FILLED RIGHT NOW
THEY HAVE A HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THREE FAILED.
IN ADDITION ONE HUNDRED MILLION
IN ONE TIME PROPOSITION NINETY
EIGHT GENERAL FUND IS INCLUDED
FOR TWO NEW TEACHER WORKFORCE
INVESTMENTS WHICH WILL BE
COVERED. IN GREATER DETAIL
LITTLE LATER.
FOR THE COMMISSION STATE
OPERATIONS BUDGET THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET PROVIDES ONE POINT FIVE
MILLION. ONE TIME TEACHER
CREDENTIALS FUND TO CONVERT
MICROFICHE CREDENTIAL RECORDS TO
DIGITAL FORMAT.
THE MICROFICHE CREDENTIAL
RECORDS INCLUDE ALL CREDENTIALS
ISSUED PRIOR TO NINETEEN EIGHTY
NINE AND LIFETIME CREDENTIALS
WHICH DO NOT REQUIRE RENEWABLE.
THIS CONVERSION WOULD PROVIDE
THE COMMISSION IN EASY TO SEARCH
THE DIGITAL REPOSITORY OF ALL
CREDENTIAL RECORDS. AND ALLOW
THE COMMISSION TO RETIRE THE
EXISTING OUTDATED MICROFICHE
SYSTEM.
ALSO THERE IS ONE POINT THREE
MILLION DOLLARS ONE TIME TEST
DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
ACCOUNT TO CONDUCT A FULL FIELD
ADMINISTRATION. OF THE NEWLY
DEVELOPED CALIFORNIA
ADMINISTRATOR PERFORMANCE
ASSESSMENT WHICH WILL BE AN
INCONSEQUENTIAL RUN FOR THE TEST
TAKERS.
THIS INCONSEQUENTIAL
ADMINISTRATION WILL ALLOW THE
PREPARATION PROGRAM PROVIDERS TO
VERIFY THAT PROGRAMS ARE ALIGNED
TO THE NEW ASSESSMENT. AND WOULD
ALSO PROVIDE DATA NECESSARY TO
ACCURATELY SET THE ASSESSMENTS
PASSING SCORES WITHOUT IMPOSING
NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES ON THE
TEST TAKERS.
ALSO THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS ONE TIME
TEACHER CREDENTIALS FUND TO
AUTOMATE TEACHER MRS SIGN MEANT
MONITORING.
THE COMMISSION BEGAN MONITORING
TEACHER MRS SIMONS IN NINETEEN
EIGHTY TWO.
YEAH TAKE ACTIVITY IS PAPER
DEPENDENT AND VERY LABOR
INTENSIVE FOR BOTH THE
COMMISSION AND LOCAL EDUCATIONAL
AGENCIES.
THE PROPOSED NEW PROCESS WOULD
BE BASED ON THE DATA MATCH OF
COURSE AN ASSIGNMENT DATA FROM
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION. WITH DATA CREDENTIAL
DATA FROM THE COMMISSION. TO
PRODUCE A DIGITAL DATA SET OF
MISSED ASSIGNMENTS.
ELEAZAR WOULD THEN BE GIVEN AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS THE DATA
SET TO VERIFY OR CORRECT THE
RESULTING MRS SIMONS.
THE CORRECT DATA SET WOULD BE
USED TO PROVIDE A REPORT FOR THE
LEGISLATURE.
AND A GRADUATE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
ALSO PROVIDES TWO POSITIONS AND
THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT
THOUSAND DOLLARS TEACHER
CREDENTIALS FUND. TO SUPPORT THE
ADMINISTRATION OF THE TEACHER
WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE
BEEN MADE IN PRIOR YEARS THE
CURRENT YEAR ON THOSE INCLUDED
IN THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET. OF
THIS AMOUNT ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
IS PROVIDED FOR TWO YEARS TO
SUPPORT TEMPORARY HELP.
IN ADDITION THE ADMINISTRATION
TO A SPRING FINANCE LETTER
REQUEST THAT THE COMMISSION'S
REIMBURSEMENTS BE INCREASED BY
ONE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS FOR A ONE TIME GRANT
FROM THE SAN DIEGO UNIVERSE SAN
DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
FOUNDATION. TO CONVENE FIELD
EXPERTS TO REVIEW. THE.
INCONSEQUENTIAL RUN OF THE
CALIFORNIA ADMINISTRATOR
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'D BE
MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM
THANK YOU.
YES AG GOOD MORNING DAN KAPLAN
WITH THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S
OFFICE I'M I'M GONNA TAKE THE
SAME ORDER THAT FINANCE
DESCRIBED THE PROPOSALS WHICH
ARE INCLUDED ON PAGE FOUR OF
YOUR AGENDA. ON IT FIRST IN
DEALING WITH THE OVERNOR'S
PROPOSAL RELATED TO THE RECORD
DIGITIZATION.
WE JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE
ARE TWO CATEGORIES OF CREDENTIAL
RECORDS AT THE COMMISSION STORES
THOSE RECORDS THAT WERE OURS
THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
CREDENTIALS THAT HAVE BEEN
ISSUED OVER THE PAST THIRTY
YEARS WHICH ARE ALREADY
DIGITIZED. AND THEN THOSE.
CREDENTIALS THAT HAVE BEEN
ISSUED PRIOR TO THAT BASICALLY
PRIOR TO NINETEEN EIGHTY NINE
AND THOSE CREDENTIALS BAND FROM
THE LATE EIGHTEEN HUNDREDS TO.
NINETEEN EIGHTY NINE. AND THE
PROPOSAL IS TO DIGITIZE THESE
PHYSICAL RECORDS WE NOTE THAT
THE MOST OF THE RECORDS ARE VERY
OLD AND THE TEACHERS ARE EITHER
RETIRED OR HAVE SINCE PASSED
AWAY. ON THE CTC IS ACCESSING
THESE RECORDS ON A LIMITED TERM
BASIS FOR.
AT A ROUGH DAY GO INTO THE
RECORD ABOUT ONE TIME PER DAY I
AND THAT'S BEEN THE AVERAGE OVER
THE PAST TWO YEARS. I'M SO AS A
RESULT WE DON'T REALLY SEE THE
NEED TO DIGITIZE ALL THE RECORDS
SINCE THE LATE EIGHTEEN HUNDREDS.
REVIEW THAT PROPOSAL IS COSTLY
AND THEY'RE MORE COST EFFICIENT
WAYS OF. STORING THE RECORD SUCH
AS CONTINUING TO STORE THEM IN
PHYSICAL FORMAT AT THE C. D.
C.'S FACILITY OR STORING THEM IN
AN OFF SITE STORAGE FACILITY AND
WE ESTIMATE THAT THE COST OF
DOING THIS WOULD BE ABOUT
EIGHTEEN TO TWENTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS PER YEAR. OR ROUGHLY
HALF OF THE GOVERNORS AND THE
COST OF THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL
OVER THE NEXT FORTY YEARS.
I IN REGARDS TO THAT PROPOSAL TO
DEVELOP THE ADMINISTRATOR OR TO
TEST THE ADMINISTRATOR
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT. WE NOTE
THAT IT'S UNCLEAR WHY CTC HAS
NOT VALIDATED THE ADMINISTRATOR
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT TO DATE.
THAT FIFTEEN SIXTEEN BUDGET
CHANGE PROPOSAL THAT WAS
SUBMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE
ALONG WITH THE TWO MILLION
DOLLAR ASK FOR FUNDING FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE APA. STATED
THAT IT WOULD BE COMPLETE BY THE
END OF SIXTEEN SEVENTEEN AND IN
DOING SO IT STATED THAT. THE
ASSESSMENT WOULD BE TESTED IN
THAT VALID PASSING SCORES WOULD
BE DEVELOPED.
HOWEVER WE NOTE THAT TO DATE NO
SUCH AS THAT THAT ASSESSMENT IS
STILL NOT READY AND. THOUGH THE
GOVERNORS ASK OF ANOTHER ONE
POINT THREE MILLION DOLLARS IS
ESSENTIALLY INDICATING THAT THE.
PROPOSAL OR THAT THE ASSESSMENT
IS SIXTY FIVE PERCENT OVER
BUDGET AND TWO YEARS BEHIND
SCHEDULE. AS A RESULT WE
RECOMMEND THAT THE LEGISLATURE
GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING FOR
WHY THIS WILL TAKE ANOTHER YEAR
AND.
REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FUNDS
FURTHERMORE WE RECOMMEND THE
LEGISLATURE EXPLORE MORE COST
EFFECTIVE WAYS FOR VALIDATING
EXAM. SUCH AS BY CONDUCTING. A
FIELD TESTED ONLY A SAMPLE OF
CANDIDATES THANK YOU.
QUESTIONS YOU KNOW JUST A COUPLE
OUT. THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR ARM.
SIXTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
SIXTEEN NEW TEACHING CREDENTIALS.
AND THAT'S A SIX POINT EIGHT
PERCENT INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR
YEAR.
HOW'S THE TREND GOING MINUTE
THEY HAD A GRAPHICAL WHAT WOULD
IT.
SHOW OVER THE LAST.
IT WOULD SHOW THAT WE ARE ON
THAT KIND OF TREND. I WE HAD
BEEN ON A DOWNWARD TREND UNTIL
ABOUT THE FOURTEEN FIFTEEN YEAR.
I WE WERE LOSING ABOUT THREE
PERCENT A YEAR UP UNTIL THAT
POINT DUE TO THE RECESSION.
WE BEGAN TO STABILIZE AND THEN
THE UPTICK BEGAN AT AROUND TWO
TO THREE PERCENT AND AND IT IS
NOW INCREASING AND OF COURSE.
THE LEGISLATURE HAS IT HAS
INVESTED IN RECRUITMENT OF
TEACHERS ALSO IN THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS AND THAT'S GOING
TO STIMULATE GROWTH HAVING JOB
AVAILABILITY WILL ALSO STIMULATE
GROWTH SO THEIR NUMBER OF
FACTORS. LEADING TO GREATER
INTEREST IN THE IN PURSUING
TEACHING CREDENTIALS THAN WE
EXPECT TO SEE. AN EIGHT TO TEN
PERCENT OF.
INCREASE FOR THE FORESEEABLE
FUTURE. GREATS WITHIN A A GRAPH
WOULD HAVE BEEN A FUN.
GRAPH PRAISE REPORT OR SOMETHING
INSANE OR MAKE IT SOME MOMENTUM
HERE BECAUSE ROE IS CONCERNED
ABOUT.
RETAINING AND GETTING TEACHERS
THE SECOND QUESTION. ON THE.
TEACHER CREDENTIAL.
RECORDS THAT GO BACK.
ON THE ESERVER HISTORICAL IMPORT
FOR.
CONVERTING IN IN STORING THE
DATA WELL SO IT THERE I THINK
ABOUT THIS IN A COUPLE OF
DIFFERENT WAYS I'M I'M TOLD BY
MY STAFF THAT WE HAVE OVER THE
LAST TWO YEARS HAD. CLOSE TO
EIGHT HUNDRED REQUESTS THAT I'VE
SENT US INTO THE MICROFICHE
FILES. TO TO CONVERT DOCUMENTS
WE'VE GOT EIGHT REQUESTS. OF FOR
CREDENTIALS FOR INDIVIDUALS BORN
IN NINETEEN THIRTY. SO
ESTABLISHING WHEN YOU WOULD DRAW
THE LINE WHEN IS IT MOST LIKELY
THAT RECORD HOLDERS ARE DEAD.
IS ONE THING YOU HAVE TO DO.
AND AND THEN YOU HAVE TO
ANALYZE FROM THERE WE HAVE ABOUT
ONE POINT THREE MILLION RECORDS
ELECTRIC.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT IT IS A
CUSTODIAN OF THE PUBLIC RECORD
OF CREDENTIALING. IT TROUBLES ME
A BIT TO DESTROY.
OF ANY PORTION OF THAT RECORD
THAT'S BEEN IN OUR IN OUR
CUSTODY OF FOR AS LONG AS IT HAS.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF
HISTORIC INTEREST THERE MIGHT BE
IN THE CREDENTIAL HOLDERS THAT
DATE BACK TO EIGHTEEN HUNDRED
BUT THERE COULD BE.
ON AND TO MAKE THIS INTO A
SEARCHABLE DATABASE THAT THAT
CAN THAT INCLUDES THE FULL SET
OF RECORDS THAT WE HAVE. FEELS
LIKE THE MORE RESPONSIBLE THING
TO DO MAINTAINING THIS LIKE TREE
FOR WHICH IS THE SIZE OF LIKE IN
NINETEEN SEVENTY MAINFRAME
COMPUTER IT'S HUGE. AND
DIFFICULT TO RUN ON IT'S JUST
IT'S JUST NOT THE MOST EFFECTIVE
OR EFFICIENT WAY TO DO THIS. TO
STORE THESE RECORDS IN SOME KIND
OF HERMETICALLY SEALED VAULT
BECAUSE THEY ARE ON MY
PROFICIENTLY DETERIORATE.
YOU KNOW THERE MIGHT BE SOME
COST SAVINGS THERE BUT.
IT'S IT'S IT'S DISASSOCIATE THE
RECORDS FROM ONE ANOTHER THEY
AREN'T IN A COMPLETE SEARCHABLE
DATABASE THIS PROPOSAL. US
SIMPLY SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE FROM
AN EFFICIENCY STANDPOINT AND
FROM A PRESERVATION OF THE
HISTORIC RECORDS THAT WE'VE HAD
CUSTODY OF SINCE. THE BEGINNING
OF LICENSING IN CALIFORNIA.
SO THE COUNTY OF ORANGE WE HAVE
AN ARCHIVE SEE HISTORICAL
ARCHIVES.
WHO WERE WITH THE ARCHIVES BE
FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE
GOLDEN STATE MUSEUM THE? STATE
LIBRARIAN WHO IT'S NOT
INCONCEIVABLE THAT IT COULD BE
THE STATE LIBRARY AND I CAN'T
IMAGINE THEY'D BE. A MUSEUM. OF
BUT THERE'S THE TEAL DATA CENTER
AND THERE ARE OTHER SOURCES LIKE
THAT WERE RECORDS CAN BE
MAINTAINED. SO WOULD THAT BE AN
OPTION WHERE YOU JUST GIVE THE
MICROFICHE.
TO THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION WE'D
HAVE TO DRAW A LINE SOMEWHERE WE
HAVE TO SORT THEM FIRST OF ALL.
AND IDENTIFY ALL THE RECORDS
THAT COULD STILL HAVE LIVING
RECORD HOLDERS THAT COULD BE
CALLED UPON FOR SOME REASON. THE
END PART OF OUR CONCERN WITH
REGARD TO DOING THAT AND
SEPARATING THE RECORDS INCLUDE
PUTTING THEM SUPPORTING SOME
PORTION OF THEM SOMEPLACE ELSE.
IS THAT WE DON'T WE. DON'T FEEL
ADEQUATE BUT WE CAN ADEQUATELY
ANTICIPATE WHEN WE MIGHT GET A
CALL FOR ONE OF THESE. ON WHAT
THE REASON MIGHT BE. AND WE
THINK ABOUT OUR WORK IN TERMS OF
THE LIVELY PRODUCTION OF
CREDENTIALS RIGHT NOW WHERE THE
UPDATING OF CREDENTIALS RIGHT
NOW.
WE'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT THE
HISTORICAL RECORD OR THE VALUE
OF THE HISTORICAL RECORD. OTHER
THAN FEELING A CUSTODIAL
RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN IT
AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SAFE BUT
IT'S NOT DETERIORATING THAT IS
AVAILABLE FOR ANY FUTURE NEED.
THAT MIGHT ARISE DIAGONALLY
THINK MAYBE SOMEONE'S DOING
HISTORICAL. OUT OF MY ONLINE
TIME NOT EVERY BIOGRAPHY ON
SOMEONE WANT TO DO SOME RESEARCH
ABOUT THE BANCROFT LIBRARY IN.
AT CAL BERKELEY.
WITH IBM.
IT COULD BE WE CERTAINLY COULD
LOOK INTO SOME OF THESE OTHER
OPTIONS AS WELL OF BUT AGAIN
IT'S IT'S SEPARATING THE RECORDS
AND KEEPING THEM IN DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS AND YOU KNOW.
IT. IT'S A IT'S A QUESTION WE
COULD DO FURTHER INVESTIGATION
ON IF THAT'S THE WILL OF THE
BODY. THANK YOU.
SENATOR JACKSON ANY QUESTIONS.
I APOLOGIZE TO MAY HAVE MISSED
THE ANSWER TO THIS.
BUT THE THE DELAY IN THE FIELD
TESTED YOU ADDRESS THAT ISSUE
AND.
WHEN CAN WE REASONABLY EXPECT
ITS COMPLETION AND THE.
I'M ASSUMING ADDITIONAL FUNDS
WERE NECESSARY BECAUSE IT WAS A
LARGER TASK THAN YOU HAD
ANTICIPATED BUT COULD YOU COULD
YOU ADDRESS THAT. CONCERN SINCE
FEELING OLD.
DOESN'T WANT YOU TO GET THE
EXTRA MONEY. WELL I'M I'M HAPPY
TO ADDRESS THAT CONCERN WE WILL
HAVE A FULLY DEVELOPED AND READY
FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
ADMINISTRATOR PERFORMANCE
ASSESSMENT FOR THE SEVEN FOR THE
EIGHTEEN NINETEEN ACADEMIC YEAR.
FULLY DEVELOPED IT TAKES
TYPICALLY TWO YEARS TO DEVELOP
THE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT LIKE
THIS. THERE'S THE INITIAL DESIGN
WORK THERE'S THE PILOT OF THAT
DESIGNED TO DETERMINE WHETHER
YOU'RE ASKING QUESTIONS THAT ARE
ANSWERABLE IN THEIR SCORE BELOW
AND ALL OF THAT. AND THEN
THERE'S A FIELD TEST OF A SYSTEM
THAT'S REVISED FOLLOWING A PILOT.
AND THEN THERE'S THE STANDARD
SETTING PIECE SO WE HAVE ENGAGED
IN A TWO YEAR INTENSIVE
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS INSTRUMENT.
THE FUNDING BECAME AVAILABLE IN
OUR BUDGET INCLUDE AS OF JULY
ONE NIGHT AT TWENTY FIFTEEN.
AT THE SAME TIME THAT THAT
FUNDING BECAME AVAILABLE THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAD
ISSUED A PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT GRANT TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO. WHERE
THEY WERE WORKING ON A
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT TOOL THAT
ADMINISTRATORS COULD USE FOR
SELF ASSESSMENT PURPOSES? SO AT
THE TIME THAT WE WERE PLANNING
FOR OUR.
IN BUILDING UP A BUDGET I
CHANGE PROPOSAL WE WERE HOPING
IN ANTICIPATING THAT THAT
INITIAL INVESTMENT IN THAT
INSTRUMENT AT USD COULD SERVE AS
A PROTOTYPE THAT WE COULD ADAPT
FOR THIS WORK.
THAT WORK THAT WAS WE DIDN'T
HAVE ANY EVIDENCE OF THE SYSTEM
YET SIMPLY THAT IT WAS UNDER
DEVELOPMENT AND THAT THERE WAS A
MILLION DOLLARS INVESTED IN THAT
FROM THE DEPARTMENT AGAIN FOR
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NOT FOR
LICENSING.
OF THE FUNDING CAME INTO OUR
BUDGET IN JULY TWENTY FIFTEEN
THE COMMISSION WAS STILL ENGAGED
IN FINALIZING ITS STANDARDS FOR
ADMINISTRATOR PREPARATION. ON
THAT PROCESS TOOK SOME TIME AS
WELL IT TOOK THEM THROUGH
PROBABLY MOST OF TWENTY FIFTEEN
TO GET THOSE SETTLED. THERE WERE
ALSO ADOPTING THEIR STANDARDS
FOR PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS
WHICH ALSO TOOK US THROUGH
DECEMBER OR SO TWENTY FIFTEEN.
SO WE WROTE A REQUEST FOR
PROPOSALS TO SELECT A CONTRACTOR
IN EARLY IN TWENTY SIXTEEN WE
SELECTED A CONTRACTOR TO BEGIN
WORK FOR US.
WE ASSEMBLE DESIGN TEAM MEMBERS
WHO CAME TOGETHER TO WORK WITH
US ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT.
SIMULTANEOUS TO BUILDING A
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT FOR
ADMINISTRATORS. UPDATING A
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT FOR
TEACHERS SO WE HAD TWO MAJOR
PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY THIS
CONTRACTOR AT THE SAME TIME TO
DESIGN TEAMS IN A TWO YEAR
WINDOW. TO THE DESIGN OF THIS
WORK WAS INFORMED BY THEIR FIRST
INVESTMENT AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION WE TOOK A CLOSE LOOK
AT WHAT THEY DEVELOPED AT U. S.
D..
AND PUT IT BEFORE OUR DESIGN
TEAM TO SEE COULD WE ADOPT THIS
FOR OUR PURPOSES AND SPEED UP
THE TIME LINE FOR DEVELOPMENT
AND THE ANSWER WAS NO. WE
LEARNED A LOT FROM IT IT HAD
SOME VERY GOOD FEATURES WAS
BASED ON A SIMILAR INSTRUMENT IN
MASSACHUSETTS.
BUT IT ULTIMATELY IT DID NOT
FIT THE NEEDS IT WASN'T GOING TO
ASSESS CALIFORNIA STANDARDS FOR
ADMINISTRATORS ADEQUATELY. SO
WERE DESIGN TEAM WAS APPOINTED
AND BEGAN WORK IN THE LATE
SPRING OF TWENTY SIXTEEN A AND
THEY CARRIED ON THEIR DESIGN AND
PILOTING IN SIXTEEN SEVENTEEN.
WE MADE REVISIONS LAST SUMMER IN
TWENTY SEVENTEEN AND FIELD TEST
OF THE SYSTEM WITH ABOUT TWELVE
TO FIFTEEN INSTITUTIONS WE HAD
ABOUT A HUNDRED PARTICIPANTS IN
THAT AND. THIRTY OF THOSE FOR
DISPENSE WHO BRITAIN WHO. ARE
FIELD TESTED THE THE ASSESSMENT.
ON A FIELD TESTED ALL THREE
COMPONENTS OF ITS THREE THERE
ARE THREE SEPARATE TASKS AND
EIGHT SO WE HAVE ABOUT THIRTY
PEOPLE WHO COMPLETED THAT.
THAT REALLY IS AN INSUFFICIENT
NUMBER TO DO STANDARD SETTING.
TO TO ESTABLISH WHAT A PASSING
STANDARD ON THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE.
SO THE COMMISSION'S
DETERMINATION EARLY ON
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THIS WAS A
THIS IS A VERY BIG CHANGE FOR
ADMINISTRATOR PREPARATION
PROGRAMS TO ADMINISTER AND TO BE
PARTICIPATING IN THIS KIND OF
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT. WAS A
VERY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE ARE THEY
DETERMINED THE COMMISSION DID
EARLY IN THE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
THAT HAVING THE FIRST YEAR OF
FULL IMPLEMENTATION BE NON
CONSEQUENTIAL FOR CANDIDATES.
PRESUMING THERE WOULD BE MAYBE
THREE THOUSAND CANDIDATES IN
PREPARATION. ACROSS THIRTY OR
FORTY DIFFERENT PREPARATION
PROGRAMS.
IT WAS IN OUR FOR THE STATE'S
BEST INTEREST TO MAKE THAT NON
CONSEQUENTIAL FOR CANDIDATES AND
FOR PROGRAM SO THAT PROGRAMS
COULD FULLY IMPLEMENT THIS.
CANDIDATES WOULD HAVE A CHANCE
TO COMPLETE ALL THREE ASPECTS OF
IT ACROSS THE BOARD. IN A YEAR
THAT WAS MORE FULLY IMPLEMENTED.
THIS IS X. THIS IS WHAT WE DID
WITH OUR TEACHING PERFORMANCE
ASSESSMENT WHEN WE BUILT IT WE
HAD FIVE YEARS IN FACT THERE
WERE NON CONSEQUENTIAL ONCE THE
TP A WAS BUILT. AND IT ENABLED
PROGRAMS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE
NEED TO DO TO PREPARE CANDIDATES
AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO
LEARN AND PERFORM. BEFORE WE
MAKE A CONSEQUENTIAL.
THE STATE DID THE SAME THING
WITH STUDENT TESTING PROGRAM
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF INSTANT
NON CONSEQUENTIAL SCORING YEARS
WHEN THE S. BACK CAME ON BOARD
HERE. IT'S IT'S GOOD FOR
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM SO
THAT IT IS READY TO IMPLEMENT.
OF THIS KIND OF CHANGE ON
PREPARATION PROGRAMS WITH AND
HAVE THE TIME NEXT YEAR TO TO
MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND HOW TO
GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN
AND SO. ON I WOULD SAY THAT WE
ARE WITHIN BUDGET ON THIS WE
WILL DO STANDARD SETTING NEXT
YEAR.
AND WE'LL DO IT ON ABOUT A TEN
PERCENT OF THE POPULATION WE
CAN'T WE CAN WE HAVE TO HAVE AT
LEAST TEN PERCENT OF THE
POPULATION WE HAVE TO HAVE A
SAMPLE THAT IS APPROPRIATELY
CONSTRUCTED. VOLUNTEERS IN A
FIELD TEST DO NOT CONSTITUTE
MAKE FOR THE RIGHT KIND OF FEEL
TEST FOR FOR STANDARD SETTING.
SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO PULL THE
TEN PERCENT OF THE SAMPLE TO DO
STANDARD SITTING NEXT YEAR OR WE
CAN LOOK AT THE WHOLE POPULATION
INTO STANDARD SETTING OFF OF
THAT.
ON BUT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY HOW
WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE STAGE IN
TIME.
.
OKAY THANK YOU ARM AND I'M
ASSUMING THE LA O. KNOWS ALL
THIS BUT THE LMAO STILL.
RELUCTANT TO SUPPORT TO BLESS
THE REQUEST IS THAT A FAIR
STATEMENT.
YES I THINK IT IS AND WE'RE NOT.
CERTAIN WHY WE NEED TO TEST ALL
A HUNDRED PERCENT OF CANDIDATES
WHEN WE CAN DEVELOP A
STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT SAMPLE
OF CANDIDATES TO TEST THE EXAM
ON NOW SOME POINTS WERE MADE
EARLIER AS FAR AS.
THE INDIVIDUAL CREDENTIALING
PROGRAMS.
BASICALLY READY NESS TO ROLL
OUT THE NEW ASSESSMENT. HOWEVER
WE NOTE THAT THE CDC HAS HAD
OVER THIRTY PUBLIC MEETINGS
TODAY I TO WHICH ALL
CREDENTIALING PROGRAMS HAVE
PARTICIPATED IN.
AND I. SAID TO THE EXTENT THAT
THERE ARE REMAINING QUESTIONS AS
WE. MOVE FORWARD ON THE ROLL OUT
AT CDC WILL BE OFFERING OFFICE
AT WARNER'S OFFICE HOURS FOR
PROGRAMS TO COME AND ASK
QUESTIONS SO WE DO THINK THAT. I
ENOUGH TRAINING HAS BEEN PUT IN
PLACE TO ROLL OUT THE THE ATA
OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ONE.
OR FOR THAT UP TO THE CHAIR.
SO WE HAVE BEEN WELL WE'VE BEEN
CHANGING STANDARDS FOR
ADMINISTRATORS WE HAVE HAD A
NUMBER OF ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE
WITH THE COMMUNITY OF
PREPARATION. WE'VE REALLY ONLY
HAD THREE TRAINING SESSIONS
WHERE THEY'VE HAD A CHANCE TO
LOOK AT THE AP A AND THAT'S WHAT
THIS YEAR. AND LOOK AT WHAT THE
IMPLICATIONS FOR THEIR
CURRICULUM MIGHT BE.
WEEKS SO SURVEYED ITS THEY'VE
HAD AN INITIAL GLANCE AT IT BUT
THEY HAVEN'T ACTUALLY DONE IT IN
PRACTICE WITH CANDIDATES. ON THE
SO THAT'S I JUST WANTED TO
CORRECT THAT PART OF THE RECORD
THE OTHER PARTY IS. ON WE
CERTAINLY COULD DO THIS WITH
THREE HUNDRED CANDIDATES NEXT
YEAR BUT THE OTHER TWENTY SEVEN
HUNDRED CANDIDATES WHO WERE IN
PREPARATION WON'T GET THE
BENEFIT. OF TRYING THIS
ASSESSMENT OUT OF TAKING THE
RESULTS OF THIS ASSESSMENT INTO
THEIR INDUCTION AND THEIR
PROGRAMS MORE IMPORTANTLY ONE
HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
ON ADMINISTRATION OF IT. THE
COMMISSION IS REALLY TRYING TO
DO THREE THINGS HERE MAKE SURE
PREPARATION IS APPROPRIATELY
READY TO PREPARE CANDIDATES FOR
IT TO MAKE SURE THE CANDIDATES
HAVE US HAVE SOME FEEDBACK ON
THIS ASSESSMENT THAT MOVES INTO
THEIR NEXT STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT
CALLED INDUCTION. AND THIRD TO
HAVE A ROBUST POPULATION TO DO
STANDARD SETTING ON.
I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THE
MICROFICHE. PROJECT THAT THE LA
A LIKE SO MUCH.
.
DID YOU SELECT SOLICIT MULTIPLE
BIDS FOR THE PROJECT THERE SO
YES SAW THE BETTING WAS DONE
RECORDING THAT. I BELIEVE THAT'S
TRUE I HAVE STAFF BEHIND ME WHO
COULD CONFIRM THAT BUT I BELIEVE
ARE NOT ONLY ARE THERE NODDING
YES THAT WE DID OKAY GREAT THAT
WAS MY ONLY QUESTION YES.
OTHER THAN THIS OR YEAH OKAY
WILL GO INTO THE SECOND PANEL.
ON FUTURE MISCONDUCT WORKLOAD
.
I'M HAPPY TO JUST START AND I'D
LIKE TO ALSO INTRODUCE LINDA
SCHNEIDER FROM THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE WHO IS THE
DIRECTOR AND MANAGER OF THE THE
DIVISION THAT. TAKES CARE OF
THEM THE ASSIGNMENT MONITORING
WORKING AT A SIGN OF MODERATES
USING THE MISCONDUCT WORK THAT'S
REFERRED TO. THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE BUT ALL JUST TO
KIND OF GENERAL OVERVIEW SO THE
COMMISSION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
TAKING DISCIPLINARY ACTION
AGAINST TEACHERS WHO HAVE
ENGAGED IN CONDUCT OF MISCONDUCT.
WE DO THIS THROUGH A PROCESS
THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN
EDUCATION CODE THAT INVOLVES THE
APPOINTMENT OF A COMMITTEE ON A
CREDENTIALS THE MEET MONTHLY IN
OUR OFFICES. AND THEY GO OVER
THE CASES THAT WE PREPARE FOR
THEM. OF THAT BODY HAS SEVEN
MEMBERS TO OUR CREDENTIALED
TEACHERS ONE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER
THREE PUBLIC MEMBERS WHEN
ADMINISTRATOR. AND THEIR JOB IS
TO DELIBERATE ON EVIDENCE.
OR ON ON FACTS AND INFORMATION
ARE PRESENTED TO THEM.
WE ARE REQUIRED BY LEGISLATION
BY THE ECHO TO MEET A STANDARD
OF.
NOT CLEAR AND CONVINCING IT IS
PROBABLE CAUSE AND THEY MAKE A
RECOMMENDATION BASED ON A
PROBABLE CAUSE JUDGMENT AT THEIR
LEVEL TO THE COMMISSION FOR
DISCIPLINE. OF ANY CREDENTIAL
HOLDER WHO CHALLENGES THE
FINDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE HAS
THE RIGHT TO DO SO IN THOSE
CASES ARE THEN FORWARDED TO THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR
REPRESENTATION. ON AND I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO LINDA TALKED TO
SAY MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING
AND WITH REGARD TO THAT THAT
ASPECT OF THE WORK.
GOOD MORNING HONORABLE CHAIRMAN
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TESTIFY TODAY. AND THANK YOU FOR
PROVIDING INCREASED FUNDING FOR
THE COMMISSION TO IMPROVE ITS
ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.
MY NAME IS LINDA SCHNEIDER I AM
THE SENIOR ASSISTANT ATTORNEY
GENERAL FOR THE LICENSING
SECTION IN THE CIVIL LAW
DIVISION OF THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE.
THE LICENSING ASPECT SECTION
ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
EDUCATOR MISCONDUCT CASELOAD FOR
THE COMMISSIONON TEACHER
CREDENTIALING ON JULY FIRST
TWENTY SIXTEEN.
AS YOU ARE AWARE THE EDUCATOR
MISCONDUCT CASELOAD PENDING AT
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
GREW AFTER THE LEGISLATURE
PASSED ASSEMBLY BILL FOUR FOUR
NINE.
IN TWENTY THIRTEEN THAT
ESTABLISHED EDUCATION CODE
SECTION FOUR FOUR OO THREE OO
POINT FIVE.
REQUIRING MUCH GREATER REPORTING
BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO THE
COMMISSION.
SINCE THEN THE VOLUME OF
EDUCATOR MISCONDUCT REPORTS HAS
INCREASED.
WHICH NATURALLY RESULTED IN MORE
REFERRALS TO THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE FOR PROSECUTION.
ALMOST DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF
PENDING CASES BY THE END OF THE
TWENTY FIFTEEN SIXTEEN FISCAL
YEAR.
I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT
THE STEPS WE HAVE TAKEN TO
REVERSE THIS TREND. REDUCE THE
BACKLOG AND ALSO SHARE THREE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE
EFFICIENCY OF THE COMMISSION'S
ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.
THE CASE LOAD FOR THE COMMISSION.
WAS PREVIOUSLY HANDLED BY THE
HEALTH EDUCATION AND WELFARE
SECTION IN OUR OFFICE FOR MANY
YEARS.
BECAUSE OF THAT SECTION
SPECIALIZATION IN EDUCATION.
BUT BECAUSE THE SECTIONS
DEPUTIES ARE GENERALISTS AND TO
PRIMARILY HANDLED DEFENSE CASES.
OUR EXECUTIVE STAFF DETERMINED.
TO TRANSFER THE CASE LOAD FOR
THE COMMISSION TO THE LICENSING
SECTION.
THE LICENSING SECTION IS A
PROSECUTION UNIT SPECIALIZING IN
LICENSE DISCIPLINE MATTERS.
THE MAJORITY OF THE SECTIONS
CLIENTS ARE PROFESSIONAL
LICENSING BOARDS IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS.
AND THEREFORE THE LICENSING
LICENSING ENFORCEMENT IS REALLY
EXACTLY IN A REAL HOUSE.
BASED ON OUR SPECIALIZATION AND
EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA WE HAVE
BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMISSION
STAFF TO IMPROVE PROCESSES IN
THEIR ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. AS
WELL AS ADDRESS THE BACKLOG.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THERE
HAVE NOT BEEN CHALLENGES IN
ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS
IMPORTANT WORK.
FIRST WE ANALYZE THE MISCONDUCT
WORKLOAD AND DETERMINED THEY
NEED FOR FOURTEEN MORE ATTORNEYS
TO ELIMINATE THE BACKLOG. AND
EFFICIENTLY HANDLE THE ON GOING
WORK OF THE COMMISSION.
SIX POSITIONS WERE TRANSFERRED
FROM THE HEALTH EDUCATION AND
WELFARE SECTION. AND THE OTHERS
WERE ADDED.
THE HIRING PROCESS TO FILL OUT
THESE POSITIONS WITH EXPERIENCED
ATTORNEYS WELL SUITED FOR WORK
THROUGH THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM.
TOOK MUCH LONGER THAN WE HAD
ANTICIPATED.
THE LAST TOURNEY HIRED JUST
BEGAN WORKING ON DECEMBER FOURTH
TWENTY SEVENTEEN.
THE SECOND CHALLENGE WAS THE
TRANSITION OF THE CASELOAD
INTERNALLY. WHICH INCLUDED OVER
THREE HUNDRED OPEN CASES ALL IN
VARIOUS STAGES OF LITIGATION.
IF A HEARING DATE WAS
APPROACHING THE ASSIGNED TO
HEALTH EDUCATION AND WELFARE
DEPUTY.
RETAIN THE CASE FOR TRIAL. THE
MOST CASES WERE REASSIGNED TO
LICENSING DEPUTIES.
THIS PROCESS TAKE ABOUT SIX
MONTHS.
THE THIRD CHALLENGE WAS UPDATING
PROCESSES TO BE USED BETWEEN OUR
OFFICE AND THE COMMISSION STAFF.
SO THAT WE COULD HANDLE THE WORK
UNDER OUR SPECIALIZED MODEL.
OF COURSE AT THE SAME TIME OUR
STAFF HAD TO LEARN THE
COMMISSION'S SUBJECT MATTER.
THE EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS.
THE UNIQUE EVIDENTIARY ISSUES IN
THIS PRACTICE AREAS SUCH AS
WORKING WITH CHILD WITNESSES.
SO TRAINING WAS REQUIRED.
FOURTH AND WITH YOUR ASSISTANCE
WE HAVE ADDRESSED A PROCESS FLAW.
THAT SLOWS PROSECUTION WHICH IS
NOT COMMON TO ANY OF OUR OTHER
ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS THAT WE
REPRESENT.
FAT IS LACK OF INVESTIGATION TO
OBTAIN EVIDENCE TO PROVE THE
MISCONDUCT.
THE COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS AS
MS SANDY SAID. WITHIN THE
COMMISSION IS CHARGED WITH
INVESTIGATIVE REVIEW OF REPORTS
OF MISCONDUCT TO DETERMINE
WHETHER THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE.
TO IMPOSE ADVERSE ACTION.
BUT THE COMMISSION'S PROCESSES
DID NOT INCLUDE INVESTIGATION TO
OBTAIN EVIDENCE TO PROVE THE
ALLEGATIONS.
AT HEARING TO A STANDARD OF
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE TO
A REASONABLE CERTAINTY.
ON OUR RECOMMENDATION AND THE
COMMISSION'S REQUEST A TRANSFER
OF SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE
COMMISSION'S LINE ITEM FOR
ATTORNEY GENERAL SERVICES.
WAS APPROVED TO FIND GROWTH OF
THE COMMISSION'S INVESTIGATION
UNIT FOR OBTAINING THE NEEDED
EVIDENCE.
THE INVESTIGATORS ARE TREMENDOUS
ASSET IN PROSECUTING THE CASES.
REDUCING THE BACKLOG AND
ESTABLISHING A MORE EFFICIENT
SYSTEM.
THE QUARTERLY REPORTS THAT WE
SUBMIT CONCERNING THE
COMMISSION'S CASELOAD. INCLUDE
THE NUMBER OF CASES FOR WHICH
INVESTIGATION WAS REQUESTED AND
RECEIVED.
PRIOR TO FILING A CASE BUT NOT
AFTER.
MANY CASES HAD ALREADY BEEN
FILED BEFORE THE TRANSFER THE
CASE LOAD TO THE LICENSING
SECTION.
AN INVESTIGATOR REQUESTS ON
THOSE MATTERS ARE NOT REPORTED.
THE COMMISSION'S DATA PROVIDES
MORE COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION
ON THE UTILIZATION OF THEIR
INVESTIGATIVE STAFF.
AS THE BACKLOG IS CLEARED.
THE GOAL WE SHARE WITH THE
COMMISSION IS FOR THE
INVESTIGATORS TO FULLY
INVESTIGATE THE CASE IS AT THE
FRONT AND.
BEFORE THEY ARE REFERRED TO THE
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
FOR PROSECUTION.
AS ALL OF OUR OTHER CLIENTS DO.
CURRENTLY THEY INVESTIGATE CASES
THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN FILED AND
NEW CASES THAT HAVE BEEN
REFERRED BY NOT YET PLAID.
WHICH CONSUMES ALL OF THEIR TIME.
THEY DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES
TO INVESTIGATE CASES BEFORE
REFERRAL TO OUR OFFICE.
THUS OUR FIRST RECOMMENDATION IS
THAT THE COMMISSION BE
AUTHORIZED TO RETAIN AND EXPAND.
THEIR INVESTIGATIVE TEAM AS A
PERMANENT COMPONENT OF THE
ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.
TO PROVIDE INVESTIGATION
NECESSARY TO PROVE MISCONDUCT.
IT REALLY IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY.
NOW TURNING TO THE CURRENT.
STATUS OF THE COMMISSION'S CASE
LOAD AT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
OFFICE.
SINCE THE CHANGE IN THE LAW
REQUIRING GRADING GREATER
REPORTING BY THE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS. THE CASE LOAD AT THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE MORE
THAN DOUBLED TO EVENTUALLY
RESULTING IN A BACKLOG.
BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS CASES
PENDING IN A CASE LOAD. ANY
CLIENT AGENT FOR ANY CLIENT
AGENCY BACKLOG IS DEFINED IN
TERMS OF EQUILIBRIUM.
EQUILIBRIUM IS WHEN THE NUMBER
OF CASES RESOLVED IN A YEAR.
EQUALS THE NUMBER OF CASES
REFERRED.
AND EQUALS THE NUMBER OF CASES
ACTIVE CASES THAT ARE PENDING.
PROCESSING IS MOST EFFICIENT
WHEN A CLIENT'S CASE LOAD IS IN
EQUILIBRIUM.
THEREFORE OUR GOAL IS TO
ELIMINATE THE BACKLOG MAINTAIN
EQUILIBRIUM. AND THEREBY IMPROVE
AVERAGE CASE PROCESSING TIME.
WHEN THE LICENSING SECTION
RESUMED ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY
OF THESE CASES ON JULY FIRST
TWENTY SIXTEEN.
THE COMMISSION'S CASELOAD
INCLUDED A TOTAL OF OVER THREE
HUNDRED CASES. INCLUDING ADVERSE
ACTION MATTERS RICH SAID MANDATE
AND CIVIL CASES RELATED TO
MISCONDUCT.
WE FOCUS ON ADVERSE ACTION CASES
BECAUSE THEY ARE THE CORE OF THE
ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. IMPOSING
ADVERSE ACTION FOR EDUCATORS
HAVE ENGAGED IN MISCONDUCT.
IN WORKING TO REDUCE THE BACKLOG
WE COUNT ACTIVE ADVERSE ACTION
CASES. MEANING THAT THE WORK OF
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE TO
JUDICATA CASE IS NOT YET
COMPLETE.
CASES THAT HAVE BEEN A JURY
ADJUDICATED ARE IN ACTIVE.
THEY'RE KEPT OPEN IN OUR OFFICE
UNTIL WE RECEIVE THE
COMMISSION'S DECISION IT AND IT
BECOMES EFFECTIVE AND THEN THEY
ARE CLOSED.
AT THE TIME OF THE TRANSFER OF
THE COMMISSION'S CASE LOAD TO
THE LICENSING SECTION AND THERE
WERE. TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
EIGHT. ACTIVE ADVERSE ACTION
CASES.
THE BACKLOG AT THAT TIME WAS ONE
HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX CASES.
WHICH WAS BASED ON THE REFERRAL
RATE.
OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY TWO CASES
PER YEAR.
DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD THE
BACKLOG PEAKED.
AT CLOSE TO A HUNDRED AND FORTY.
AND SINCE THEN HAS BEEN COMING
DOWN.
AS SHOWN IN OUR SECOND QUARTERLY
REPORT AT THE END OF DECEMBER
TWENTY SEVENTEEN WE HAD.
TWO HUNDRED SIXTY TWO ACTIVE
ADVERSE ACTION CASES. AND THE
BACKLOG WAS DOWN TO ONE HUNDRED
AND TEN.
THE THIRD QUARTERLY REPORT THAT
WE WILL PUBLISH ON MAY THIRTY
FIRST TWENTY EIGHTEEN. WILL SHOW
THAT THE NUMBER OF ADVERSE
ACTION CASES WAS DOWN TO TWO
HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE. AND THE
BACKLOG REDUCED TO EIGHTY THREE.
AS OF MARCH THIRTY FIRST TWENTY
EIGHTEEN.
AND IS CONTINUING TO DECLINE.
IN SUMMARY THE BACKLOG STARTED
AT A HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX IN
JULY TWENTY SIXTEEN. INCREASE TO
ALMOST A HUNDRED AND FORTY
DURING THE TRANSITION.
AND NOW HAS BEEN REDUCED TO
EIGHTY THREE.
AND IT SHOULD ALSO BE KEPT IN
MIND THAT NEW CASES ARE BEING
REFERRED TO OUR OFFICE EVERY
MONTH.
AND THEREFORE WE MUST
CONTINUALLY ADJUDICATE MORE
CASES THAT ARE REFERRED TO IN
ORDER TO REDUCE THE BACKLOG AND
REACH EQUILIBRIUM.
IN TERMS OF COST TO THE
COMMISSION FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
SERVICES FOR THE FIRST THREE
QUARTERS OF THE CURRENT FISCAL
YEAR.
WE BUILD THE COMMISSION OVER TWO
MILLION DOLLARS FOR WORK RELATED
TO THE MISCONDUCT CASE LOAD. AND
ALMOST SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND FOUR
LITIGATION INCLUDING LEGAL
SERVICES FOR DEFENSE.
OF TORT OR EMPLOYMENT CASES.
THE TOTAL FOR ALL LEGAL SERVICES
WAS OVER TWO POINT TWO MILLION.
WHICH ANNUALIZED WOULD BE CLOSE
TO THREE MILLION.
DURING THE SAME NINE MONTH
PERIOD THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF
HOURS FOR RESOLUTION OF ADVERSE
ACTION MATTERS WAS EIGHTY THREE
HOURS PER CASE.
AND ALTHOUGH HISTORY IS THE BEST
PREDICTOR FOR THE FUTURE WE
BELIEVE IT IS STILL TOO SOON TO
CALCULATING LIGHT RELIABLE
AVERAGE.
FOR THE NUMBER OF HOURS TO
RESOLVE OUT PERCENTAGE ACTION
CASES AS CAN BE SEEN BY THE VERY
ABILITY SO FAR.
THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF HOURS IN
THE FIRST QUARTER WAS EIGHTY
EIGHT IN THE SECOND QUARTER
SIXTY WINE IN THE THIRD QUARTER
NINETY EIGHT.
FOR AN OVERALL AVERAGE FOR THE
FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF EIGHTY
THREE.
THE AVERAGE MAY INCREASE OF MORE
CASES ARE LITIGATED TO
CONCLUSION RATHER THAN RESOLVED
BY SETTLEMENT.
AND THIS BRINGS US TO THE
SUBJECT TO SETTLEMENT BECAUSE
THE COMMISSION SETTLEMENT
PROCESS CAN BE IMPROVED.
FIRST IT MUST BE UNDERSTOOD THAT
IN EVERY LITIGATION PRACTICE
INCLUDING LICENSING ENFORCEMENT.
SETTLEMENTS IN MOST CASES IS
ESSENTIAL.
IN FACT OUR COURT SYSTEM WOULD
BREAK DOWN COMPLETELY WITHOUT
THE MAJORITY OF THE CASES BEING
RESOLVED THROUGH SETTLEMENTS.
SETTLEMENT IS BENEFICIAL FOR ALL
PARTIES BECAUSE IT'S FASTER AND
LESS COSTLY.
PROVIDES BETTER PUBLIC
PROTECTION BECAUSE DISCIPLINE IS
IMPOSED MORE QUICKLY.
YIELDS A MORE CERTAIN RESULTS
FOR ALL CONCERNED.
AND BECAUSE THE RESPONDENT WAVES
APPEAL RIGHTS FULL RESOLUTION.
IS ASSURED.
THE COMMISSION SETTLEMENT
PROCESS WILL BE IMPROVED IF THE
IF THE COMMISSION DOES TWO
THINGS.
AMANDA ONE REGULATION AND
ESTABLISHED DISCIPLINARY
GUIDELINES. THESE ARE SECOND AND
THIRD RECOMMENDATIONS.
REGULATE.
IT GIVES ME. REGULATION SECTION
EIGHT OH THREE TWO HOUR WAS
ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSION IN
NINETEEN EIGHTY.
AND IF INCLUDES A REQUIREMENT
FOR THE COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS
TO RECOMMEND.
ANY PROPOSED SETTLEMENT BEFORE
IT IS SUBMITTED TO THE
COMMISSION TO ACCEPT OR DECLINE.
THIS ADDS A BURDEN ON THE
COMMITTEE TO REVIEW EACH CASE
AND BATTED FOR POTENTIAL
SETTLEMENT WHEN IT IS ALREADY
OVER BURDENED IN REVIEWING MORE
THAN. NINETY CASES PER MONTH.
AND IN THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS
CLOSE TO A HUNDRED CASES PER
MONTH.
AS AN INVESTIGATIVE BODY BY
STATUTE THE COMMITTEE SHOULD
HAVE NO ROLE IN SETTLEMENT.
THE COMMISSION HAS THE ULTIMATE
AUTHORITY TO DECIDE WHETHER TO
ACCEPT A SETTLEMENT IT'S THEIR
RESPONSIBILITY.
IF WE CAN GET PROPOSED
SETTLEMENTS TO THE COMMISSION
WITHOUT THE INTERMEDIATE STOP IN
THE COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS OF
CASES WILL BE FASTER.
THEN OUR THIRD RECOMMENDATION IS
TO ENACT A STATUE TO REQUIRE THE
COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH
DISCIPLINARY GUIDELINES.
ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT OF
CONSUMER AFFAIRS CLIENT AGENCIES
HAVE A DISCIPLINARY GUIDELINES
FOR THEIR ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS.
WHICH ARE CRITICAL TO ESTABLISH
FAIRNESS AND UNIFORMITY.
PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE RANGE OF
PENALTIES THAT WILL BE IMPOSED
FOR SPECIFIED OFFENSES. AND
THEREBY CREATE A STRONG
DETERRENT EFFECT.
THEY ALSO PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO
ALL PARTICIPANTS THE
DISCIPLINARY SYSTEM ON THE
COMMISSION'S VIEWS.
SO THAT SETTLEMENTS CAN BE
CRAFTED TO ABIDE BY THEM.
AND THEY KEEP. THEY HELP PROTECT
THE COMMISSION'S DECISIONS WHEN
CHALLENGED ON JUDICIAL REVIEW AS
WELL.
ESTABLISHING DISCIPLINARY
GUIDELINES BY REGULATION WILL BE
A GREAT BENEFIT FOR EVERYONE.
AND PROMOTES EFFICIENCY AS WELL.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE
WILL BE HAPPY TO ASSIST THE
COMMISSION IN DRAFTING PROPOSED
DISCIPLINARY GUIDELINES.
FINALLY IN THIS HEARING LAST
YEAR SENATORS INQUIRED ABOUT
WHETHER THE COMMISSION COULD
PUBLISH GREATER INFORMATION.
ABOUT ADVERSE ACTIONS. WHICH
WOULD OF COURSE PROVIDE GREATER
TRANSPARENCY AND BETTER
DETERRENTS.
OUR STAFF REVIEW THE LAW
GOVERNING SUCH DISCLOSURES AND
FOUND THAT THE COMMISION IS
PUBLISHING AS MUCH AS THEY.
LEGALLY ARE OFF LINE AUTHORIZED
TO PUBLISH REGARDING OUT FOR HIS
ACTIONS.
STATUTORY CHANGES WOULD BE
REQUIRED TO ALLOW THE COMMISSION
TO PUBLISH MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT ADVERSE ACTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME HERE
TODAY I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
YES I JUST ASK A QUESTION FIRST
WE'VE HEARD ABOUT YOUR
RECOMMENDATIONS I'VE SEEN THE
THE.
COMMISSION ARE TAKING NOTES HAVE
YOU TALKED.
HAVE YOU HAVE YOU HAD
DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS. AND SO
YOU'RE MAKING THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
IS THIS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS
LEGISLATIVE ACTION AND WE'RE
LOOKING AT ESTABLISHING
DISCIPLINARY GUIDELINES WHY DO
YOU WHY DO WE NEED TO BE PART OF
THAT DISCUSSION AT THIS POINT.
ISN'T SOMETHING YOU NEED THE
THE THE LEGISLATURE TO DO OR IS
THIS SOMETHING THAT THESE YOUR.
COLLECTIVELY COULD DO TOGETHER
AND HAVE DONE BY NOW.
GIVEN THE FACT THAT THAT SOME
OF THESE OBVIOUSLY ARE I MEAN
ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES ISN'T
ROCKET SCIENCE. BE HELPFUL TO
HAVE THEM WHEN IT SO I'M
WONDERING WHY WE'RE JUST HEARING
ABOUT THIS IS THERE IS THERE
SOMETHING YOU NEED THE
LEGISLATURE TO DO OR YOU.
TRYING TO EXPLAIN.
SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN FIXED
THAT MIGHT ALREADY HAVE BEEN
DONE OR ARE THESE DISCIPLINARY.
GUIDELINES IN PROCESS HAVE THEY
BEEN PUT. TOGETHER IN.
I'M LISTENING AND IT'S ALL VERY
INTERESTING MORNING WHY AREN'T
THESE FOLKS TALKING TO EACH
OTHER AND GETTING IT DONE SO IF
YOU COULD. KIND OF GIVE ME A
LITTLE DIRECTION I. HOPE I'M I
HOPE I'M MISSING SOMETHING BUT
I'M A LITTLE PUZZLED.
IS IT IS SOMETHING THAT IT.
HIS ME IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE WITH
THE FOR THE COMMISSION BEFORE.
AND IF A STATUTE WAS ENACTED TO
REQUIRE IT IT WOULD BE IT WOULD
HAVE TO BE DONE.
I WOULD LIKE I HAVE NOT MADE A
PRESENTATION TO THE COMMISSION
ON THE REGULATION SUCH AS
SUGGESTING THERE WERE THE
REGULATIONS.
TO ESTABLISH DISCIPLINARY
GUIDELINES BUT I WILL BE IN THE
FUTURE.
SO ARE WE JUST GOING TO SAY WE
HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN IN
CONVERSATION WERE REGULAR
CONVERSATION WITH LINDA AND HER
TEAM. AND WE SUPPORT OUR WE'RE
IN GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT. SHE'S
MAKING.
IT'S MY UNDERSTAND WITHIN
CERTAIN I THINK PART OF THIS
PRESENTATION TODAY IS A RESPONSE
TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ON YOUR
AGENDA ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THE
TIMELINESS AND HOW TO REDUCE.
TIMELINESS AND I THINK THAT
WETLAND IS RECOMMENDING ARE SOME
WAYS IN WHICH WE COULD DO THAT.
TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD
REQUIRE REGULATORY CHANGE AND I
THAT'S IN FRONT OF THE
COMMISSION TO DO.
BUT ONE OF THEM WOULD REQUIRE
IN ORDER FOR US TO. COMPLETELY
OVERHAUL THE WAY IN WHICH WE
STAFF AND PRINT AND CONDUCT OUR
WORK WILL REQUIRE STAFF
AUGMENTATION AND THAT IS A
LEGISLATIVE PIECE.
SO WE'VE DONE SOME INITIAL
ANALYSIS OF THAT AND. YOU WERE
HAPPY TO SHARE THAT AND WORK
WITH THE ADMINISTRATION IN THE
FALL FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET OR.
RECEIVED AN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT HOW TO WHAT
WILL YOU I MEAN THE ONE THAT I
SORT OF HAVE FOCUSED ON
ESTABLISHING DISCIPLINARY
GUIDELINES.
MEET CASES COME TO ONE PROBABLE
CAUSE PROBABLE CAUSES A VERY LOW
STANDARD. ARM AND ARM IN BUT YET
YOU HAVE TO PROVE BY CLEAR AND
CONVINCING EVIDENCE I DON'T KNOW
WHETHER THESE ARE YOUR
DETERMINATIONS OR WHETHER THEY
HAVE BEEN.
JUDICIALLY DETERMINED THAT
THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO SO
LOT OF LOT OF STUFF COMES TO YOU
AND. I GUESS A COUPLE OTHER THE
QUESTION SAID THAT I HAD IF I
MAY MISTER CHAIR BECAUSE I'M
TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON THIS.
BEFORE GOING INTO WHY YOU
HAVEN'T ESTABLISHED DISCIPLINARY
GUIDELINES ALREADY.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU NEED US
TO DO OR IS IT YOU KNOW THAT
THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION BUT
THEN.
.
YOU KNOW PC IS NOT A VERY HIGH
STANDARD SO YOU GET HUNDREDS OF
CASES THE JUDGE YOU KNOW THAT
THAT ARE SENT TO YOU. THAT YOU
THEN HAVE TO WORK UP AND PRESENT
TO A JUDICIAL BODY OF SOME KIND
ADMINISTRATIVE BODY AND GET A
DETERMINATION BY CLEAR AND
CONVINCING EVIDENCE.
SO HAVE YOU TALKED WITH THE
THIS COMMISSION ON.
.
WAYS THAT YOU CAN EXPEDITE THIS
I MEAN IS THIS SOMETHING THE TWO
OF YOU CAN DO. COLLAPSE
COLLECTIVELY OR DO YOU NEED US
TO DO IT OR DO YOU NEED SOME
KIND OF REGULATORY AGENCY I MEAN.
I I'M* BEFUDDLED BECAUSE IT
SEEMS TO ME THAT.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT COULD BE
WORKED OUT BETWEEN YOU THE YOU
YOU AS THE COMMISSIONER ASKING
THE AGE SHE NEEDED TO BE HERE
PROSECUTOR. AND AREN'T THESE
THINGS THAT CAN OR SHOULD BE OR
SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
RESOLVED OR DO DO WE NEED TO
INTERVENE.
DISCIPLINARY GUIDELINES CAN BE
DONE BY REGULATION BY THE
COMMISSION.
THE ONLY THING THE LEGISLATURE
WOULD BE REQUIRED TO DO IN THAT
REGARD IF IT CHOSE TO WOULD BE
TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSION TO DO
SO.
BUT ON THE OTHER PART OF IT THAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THAT IS
PROVING THE CASE IS TO CLEAR AND
CONVINCING EVIDENCE.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN STAFFING
SUFFICIENT WITHIN THE COMMISSION.
TO INVESTIGATE THE CASE IS TO
BRING THEM TO OUR OFFICE
PREPARED TO THAT STANDARD.
SO THAT IS BEEN A REAL HOLE IN
THE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM
PREVIOUSLY.
AND ONE IN WHICH THE TRANSFER OF
FUNDING FROM THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S LINE ITEM BACK TO THE
COMMISSION TO AUGMENTED STAFF.
HAS BEEN EXTREMELY VALUABLE BUT
IT IS STILL OF INSUFFICIENT TO
BE ABLE TO.
INVESTIGATE THOSE CASES AT THE
FRENCH TEND TO BRING THEM TO OUR
OFFICE INVESTIGATED AND READY TO
GO.
SO IT'S ALMOST THOUGH WHICH HAND
DID YOU TAKE FROM FOR THE OTHER
I MEAN IF YOU. DID THAT ISN'T
THE COMMISSION'S RESPONSIBILITY
TO DO THE INVESTIGATION AND IF
SO IS IT GONNA TAKE ANY LESS
TIME FOR THEM TO DO THAT SO THAT
IT COMES TO YOU MORE READY TO BE.
PURSUED OR DO THEY SAY TO YOU
LOOK YOU'VE GOT TO PURSUE THIS
AND NOW YOU TAKE IT UP I MEAN
WAIT THERE'S WAY TOO MUCH TIME
BETWEEN THE ALLEGATIONS AND THE
AND THE ULTIMATE DETERMINATION
AND FOUR HUNDRED DAYS AND THEN.
SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE DAYS
FOR THE AG'S OFFICE TO PROSECUTE
A CASE THAT'S WHAT ARMS TWO
TWO.
BUT WE ARE YOU SUGGESTING IF WE
PUT IT BACK THE WITH THE PRIMARY
BURDEN ON THE COMMISSION THAT
WOULD TAKE LESS TIME WOULD TAKE
MORE TIME.
BUT YOU KNOW HOW DO WE FIX THIS
CONUNDRUM RATHER THAN JUST.
YOU KNOW KIND OF SHARING DATA
WITHOUT AN IDEA THAT.
HELPS RESOLVE THE PROBLEM RIGHT.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP WITH
THIS BECAUSE. THERE HAS JUST
NEVER BANNED THE INVESTIGATION
AVAILABLE TO DO WHAT'S NEEDED TO
BE ABLE TO PROVE THE CASES WHICH
HAS CREATED A HUGE PROBLEM. AS
YOU CAN SEE AND AND AND AND A
BIG CONTRIBUTOR TO THE BACKLOG.
SO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE
DOES NOT HAVE INVESTIGATIVE
STAFF FOR THIS WORK.
SO IT HAS TO BE DONE BY THE
COMMISSION IN ORDER FOR US TO
PROSECUTE THE CASES. IS PUT US
IN A QUITE A CONUNDRUM WITH
PROSECUTORS HAVING TO DO THEIR
OWN INVESTIGATION ON CASES
PREVIOUSLY. IT'S NOT INSTRUCTED
NOT AT NOT A SYSTEM THAT WORKS
TO ANY OTHER STATES DO IT THE
WAY WE DO IT NOW. NOTICED IT
DOES AT THE WAY WE DO IT ARE ANY
OTHER STATES LOOKING TO
DUPLICATE OUR I I DOUBT THAT I
DON'T THE STATES WOULD BE
LOOKING TO DO IT THE WAY WE DO
IT.
IF IT IS A IT IS AN
EXTRAORDINARY.
DUE PROCESS. PORTION. OF OF
DEAD CODE IN THIS LEGISLATURE
PUT THIS IN PLACE MANY YEARS AGO.
I WITH THIS COMMITTEE ON
CREDENTIALS BUT BUT I I WILL SAY
THIS JUST IN RESPONSE TO WHEN
YOUR QUESTIONS HERE THAT.
WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW THE
LEGISLATURE DID AUGMENT OUR
BUDGET WITH FOUR POSITIONS TO
PERMANENT TOO LIMITED TERM
INVESTIGATORY POSITIONS AND THAT
IS ENABLED US TO RESPOND? ON A
CASE BY CASE BASIS AS IT DOESN'T
DAG PICKS UP ONE OF THE CASES
THAT'S BEEN REFERRED TO THEM.
THEY CAN CONTACT US ON OUR
INVESTIGATIVE STAFF WORK WITH
THEM TO BRING IT TO THE TO THE
CLEAR AND CONVINCING LEVEL OF
PREPARATION THAT THEY NEED TO
MOVE IT FORWARD. WE WOULD
COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE
RECOMMENDATION OF LINDA. SAID
THAT WE SHOULD KNOW IT WOULD BE
FAR BETTER AND FAR MORE
EFFICIENT FOR US TO PREPARE ANY
CASE THAT IT HAS IS BEING
REFERRED TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
TO THE CLEAR AND CONVINCING
STATE BEFORE WE SEND IT TO THEM
BECAUSE THERE IS A GAP IN TIME
THAT OCCURS IF IT'S SENT WITH
LESS THAN A FULL FILE. THEN IT'S
GOING TO TAKE THAT BACK AND
FORTH TIME TO FULFILL THE FILE
BEFORE THEY CAN FINISH IT. BUT
WE ARE NOT STAFFED A RESOURCE
FOR THAT. WE HAVE BEEN WE LIVE
UNDER THE MANDATE OF REACHING A
A LOWER STANDARD OF OF EVIDENCE
TO MAKE A DECISION OF PROBABLE
CAUSE UP BY THE COMMISSION. AND
I WOULD SAY IT'S AROUND FIVE
PERCENT OF THE CASES THAT COME
THROUGH OUR COMMITTEE OF
CREDENTIALS THAT ACTUALLY GETS
REFERRED TO. THE TO THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL FOR FOR ACTION. ON AN
ANNUAL BASIS AND HOW HOW MANY
CASES ARE RESOLVED THAT YOU KNOW
YOU GET LETS YOU GET TWO HUNDRED
CASES HOW MANY OF THEM RISE TO A
CLEAR AND CONVINCING.
LEVEL THAT YOU CAN PREVAIL.
WELL IF THE CASES THAT ARE
REFERRED TO OUR OFFICE IT'S RARE
FOR US TO DECLINE A CASE IN
OTHER WORDS NO NO I UNDERSTAND
THAT I'M JUST SAYING THEY HAVE
TO BE. INVESTIGATED RIGHT BE
ABLE TO GET TO THAT LEVEL AND
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE CASES
THAT ARE SUBMITTED TO YOU. ARE
ULTIMATELY DETERMINED WITH A
WITH A.
WHATEVER YOU CALL DISCIPLINARY
ACTION BEING IMPOSED.
MOST ULTIMATELY MOST ULTIMATELY
SENATOR IF I CAN'T WE HAVEN'T
HEARD FROM THE ALLEY EL YET SO
LET'S HEAR FROM THE OHIO AND
THEN WE'LL GO BACK.
I THINK YOU DAN KAPLAN AGAIN
WITH THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S
OFFICE I'M I'M JUST GONNA
PROVIDE A FEW ADDITIONAL DATA
POINTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN
MENTIONED THUS FAR TODAY. ON THE
LEGISLATURE HAS MADE SUBSTANTIAL
RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR THIS
TYPE OF WORK IN RECENT YEARS
HOWEVER THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE. FAILED TO FULLY UTILIZE
THE RESOURCES MADE AVAILABLE IN
SIXTEEN SEVENTEEN. TWO AND A
HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN UNSPENT
FUNDS WAS RE APPROPRIATED FROM
THE PRIOR YEAR. FOR THIS
ACTIVITY AND SEVENTEEN EIGHTEEN
THIS GREW TO FOUR AND A HALF
MILLION DOLLARS. AS WAS
MENTIONED EARLIER DOJ IS
CURRENTLY ON TRACK TO SPEND
ABOUT THREE MILLION THIS YEAR OF
TEN MILLION THAT'S BEEN
APPROPRIATED FOR IT.
I'M THE STATE DID CREATE SOME
NEW REPORTING LANGUAGE BACK IN
SEVENTEEN EIGHTEEN TO BETTER
TRACK THE BACKLOG OF CASES AT
DOJ ONE OF THE WHAT THE THE WAY
THE DOJ OPERATES FOR ALL THE
AGENCIES THAT ARE ITS CLIENTS IS
TO BUILD THEM ON AN HOURLY BASIS.
SO THE NOTION OF NUMBER
ATTORNEYS ADDED TO BECOME
SOMEWHAT COMPLEX BUT WE THINK
IT'S BEST OF YOUTH BY THE NUMBER
OF HOURS THAT THEY ACTUALLY
BUILT TO THE AGENCY. AND WHEN WE
LOOK AT IT FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE
WE SEE THAT.
BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THE
SECOND QUARTERLY REPORTS THAT
HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE STATE.
ON DOJ HAS INCREASED ITS TOTAL
STAFFING BY ABOUT ONE ATTORNEY
ON CTC CASES.
AS I MENTIONED THOUGH ILL AS
WAS ALSO MENTIONED THE BACKLOG
DURING THIS TIME PERIOD HAS BEEN
REDUCED BY ABOUT TEN PERCENT.
BUT WHAT WAS NOT MENTION WAS
THAT THIS WAS LARGELY DRIVEN BY
SETTLEMENTS WITH TEACHERS
DIRECTLY. I IN JULY TWENTY
SEVENTEEN.
ABOUT TWENTY PERCENT OF THE
DOJ'S CASES THAT WERE CLOSED
WERE SETTLED AND THIS GROUP BY
JANUARY TWENTY EIGHTEEN TO
ROUGHLY FIFTY PERCENT OF CASES
CLOSE.
NOW SETTLEMENTS TO BE DUE TO A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ISSUES OR
AND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
FACTORS CAN LEAD TO A SETTLEMENT.
BUT ONE FACTOR AT THAT MIGHT BE
AT PLAY HERE IS THAT A JUDGE
RECENTLY DISMISSED THE CASE ON
THE GROUNDS THAT.
THE EVIDENCE THAT WAS BROUGHT
TO IT WAS TOO OLD.
AND SO THIS COULD BE INFLUENCING
THE NUMBER OF SETTLEMENTS WERE
SEEING AS I DOJ GOES THROUGH TO
CLEAR THESE OLDER CASES.
AS WAS ALSO MENTION THERE'S A
VERY LENGTHY OUT PROCESSING TIME
LINE AT THE STATE. THERE'S
ROUGHLY FOUR HUNDRED DAYS BETTER
SPENT AT THE CDC BEFORE IT EVEN
GETS TO THE DOJ WOULD SPEND
ANOTHER SIX HUNDRED DAYS FOR
NEARLY THREE YEARS OF WORK ON
THESE TYPES OF CASES. WE THINK
THIS SHOULD BE OF SERIOUS
CONCERN TO THE STATE AS IT
ALLOWS GUILTY TEACHERS TO
CONTINUE TO STAY IN THE
CLASSROOM AND TEACH STUDENTS AND
INTO SOME TEACHERS ARE
INCONVENIENCED BY A MULTI YEAR.
INVESTIGATION PROCESS.
AS A RESULT WE RECOMMEND THAT
THE LEGISLATURE CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THESE CASES THROUGHOUT
EIGHTEEN NINETEEN AND IF IT
FAILS TO SEE NOTABLE IMPROVEMENT
IN THE DOJ'S BACKLOG.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE LEGISLATURE
SHOULD IMPOSE A STATUTORY TIME
LINE OF A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
DAYS FROM THE DATE THAT DOJ
RECEIVES THE CASE. TO BRING IT
BEFORE AN ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
JUDGE NOW TO THE EXTENT THAT
THERE ARE DELAYS IN THE CASE.
DOJ COULD REQUEST AN EXTENSION
FROM ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE
BUT HE WOULD HAVE TO PUBLICLY
REPORT THE REASONING FOR THAT
EXTENSION TO THE LEGISLATURE.
THANK YOU.
ANYTHING ELSE NOW. I KNOW MR
MORLOCKS BEEN PATIENT SO.
FOR HER. THE ISSUE YOU'VE YOU
HAVE NOT BEEN PATIENT.
YEAH.
SO MAYBE OFF I'LL STAY ON YOUR
TEAM OF QUESTIONS.
I LIKE IT WHEN YOU TWO ARE ON
THE SAME PAGE SO THE. AG HAS
BEEN DOING THIS FOR.
SINCE WHEN.
THAT THAT THAT THEY'RE JUST
PROVIDING THE LEGAL ASSISTANCE
DOCTORS AND USE IT'S BEEN TWENTY
THIRTY FIFTY YEARS I WOULD SAY
THEY HAVE BEEN OF THE THE
REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE
COMMISSION FOR ANY CASES THAT
ARE. A CHALLENGE WHERE DID THE
DECISION OF THE RECOMMENDATION
OF THE COMMITTEE IS CHALLENGE
THEY HAVE BEEN.
HE WAS ESTABLISHED WHEN.
YEAH I THINK IN THE EARLY
SEVENTIES. MAYBE NINETEEN
SEVENTY TWO IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN
PLAYED FOR A LONG TIME FOR A FEW
MORE IN FORTY YEARS. AND SO IN
JULY OF SIXTEEN.
YOU CHANGED. INTERNALLY
ALTERNATELY INTERNALLY BUT
YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN DOING IT JUST
STARTED HERE WE'RE GOING TO
REORGANIZE AND. FIGURE THIS OUT
I'M REALLY GLAD.
MR SCHNEIDER YOU'RE HERE
BECAUSE I HAD SO MANY QUESTIONS
I WAS GOING TO HOPING SOMEONE
WOULD BE HERE FROM THE AG'S
OFFICE. SO.
YOU HAD THAT TRANSITION YOU MOVE
SIX OVER YOU HIRED EIGHT MORE.
SO I JUST HAD A A FEW QUESTIONS
ON OUR.
.
ON OUR REPORT THAT WE HAVE WE
DIDN'T I DIDN'T YOU YOU GIVE A
GREAT REPORT BEAT IT OUT AND
HAVING A WRITING YOU HAD ALL
YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS WILL THAT
BE IN WRITING.
.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS I MADE TODAY
YEAH.
I DIDN'T PLAN TO PUT IN WRITING
IF YOU NEED ANY HELP I COULD NOT
BECAUSE THEY ARE THEY WERE
SEARCHING THROUGH OUR STAFF
REPORT CAME IN SO I TRY TO TAKE
NOTES AND. A FENDER JACKSON HAS
THE SAME ONES I HAVE
DISCIPLINARY GUIDELINES AND. SO
YEAH I WOULD LOVE TO GET YOUR
THOUGHTS BECAUSE ON PAGE SEVEN.
AT THE IN THE CONCLUSION OF THE
FIRST PARAGRAPH SAYS HOWEVER
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS HAS YET TO
BE MADE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE GRAPH OPEN
CASES ASSIGNED THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL. AND YOU GAVE US A
NUMBER EIGHTY THREE IN MARCH OF
TWENTY EIGHTEEN BUT I DO NOT
HAVE THAT LINE OF TWO THOUSAND
SEVENTEEN TO TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN. IN MY REPORT.
SO I WOULD ASSUME THEN THAT JULY
AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER THOSE
MONTHS WE WOULD SEE SOME AMAZING
DECLINED IS THAT CORRECT.
I HAVE HAD DECLINES EXACTLY YES
EVERYBODY BUT WE'RE TALKING MY.
TWO HUNDRED CASES DECLINE IS
THAT CORRECT OKAY NOW NOT TWO
HUNDRED CASES BECAUSE YOU KNOW I
I'VE TALKED ABOUT A FEW
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THERE'S
TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES. THERE IS
ADVERSE ACTION CASES THERE'S
ACTIVE ADVERT AND I'M JUST
LOOKING AT OPEN CASES OPEN OPEN
CASE THAT'S WHAT THE CHART HAS
DO YOU HAVE DO YOU HAVE THE
STAFF OKAY AND AND THAT'S IT I I
DO AND I'VE SEEN IT.
OPEN CASES AS TAKING FROM THE
COMMISSION ON TEACHER
CREDENTIALING WOULD MEAN THE
SAME THING SO WHEN I SAY ACTIVE CASES THAT
WOULD CORRESPOND WITH WHAT THE
COMEDIAN CHRIS. TEACHER
CREDENTIALING REPORTS AS OPEN
CASES AT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
OFFICE.
WE ACTUALLY KEEP THEM ON OUR
BOOKS LONGER. THAN DAYS CTC DOES
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL
THE CASE IS COMPLETELY RESOLVED.
SO WHEN THE CASE HAS BEEN
ADJUDICATED AND GOES BAC TO THE
COMMISSION FOR ITS ULTIMATE
DECISION. IS STILL OPEN ON OUR
BOOKS AND IT IS NOT COMPLETELY
RESOLVED AND CLOSED UNTIL THE
COMMISSION HAS MADE ITS DECISION.
AND THAT DECISION BECOMES
EFFECTIVE THEN WE CLOSE OUR CASE.
SO THERE'S THAT PERIOD OF TIME
FROM THE TIME IT'S BEEN
ADJUDICATED AND SENT BACK TO THE
COMMISSION FOR ALL TO MY
DECISION. WHEN IT'S IN ACTIVE.
OKAY. WELL I DON'T KNOW IF I
WANT TO GIVE THAT KIND OF WEEDS
BUT BUT I'M LOOKING AT YOUR
NUMBER EIGHTY THREE AND I'M
TRYING TO.
TO TO MATCH THAT UP WITH THIS
CHART THAT I HAVE WHICH AT THE
END OF. TWENTY SEVENTEEN IS TWO
HUNDRED NINETY FOUR AT IF I
COULD JUST CLARIFY THE DATA OKAY
PLANNED SO THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE WAS DISCUSSING
THE BACKLOG OF CASES AND THEY
DEFINE BACKLOG BY ANY NUMBER OF
CASES IN ACCESS OF BASICALLY THE
CASES THEY RECEIVE IN A GIVEN
YEAR WHICH IS. ROUGHLY A HUNDRED
AN FIFTY SO THE WAY TO GET FROM
THE OPEN CASES YOU SEE IN YOUR
CHART TO THEIR DESCRIPTION OF
THE BACKLOG AS YOU WOULD FIRST.
TAKE THE TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY
FOUR WHICH IS THE FINAL BETA
POINT WE HAVE SUBTRACT A HUNDRED
AND FIFTY WHICH GETS US TO A
HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR CASES.
AND THEN THEY DOJ.
VIEWS CASES IN TWO DIFFERENT
POCKETS THERE THE CASES THEY'RE
STILL WORKING ON VERSES THE
CASES THEY'VE REFERRED BACK TO
THE COMMISSION ON TEACHER
CREDENTIALING. WHICH IS A
SMALLER NUMBER OF THAT TOO BUT
SO WE WOULD WANT TO TAKE THAT
HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR AND
REDUCE IT BY THE NUMBER OF CASES
THAT ARE SITTING AT THE CDC FOR
FINAL CLOSE OUT. SO.
DAY EDIE THEY WERE REFERRING TO
WAS THAT FINAL POINT WE WOULD
GET TO.
OKAY OKAY BECAUSE I'M I'M
SITTING HERE IN A MINUTE I'M
READING READING THE REPORT. SO
THAT AT THE END OF THE NEXT
PARAGRAPH IT SAYS INVESTIGATIVE
WORK LOAD IS STILL A BARRIER TO
CLEARING THE MISCONDUCT BACKLOG.
WHICH IS WHAT MISSION EITHER
STATED SO.
DR.
THIS IS. YOUR IDEA GOING TO SAY
YOU KNOW I LOVE LOVE THE NAME I
JUST HAD TO WRITE A LETTER TO DR
MARY. BUT DOCTORS ANY. WHO COULD
YOU RESPONDED TO THAT BECAUSE
THAT WAS MENTIONED IN HER
REMARKS?
I'M SORRY CAN YOU SAY THAT CAN
BE DEBATED AT THE YOUR
INVESTIGATIVE WORK LOAD IS THE
BARRIER TO CLEARING THE
MISCONDUCT. BACKLOGS SO WHAT'S
GOING ON IN YOUR.
HOUSE THAT WE CAN.
FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON SO WE
ARE CURRENTLY STAFFED WITH EIGHT
INVESTIGATORS TWO OF THEM WERE
LIMITED TERM.
WE SPEND A FAIR AMOUNT OF
TURNOVER IN THE LIMITED TERM
POSITIONS BECAUSE AS SOON AS
THEY'RE OFFERED A PERMANENT
POSITION THEY THEY LEAVE US. OF
PRIOR TO TWO YEARS AGO WE WERE
STAFFED WITH FOR.
INVESTIGATIVE STAFF IN THE
INVESTIGATIVE STAFF WORK WITH
OUR OTHER ANALYSTS AND OUR
ATTORNEYS TO PREPARE CASES WITH
THE COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.
AND THAT WORKLOAD ANY IN ANY
GIVEN YEAR IN FRONT OF THE
COMMISSION WE HAVE BETWEEN
TWENTY THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
SIX HUNDRED OPEN CASES. THAT ARE
SCHEDULED TO MOVE THROUGH THE
COMMITTEE OF CREDENTIALS THAT
REPRESENTS OUR WORKLOAD. WHEN I.
CAME TO THE COMMISSION IN TWENTY
ELEVEN THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT
BACKLOG OF CASES HERE. AT THE
COMMISSION ON THAT CAME TO LIGHT
FOLLOWING A FAIRLY CRITICAL
AUDIT OF THE COMMISSION'S
PROCEDURES IN THE YEAR THAT I
ARRIVED WE DID A COMPLETE
OVERHAUL OF PROCEDURES WORKING
WITH ALL THE RESOURCES THAT WE
HAD TO MOVE OF MORE CASES IN
FRONT OF THE COMMITTEE IN FACT
WE. DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF CASES
BEING SEEN BY OUR COMMITTEE.
THAT I BELIEVE HAD A CONCOMITANT
OF READ RESULT IN MOVING MORE
CASES TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
JUST. JUST SHEER NUMBERS IF WE
SAW FORTY FIVE CASES A MONTH
SOME SUBSET OF THEM WOULD
CHALLENGE THE THE FINDINGS OF
THE COMMITTEE WHEN WE MOVED TO
NINETY. MORE WOULD CHALLENGE THE
FINDINGS WE'RE CURRENTLY NOW
FACING A WORKLOAD THAT'S GROWING
AND TAKING A HUNDRED CASES EVERY
SINGLE MONTH TO OUR COMMITTEE.
SO SOME NUMBER OF THOSE ARE
GOING TO BE REFERRED ON THE
NATURAL TO. THE TO THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL FOR REPRESENTATION
RESOLUTION.
SO OUR INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS AS
I SAID FOR THE TWENTY FIVE
HUNDRED GIVE OR TAKE ODD. CASES
THAT WE HAVE OPEN EVERY YEAR
WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO BY LAW.
IS. COLLECT AS MUCH INFORMATION
ABOUT THOSE CASES AS WE POSSIBLY
CAN BEFORE WE PUT THEM IN FRONT
OF THE COMMITTEE. AND AS MUCH
INFORMATION AS WE CAN IN ORDER
TO TO PROVE A PROBABLE CAUSE TO
SUGGEST PROBABLE CAUSE THAT THE
THE THE ACTION OCCURRED. AND
THEN THE COMMITTEE DOES
DELIBERATION ON THAT AND DISTANT
TO MAKE THE DECISION HOW DO WE
THINK THAT THIS ACTUALLY
HAPPENED OR THAT IT DIDN'T
HAPPEN IF THEY THINK IT HAPPENS
THEY REFERRED TO THE COMMISSION.
IF THE DEFENSE CHALLENGE TO GOES
TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR.
SO OUR INVESTIGATIVE STAFF IS
DEEPLY DEEPLY DEEPLY INVOLVED IN
COLLECTING INFORMATION ON TWENTY
FIVE HUNDRED GIVE OR TAKE CASES
EVERY YEAR. THE CASES THAT GO
OVER TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND
AS I SAID. WE ADDRESSED A
SIGNIFICANT BACKLOG BETWEEN
TWENTY ELEVEN AND TWENTY
THIRTEEN AND RESOLVED IT TO A
WORKLOAD BUT. A GOOD PORTION OF
THAT BECAME A BACKLOG OVER THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE JUST
BY VIRTUE OF MOVING THE NUMBERS
THROUGH.
BUT OUR STAFFING HASN'T CHANGED
ON IT SO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT
NOW TO SUPPORT THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL AS THEY BRING THESE THIS
WORKLOAD DOWN. IS INVESTIGATING
ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS WHEN
CASES BEEN REFERRED TO THEM IT'S
MATTER PROBABLE CAUSE LEVEL OF
EVIDENCE THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY
GENERAL THAT'S WORKING ON IT
NEEDS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WE
HAVE THE STAFF TO DEDICATE. TO
GO COLLECT THAT ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION TO BRING IT TO CLEAR
AND CONVINCING. THAT DOES
REPRESENT A DELAY.
IT GETS TO THE AG AND THEN HAS
TO COME BACK FOR FURTHER
INVESTIGATION WE THINK IT WOULD
BE FAR MORE EFFICIENT DESCENDED
TO THE AG. TWO WITH THE WITH THE
MORE FULL AND COMPLETE ANALYSIS
WHICH WERE NOT A RESOURCE FOR
MANDATED TO DO. AT THE MOMENT IT
WOULD BE BETTER GOVERNMENT CAN
ACTUALLY GETTING SURE BECAUSE
THAT SWORD TO THE HEART OF THE
MATTER AND I KNOW THAT BUDGET
STAFF AND OTHERS HAVE. REACHED
OUT TO THE COMMISSION TO TRY TO
GET.
SOME OF THAT INFORMATION TO
JUSTIFY.
AN INCREASE IN RESOURCES TO
ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL AND I GUESS
THERE'S BEEN A SOURCE OF
FRUSTRATION. THAT WE HAVEN'T
BEEN ABLE TO GET AS MUCH
INFORMATION TO JUSTIFY THAT.
PROBLEM AND QUANTIFY IT SO WE
COULD EAT LET'S SAY WE WANTED TO
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT WE DON'T
HAVE THE INFORMATION. TO
QUANTIFY THAT TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN THAT APPROACH
WHICH I THINK WE NEED MORE
INFORMATION YOU'RE CERTAINLY I
CAN GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL
SUMMARY OF THAT. MY STAFF DID A
WORKLOAD ANALYSIS THEY DID THAT
AFTER A PRE HEARING IN MARCH AND
INDICATED THAT IN ORDER FOR US
TO SHIFT OUR PRACTICE TO WHAT
I'VE JUST DESCRIBED WHERE WE DO
THE WORK BEFORE IT GOES OVER TO
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. WOULD
REQUIRE THAT WE TAKE OUR THREE
LIMITED TERM POSITIONS TWO OF
THOSE ARE INVESTIGATORS ONE OF
THEM'S AN ATTORNEY AND MAKE THEM
PERMANENT.
AND THAT WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL
SIX FTP TO THE COMMISSION'S
WORKLOAD OR TO TO ITS STAFF FOR
THOSE WITH THE INVESTIGATOR
LEVEL AND TWO WITH THE ATTORNEY
LEVEL.
SO IF LIKE YOU WERE GOING TO
JUMP IN YEAH IF I COULD JUST
PROVIDE WHAT DATA WE DO YOU HAVE
AS FAR AS THE EXTENT OF THIS
ISSUE I'M SO THAT THERE'S BEEN
SOME DISCUSSION OF THESE
QUARTERLY REPORTS THUS FAR ONE
OF THE DATA ELEMENTS THAT. THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DOES
REPORT OR THE NUMBER OF CASES
FOR WHICH A DATE REQUEST FURTHER.
INVESTIGATION BY THE COMMISSION
AND OVER THE TWO PRIOR QUARTERS
OF DATA THAT WE DO HAVE SERVED
AT A SIX MONTH PERIOD OF TIME.
ONLY TWENTY NINE CASES WERE
REFERRED BACK TO THE COMMISSION.
AND AS A REMINDER WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT IT.
AN OVERALL OPEN CASELOAD OF
AROUND THREE HUNDRED SO ROUGHLY
TEN PERCENT OF THE CASES. WERE.
WE REQUESTED ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION SO IT MIGHT BE THIS
MIGHT BE AN ISSUE FOR SOME CASES
BUT WE DON'T THINK IT'S AN ISSUE
FOR ALL CASES. MAY I ADDRESS
THAT.
THE REPORT THAT WE PROVIDE
INDICATES FURTHER INVESTIGATION
REQUESTS ONLY ON CASES THAT HAVE
NOT BEEN FILED YET.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE WAY
OUR REPORTING OUR OUR DATA
SYSTEM IS USED BY OUR STAFF.
ALL OF OUR OTHER CLIENT AGENCIES
PROVIDE US WITH FULLY
INVESTIGATED CASES. SO WE'VE
NEVER RECORDED REQUESTS FOR
INVESTIGATION AFTER CASE HAS
BEEN FILED.
FULL INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE
DONE I CASE BEFORE IT'S EVER
FILED BEFORE IS PROSECUTED. SO
THE THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED IN MY
TESTIMONY THAT.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE
COMMISSION STATISTICS IN TERMS
OF THE WORKLOAD OF THE
INVESTIGATORS TO REALLY KNOW HOW
FULLY THERE BEING UTILIZED ON
OUR CASES AS WELL AS THE CASES
THEY'RE PREPARING FOR THE
COMMITTEE AND CREDENTIALS. AND I
DID NOT INTERRUPT ANNOYANCE WAS
RIGHT ON THAT POINT YOU KNOW SO
THEN BECAUSE OF THE NEWS YOU
MADE THIS STATEMENT DR SANDY
THAT WE'RE THE ONLY STATE THAT
HAS THIS KIND OF ARRANGEMENT.
.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT IN THE
END.
AND WHAT DO OTHER STATES DO THEY
NOT WORK WITH THE AG. NO SORT
THERE WHEN I SAY WE'RE UNIQUE IN
pCREDENTIALS PROCESS IS UNIQUE TO
CALIFORNIA OKAY THING AND IT'S
ALSO YOU NEED. ANOTHER NO OKAY
IN EVERY OTHER STATE THE THERE'S
AT THEIR STAFF ATTORNEYS WHO
REVIEW THE FACTS OF THE MATTER
AND IF THERE IF A CHALLENGE
OCCURS I WOULD ASSUME THAT THEY
HAVE THE EQUIVALENT OF A OF AN
AG TO REPRESENT THEM IN A
CHALLENGE. WHERE THEY HAVE THE
ABILITY TO HIRE OUTSIDE COUNSEL
IF NEED BE TO REPRESENT THEM IF
THERE'S A CHALLENGE TO A
DISCIPLINARY ACTION? BUT IT
OCCURS WITHIN THE LEGAL STAFF
AND NOT WITH THIS VOLUNTEER
COMMITTEE I BELIEVE THAT IS ALSO
UNIQUE TO LICENSING AGENCIES
THIS IS WHAT I'M HEARING THAT
OTHER LICENSING AGENCIES IN
CALIFORNIA DON'T HAVE THIS
INTERMEDIATE. STEP OF A
COMMITTEE THAT REVIEWS FOR
PROBABLE CAUSE. THE EVIDENCE SO
IT'S SUCH AN ARTIFACT OF OF.
YOU KNOW THE LEGISLATURE
DETERMINE THAT THAT WAS THE WAY
WE SHOULD DO THIS. OF MANY YEARS
AGO AND THAT'S WHERE WE CONTINUE
TO DO IT. AND IT BE IT DOES IT
DOES PRESENT AN ISSUE SO WE HAVE
SOMETHING WE CAN FIX. ARE YOU
GONNA PROPOSE. ALTERNATIVES TO
USE DO YOU NEED TO USE THE AG
CHURCH A HIGHER OR LOWER LEVEL
STAFF. HOURS WE WE ARE WE ARE
CONFIDENT ACTUALLY THAT WE'VE
BEEN IN TRANSITION FOR THE LAST
FOUR YEARS AND YOU REMINDED US
OF THIS WHEN WE HAD OUR PRE
HEARING THAT IT'S BEEN ABOUT
FOUR YEARS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON
A BACK LOT PROBLEM THAT WE'VE
BEEN TRYING TO RESOLVE. THE
RESOURCES WERE MADE AVAILABLE
THROUGH FEE INCREASES. THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS INVITED TO
INCREASE THEIR STAFFING THEY
SHIFTED THE THE WORK FROM THEIR
ICHI W. DIVISION OVER TO THEIR
LICENSING DIVISION. AND WE'VE
BEEN WORKING WITH LINDA
SCHNEIDER AND HER TEAM FOR ABOUT
TWO YEARS IN TRANSITION AS
THEY'VE BEEN POLLING AND HIRING
AND TRY TO STAFF UP TO MEET THIS
WORK WITH ITS COMING TO THEM. I
WILL TELL YOU THAT IN THOSE FOUR
YEARS WE'VE SEEN CONSIDERABLE
IMPROVEMENT OF WE ARE ENCOURAGED
BY THE FACT THAT THE CASES IN
JUNE OF TWENTY SEVENTEEN IN
BACKLOG THAT WERE OPEN WERE AT.
AROUND THREE HUNDRED OR TWO
HUNDRED NINETY FOUR IN THIS
TABLE AND THEY'RE DOWN TO THE TO
THIRTIES.
READ THAT THAT IS SIGNIFICANT
PROGRESS IN THIS CASE LOAD
BECAUSE PRIOR TO THAT THEY HAD
BEEN GOING UP.
SO WE WE HIT THE POOL OF WHAT WE
DIDN'T HAVE TO COLLABORATE BUT
WE HIT THE THE LEVELING POINT
AND WE'VE BEGUN THAT TO TO GO
BACK DOWN AND GET TO WORK LOAD.
THERE'S NO QUESTION THERE SOME
OLD CASES THEY'RE. THEY'RE GOING
TO BE THEIR PRESENT THE HARDEST
CHALLENGES TO GET RESOLVED TO
BRING TO RESOLUTION BECAUSE THEY
HAD THE DATA THE EVIDENCE IS ALL
THE WITNESSES YOU KNOW OUR OLD
IT CETERA. UP BUT I THINK AS WE
GET THROUGH THAT BACKLOG AND PUT
THOSE RESOLVE THOSE CASES WHEN
WE GET INTO. AN ONGOING WORKLOAD
WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO COMPLAINTS
ABOUT THE REPRESENTATION THAT
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS ABLE TO
PROVIDE FOR US ON THIS OUR TEAMS
WORK WELL TOGETHER AND WE THINK
THAT THAT IS THAT WORKS WELL.
AS FOR THE LARGER LEGISLATIVE
QUESTION OF WHETHER TO ADDRESS
THE.
THE ROLE AND THE EXISTENCE OF A
COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS THAT'S
A MUCH BIGGER TOPIC FOR A BIGGER
DAY. I THINK IF THAT'S SOMETHING
YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT MIGHT
BE SOMETHING TO LOOK OUT FOR
FALL INFORMATIONAL HEARINGS AND
TO DO SOME DEEPER CONSIDERATION
ON.
OKAY WELL AS A SUPERVISOR.
THERE WAS ALWAYS FRICTION
BECAUSE WE HAD DEPARTMENT HEADS
THAT WERE POINTED IN WE HAD
DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT WERE
ELECTED.
AND SO THE THE CHEAP.
AT THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE ACCOUNT
EXECUTIVE OFFICER WOULD ALWAYS
KINDA. GRUMBLED LIKE I CAN'T
CONTROL THAT THE ELECTED BECAUSE
YOU KNOW.
HEAD.
NOT A AN APPOINTED.
ARE YOU HERE I DON'T I'M NOT
SYNCING FROM YOU.
THE FRICTION OF. THE EIGHTIES
NOT STEPPING UP IS NOT A
PRIORITY IT'S NOT BEING.
FUNDED PROPERLY YOUR EVERYTHING
EVERYTHING IT THERE'S FINDS OKAY
AND THEN JUST TO WRAP UP MISTER
CHAIR.
.
THE LA O. IS IS IT WANTS TO
RECOMMEND IMPOSING A STATUTORY
TIME FRAME AND I'M GONNA GO ON
REALLY. I MEAN.
I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW FIVE
IF IF THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO GO
BUT.
YOU COULD YOU COULD YOU MAKE THE
CASE A LITTLE STRONGER.
FOR DOING THAT I MEAN.
YES AND WE WOULD JUST NOTE THAT
I HAD. BEFORE IT EVEN GETS TO
THE DOJ THESE CASES THAT HAD A
SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF
INVESTIGATION.
PERFORMED.
YOU KNOW THAT THERE CAN ALWAYS
BE A DISCUSSION AS FAR AS HOW
LONG OR HOW MUCH TIME IS
APPROPRIATE A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
DAYS WAS MERELY ONE SUGGESTION
OF WHAT THAT NUMBER COULD LOOK
LIKE BUT. WE DO FEEL THAT TO THE
EXTENT TO WHICH WE CONTINUE TO
HAVE PROBLEMS TO THE TWO WEEKS
TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH WE.
CONTINUE TO SEE CASES TAKE SIX
HUNDRED DAYS AT SOME POINT THE
LEGISLATURE MIGHT WANT TO
CONSIDER IMPOSING SOME SORT OF
TIMELINE.
FOR THE DOJ TO OPERATE WITHIN.
BECAUSE IN THE MEANTIME THESE
TEACHERS ARE BEING PAID.
EXACTLY IN A FEW NUMBERS OF
TEACHERS I MIGHT BE REMOVED FROM
THE CLASSROOM.
THESE ARE FOR VERY.
EXTREME CASES SUCH AS LIKE IF A
TEACHER HAS BEEN. CONVICTED OF
MURDER I'VE THEY WILL BE REMOVED
FROM THE CLASSROOM BUT IN BY AND
LARGE MANY OF THESE TEACHERS ARE
STILL IN THE CLASSROOMS. THANK
YOU THANK YOU MISTER.
VERY BRIEFLY I I'M NOT SO
INCLINED TO TRY TO WIPE OUT THE
WHOLE SYSTEM IT SOUNDS TO ME
LIKE YOU JUST NEED BETTER.
CONNECTIVITY IF YOU WILL OR
EXPECTATIONS AND ALSO.
.
AGAIN ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES
THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TO
ESTABLISH GUIDELINES.
IT TO ME SEEMS IS PART OF THE
PROBLEM YOUR YOU KNOW YOUR
OPERATING THE BLIND IT'S ON A
CASE BY CASE BASIS. THEY'VE GOT
TO BE SOME KIND OF EXPECTATIONS
IT WOULD SEEM TO ME I BET YOU
THAT WOULD REDUCE THE TIME FRAME.
BY HUNDREDS OF DAYS YOU'VE GOT
YOU'VE GOT GUIDELINES YOU YOU'LL
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
THERE'S SOME CONSISTENCY SO THAT
YOUR INVESTIGATORS. I WOULD SAY
NECESSARILY HAVE A CHECKLIST BUT
THEY'VE GOT AREAS OF THINGS THAT
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO CONSIDER AND
YOU DO THEM YOU CHECK THEM OFF
FOR YOU. YOU KNOW CROSS TOMORROW
YOU YOU MAKE AN ANALYSIS YOU
HAND IT OFF TO THE AG OR YOU
DON'T. FOUR HUNDRED DAYS AND
THEN ANOTHER AND I MEAN THIS IS.
THIS IS GOT TO BE CORRECTED AND
I DON'T THINK IT'S. I THINK IT'S
CLEAR WHAT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS
ARE SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE KIND
OF SCRATCHING OUR HEADS AS TO
WHERE DID WE GO WRONG HERE. WE
KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE WENT WRONG
AND I I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY
WOULD BE FIXED AND. PERHAPS IF
THE WE CAN PROVIDE SOME
ENCOURAGEMENT OR INCENTIVES BUT
THIS IS THE SYSTEM SOUNDS LIKE
IT'S JUST THE.
YOU KNOW THE KEYSTONE KOPS SO
ANYWAY I COULD I WOULD JUST
RESPOND BRIEFLY TO THAT. WE DO
HAVE SOME GUIDELINES AND
REGULATION AND THE COMMISSION
HAD BEEN ABOUT DEVELOPING THOSE
IN ESTABLISHING THOSE REGULATION
AND THERE ARE SOME IN REGULATION.
THERE WAS A DECISION MADE AND
LINDA I'M GOING TO NEED YOUR
HELP SHORTLY IF SHE ASKED A
FOLLOW UP QUESTION EXCUSING
PROBLEM SENATOR.
THAT DID THE COMMISSION WOULD
USE THE THE MORRISON FACTORS.
INTO DISNEY AS A AS A GUIDE FOR.
REVIEWING THE INFORMATION ON
CASES AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL.
OUT WHICH IS A FAR MORE FOR LESS
FOCUSED FAR LESS GUIDELINE
ORIENTED IN FAR MORE JUDGMENT
ORIENTED. OF SET OF FACTORS THAT
ARE USED FOR DELIBERATIVE
PURPOSES THE COMMITTEE SO WE
HAVE SOME GUIDELINES TO GUARD
THEIR WORK AND THEN WE HAVE THE
MORE SOME FACTORS THAT THEY THAT
GUIDE THEIR DECISION MAKING.
WE ARE AN AND I WILL TELL YOU
THAT YOU KNOW WITH EACH YEAR THE
COMMISSION IS IS MAKING PROGRESS
ON IMPROVING THE SYSTEM AND IT'S
COME A LONG WAY SINCE TWENTY
ELEVEN.
WE HAVE DATA FOR INSTANCE THAT
YOU CAN LOOK AT WHICH WE
COULDN'T GIVE YOU IN TWENTY
ELEVEN. BUT IN TERMS OF THIS
THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS I THINK
THIS IS THE THIS IS THE WAVE OF
WORK THAT IS NECESSARY FOR US TO
UNDERTAKE NOW. AND OUR WORK WITH
LINDA AND HER TEAM HAS BEEN
HELPFUL IN TERMS OF GETTING TO
THE POINT WHERE WHERE WHERE WE
COULD TAKE THIS UP. AND I WOULD
WOULD NOT.
IN ANYWAY RESISTANT TO LOOKING
BACK AT ESTABLISHING GROWING THE
GUIDELINES THAT THE GUIDING
GOVERNESS WORK THROUGH
REGULATION WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY
TO DO THAT. AND WITH WITH THIS
COLLABORATIVE. SO IF WE WERE TO
GIVE YOU I'D SAY A HUNDRED
EIGHTY DAYS MIGHT BE A LITTLE
UNREALISTIC IF WE WERE TO GIVE
YOU A YEAR.
WOULD THAT CREATE.
AN INCENTIVE AND EXPEDITE THE
DIGGING OF THE CREATION OF THIS
BECAUSE. THIS SEVEN YEARS LATER
I MEAN THIS.
AND YOU KNOW I'M NOT I'M NOT IN
THIS WORLD PER SE SO FROM AN
OUTSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE THIS IS
INCOMPREHENSIBLE TO ME IT TAKES
A YEAR TO ENACT REGULATIONS.
ALRIGHT WELL MOM'S BEEN SEVEN
YEARS AGO I NEED WELL BUT WE
HAVEN'T BEEN WORKING ON ON
DEVELOPING AND FURTHER EXPANDING
A MORE COMPREHENSIVE SET OF
GUIDELINES THAT WOULD. LIMIT THE
JUDGMENT. CREDENTIALS THAT WILL
HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR
COMMISSION FOR POLICY
DEVELOPMENT SET WOULD HAVE TO BE
DEVELOPED AND HEARD. THEN WE
INITIATE REGULATIONS ON THAT SO
YOUR SO YOUR WOULD BE A VERY
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. TWO YEARS
AS A MORE.
.
REASONABLE EXPECTING WELL I
WOULD HOPE MISTER CHAIR THAT
THESE FOLKS TO COME BACK WITH A
PLAN.
I I DON'T SIT HERE ACCOUNT
WHETHER IT'S TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY
OR TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE ON.
RESOLVE COMPLAINTS BUT LET'S
HAVE A LET'S HAVE A STRUCTURE SO
THAT THAT THAT WE HAVE SOME
CERTAINTY SOME CLARITY SOME
CONSISTENCY.
AND THAT WE REDUCES CASELOAD AND
THEN WHEN I ASKED THE QUESTION
WHAT IS THE GENERAL NATURE OF
THE.
BEHAVIORS TAKEN OR A IT EXPIRE
BEHAVIORS WE SEE FOR WHICH.
SOME KIND OF PUNITIVE ACTION IS
TAKEN BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO KNOW
WHAT IT IS THERE A GENERAL THEME
OF THE KIND OF.
MISCONDUCT THAT YOU'RE SEEING
THAT THEN SUBJECTS THESE PEOPLE
TO DISCIPLINE. DO YOU HAVE THAT
DATA.
DO WE KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT THE
IS THERE. A LIST OF FIVE OR SIX
DIFFERENT BEHAVIORS THAT SEEM TO
BE EMERGING CONSISTENTLY IS THE
PROBLEMS FOR WHICH. WE SEE
DISCIPLINARY ACTION BEING TAKEN.
CERTAINLY WE DO IN OUR ANNUAL
REPORT AND I'D BE HAPPY TO
PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT
INFORMATION.
AND IT DOES CATEGORIZE THE
DIFFERENT KINDS OF OF.
MISCONDUCT AND WHERE WE SEE THE
GREATEST.
.
ACTIVITY IN AND THE LAST
QUESTION.
IN THAT WITH THAT IN MIND DO YU
PROVIDE. GUIDANCE TO THE VARIOUS
ADMINISTRATORS OR YOURSELVES ON
HOW TO TRY TO IDENTIFY AND ROOT
OUT THESE.
INDIVIDUALS AND IDENTIFY THE
CHARACTERISTICS WHICH SEEM TO.
HAVING BEEN CAUSING THE PROBLEMS
AT THE END OF THE DAY WE CAN
REDUCE THE NEED FOR THIS
DISCIPLINARY PROCESS BECAUSE
WE'VE IDENTIFIED UP FRONT. AND.
ELIMINATED THE PROBLEM BEFORE IT
RISES TO THE LEVEL OF.
YOU KNOW THESE HEARINGS THEY
TAKE A LOT OF TIME THERE
EXPENSIVE.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE
BEEN WORKING ON AS WELL TO A
LARGE EXTENT OF WE WOULD NOT THE
FOCUS OF OUR COMMUNICATION WITH
THE FIELD ON THIS. IS PROCEDURAL
AND.
WE WE GO OVER THE LAWS WE GO
OVER THE REGULATIONS WE GO OVER
THE PROCEDURES FOR DOING
DISCIPLINE WORK.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT OUR STAFF
IS.
RUNNING VERY HARD AND VERY FAST
TO KEEP THE SYSTEM IN
EQUILIBRIUM AND TO NOT FALL INTO
A BACKLOG HERE. PROVIDING
GREATER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
THE FIELD AROUND THE THE WHOLE
CONCEPT OF MISCONDUCT AND
RECOGNIZING SEE THE SIGNS OF
THAT CENTER. HAS NOT BEEN PART
OF THEIR WORK LOAD. IS A PART OF
ANYBODY'S WORKLOAD THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
IS A STATERS THIS SO WE JUST
KIND OF SILENT ON THIS WE
CERTAINLY INCLUDED IN OUR
EXPECTATIONS FOR TEACHER
PREPARATION IT'S IN OUR
STANDARDS THAT.
THE TEACHERS UNDERSTAND WHAT
MISCONDUCT IS WHAT ETHICAL
BEHAVIOR AND OBLIGATIONS ARE.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE BROADER
MIDDLE MUCH LARGER MIDDLE OF OF
THE WORK FORCE I WOULD SAY
THAT'S PROBABLY MORE EPISODIC.
OKAY THANK YOU.
YEAH JUST JUST TO SUM THINGS UP
I MEAN I THINK YOU'RE HEARING
YOU KNOW THE COMMITTEES ALARMED
BY THE JUST THE DURATION I MEAN
IT'S IT'S AN UNACCEPTABLE
SITUATION.
AGAIN THE MORE SPECIFICS WE
HAVE IN ORDER TO TRY TO ADDRESS
IT FROM A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE.
WILL HELP. US DO THAT.
AND I THINK THE SENATOR'S
SUGGESTION OF COMING BACK WITH
THE PLAN.
YOU KNOW GENERATED BY YOU TO
ADDRESS IT WHAT WOULD GO A LONG%
WAY SO. PLEASE COMMUNICATE WITH
THE BUDGET STAFF AND WE'LL SEE
WHAT WE CAN DO.
THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THANK
YOU. ALL RIGHT WE'RE GONNA GO TO
OUR NEXT PANEL.
TEACHER WORKFORCE PROPOSALS.
STUDENTS FROM.
SO MISTER CHAIRMAN.
THANK YOU FOR.
US SO.
IT'S IT'S NOT NEWS TO ANYONE
THAT WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING
TEACHER SHORTAGES THAT ARE
GROWING.
SINCE THE RECESSION WHEN WE
WERE LAYING OFF TEACHERS TO THIS
DAY WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN THE DEMAND FOR
TEACHERS. OF.
ABOUT EIGHTY PERCENT OF SCHOOL
DISTRICTS IN THE STATE ARE ARE
REPOTING THAT THEY CONTINUE TO
HAVE SHORTAGES IN SPECIAL
EDUCATION AND OTHER AREAS REALLY
ACROSS THE BOARD. THE MOST
CHRONIC SHORTAGE AREAS HAVE BEEN
IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND IN. IN
THE STEM FIELDS OF THE MOST
RECENT DATA ON TEACHER SUPPLY
THAT SO THAT WE HAVE REPORTED TO
YOU WOULD INDICATE THAT THERE
ARE ABOUT TWELVE THOUSAND
TEACHERS LAST YEAR WHO WERE PUT
INTO A CLASSROOM.
WITHOUT FULL PREPARATION TO BE
IN THE CLASSROOM AND THAT'S OUR
LARGEST GROWING SECTOR. OF.
ANGELS THAT WERE ISSUING SO THE
LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR
HAVE INVESTED IN THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS ON SOME
SIGNIFICANT WAYS ABOUT SEVENTY
MILLION DOLLARS TO CREATE. A NEW
CENTER FOR TEACHING CAREERS ON
THEY'RE WORKING ON A WORKING
WITH ED JOINING CREATING A
VARIETY OF APPLICATIONS THAT.
MAKE IT EASIER FOR PROSPECTIVE
CANDIDATES AND EMPLOYERS TO
CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER AND TO
SUPPORT OF THE RECRUITMENT AND
AND HIRING OF TEACHERS. WE'VE
ALSO SEEN A TEN MILLION DOLLAR
INVESTMENT IN UNDERGRADUATE
TEACHER PREPARATION BUILDING
THOSE PROGRAMS FORTY PLANNING
GRANTS WENT OUT TO COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES. TWENTY ONE OF
THOSE INSTITUTIONS ARE
DEVELOPING UNDERGRADUATE
PATHWAYS FOR IN SPECIAL
EDUCATION A MATH SCIENCE AND.
BILINGUAL EDUCATION OR OTHER
AREAS THAT ARE BEING ADDRESSED
THIS WILL ENABLE AN INDIVIDUAL
TO START A PROGRAM AS A FRESHMAN
AND COMPLETED IN FOUR YEARS WITH
A DEGREE AND A CREDENTIAL. SO WE
HAVE FORTY NEW PROGRAMS COMING
ONLINE IN THE FALL TWENTY OF
THOSE ARE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION
THAT'S AN INFRASTRUCTURE. OF.
PROJECT THAT IS COOL WE HOPE TO
SEE AROUND FIVE THOUSAND
TEACHERS A YEAR WITHIN THE NEXT
THREE TO FIVE YEARS COMING OUT
OF THOSE PROGRAMS. WE'VE ALSO
SEEN TO INVESTMENTS IN
CLASSIFIED STAFF.
TO RECRUIT CLASSIFIED STAFF
INTO TEACHER PREPARATION
COMPLETING DEGREE AND CREDENTIAL
PROGRAM SO THAT PROGRAM SHOULD
SERVE JUST UNDER TWENTY FIVE
HUNDRED TEACHERS OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL YEARS. THERE WAS ALSO
THE KHALLID PROGRAM WHICH WAS A
NINE POINT TWO MILLION DOLLAR
PROGRAM THAT HAD SEVENTY MILLION
DOLLARS WORTH OF REQUESTS THAT
IS SUPPORTING TEACHER
DEVELOPMENT AN ADMINISTRATOR
DEVELOPMENT. AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
SO WITH THAT SEVENTY MILLION
DOLLAR INVESTMENT OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS WE DO HOPE TO SEE
BETWEEN.
FOUR AND FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
MAYBE UP TO SIX THOUSAND
TEACHERS COMING WITHIN THE NEXT
THREE TO FIVE YEARS. US SO THE
CURRENT PROPOSAL I'D GET I'LL
TURN IT OVER TO HIM TO TALK
ABOUT THIS YEAR'S PROPOSALS OF
BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE'RE VERY
EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PARTICIPATE IN CREATING NEW
PATHWAYS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION
IN PARTICULAR. CAN.
KEN LAY HE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET INCLUDES ONE
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ONE TIME
PROPOSITION NINETY EIGHT GENERAL
FUND.
FORD TWO NEW TEACHER.
WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS THAT FOCUS
ON THE RECRUITMENT PREPARATION
AND RETENTION OF SPECIAL
EDUCATION TEACHERS.
FOR DECADES THERE HAS BEEN A
PERENNIAL SHORTAGE IN THE NUMBER
OF FULLY CREDENTIALED SPECIAL
EDUCATION TEACHERS MOST
CONCERNING. THE NUMBER OF
SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS
PROVIDING INSTRUCTION WITH THE
SUB STANDARD CREDENTIAL
CONTINUES TO RISE. RECENT
NUMBERS FROM THE COMMISSION
INDICATE THAT MORE THAN HALF OF
THE NEW SPECIAL EDUCATION
TEACHERS CREDENTIALS IN THE LAST
YEAR.
ARE SERVING.
.
OUR ER UNPREPARED AND SERVING ON
A TEMPORARY PERMITS OR WAIVERS.
IN RESPONSE TO THIS NEED AND
BECAUSE TWO THIRDS OF SCHOOL
DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED
AS HAVING POOR SPECIAL EDUCATION
PERFORMANCE.
EXCUSE ME.
THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROVIDES
FIFTY MILLION IN ONE TIME
PROPOSITION NINETY EIGHT GENERAL
FUND FOR THE TEACHER RESIDENCY
TIME COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO LOCAL
EDUCATION AGENCIES TO DEVELOP
NEW OR EXPAND EXISTING. TEACHER
RESIDENCY PROGRAMS. RESIDENCIES
WOULD BE REQUIRED TO RECRUIT AND
SUPPORT THE PREPARATION OF NEW
SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.
RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT
RESIDENCIES RESULT IN HIGHER
RETENTION RATES OF NEARLY
PREPARED TEACHERS AFTER FIVE
YEARS THAN TRADITIONAL PATHWAYS.
THE GRANT PROGRAM WOULD BE
ADMINISTERED BY THE COMMISSION.
IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE THROUGH
TWENTY TWENTY ONE.
ELLIE ACE WOULD BE ABLE TO
RECEIVE UP TO TWENTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS PER PARTICIPATING
TEACHER CANDIDATES. AND WOULD BE
REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A MATCH.
THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET ALSO
PROVIDES FIFTY MILLION ONETIME
PROPOSITION NINETY EIGHT GENERAL
FUND TO PROVIDE ONE TIME
COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO LOCAL
EDUCATION AGENCIES. TO DEVELOP
AND IMPLEMENT NEW OR EXPAND
EXISTING. LOCAL IDENTIFY LOCALLY
IDENTIFIED TRANSFORMATIONAL
SOLUTIONS THAT ADDRESS THE LOCAL
NEED FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION
TEACHERS.
THE FOCUS HERE AGAIN WILL BE
GENERALLY ON.
DEVELOPING NEW.
CREDENTIALS NEWLY CREDENTIALED
SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS THE
PREP GROWTH GRANT PROGRAM WOULD
AGAIN BE ADMINISTERED BY THE
COMMISSION FUNDS WOULD BE
AVAILABLE THROUGH TWENTY TWENTY
ONE.
ELEAZAR AGAIN COULD RECEIVE UP
TO.
TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER
PARTICIPATING TEACHER CANDIDATES
AND WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE A
LOCAL MATCH. SOME OF THE.
EXCITING IDEAS THAT COULD BE
DEVELOPED UNDER THIS PARTICULAR
GRANT PROGRAM. NATIONALLY
THERE'S A REAL MOVEMENT AND EVEN
IN CALIFORNIA FOR GROW YOUR OWN
PROGRAMS AND THIS PARTICULAR
GRANT PROGRAM WOULD WOULD BE
PERFECT FOR THAT. A SOLUTION AT
THE LOCAL LEVEL. GROW YOUR OWN
PROGRAMS ARE DEFINITELY LOCALLY
DRIVEN THEY ARE NOT STATE DRIVEN
FROM THE STATE DOWN. OF THEY
USUALLY INVOLVE RECRUITING.
CANDIDATES FROM THE LOCAL REGION
OR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. AND THE
THE SCHOOL OR DISTRICT.
PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM
AND SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS TO
BECOME A CREDENTIALED EDUCATOR.
OF. ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING
PROGRAMS I'VE READ ABOUT
INCLUDED A SITUATION WHERE THEY
ACTUALLY RECRUITED FROM THEIR
OWN HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN IN
REALIZING THAT WE NOW HAVE THESE
FOR YOUR INTEGRATED PROGRAMS
SUPPORTED THESE. IN OTHER STATES
WHERE THEY HAVE FOR YOUR
PROGRAMS THEY HAVE.
SUPPORTED THESE INDIVIDUALS
THROUGH THE FOR YOUR PROGRAMS
AND THEN THEY COME AND TEACH OUT
THAT DISTRICT IS SUPPORTED THEM
THROUGH THEIR FOUR YEAR PROGRAM.
SO FOUR YEARS AFTER LEAVING HIGH
SCHOOL THEIR BACK TEACHING IN
THEIR OWN COMMUNITY AND THESE
PEOPLETEND TO STAY LONGER AND
PERFORM BETTER BECAUSE THEY
RECEIVE THE SUPPORT. AND THEY
THEY PERSONALLY SUPPORT OUR
COMMUNITY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM
THANK YOU.
HELLO I'LL BE SPEAKING TO A
HANDOUT ENTITLED ADDRESSING
SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFFING
SHORTAGES THAT I BELIEVE THE
SURGEON HAS PASSED OUT.
I'M ON PAGE ONE WE HIGHLIGHT THE
TWO CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS
WHO WORK IN SPECIAL EDUCATION IN
CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS THOSE ARE THE
TEACHERS THAT PROVIDE ACADEMIC
CONTENT AND ADAPTED TO EACH
INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS A UNIQUE
NEEDS AS WELL AND THEN
SPECIALISTS WHO PROVIDE A UNIQUE
SET OF THERAPIES. SUCH THAT OUR
STUDENTS CAN THRIVE IN THE
CLASSROOM SUCH AS SPEECH
SERVICES.
WHEN IT COMES TO TEACHERS THE
COMMISSION ON TEACHER
CREDENTIALING ISSUES FIVE
SEPARATE TEACHING CREDENTIALS
FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AND WE
HIGHLIGHT THOSE ON THE TABLE ON
PAGE ONE. I'M JUST A POINT TWO
OUT OF THE MILD TO MODERATE
DISABILITIES AND THE MODERATE TO
SEVERE DISABILITIES CAN BE
THOUGHT SOMEONE OF HIS. THAT
GENERALIST CREDENTIALS WITHIN
THAT SPACE AND WE SEE THE
GREATEST NUMBER OF TEACHERS IN
THESE TWO CATEGORIES.
WHEN IT AND MOVING ON TO PAGE
TWO THE STATUS PHASE
LONGSTANDING SHORTAGES OF
SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF. BIG
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION HAS CITED SHORTAGES OF
SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF IN
NEARLY EVERY YEAR SINCE THE
EARLY NINETEEN EIGHTIES. AND
THAT THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM
THAT'S UNIQUE TO CALIFORNIA IN
THAT NEARLY EVERY STATE IN
SEVENTEEN EIGHTEEN CITED
SHORTAGES OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
STAFF.
NOW THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF
TEA OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
TEACHERS IN THE SHORTAGE IS VERY
DEPENDING ON EACH OF THESE TYPES.
THOSE TEACHERS TO STUDENTS WITH
MODERATE TO SEVERE DISABILITIES
I TEND TO BE. THE GREATEST IN
THE OR THE MOST IN NEED IN
FIFTEEN SIXTEEN FOR INSTANCE
FORTY PERCENT OF NEW TEACHERS
ENTERING CLASSROOMS. IN THIS
AREA. LACKS THE APPROPRIATE
CREDENTIAL SIMILARLY CERTAIN
TYPES OF SPECIALISTS ARE FACE
ACUTE SHORTAGES SUCH AS FOR
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS TWENTY
THREE PERCENT OF OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPIST WORKING IN CLASSROOMS
IN FIFTEEN SIXTEEN. OUT WERE
EMPLOYED THROUGH TEMPORARY
STAFFING AGENCIES WHICH TEND TO
BE MORE COSTLY AND UTILIZED ONLY
AS A MEASURE OF LAST RESORT FOR
DISTRICTS.
NOW OUR OFFICE IS CONDUCTED A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF.
RESEARCH AND FIELD VISITS OVER
THE PAST YEAR. EXPLORING WHAT IT
MIGHT BE SOME OF THE FACTORS
DRIVING THE SHORTAGES IN DOING
SO WE MET WITH NUMEROUS
DISTRICTS CELEBUZZ.
WE MET WITH CREDENTIALING
PROGRAMS AND SPECIALIST TRAINING
PROGRAMS AND A FEW KEY ISSUES
EMERGE FROM THAT'S. THE THE
BIGGEST FACTOR WE BELIEVE IS
THAT THE PAY FOR SPECIAL
EDUCATION STAFF DOES NOT REACH
REFLECT THE UNIQUE DEMANDS OF
THE JOB.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS TYPICALLY PAY
SPECIAL EDUCATION AND GENERAL
EDUCATION TEACHERS THE SAME
DESPITE THE FACT THAT MANY MORE
RESPONSIBILITIES ARE PLACED ON
SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS. FOR
INSTANCE UNLIKE GENERAL
EDUCATION TEACHERS WHICH MIGHT
PLAN OR CREATE ONE LESSON PLAN
FOR ALL OF THEIR STUDENTS IN
THEIR CLASSROOM. SPECIAL
EDUCATION STUDENT TEACHERS MUST
PREPARE A SEPARATE LESSON PLAN
FOR EACH STUDENT WITH IN THEIR
ROOM THERE ALSO ENGAGING IN
MANAGEMENT OF TEACHER OF.
TEACHER ASSISTANTS AND
PROVIDING. TRAINING TO THOSE
TEACHER ASSISTANCE.
OTHER FACTORS THAT WE'VE
IDENTIFIED AT THE STATE LEVEL
INCLUDE.
OUR CREDENTIALING REQUIREMENTS
WHICH NECESSITATE THAT TEACHERS
HAVE FIVE YEARS OF POST
SECONDARY TRAINING. PRIOR TO
ENTERING THE CLASSROOM WHERE AS
IN MANY OTHER STATES IT'S SIMPLY
FOR YEARS OF POST SECONDARY
TRAINING.
WE ALSO HAVE AN OVERLY NARROW
CREDENTIALING REQUIREMENTS IN
THAT A TEACHER MUST HAVE ONE OF
THOSE SPECIFIC FIVE CREDENTIALS
TO TEACH ONLY THOSE STUDENTS IN
THOSE AREAS AND TO THE EXTENT
THAT THEY WERE TO TEACHERS
DIFFERENT CATEGORIES STUDENTS
THEY WOULD NEED TO GO BACK TO
NINETEEN A SECOND CREDENTIAL.
I'M IN WHEN IT COMES TO THE
SPECIALISTS WE NOTE THAT SOME
SPECIALIST TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE
HIGHLY IMPACTED THE CS YEAR WITH.
ACCEPTANCE RATES BELOW THIRTY
PERCENT.
OF QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.
ARE THERE ALSO SEVERAL LOCAL
FACTORS AT PLAY SUCH AS
INEFFICIENT HUMAN RESOURCES
PRACTICES AT SCHOOLS OR WEAK
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
MOVING ON TO THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSALS I THINK A GOOD
EXPLANATION HAS ALREADY BEEN
PROVIDED BUT I JUST WANT TO
POINT OUT THAT EITHER PROPOSAL.
IS. A ONE TIME PROPOSAL AND EACH
ONE WOULD FIND I JUST TWENTY
FIVE HUNDRED CANDIDATES.
OVERALL WE THINK THAT THE
GOVERNOR'S FOCUS ON SPECIAL
EDUCATION HAS MERIT I'M AS I
MENTIONED THE STATE FACES
LONGSTANDING SHORTAGES OF THESE
TYPES OF STAFF. THOUGH BOTH
PROPOSALS HAVE SOME NOTABLE
SHORTCOMINGS FOR INSTANCE
NEITHER PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE
ONGOING NATURE OF THIS PROBLEM.
NEITHER PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE
UNDERLYING COMPENSATION ISSUES
AT PLAY HERE. NEITHER PROPOSAL
ADDRESSES THE CORE STATE LEVEL
FACTORS THAT WE THINK ARE
DRIVING OUT OF THIS THE SHORTAGE
AS.
I'M IN NEITHER PROPOSAL
ADDRESSES ANY THE LOCAL ISSUES
THAT WERE SEEN DRIVING THE
SHORTAGES. AND NEITHER PROPOSAL
ADDRESSES THIS THE SHORTAGES OF
SPECIALISTS THAT SCHOOLS OFTEN
CITE AS THEIR KEY SHORTAGE AREAS.
IN. IN TERMS OF THAT CHALLENGES
HIRING STAFF.
FURTHERMORE EACH OF THE
PROPOSALS HAS SOME NOTABLE
SHORTCOMINGS IN REGARDS TO THE
TEACHER RESIDENCY PROPOSAL WE
DON'T THAT OTHERS TWENTY FIVE
HUNDRED CANDIDATES MANY OF THEM
MAY HAVE OTHERWISE ENTERED
TEACHING. SO.
IT BECOMES SOMEWHAT COSTLY FROM
THAT PERSPECTIVE. AND AND WHEN
IT COMES TO THE LOCAL SOLUTIONS
GRANT PROPOSAL UNIT THAT I
DISTRICTS HAVE TOO MUCH
DISCRETION AND THERE'S NO
NOTHING TO REALLY PROD THEM INTO
PURSUING THOSE KEY UNDERLYING
ISSUES THAT WE BELIEVE ARE
DRIVING SHORTAGES. AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL.
AS A RESULT WE RECOMMEND THAT
THE LEGISLATURE REJECTED BOTH OF
THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSALS AND
INSTEAD PURSUE.
MENU OF POLICY STRATEGIES AIMED
AT. THESE UNDERLYING ISSUES.
THE FIRST AND FOREMOST OF THESE
WOULD BE TO ENCOURAGE DISTRICTS
TO PAY SPECIAL EDUCATION
TEACHERS.
COMMENSURATE WITH THEIR DUTIES
THIS WOULD HAPPEN EARN MORE THAN
GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHERS SUCH
THAT THERE'S AN INCENTIVE TO
ENTER SPECIAL EDUCATION.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE STATE SHOULD
CONSOLIDATE TO SPECIAL EDUCATION
TEACHING CREDENTIALS THOSE OF
THE MILD MODERATE MODERATE
SEVERE CREDENTIALS INTO ONE
GENERALISED SPECIAL EDUCATION
TEACHING CREDENTIAL.
TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE.
ARISE. AS FAR AS.
TREATING.
WORKING WITH NEW OKAY
POPULATIONS OF STUDENTS WE
BELIEVE THAT.
LOCAL SUPPORT CAN BE PROVIDED
AS FAR AS HOW TO BEST. TEACH
THESE POPULATIONS OF STUDENTS.
WHEN IT COMES TO HOW WE
ACTUALLY TRAIN OUR TEACHERS WE
THINK THAT WE SHOULD CREATE A
FOR YOUR CREDENTIAL ROUTE FOR
SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS. THIS
IS SIMILAR TO AN ACTION THAT THE
STATE TOOK LAST YEAR FOR.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS THIS
WOULD ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO
OBTAIN A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN
SPECIAL EDUCATION AND A TEACHING
CREDENTIAL WITHIN FOUR YEARS AS
IS DONE IN MOST OTHER STATES.
TO ENSURE THAT THE STATEMENTS
ABOUT HIGHER EDUCATION SEGMENTS
ADOPT THIS MODEL WE PROPOSE WE
RECOMMEND THAT THE LEGISLATURE
PROVIDE TWOHUNDRED FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLAR PLANNING GRANTS.
AND THEN FOR A FINAL
RECOMMENDATION IN REGARDS TO
SPECIALISTS WE RECOMMEND THAT
THE LEGISLATURE PROVIDE TARGETED
ENROLLMENT GROWTH FUNDING FOR
TWO OF THE CS USE GRADUATE LEVEL
TRAINING PROGRAMS. THOSE ARE THE
PROGRAMS AND SPEECH AND LANGUAGE
PATHOLOGY AS WELL AS
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY WE THINK
THAT THEY CAN COMFORTABLY GROW
AT A RATE OF ABOUT FIVE PERCENT
PER YEAR. WHICH WOULD ONLY COST
ABOUT SX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR.
THANK YOU.
YEAH I HAVE A QUESTION.
.
YOU KNOW I WAS STRUCK BY THE
STATEMENT THAT YOU'VE TALKED TO
SPECIALISTS AND THEY THINK THAT
THE PRESS THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSALS ARE GOOD. AT DID YOU
TALK TO THOSE SPECIAL EDUCATION
TEACHERS WHO HAVE LEFT THE FIELD.
I ASKED THE DOCTORS AND YES YEAH
YEAH WE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN
TALKING WITH WE'VE WE'VE MET
WITH TEACHERS WHO ARE BOTH STILL
SERVING AND WE DO. HAVE
CONVERSATION WHERE WE CAN WITH A
SPECIAL EDUCATORS WHO REALLY CAN
FEEL THEM LARGELY WHAT WE HEAR
FROM THEM. IS THAT CASE LOAD. IS
IS.
ISN'T STAGGERING FOR THEM WHICH
HAS TO DO WITH SHORTAGES AND NOT
ENOUGH HANDS TO THE WHEEL THAT'S
PART OF THE THE ISSUE THERE. OF
WE ALSO HEAR THAT THE THE NATURE
OF THE WORK ON THE NATURE OF THE
PAPERWORK ASSOCIATED WITH. ARE
KEEPING ALL OF THE RECORDS UP TO
DATE IS SIGNIFICANT SO AT THE
COMMISSION WE'VE BEEN
UNDERTAKING SOME MAJOR CHANGES
IN THE SPECIAL ED CREDENTIALS
AND HAVE ENACTED SOME MAJOR
CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURE OF IT.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS STILL
BEFORE THE COMMISSION IS WHETHER
OR NOT THERE'S A WAY TO OFF LOAD
SOME OF THAT PAPERWORK SOME OF
THE ADMINISTRATIVE WORK
NECESSARY TO SERVE IN SPECIAL
EDUCATION SETTINGS.
TO OTHER TYPES OF
ADMINISTRATORS ARE SPECIALISTS
AND DIVIDE. DIVIDED OUT AND WHEN
I TALK TO SPECIAL EDUCATION
TEACHERS THAT THAT'S A SOLUTION
THAT THAT THEY WOULD WELCOME.
ARMED AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON
APPROPRIATE WAYS THAT WE MIGHT
BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND I WONDER
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
DID YOU ALSO BEFORE COMING UP
WITH THIS PROPOSAL TALK WITH THE
TEACHERS IN THE FIELD WHO. HAVE
TO DEAL WITH.
UP. TO LARGER CASELOAD TOO MUCH
PAPERWORK AND PROBABLY TOO
LITTLE PAY.
OF THE FEW THAT WE TALKED WITH.
INDICATING THE SAME ISSUES THAT
DOCTOR MURRAY SANDY HAS BROUGHT
UP.
THE AND I WOULD LIKE TO POINT
OUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
SITUATIONS WHERE. THE LOCAL
SOLUTIONS GRANT WOULD WOULD
PROVIDE A LOCAL EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY.
WE WE NOT ONLY HAVE A SHORTAGE
OF SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS
HERE BUT AS WAS POINTED OUT
THEIR WORKLOAD IS IS EXTENSIVE
BECAUSE WE HAVE A SHORTAGE AND
SO WHILE WE'RE WORKING ON. OF.
RECRUITING AND PREPARING FOR
SOME INDIVIDUALS TO FILL OUR
NEED FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION
TEACHERS.
PART OF OUR PROPOSAL FOR ONE OF
THOSE GRANTS WOULD INCLUDE.
RESOURCES TO ASSIST WITH THE
WORKLOAD THAT SEEMS TO BE OVER.
OVER BURDENING THESE TEACHERS I
MEAN THESE ARE THIS IS PART OF
OUR PROPOSAL WITH THIS LOCAL
SOLUTIONS GRANDEST PROVIDE
LOCALS THE OPPORTUNITY.
TO IMPLEMENT LOCAL SOLUTIONS AND
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS
THAT THAT WOULD FALL INTO THAT
TYPE OF THINKING I GUESS WITH
HAS ME HIS TAIL BIT IS I THINK
THOSE THREE ITEMS THAT WERE
MENTIONED ARE UNIVERSAL.
THE PAPERWORK I I HAVE FAMILY
THERE WHO USED TO BE IN THE
SPECIAL ED FIELD AND THEIR
BIGGEST LAMENT WAS JUST TAKING
OFF INSTEAD OF BEING ABLE TO
WORK WITH THE CHILDREN.
WHICH IS WHAT CREATES A HIGHER
CASE YOU GET LESS TIME IN. THE
SAME NUMBER OF CHILDREN THE
PAPER WORK WITH AN
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
WITH BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL
REQUIREMENTS WAS BACK BREAKING
IN SPIRIT BREAKING
AT SO I'M NOT SURE HIT LETTING
THE LOCALS MAKE THAT DECISION I
THINK THAT'S A UNIVERSAL PROBLEM
I THINK THEY'RE ALSO TERRIBLY
UNDERPAID YOU NEED TO HAVE. TO
DEAL TO DEAL WITH CHILDREN IN
GENERAL SHOULD CHALLENGE. OF.
I WOULD SUSPECT.
BUT TO DEAL WITH CHILDREN WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS AND THEN PARENTS
MANY OF WHOM ARE STRUGGLING TO
TRY TO UNDERSTAND AND TO
ACCOMMODATE AND BE ABLE TO
ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS.
REQUIRES ADDITIONAL BOTH
TRAINING AND.
ENERGY. SHALL WE SAY IN THE
THIRD.
THE FACT THAT THERE ARE THAT.
NO NOBODY GOES INTO TEACHING TO
BECOME A MILLIONAIRE. WE WE
DON'T PAY OUR TEACHERS ENOUGH I
THINK WE ALL AGREE BUT
PARTICULARLY FOR LOU LACKING IN
SPECIAL EDUCATION SO I FIND.
THAT MUCH WHAT MAKESTHE MOST
SENSE TO ME IS JUST ADDRESSING
THOSE THREE ISSUES.
UNLESS YOU IS THE EXPERTS HAVE
SPENT MORE TIME WITH THE
TEACHERS AND FIND OUT FROM THEM
WHY THEY'RE LEAVING THE
PROFESSION. AND THEY ARE LEAVING
THE PROFESSION THAT'S A VERY
HARD AREA AND IN MANY SCHOOLS
SPECIAL EDUCATION IS PUT OVER IN
A CORNER WE DON'T LIKE TO TALK
ABOUT IT AND WE DON'T WANT TO
HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. SO YOU
HAVE ALL OF THESE ENORMOUS
PROBLEMS ON A AND I APPRECIATE
THE GOVERNOR'S SUGGESTIONS BUT I
WONDER IF THE BEST WAY TO DO
THIS IS. JUST YOU KNOW ADDRESSED.
SO TAT WE CAN RETAIN WE'VE GOT
GET RID OF THIS PAPER WORK IT'S
A KILLER I'M SURE IT'S A KILLER
FOR ALL TEACHERS BUT. I DO KNOW
FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION THEY DON'T
GET THE TIME TO TEACH THEY'RE
DOING THE PAPERWORK IN THAT
AGAIN CREATES EVEN GREATER
STRESS ON THEIR ABILITY TO DEAL
WITH THE NUMBER OF. THE
ADDITIONAL NUMBER STUDENTS I
HAVE SO. I MEAN THAT.
THAT TO ME SEEMS A BETTER IF WE
HAD TWENTY SPECIAL ED TEACHERS
IN THE ROOM HERE NINETEEN OF
THEM WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.
MAKE IT I JUST A LITTLE
PERSPECTIVE SO WE HAVE BEEN OUT
TOURING AND VISITING PROGRAMS WE
VISITED THE SERVICE IS GOOD
TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAM TO
LEARN ABOUT HOW THEY WERE DOING
THAT KIND OF THING. AND MOST
RECENTLY WE WENT TO VISIT OF A
LOT CAL STATE LONG BEACH DOLE
CREDENTIAL PROGRAM. AND I MET
WITH THIRTY OR SO STUDENT
TEACHERS WHO ARE WORKING ON
GETTING THEIR GENERAL ED AND
THEIR SPECIAL THAT CREDENTIAL
SIMULTANEOUSLY. I MET THEM AT
THE SCHOOL WHERE THEY'RE DOING A
VERY INTENSIVE CLINICAL PRACTICE.
I DID NOT FIND.
OF. DISCOURAGED OR UNHAPPY
PEOPLE THERE WHEN WE ASKED THEM.
IF YOU WERE OFFERED A JOB TO
EITHER GO INTO A GENERAL A
CLASSROOM OR SPECIAL ED
CLASSROOM WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE
THE VAST MAJORITY SAID SPECIAL
EDUCATION. AND THEY'RE SAYING
THAT WITH EYES WIDE OPEN THAT'S
THE FRONT END UP NOT HAVING A
FIVE YEARS WE CAN'T KEEP ON THAT
LONG LET ME TALK ABOUT WHAT ELSE
MIGHT BE HAPPENING IN THE STATE
THAT I THINK. IS QUITE EXCITING
THE WHOLE MOVE TOWARD TOWARD
IMPLEMENTING MULTI TIERED
SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT M. TSS THAT
MOVEMENT ACROSS THE STATE.
IF THAT'S BEEN ACCELERATED WITH
FUNDING FROM THE LEGISLATURE IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS
RUNNING THIS. IS I THINK ONE OF
THE MOST EXCITING THINGS WERE
DOING AROUND HOW WE DELIVER
SERVICES TO KIDS. IN SCHOOLS AND
FOCUSING ON GENERAL EDUCATION IS
THE HOME FOR ALL KIDS AND
TEARING INTERVENTIONS BEYOND
THAT BASED ON THE NEEDS THE KIDS
BRING TO THE EQUATION. IS A
POWERFUL CHANGE AGENT I'VE HEARD
FROM SCHOOLS THAT ARE
IMPLEMENTING MTS US FOR THE
FIRST TIME WHO ARE SAYING THAT
PARENTS ARE ASKING THAT THEIR
CHILDREN BE TAKEN OUT OF SPECIAL
EDUCATION. BECAUSE THEY WANT THE
MINIMUM TSS AS IF THEY'RE
DIFFERENT THINGS BUT A LOT OF
THIS IS A PERCEPTION ISSUE THAT
YOU KNOW IT IS QUITE OFTEN IN
THE BACK FORTY IT'S A SEGREGATED
SILO COMMUNITY OF STUDENTS BEING
SERVED BY A SEGREGATED SILENT
GROUP OF TEACHERS. THAT CREATES
UNHAPPINESS ACROSS THE BOARD. I
THINK WE HAVE SOME NEW
INNOVATIVE THINGS THAT WE'RE
DOING IN THIS STATE THAT ARE
WORKING TO CHANGE THAT EQUATION
AND CHANGE THAT NARRATIVE
FUNDAMENTALLY IN THESE YOUNG
PEOPLE WANT TO WORK IN THAT
SYSTEM THEY WANT TO BE THE
ACTORS TO TAKE IT. FORWARD SO I
THINK THIS THIRD LEG WE CHANGE
THE CREDENTIAL WE WE THINK THAT
THE WAY WE'RE CHANGING THE
CREDENTIAL IS TO IS IS GOING TO
SERVE THAT MODEL EXTREMELY WELL.
BY PREPARING JENNA TEACHERS AND
SPECIAL ED TEACHERS IN IT AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN A COMMON
TRUNK OF PREPARATION AND
ALLOWING THEM TO SPECIALIZE IN
THE VARIOUS AREAS WHERE THEY
WANT TO PROVIDE THEIR DIRECT
SERVICES. THAT'S AN IMPORTANT
CHANGE MTS* AND AS SOMETHING
THAT IS EXPANDING STATEWIDE
CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH
THEY'RE LEARNING TO TEACH IS
GOING TO BE VASTLY IMPROVED. AND
FUNDING TO ACCELERATE
RECRUITMENT OF TEACHERS INTO
RESIDENCY STYLE PROGRAMS AND THE
OPPORTUNITY TO GET FORGIVABLE
LOANS OR OTHER KINDS OF LOCAL
SOLUTIONS IN THE EQUATION ALSO
HELPS. IT WON'T RESOLVE THE
COMPENSATION ISSUE BUT IT COULD
BEGIN TO HELP ADDRESS SOME OF
THE OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT.
DID MAKE PEOPLE FEEL THE WAY
THEY DO ABOUT THEIR WORK.
WELL I APPRECIATE THAT AND
THAT'S VERY HOPEFUL AND I I IT
FOR THE RECORD I DON'T WANT TO
SUGGEST TO CHILDREN OR DIFFICULT
I THINK TEACHING IS DIFFICULT.
AND I THINK THE TEACHING IN
TODAY'S WORLD WITH THINGS MOVING
AS QUICKLY AS THEY ARE AND
SOCIALIZATION CHANGING SO
DRAMATICALLY FROM WHAT IT WAS
LESSENED A GENERATION AGO. I
JUST A.
.
I THINK THAT THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY
THINGS THAT WE THAT ARE ALL THAT
ARE OBVIOUS. AND. WOULD HOPE
THAT WE WOULD ADDRESS THOSE AS
WELL I THINK THIS SOUNDS VERY
EXCITING AND AND HOPEFULLY WE
WILL. DO MORE TO KEEP AND RETAIN
TEACHERS AND ESPECIALLY IN THESE
CHALLENGING FIELDS BECAUSE WE
KNOW THAT WERE. WERE LACKING AND
I WONDER IF THE LA OAK MIGHT
HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON. ON THAT.
AS FAR AS TEACHER RETENTION YES.
DID SO I AND THIS GETS BACK TO
HER I THINK OUR BIGGEST
RECOMMENDATION AS FAR AS THE.
THE STATE AS A WHOLE AND IN
PART OF THE CHALLENGE HERE IS
FUNDAMENTALLY A LOCAL IUE
NEEDS TO MOVE TOWARD THE
DIRECTION WE THINK OF
COMPENSATING SPECIAL EDUCATION
TEACHERS AND A HIGHER MANNER
THAN GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.
WHEN WE LOOK ACROSS THE STATE
AND WHAT I DATA WE DO HAVE. VERY
FEW DISTRICTS OFFER ANY KIND OF.
FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO PURSUE A
SPECIAL EDUCATION AND THOSE THAT
DO THE INCENTIVE IS OFTEN A
QUITE SMALL LESS THAN A THOUSAND
DOLLARS. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
JUST A FEW PERCENTAGE OF THESE
INDIVIDUALS I ANNUAL SALARIES.
YOU KNOW TO THE EXTENT THAT ALL
THESE EFFORTS ARE MADE AT THE
FRONT END IS UP POINTED OUT
EARLIER. ON AFTER A FEW YEARS HE
ESPECIALLY IF AN INDIVIDUAL HAS
CREDENTIALS IN BOTH GENERAL
EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION.
ON MANY OF THESE FOLKS ARE DOING
THE CALCULUS AND SEEING THAT A
LOT OF ON THE ADDITIONAL
RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE PLACE
ON SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS
WOULDN'T BE THERE IF THEY WENT
TO GENERAL EDUCATION YET THEY'VE
EARNED THE SAME SALARY. SO THAT
THIS IS THE CORE THAT THE ISSUE
WE BELIEVE AS FAR AS WHAT'S
REALLY DRIVING.
THESE SPECIFICALLY SPECIAL
EDUCATION SHORTAGES.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR.
.
MOSTLY HE.
.
ON THIS TEACHER RESIDENCY GRANT
PROGRAM.
CAN ANY OF THAT MONEY BE USED
FOR BONUSES SAY LIKE NON BASE
BUILDING. BONUSES FOR SPECIAL
EDUCATION TEACHERS.
WITHIN THE TEACHER RESIDENCY
GRANT PROGRAM OF.
THE LOCAL HAS THE DISCRETION TO
SPEND THE MONEY ON A VARIETY OF.
OF. KOSTER EXPENDITURES UPDATE
PREDOMINATELY SHOULD BE FOCUSED
ON.
THE EDUCATION THE PREPARATION
OF THAT TEACHER CANDIDATE
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT CAN
DO IT FOR ONE YEAR AND THE
TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAM. AND
THEN THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THEM
IN A CLASSROOM IN THERE THE IDEA
WOULD BE TO SUPPORT THEM THROUGH
INDUCTION AND COACHING AND
MENTORING FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
AND THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
THAT AD MAYBE PROVIDING THEM
THE CANDIDATE A STIPEND TO
LIVING STIPEND OR OR A BONUS BUT
A LIVING STIPEND OR MAYBE HEALTH
AND BENEFITS HEALTH CARE
BENEFITS.
THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF EXPENSES
THAT AN EXISTING RESIDENCY
PROGRAMS ARE TYPICALLY COVERED.
MISTER KAPLAN YOU MENTION YOUR
REPORTS OUT OF THE CLEAR.
BUT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING.
BETTER PAY.
SORT OF KIND OF JOKE. ARM BUT
YOU MENTION ON PAGE THREE. ON
PAGE.
FIVE AND I'M WONDERING.
AND AND PAGE I THINK SIX. ABOUT
I'M WONDERING IS THIS A MEET AND
CONFER ISSUE OR OR CAN YOU
LEGISLATIVELY.
YOU DON'T HAVE DIFFERENT PAY
GRADES.
THIS IS A COURT CHALLENGE THAT
THE LEGISLATURE FACES BECAUSE
THIS IS FUNDAMENTALLY A LOCAL
ISSUE WITH COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
YOU KNOW THIS STATE ONLY HAS SO
MANY LEVERS AGAIN PAUL AND FOR
MANY OF THESE ISSUES ON. THE
LEVERS ARE REALLY EXISTING AT
THE LOCAL LEVEL NOW THERE ARE
SOME AREAS IN WHICH THE
LEGISLATURE CAN SIGNAL THE
DISTRICTS THAT WE SHOULD MAYBE
MOVE TO THIS.
BIFURCATED PAY STRUCTURE. I'M
FOR INSTANCE THERE IS A
PROVISION WITHIN STATUTE THAT
SAYS THAT ALL AS KIND OF A BASS
LINE THAT ALL DISTRICTS TO
DEVELOP A UNIFORM SALARY
SCHEDULE UNLESS OTHERWISE
NEGOTIATED. WANNA STEP THE
LEGISLATURE MIGHT CONSIDER DOING
IS TO REMOVE THAT STATUTORY
PROVISION SO THAT. IF WE WERE
GOING TO TAKE ANY ACTION WE
WOULD NOT BE SIGNALING THAT
THESE INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE PAID
THE SAME BUT PERHAPS.
DIFFERENTLY.
OKAY SO THEN.
.
YOU KNOW THE OLD THE OLD ADAGE
THAT IF YOU'RE NOT COMPENSATING
SOMEONE PROPERLY THAT'S IT SHOWS
THAT YOU'RE NOT APPRECIATING
THEM AND IF THEY'RE NOT
APPRECIATED THEY WANT TO.
YOU KNOW THE ONLY BURN OUT OR
LEAVE RIGHT SO I APPRECIATE YOUR.
BEING BOLD ENOUGH TO PUT THAT IN
YOUR REPORT.
I UNDERSTAND MISTER KAPLAN THAT
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A NEW TITLES
AND.
YES THAT'S CORRECT THIS IS MY
LAST DAY WITH THE OFFICE HE BEAT
ME TO IT. DOES THE TITLE QUICKER
THAN. NO IT'LL BE ASSOCIATED.
THE CORRECT. ACTS.
NO WELL CONGRATULATIONS AND
THANKS FOR YOUR LAST REPORT YOU
AN AUTOGRAPH IT FOR ME I'D BE
HAPPY TO. HEAR THAT.
ALL RIGHT.
.
I THINK.
EVERY SPECIAL ED TEACHER THAT
I'VE EVER MET IT'S A CALLING.
YOU KNOW PEOPLE IT'S A SPECIAL
PERSON.
AND I APPRECIATE THE
CONVERSATION I DO HAVE. ONE
QUESTION AND AS YOU'VE GONE TO
THE SCHOOL SITES AND TALK TO THE
TEACHERS. HOW GLOBALLY HOW MUCH
CONVERSATION SINCE SEVENTY FIVE
PERCENT TO EIGHTY PERCENT OF OUR
TEACHERS COME FROM? THE CAL
STATE SYSTEM AND SOME OF THE
RECOMMENDATION IS TO MAYBE
CREATE A SPECIALIZED.
A DEGREE HOW MUCH CONVERSATION
WITH THE CAL STATE.
DO YOU HAVE IN SORT OF BIG
PICTURE PIPELINE. CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT HOW WEAK YOU KNOW CAN
EDUCATE THIS NEW CROP OF TEACHER
WERE TRYING TO.
I TRACKED.
WE HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF OF
INTERACTION WITH THEM IN FACT
THE CSU HAS A NON VOTING
POSITION ON OUR COMMISSION TABLE
WE ENGAGE WITH THEM A GREAT DEAL.
AND WITH THE YOU SEE ON THE
PRIVATE AN INDEPENDENT COLLEGES
AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES IT'S
IT IS A SYSTEMS.
SORT OF ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO
WORK ON HERE. ARM AND WE I THINK
THAT THERE IS GREATER OPTIMISM
ABOUT WHERE WE MIGHT BE GOING
WITH SPECIAL ED AND RESOLVING
SOME OF THE INTRACTABLE PROBLEMS
THAT HAVE KEPT US IN THIS.
KIND OF HARD PLACE.
AND AND THESE ARE THE THIS
THINGS I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED
CHANGING THE WAY WE CREDENTIAL
THE TEACHERS IS CRITICAL TO THAT.
OF CHANGING THE WAY WE ORGANIZE
CLASSROOMS IS UTTERLY CRITICAL
TO THAT AND PROVIDING SOME
INCENTIVE TO BRING MORE INTO THE
INTO THE FIELD IS ALSO CRITICAL
AND I WOULD SAY ALL PLAYERS. ARE
EAGERLY PARTICIPATING IN THAT DO
THEY HAVE A TAKE ON THE LA US
RECOMMENDATION AT CSU COMMENT.
I'M NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF WE HAD.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY TO
YOU HOWEVER AND YOU MADE SOME
RECOMENDATIONS ABOUT THE
SERVICES CREDENTIAL SPEECH
LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY AND
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY WE HAVE
EIGHTEEN APPROVED SPEECH
LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY PROGRAMS IN
THE STATE. ON AND THAT IS THE
ONLY CREDENTIAL IN OUR EDUCATION
CODE THAT'S REQUIRED TO BECOME
HER PREPARATION THAT IS
NATIONALLY ACCREDITED IN
ADDITION TO SEE TWO SECRET
CREDIT. THE NATIONAL ACCREDITING
BODY. OF LIMITS PROGRAMS TO
THIRTY CANDIDATES SO I KNOW OF
PROGRAMS THAT HAVE HAD AS MANY
AS THREE HUNDRED APPLICANTS BUT
THEY CAN ONLY ADMIT THREE
HUNDRED AND THAT'S NOT BECAUSE
WE'RE NOT FUNDING THE CSU. IT'S
BECAUSE THEY'RE ACCREDITING BODY
AND THAT THAT WE WE MAY WANT TO
TALK AND THINK ABOUT THAT. TERMS
OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY THERE
ONLY TO APPROVE PROGRAMS IN THE
STATE RIGHT NOW AND THEY ARE
IMPACTED THEY AREN'T THEY
RECEIVE MANY MORE APPLICATIONS
AND THEY CAN SEE SO THERE ARE
MAYBE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
AND I WILL ADD TO.
MY COLLEAGUE'S COMMENTS.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW
ENDEAVOR I GUESS LESS TRAVEL
WILL BE INVOLVED THAT'S
PRACTICALLY A BIT CLOSER TO HOME
AND BE DOING SOMETHING EXCITING
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THE COMMITTEE AND ALWAYS TO
APPRECIATE YOUR TESTIMONY HE
REALLY DOES WANT YOUR AUTOGRAPH.
I'M NOT GONNA GO THAT FAR BUT I
WILL WISH YOU WELL.
ALL RIGHT WORKING ON THE NEXT
PANEL I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO
YOU AND I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
OKAY DANIEL TO COME HERE FOR
.
GOOD LUCK MAN.
THANKS FOR THE PAGE A LITTLE.
YEAH. I GUESS ON A LONGER.
ALRIGHT WE NOW HAVE THE WORLD
FAMOUS GREG LUCAS STATE
LIBRARIAN.
WELCOME. THANK YOU SENATOR.
JUST GONNALET FINANCE PRESENT
IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU. IF YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS ALL ANSWER.
REALLY WE WERE JUST GOING FOR A
RIDE MY DECISION RIGHT IDEA HOW.
EVERY THURSDAY THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
SO GO AHEAD MR KEN OUR.
DAN HAD OUR DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE THE CALIFORNIA STATE
LIBRARY PROVIDE SERVES A
CRITICAL ROLE IN STATE
GOVERNMENT BY SERVING AS THE
CENTRAL REFERENCE. AND RESEARCH
LIBRARY FOR THE GOVERNOR AND
LEGISLATURE. ADDITIONALLY THE
STATE LIBRARY PROVIDES CRITICAL
ASSISTANCE AND DISTRIBUTES
FEDERAL FUNDS. TO THE ONE
HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR LIBRARY
JURISDICTIONS. NEARLY TWELVE
HUNDRED LIBRARIES ACROSS THE
STATE.
OVERALL THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
PROVIDES THIRTY FIVE POINT NINE
MILLION DOLLARS IN GENERAL PHONE
SUPPORT FOR TWENTY TWO NINETEEN.
THIS INCLUDES A PROPOSALS
TOTALING NINE POINT SEVEN
MILLION DOLLARS.
OF WHICH THREE POINT TWO MILLION
IS ONGOING.
THESE PROPOSALS AND ABLE TO
STATE LIBRARY TO FURTHER ITS
MISSION AND PROVIDE CALIFORNIANS
WITH GREATER ACCESS TO
INFORMATION.
AS FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROPOSAL.
ABOUT A HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE
LIBRARY JURISDICTIONS
VOLUNTARILY PARTICIPATE. IN THE
STATEWIDE LIBRARY LITERACY
PROGRAM.
THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THESE
LOCAL LIBRARIES COMPLEMENT OF
EFFORTS BY OTHER STATE PROGRAMS.
TO INCREASE LITERACY LEVELS
AMONG ALL AGES.
THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROVIDES
TWO POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
IN ONGOING SUPPORT TO EXPAND
THESE PROGRAMS.
THIS IS NO FUNDING.
WOULD INCREASE THE BASELINE PER
CAPITA IN MATCH FUNDING PAYMENTS
TO LOCAL LIBRARIES PARTICIPATING
IN THE PROGRAM.
SHE'S IN CONSTANT TERROR SALLY
L.. WE HAVE FOUR CONCERNS OF
THIS PROPOSAL AND I WANTED TO
WALK THROUGH THAT WITH THAT WITH
THE COMMITTEE. OUR FIRST CONCERN
IS THAT THE STATE ALREADY
PROVIDES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
FUNDING FOR. EDUCATION AND ADULT
EDUCATION THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE
THE LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING
FORMULA THROUGH APPORTIONMENT TO
COMMUNITY COLLEGES. AND THROUGH
THE ADULT EDUCATION BLOCK GRANTS.
SO THE EFFECT OF OF OF THE TH
AND THREE MILLION DOLLAR
AUGMENTED OR TWO AND A HALF
MILLION DOLLAR AUGMENTATION.
THE EFFECT OF THAT WOULD HAVE ON
THE STATE AS A WHOLE WASN'T
WASN'T CLEAR TO US.
IN ADDITION.
ANECDOTALLY WE UNDERSTAND THAT
THESE LOCAL LIBRARY PROGRAMS
THAT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE WELL
COORDINATED WITH OTHER SERVICE
PROVIDERS IN THEIR AREA. FOR
EXAMPLE EXISTING LAW ENCOURAGES
LIBRARIES TO PARTICIPATE IN
THEIR LOCAL. ADULT EDUCATION
CONSORTIUM A BUT DOES NOT
REQUIRE THEM TO DO SO AND IT'S A MIXED SOME LIBRARIES
CURRENTLY DO PARTICIPATE SOME DO
NOT WE DON'T HAVE DATA ON THAT
SO IT'S JUST WE'VE HEARD
ANECDOTALLY.
A THIRD THE STATE LACKS CLEAR
GOALS ON ADULT LITERACY AND
BECAUSE OF THAT IT'S DIFFICULT
TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
THIS PROGRAM.
AND FOURTH ON THE STATE DOESN'T
HAVE A CLEAR POLICY ON HOW MUCH
OF A FUNDING SHOULD BE SHARED
BETWEEN STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING.
SO SO FOR THOSE REASONS WE
RECOMMEND RAGE AGAINST THIS
PROPOSAL BUT TO THE EXTENT YOU
WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AN
AUGMENTATION WE WE DO HAVE SOME
SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU COULD
CONSIDER THAT MIGHT ADDRESS SOME
OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE RAISE.
FOR EXAMPLE YOU COULD REQUIRE A
LIBRARIES AS A CONDITION OF
RECEIVING FUNDING TO PARTICIPATE
WITH. OTHER LOCAL ADULT
EDUCATION CONSORTIUM AND ALSO
PARTS OF IT TO THE EXTENT THAT
THEY'RE PROVIDING LITERACY
SERVICES FOR CHILDREN ALSO OF
DOCUMENT THAT THEY COORDINATED
EFFORTS WITH SCHOOLS.
LIKEWISE YOU COULD ALSO
ESTABLISHED OUR GOALS FOR THIS
PROGRAM AND AND.
ESTABLISH A PERIODIC REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS TO TRACK PROGRESS
TOWARDS MEETING THAT GOAL AND
THEN FINALLY YOU COULD HAVE A
CLEAR POLICY AND HOW TO SHARE
THESE COSTS BETWEEN STATE AND
LOCAL FUNDING MOVING FORWARD SO
THAT YOU HAVE A. BASIS TO START
A FIGHT WITH HIS BUDGET
PROPOSALS EACH YEAR.
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
NOW THE WORLD FAMOUS.
CRAIG LUCAS.
GREG LUCAS FROM THE STATE
LIBRARY.
.
I MEAN THE STAFF.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO HOLD IT
OPEN.
WE CAN.
I CAN DISCUSS THE MERITS OF THE
LEDGE ANALYST POSITION OR I CAN
SUPPORT LEAVING IT OPEN.
WHATEVER YOUR PLEASURE IS WHEN
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
WILL BRIEFLY.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT JASON
JUST SAID WOULD BE REALLY
POSITIVE THINGS THAT THE STATE
CAN DO WHICH IS TO HAVE ALL OF
THE DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT ARE
INVOLVED IN LITERACY. SPEND
SOMETIME TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER
AND FIGURING OUT WHAT EACH OF
THEM DO BEST AND MORE NOTION IS
NOT AN OCEAN PEOPLE START
TALKING TO EACH OTHER. YOU KNOW
IT'S A IT'S. A IN IN MY LIMITED
EXPERIENCE I'VE FOUND THAT WHEN
THAT HAPPENS LIKE NOTHING BUT
GOOD THINGS TEND TO OCCUR BUT
THAT COULD JUST BE MY SORT OF
LIMITED EXPERIENCE.
IN TERMS OF THE LIBRARY
LITERACY PROGRAM.
WHAT WHAT WE FOUND?
BUT BOTH THROUGH STUDIES AND
THE EXPERIENCE LOCALLY IS THAT
BY INVOLVING THE CHILDREN OF
LEARNERS THAT THE ADULT LEARNERS
THEMSELVES TEND TO DO BETTER FOR
ALL THE REASONS YOU WOULD THINK
OF.
AND ALSO YOU CAN HELP.
THIS STOP WERE END THE CYCLE OF
ILLITERACY THE YOUNGER AGE WHICH
IS A. COST SAVINGS.
WHAT GRADE I WOULD ALSO ARGUE
THAT UP BECAUSE THE STATE SPENDS
A LOT OF MONEY ON LITERACY AND
OTHER PLACES ISN'T REALLY
NECESSARILY AN ARGUMENT WHY? TWO
MILLION SHOULDN'T BE SPENT ON
THIS PARTICULAR PATH TOWARDS
LITERACY.
BUT. I'M NOT HERE TO ARGUE WITH
YOU BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE
OBSERVATIONS BECAUSE THESE.
BECAUSE.
SENATOR JACKSON MADE A COMMENT.
IN AND I'M. JUST HERE THREE
YEARS BUT I'M OBSERVING THAT A
LOT OF DEPARTMENTS DON'T TALK TO
EACH OTHER.
AND IT'S IT IS LIKE I SEE BILLS.
WOULD SAY YOU KNOW WORK TOGETHER
OR DO SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY
OBVIOUS YOU'RE THINKING. WHY
THIS IN THE DEPARTMENT HEAD JUST
TO LOOK OUT ON THE ROAD WHERE IS
THE LEADERSHIP AND SO I'M I
DON'T TO BE FLIPPANT ABOUT IT
AND I DON'T WANT TO FLIP IT
RESPONSE BUT I'M? I'M JUST
WONDERING.
WHY DOESN'T THAT HAPPEN YEAH
WHAT'S GOING ON WHY DID?
OR YOU KNOW. I MEAN THERE'S
THERE'S LOT OF FACTORS I
DEMANDED SORT OF.
IT CAN BE ANY NUMBER OF THINGS
LIKE YOUR DAY TO DAY ALL THE
THINGS THAT.
ARE HAPPENING THAT DAY GET IN
THE WAY OF THE THINGS THAT NEED
TO BE DONE THAT LIKE TALKING TO
OTHER AGENCIES. I THINK I THINK
WHAT TENDS TO WORK BETTER JUST
FOR ME. AS A PERSON IS TO HAVE
SOMETHING THAT.
.
FORCES ME TO MAKE A HABIT OUT OF
SOMETHING SO FOR EXAMPLE.
SENATOR MITCHELL HAD A BILL I
WANT TO SAY IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO.
THAT SAYS OKAY WE'RE GONNA
CREATE A I WANT TO SAY IT'S
CALLED THE HOMELESSNESS
COORDINATING COUNCIL. AND
BASICALLY IT'S.
MECHANISM THAT CAUSES THE STATE
AGENCIES THAT TOUCH ON
HOMELESSNESS TO GET TOGETHER AND
TALK ABOUT IT SO. IT I THINK
THINGS ARE FOR CONVERSATIONS
LIKE BETTER FACILITATED BY.
HAVING SOME KIND OF MECHANISM
THAT CAUSES THEM TO HAPPEN.
I MEAN I I'M NOT DISAGREEING
WITH YOU YES AND I MEAN EVERYONE
SHOULD TALK TO ONE ANOTHER AND
THAT'S THE WAY BUSINESS SHOULD
BE CONDUCTED.
BUT.
BUT IT TAKES A BILL.
I I DON'T THINK IT TAKES A BILL.
BUT IT'S HELPFUL IN.
ENGAGING OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE
EQUALLY AS BUSY TO SAY HEY. WE
NEED TO HAVE THIS MEETING AND
SIT DOWN AND TALK TO ONE ANOTHER
SOMETIMES THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES
MIA YES. AND I AGREE SOMETIMES
THOUGH WE DISCOURAGE IT BECAUSE
WE WE. DON'T ENCOURAGE.
TRAVEL WE DON'T PAY FOR GROUPS
TO GET TOGETHER TO TALK TO EACH
OTHER NECESSARILY I MEAN I THINK
I THINK WE'RE ALL.
WE'VE ALL GOT TO REEVALUATE.
JUST HOW WE EXPECT PEOPLE TO
OPERATE IN NINE OH.
A GOOD BUSINESS PRACTICES ARE
TO GET GROUPS TOGETHER TO. KIND
OF INTERFACE AND NETWORK AND
SHARE WITH SHARE WITH EACH OTHER
AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY DO THAT
HERE WE ARE SOMETIMES SORT OF IT
IN OUR OWN SILOS BUT. I DO THINK
AND I TOTALLY AGREE I WAS ONLY
BEING FACETIOUS THAT. LIKE OUR
EARLIER PANEL BEGIN A LET'S GET
EVERYBODY SHOULD DOWN AND COME
UP WITH SOME IDEAS AND BEST
PRACTICES AND I AGREE I MEAN
WE'VE GOT MANY DIFFERENT WAYS OF
DOING LITERACY.
ADDING ADDING THE LIBRARY
SYSTEM TO IT. SEEMS LIKE A
LOGICAL THING THAT'S WHERE BOOKS
ARE THAT'S WHERE IDEAS ARE SHARE
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE
PRESENTATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES
FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT.
THEIR COMMUNITIES AND
PARTICIPATE SO.
.
I GUESS PART OF IT IS WE JUST
MAYBE UP TO LOOK AT OURSELVES
AND SEE WHY PEOPLE AREN'T
COMMUNICATING MORE.
AT AND.
YOU KNOW IF YOU AND I HAVE
CHATTED WE'VE HAD LUNCH TOGETHER
AND YOU'VE SORT OF. SOLD TWELVE
DIDN'T HAVE TO SHOW ME
NECESSARILY BUT SHARED ALL THE
THINGS THAT THE STATE LIBRARY
DOES THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
ABOUT UNTIL. OF NOT TOO LONG AGO
AND I WOULD SUGGEST IF YOU
HAVEN'T SAT DOWN.
WITH OUR LIBRARY HERE HE'S A
GREAT SALESMAN FOR THE PRODUCT
AND IT'S A GREAT PRODUCT AND AND
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE
COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AND
OTHER DIFFERENT AREAS IN OUR OUR
ACADEMICS IN OUR. UNIVERSITIES
IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND OUR OUR
WHOLE SCHOOL SYSTEM COULD
BENEFIT FROM THE SERVICES AND
THAT THAT ARE PROVIDED BY THE
STATE.
AND VICE VERSA BUT I'VE READ IT
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE. YOU
KNOW SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLAR
QUESTION WHICHWAS AN OLD ONE SO
IN TODAY'S WORLD YOU YOU
PROBABLY KNOW WHAT THAT WHAT
THAT NUMBER WOULD BE. BUT. I I I
I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU
HAVE DONE TO TRY TO.
EXPAND AND EDUCATE US ON THE
SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE
THROUGH THE LIBRARY AND I AND I
WOULD ENCOURAGE. YOU KNOW THIS
IS A GREAT SOURCE OF.
EXPANDING THE DEMOCRATIC
PROCESS BY GIVING EVERYONE THE
OPTION TO LEARN CENTER CENTER
I'M ALL FOR IT YOU KNOW LIKE
THAT. CENTERED AS JASON WAS
SAYING I MEAN MAYBE A MECHANISM
OTHER THAN HAVING A BILL RIGHT
NOW IS TO ESTABLISH SOME KIND OF
A MUTUAL GOALS FOR EXAMPLE LIKE
WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO DO WE
WANT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF.
YOU KNOW CALIFORNIANS THAT
AREN'T AT THAT ARE EITHER THAT
ARE FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE BY
FIFTY PERCENT. BY WITHIN TEN
YEARS AND AND THERE'S DIFFERENT
ROLES THAT EVERYONE PLAYS RIGHT
SO FIRST FIVE HAS A ROLE IN
EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY.
NONPROFIT GROUPS LIKE PRO
LITERACY IN OTHER ONES THAT GO
INTO THE SCHOOLS RIGHT AND
THERE'S ANY NUMBER EIGHT I MEAN
IN YOUR DISTRICT.
IT MEAN THERE'S ANY NUMBER OF.
EFFECTIVE LOCALLY GENERATED
PROGRAMS THAT CAN BE SCALED UP
AND COORDINATED WITH OTHER
EFFORTS AT AT A STATEWIDE LEVEL
AT VERY LITTLE COST. AND
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.
SO CENTER JACKSON.
.
GREG'S PREDECESSOR WAS KEVIN
STARR AND I SERVED WITH KEVIN ON.
FOUNDATION BOARD FOR SEVERAL
YEARS AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME
IN HIS OFFICE WOULD VISIT
WHENEVER I WAS UP IN SACRAMENTO.
SO I I BECAME VERY FAMILIAR WITH
THE WITH THE OPERA SO GUY I
THINK GREG HE'S GOT ONE OF THE
PRETTIEST OFFICES PROBABLY HERE.
SACRAMENTO AND WE WOULD HAVE
SPENT SOME TIME TOGETHER SINCE
I'VE COME UP. TO HAVE A REAL
APPRECIATION FOR HIS POSITION.
ART BUT ALSO THE GRAVITAS THAT
IT HAS SOMEONE LIKE YOU OR.
KEVIN WHO WE LOST YOU KNOW
RECENTLY.
.
YEAH YOU JUST REALLY HAVE AN
ABILITY TO JUST REALLY GET SOME
THINGS DONE JUST BECAUSE OF.
YOUR REPUTATION YOUR TITLE YOUR
STATURE. AND SO.
YOU KNOW IT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY
BUT I ALSO KNOW YOU'VE GOT
TWELVE HUNDRED LIBRARIES YOU
COULD SPEND YOUR WHOLE LIFE JUST
GONE. FROM LIBRARY TO LIBRARY TO
SAY HELLO TO IT DOLL THAT WOULD
LEVEL WOULD THAT THAT WERE THE
JOB AND NOTHING WOULD PLEASE ME
MORE YEAH. YEAH BUT WHO'S GOT
TIME FOR THAT BUT BUT I GUESS
OUR LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ARE.
I GUESS THE ONE QUESTION I WOULD
ASK IS WHO WHO DO YOU REPORT TO.
THE GOVERNOR OF THE GREAT STATE
OF CALIFORNIA OKAY SO THAT'S THE
TOP OF YOUR CHART MEN AND THEN
USE THAT AS A. AS THE GOVERNOR
EVER SAY HEY.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT X. Y. Z.
AND WORKING WITH ACT YOU KNOW
THIS DEPARTMENT IN THAT
DEPARTMENT OR.
HE.
IN A NUTSHELL WHAT HE'S
INSTRUCTED HIM WHAT HE'S ASKED
MAKE SORT OF RHETORICALLY AS
WIDE AS THE STATE LIBRARY JUST
HAVE TO BE A BUILDING IN
SACRAMENTO YEAH. AND THAT'S A
BROAD MANDATE THAT WE
INTERPRETED IN A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO.
.
OKAY.
THANKS. THAT'S GOOD FOR THIS
PANEL I THINK SO AND I WANT TO
THANK YOU. AS WELL AND OF COURSE
THE. KEVIN STARR THE MAN WHO
COINED THE PHRASE CALIFORNIA IS
THE STATE THAT INVENTS THE
FUTURE.
I USE IT ALL THE TIME. AND I
THINK ALSO THE WISDOM. THAT YOU
GAIN FROM.
UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORY
CALIFORNIA AND AND THE
INFORMATION I THINK IS SOMETHING
I SHOULD NOW HAVE IT IN MIND
THAT I THINK AT SOME POINT WE
SHOULD INVITE YOU TO SHARE SOME
OF THAT. KNOWLEDGE AND
PERSPECTIVE WITH THE LEGISLATURE
SO THANK YOU FOR COMING IN WELL
I'VE GOT TO RUN BUT THANK YOU
VERY MUCH I KNOW YOU'VE DONE A.
GREAT JOB REMINDING US ABOUT
WHAT AN AWESOME INSTITUTION IT
IS WITH THANK YOU FOR REMINDING
ME I OWE YOU SOME INFORMATION ON
LONGEVITY.
LIKE I STOPPED BECAUSE OF THE
FIRES BUT OF TARGET THAT TODAY.
AND KEVIN STARR WAS SOMEONE I
COULD ALWAYS LISTEN TO EVERY
TIME YOU SPOKE IN ORANGE COUNTY
I I TRY TO BE THERE HE WAS.
IT WAS JUST A GREAT FRIEND HE'D
SHEILA JUST GREAT.
THAT TAKES US TO PANEL THE NEXT
PANEL ISSUE FIVE INTERNET
CONNECTIVITY.
WE'LL JUST GO RIGHT DOWN THE
SAME.
ROSTER MISTER HANOVER.
THANK YOU FOR THIS SET OF
PROPOSALS AND IT WAS THE STATE
LIBRARY TO ASSIST LOCAL
LIBRARIES WITH INTERNET
CONNECTIONS.
THE STATE LIBRARY HAS A CONTRACT
WITH THE CORPORATION FOR
EDUCATION NETWORK INITIATIVES IN
CALIFORNIA.
BETTER KNOWN AS SCENIC TO
PROVIDE INTERNET FOR LOCAL
LIBRARY PATRONS. TELL MAXIMIZE
THE EFFECT OF THIS CONTRACT THE
BUDGET INCLUDES TWO MILLION
DOLLARS. IN ONE TIME GENERAL
FUND FOR BROADBAND EQUIPMENT
GRANTS. WHICH WILL NOT ALLOW
MORE LOCAL LIBRARY DISTRICTS TO
FOUR AND LOCAL LIBRARY BRANCHES.
TO CONNECT TO THE SCENIC
BACKBONE. AND THREE MILLION
DOLLARS IN ONE TIME BROADBAND
CONNECTIVITY GRANTS.
TO ALLOW LOCAL LIBRARIES THAT
ARE CURRENTLY CONNECTED TO THE
SCENIC BACKBONE THE ABILITY TO
EXPAND THEIR.
CONNECTIVITY LEVELS.
TO BETTER MEET CURRENT AND
FUTURE NEEDS.
ADDITIONALLY THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET PROVIDES THREE HUNDRED
AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN
ONGOING FUNDING. FOR SUPPORT
FEES AND SURCHARGES ASSOCIATED
WITH THE SCENIC CONTRACT GOING
FORWARD. AND A HUNDRED AND
THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO
ESTABLISH AND YOU'RE A
COORDINATOR POSITION.
THAT WAR TO SECURE STATEWIDE
DISCOUNTS TO THE FEDERAL
EDUCATION RIGHT PROGRAM.
THANK YOU.
YOUR FOUR PROPOSALS BEFORE YOU
HEAR AND.
IT DID JUST TURNED INSURE THAT
HELP YOU FOLLOW ALONG ON IF YOU
TURN TO PAGE NINETEEN AT THE
START OF PAGE NINETEEN YOU'LL
SEE IN YOUR AGENDA EVERY SINGLE
PROPOSAL LISTED. SO I'LL GO AND
I'LL GIVE OUR SESSION IN THE
ORDER THAT THEY'RE LISTED IN
PURPLE AND THE ENGINE IT UP SO
THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW.
THE FIRST WAS THE PROPOSAL IS
THAT THREE MILLION DOLLAR GRANT
TO THAT.
THE ADMINISTRATION PROPOSED AS
A REMINDER THIS IS FOR LIBRARIES
THAT ARE ALREADY CONNECTED TO
THE SCENIC BACKBONE TO ENHANCE
THEIR INTERNET SPEEDS.
ON THIS PROPOSAL WE RECOMMEND
YOU HOLD OFF ON PROVIDING
FUNDING. IT ACCORDING TO THE
ADMINISTRATION LIBRARIES ARE
CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF
ASSESSING THEIR LIBRARY NEEDS
ANSWER THEIR INTERNET NEEDS.
AND WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU WAIT
FOR THE FINDINGS OF THOSE
ASSESSMENTS THAT THE LIKELY WILL
APPEAR IN FUTURE YEARS AND THAT
WILL GIVE YOU A BETTER SENSE OF
WHAT THE WHAT THE NEED WILL BE
AND THE ASSOCIATED COSTS. TO
RECOMMEND HOLDING OFF ON THIS IN
THIS YEAR.
ON A TWO MILLION DOLLAR GRANT TO
THIS IS TO CONNECT LIBRARIES
THAT ARE THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY
CONNECTED TO THE SCENE OF THE
SCENIC BACKBONE TO CONNECT THEM
TO THE SCENIC BACKBONE. THE
STATE HAS PROVIDED US GRANTS
LIKE THIS IN IN IN PRIOR YEARS
AS WELL. I'M IN YOUR AGENDA IT
NOTES THAT WE WERE WAITING ON A
FINAL COUNT OF LIBRARIES THAT
WERE INTERESTED IN CONNECTING TO
THE SCENIC BACK ON A TWENTY
EIGHTEEN NINETEEN WE HAVE THAT
COUNT NOW. WE'RE STILL LOOKING
FOR THE DATA AND WE'LL PLAN TO
HAVE A FINAL FISCAL ESTIMATE FOR
YOU AND TIME FOR BUDGET CLOSE
OUT. SO THAT ONE STILL PENDING.
THE NEXT ISSUE IS THE THREE
HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
FORESEEN IT COSTS THIS IS TO
PROVIDE A MORE ONGOING SUPPORT
TO SUPPORT SCENIC WHICH. MANAGES
THE A BACKBONE THAT THE
LIBRARIES ARE CONNECTING TO FOR
THIS PROPOSAL.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO FULLY ASSESS
IT BECAUSE WHAT WE LACKED SOME
KEY DATA AND AND ONE ISSUE THAT
WE WE HAVE IN PARTICULAR IS WE
WE DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE
RATIONALE BEHIND. HOW THE VERY
SEGMENTS THAT USE SCENIC SHARON
THEY'VE BEEN THE PROGRAM IN THE
ORGANIZATION'S COSTS SO
CURRENTLY? A U. CCS YOU
COMMUNITY COLLEGES UGH TWELVE
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
PARTICIPATE AND AND OUR AND OUR
VOTE IT CAN ACT TO THE SCENIC
BACKBONE.
A COOK ACCORDING TO UC AND CSU
THEY PAY FOR A HALF MILLION
DOLLARS THAT'S THE SAME AMOUNT
THAT LIBRARIES CURRENTLY PAY.
THAT RATIONAL IS MAKE SENSE TO
US UC AND CSU LIKELY HAVE HIGHER
INTERNET USAGE GIVEN THAT
SPECIAL YOU SEE GIVEN THAT IT'S
pA RESEARCH UNIVERSITY WE DON'T
HAVE DATA ON USAGE WE WEREN'T
FULLY ABLE TO EVALUATE THAT WE
DO QUESTION. WHETHER OR NOT THE
EXISTING SURE OF COST IS IS
REASONABLE ESPECIALLY FOR THE
STATE LIBRARY IN THIS ITEM.
AND FINALLY ON THE STATE LIBRARY
POSITION ON WHAT WE WE DID THINK
THAT THERE COULD BE SOME
JUSTIFICATION BUT WE WE STILL
FELT SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
WAS NEEDED TO FULLY ASSESS THIS
PROPOSAL.
IN PARTICULAR. OF THE SOME OF
THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS PREMISE
SOME. PROPOSED POSITION SEEM TO
HAVE SOME SIMILARITIES WITH
ACTIVITIES THAT SCENIC ALREADY
ENGAGES IN AND SOME ACTIVITIES
THAT KHALIFA WHICH MANAGES THE
SCENE A CONTRACT ON BEHALF OF
LIBRARIES ALSO ENGAGES IN. AND
IN FACT IN THE THREE HUNDRED
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR PROPOSAL
FOR SCENIC THAT INCLUDE SOME
STAFFING COSTS AS WELL SO WE
RECOMMENDED THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION COME BACK WITH A
WITH A. A FULLER PROPOSAL THAT
DOCUMENTED THE EXISTING WORKLOAD
OF THOSE ENTITIES. AND JOE AND
JUST OF BETTER JUSTIFIED SORT OF
YOUR DIGITAL WORKLOAD THAT WAS
NEEDED AT THE STATE LIBRARY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
HOW CAN WE CAN AGREE WITH
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO PROPOSE TO
ONE?
I AGREE WITH WHAT WE'RE
PROPOSING A NEW.
I MEAN I I MAY HAVE SAID EARLIER
STOP ME IF I DID BUT. I MEAN
THIS NINE POINT SEVEN MILLION
DOLLAR PROPOSAL IT'S ACTUALLY
IT'S NINE POINT FIVE FOR
LIBRARIES. MINUTES SOMEWHERE
SOUTH OF A MODEST PROPOSAL MAYBE
YOU KNOW FOR LIBRARY CERTAINLY
RELATIVE TO SOME OF THE SPENDING
LEVELS WE HEARD. PRIOR TO THIS
PANEL. ARM BUT IT'S THE PRODUCT
OF THIS ADMINISTRATION'S SITTING
DOWN WITH THE LIBRARY COMMUNITY
AND SETTING DOWN WITH SCENIC.
RIGHT WHO'S THE PROVIDER OF THIS
BROADBAND NETWORK TO AS YOU'VE
HEARD UCC AS YOU THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND
LIBRARIES. TO FIND OUT HEY OKAY
SO WHAT ARE THE WITHIN THIS
PARAMETER OF SAY UNDER TEN
MILLION DOLLARS. YOU KNOW WHAT
IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE USE FOR
THAT KIND OF MONEY. THE SKEWED
TOWARDS ONE TIME OVER. THE
ONGOING. THAT WE CAN DO AND THIS
IS THE PRODUCT OF THAT.
DO YOU FEEL YOU'RE BEING
OVERCHARGED BY SCENIC.
DO DO I A THE LIBRARY FIELD
LETTER BUT YOUR BUDGET ANALYST
SAY HEY WAIT A SECOND HOW COME.
HOW COME TO THE THE THE THE
COLLEGES ARE GETTING?
NO NO INCREASE IN IT YOU KNOW
SENATOR TO BE HONEST I I HAVEN'T
GIVEN IT ANY THOUGHT I I MEAN
WHEN WHEN SCENIC.
APPROACH THE STATE LIBRARY AND
SAID WE'D LIKE TO CONNECT PUBLIC
LIBRARIES TO THE SAME BROADBAND
NETWORK RIGHT AND ONE GIGABYTE
WORTH OF CONNECTIVITY. THE UCC
AS YOU OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES
AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE. THAT
SOUNDED LIKE TERRIFIC TO ME AND
SO HALF OF THE MONEY THAT THE
LIBRARIES PAID TO YOU GOT TO
HELP ME ON THIS ONE. HALF OF THE
MONEY COMES FROM THE GENERAL
FUND AND THE OTHER HALF IS FROM.
THE CALIFORNIA TELL WHICH IS A
SPECIAL FUND RIGHT.
AND I I IS I HAVE SEEN THE
MYSELF.
AROUND THE STATE THE BENEFIT
THAT THIS GREATER LEVEL OF
CONNECTIVITY IS BROUGHT.
PART OF THIS PROPOSAL IS BORN
OUT OF DISCOVERING AS A RESULT
OF THIS CONNECTIVITY THAT. I CAN
PLUG ONE GIGA BYTE WORTH OF
CONNECTIVITY INTO THE SIDE OF A
LIBRARY. BUT WHAT'S INSIDE THE
THE AGE OF THE HARDWARE THE
CAPACITY OF THE PHYSICAL
STRUCTURE MAKE MAY NOT BE ABLE
TO DELIVER THAT EVEN PLACES NEAR
THE SILICON VALLEY THE WOMAN
WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE
CALIFORNIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
THIS YEAR. IS FROM SAN MATEO
COUNTY AND SAYS THERE'S BRANCHES
THERE THAT RIGHT EVEN THOUGH
THEY HAVE ONE GIGABYTE OF
CONNECTIVITY THE THE EQUIPMENT
THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS.
CAN'T DELIVER.
OKAY.
I THINK IT'S ALL AHEAD ON ON
QUESTIONS JUST WANNA KEEP GREAT
THANK YOU DOES THANK YOU. VERY
MUCH.
FOR BEING DISAGREEABLE LA ART
APPRECIATED LET'S GO TO THE NEXT
PANEL. THAT WOULD BE A RESOURCE
SHARING.
THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROVIDES
ONE POINT FOUR FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS IN ONE TIME FUNDS STILL
HELP TO DEVELOP TO ONLINE
SERVICE SYSTEMS.
ONE MILLION DOLLARS WILL BE USED
TO ESTABLISH IS A BOOK SYSTEM.
THIS PROGRAM WILL ALLOW LIBRARY
PATRONS IN MORE RURAL AREAS TO
PURCHASE NEW MATERIALS. THAT
WOULD THEN BECOME PART OF THEIR
LOCAL LIBRARY'S COLLECTION.
FURTHER FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS WILL BE USED TO
CREATE MORE LOAN PROGRAMS
BETWEEN MY RE DISTRICTS. THE
COUNTIES NORTH OF SAN FRANCISCO
HAVE AGREED TO CONNECT THEIR
ONLINE CATALOGS.
THIS PROPOSAL WOULD PROVIDE THE
INITIAL SET UP THESE NECESSARY
TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION.
AND AGAIN JUST THE JUST SO IT'S
EASY TO FOLLOW THE BOTH
PROPOSALS ARE DESCRIBED ON PAGE
TWENTY TWO OF YOUR AGENDA.
FOR BOTH PROPOSALS WE WOULD JUST
NOTE THAT LOCAL LIBRARIES
ALREADY ARE ENGAGED IN THESE
KINDS OF ACTIVITIES. ON THIS
PROPOSAL IS TARGETED TOWARDS A
SPECIFIC LIBRARY JURISDICTIONS.
SO IT SEEMED TO US THAT THE
BENEFITS OF THIS PROPOSAL WERE
FOR LARD WERE LARGELY ON LOCAL
IN NATURE.
IN ADDITION THE STATE ALSO
PROVIDED. PROVIDES ONGOING
SUPPORT ALREADY.
FOR RESEARCH IS SHARING THROUGH
A PROGRAM CALLED THE LIBRARY
CALIFORNIA LIBRARY SERVICES ACT.
AND RECENTLY DOUBLED THE AMOUNT
OF FUNDING THAT THAT ACT
RECEIVES SO NOW RECEIVES ABOUT
THREE POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS
EACH YEAR.
ON THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE
ADMINISTERED BY A BOARD. AND THE
BOARD TO DETERMINE HOW TO
DISTRIBUTE THAT FUNDING TO
VARIOUS LIBRARY CONSORTIA TO
IMPLEMENT VARIOUS LOCAL
INITIATIVESTHE SEEM LIKE THE
KIND OF ACTIVITIES THE BOARD
COULD PRIORITIZE FOR THOSE SORTS
OF FUNDS FOR THAT REASON WE
RECOMMEND AGAINST THIS PROPOSAL.
AND YOUR REBUTTAL.
THE REGULATORS FROM THE STATE
LIBRARY.
.
THE BEES TO ONE TIME
EXPENDITURES WHICH TOTALED ONE
AND A HALF MAY COME ROUNDING ONE
AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
ART DOES ARE PART OF OUR SMALL
PART OF THIS ADMINISTRATION'S
DESIRE TO IMPROVE PEOPLE'S
ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION THAT
THEY NEED TO SUCCEED.
SO ZIP BOOKS AS A.
YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT
SENATOR BUT I FOUND OUT THAT
MUCH OKAY IT WAS IT BOOKS IS
IT'S A DIFFERENT DELIVERY MODEL
THAN SAY THE TRADITIONAL ONE
WHERE YOU GO TO THE LIBRARY ASK
FOR A BOOK THEY SAY HEY WE DON'T
HAVE AN. BUT WILL CALL UP
ANOTHER LIBRARY AND THEY'LL SEND.
AND THAT TENDS TO TAKE A WEEK IT
TENDS TO BE PHYSICALLY DONE LIKE
YOU PUT IT ON A TRUCK AND DRIVE
IT SOMEWHERE. ZIP BOOKS IS A
PURCHASE AS OPPOSED TO.
BORROW SYSTEM. SO YOU YOU COME
TO ME THERE'S A BOOK YOU WANT
AND AND I SAY WELL LOOK SENATOR
WE DON'T HAVE THAT HERE. BUT
WILL BUY IT FOR YOU AND IT SHOWS
UP IN YOUR MAILBOX WITH BY THE
LIBRARY BUYS IT ONLINE YOU
RECEIVE IT USUALLY WITH A DAY
FORTY EIGHT HOURS TOP YOUNG KIND
LIKE AMAZON'S PRIME. AND WHEN
YOU'RE DONE WITH IT YOUR RETURN
TO THE LIBRARY.
AND SO IT WOULD IT SAY
ALTERNATIVE. WHICH IS CHEAPER
AND MORE CUSTOMER FRIENDLY THAN
THE TRADITIONAL BORROWING METHOD.
THAT WORKS PARTICULARLY WELL AS
AS JASON SAID IN RURAL PARTS OF
THE STATE. THIS MONEY IN HERE IS
TO TRY AND IN FACT I WAS JUST
SITTING WITH SOME LIBRARIANS
YESTERDAY WHO WHO ARE PART OF
THIS. SO WE'RE NOW TRYING TO
BETA TEST THIS IN AREAS LIKE THE
CENTRAL COAST WHICH IS
GEOGRAPHICALLY ISOLATED TO SOME
EXTENT. AS WELL AS LIKE LONG
BEACH FOR EXAMPLE AND HE ORDERED
TO URBAN AREAS THAT WANT TO TRY
IT OUT AND SEE HOW THAT WORKS
WITH THEIR PATRONS. THE THE
OTHER THING DAN WAS TALKING
ABOUT IS.
WHICH I I DON'T KNOW THIS IS
KINDA.
KIKI LIBRARY AND STUFF BUT IT
SEEMS EXCITING TO MAKE. SO ALL
ALL OF THE COUNTIES THE TWENTY
TWO COUNTIES NORTH OF SACRAMENTO
AND SAN FRANCISCO. WOULD TAKE
THEIR CATALOGS AND LINK THEM
DIGITALLY THERE'S A ONE TIME
COST WHICH IS WHAT THIS COVERS
RIGHT SO WE'RE THERE THEY THE
LIBRARIES ARE GONNA COVER THE
ONGOING COST.
SO NOW YOU YOU COULD BE ANYWHERE
NORTH OF SAN FRANCISCO OR
SACRAMENTO.
YOU CAN WANT TO BOOK YOU CAN
OPEN UP YOUR LAPTOP OR YOU CAN
DO IT IN THE LIBRARY BUT YOU CAN
OPEN UP YOUR LAPTOP YOU LOOK AT
THE SORT OF UNIFIED CATALOG.
AND THERE IT IS.
CLICK A BUTTON.
AND.
COMES TO YOUR LIBRARY SO YOU
COULD BE A MORAN LET'S SAY AND.
YOU KNOW THE BOOK IS IN
SISKIYOU. AND IT'LL SHOW IT'LL
IT'LL ARRIVE AT YOUR LIBRARY
JUST BY YOU PRESSING A BUTTON.
NOW.
IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL IF YOU
COULD DO THAT ON A STATE WIDE
BASIS. BUT THIS IS. A FIRST STEP
AND IT'S A WAY TO AGAIN. GIVE
PEOPLE IN ISOLATED.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ISOLATED
COMMUNITIES A CHANCE TO ACCESS
MORE INFORMATION THAN THEY MIGHT
IF THEY PHYSICALLY WENT TO
WHAT'S TRADITIONALLY A. SMALL
ISSUE
LIBRARY LIKE THE ONES IN
RURAL AREAS SO IT WOULD BE A
CANDLE LIGHT.
FORMAT.
IT'S THE PHYSICAL BOOK. CASES IS
NOT AT ALL AND SOME EVEN LOOK
FOR SOMETHING THAT IT'S A.
ONLINE CATALOGUE THAT YOU CAN
ACCESS.
.
AND AND SAY HERE I WANT THIS
BOOK HIT THE BUTTON AND THEN THE
BOOK COMES TO YOUR LIBRARY TIME YEAH SO SO ONCE YOU ONCE
YOU MAKE THE SELECTION THEN THAT
TRADITIONAL. SORT OF LENDING
PROCESS I TALKED ABOUT WITH THE
TRUCK AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAN
THAT KICKS IN.
GREAT ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS
ITEM.
THEN LET'S GO TO THE NEXT PANEL
NUMBER. ISSUE NUMBER OF WEIGHT
SEGMENTS OF MY LAST ONE FORGET
ONE SMALL DOING. YEAH I'VE GOT
NUMBER SEVEN ORAL HISTORIES.
THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET INCLUDES
AN AUGMENTATION OF TWO HUNDRED
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN
ONGOING FUNDING FOR THE ORAL
HISTORIES. THIS FUNDING WOULD
ESTABLISH AN ADVISORY BOARD
CHAIRED BY THE STATE ARCHIVIST.
DIGITALLY PRESERVE EXISTING ORAL
HISTORIES AND HELP WITH THE
CREATION OF NEW ORAL HISTORIES
EACH YEAR.
THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU APPEARS
CONSISTENT TO US WITH THE
CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARIES
EXISTING MISSION OF PRESERVING
STATE HISTORY. SO WE DON'T HAVE
ISSUE WITH THE. PROPOSAL WE
RECOMMEND YOU ADOPT THAT WE DO
HAVE ONE SUGGESTION FOR
MODIFICATION THOUGH AND THAT IS
THAT YOU CONSIDER MAKING THIS
LIMITED TERM RATHER THAN ON
GOING. MAKING A LIMITED TERM
WOULD ALLOW YOU TO REVISIT THE
PROGRAM IN A FEW YEARS DETERMINE.
HOW MANY HISTORIES WERE PRODUCED
THAT LOOK AT THE ASSOCIATED
COSTS AND MAKE ANY SORT OF A
BUDGET? ADJUSTMENTS YOU MIGHT
THINK ARE WARRANTED AT THAT TIME.
THANK YOU.
GREAT LOOK AS THIS WAS A LONG
STANDING STATE PROGRAM THAT GOT
ZEROED OUT IN TWO THOUSAND AND
THREE. AND A LOT OF TERRIFIC
STORIES THAT WOULD.
BROUGHT CALIFORNIA HISTORY TO
LIFE DIDN'T GET TOLD.
.
THE EFFORT TO BRING IT BACK
CAME IN PART FROM CONVERSATIONS
WITH.
.
LAWMAKERS WHO ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT.
INSURING CALIFORNIA'S HISTORY
IS PRESERVED. AND.
.
AT THE IT'S IT'S A NEAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO US THE
LIBRARY AT.
WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH THE
ARCHIVES.
GENERALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO FOR
WHAT THAT'S WORTH DOESN'T NEED
AN OVERSIGHT BORDERS YOU DID DID
DID THAT WHICH YOU MENTIONED MR
THAT THERE'S A YEAH THERE'S AN
ADVISORY BOARD WHICH WAS
SOMETHING THAT THE.
SUPPORTERS RESTORING THE
PROGRAM THOUGHT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
IN.
INSURING THAT THE BROADEST RANGE.
THAT THAT.
THAT THE ORAL HISTORIES THAT
WERE CREATED WERE REFLECTIVE OF
CALIFORNIA'S UNIQUE DIVERSITY.
OKAY. AND SO THAT'S HOW MANY
PEOPLE WOULD BE ON THAT.
BOARD I I A RECORD SO THAT THE
ARCHIVES THAT'S THERE SORT OF.
PER VIEW AND THAT'S MY
RECOLLECTION I CAN DOUBLE CHECK
WITH NANCY AT THE STATE ARCHIVE
IS TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER. MY
RECOLLECTION IS EITHER NINE OR
ELEVEN.
OKAY WITH REPRESENTATION FROM
THE LEGISLATURE I KNOW I RECALL
THAT BOARD FOR THEM THERE'S A
BUDGET THEN TO FLY THEM UP FOR
HER. SELECTED FROM AROUND THE
STATE ARE THE TWO THE TWO FIFTY
GOES DIRECTLY INTO THE CREATION
OF THE ORAL HISTORIES WE'VE
ASKED FOR NO ADDITIONAL STAFF
AND NEITHER IS THE ARCHIVES. SO
THERE'S NO. OVERHEAD PER SE
RIGHT.
THIS IS THE LAST SESSION MISTER
LUCAS ANY OTHER CLOSING COMMENTS.
NONE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
GREAT TO SEE IT WAS ALL ONE OUT
IT IS A NICE ANNUAL VISIT. GIVE
THE BEARD.
YES SIR.
THANK YOU THEN THAT'S EXISTING
NOW ISSUE NUMBER EIGHT WILL HAVE
A NEW PANEL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS IN
SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES.
START WITH I THINK I'M A CERT
WAS THE BARS PLEASE.
GOOD AFTERNOON SENATOR MORLOCK
MALIK WAS A BIRTH DEPARTMENT
FINANCE. AS PART OF THE TWO
THOUSAND SEVENTEEN BUDGET ACT SP
NINETY SEVEN REQUIREDTHAT
CERTIFIED NURSE ASSISTANTS OR
SEE AN ACE. WHO WORK IN SKILLED
NURSING FACILITIES HAVE TO
PROVIDE AT LEAST TWO POINT FOUR
HOURS OF DIRECT CARE SERVICES?
PER DAY FOR EACH PATIENT.
THIS NEW STAFFING RATIO GOES
INTO EFFECT JULY FIRST TWO
THOUSAND EIGHTEEN.
SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES TO
PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE NURSING
CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL OR
SHORT TERM RESIDENCE ALONG WITH
REHAB AND SPECIALIZED MEDICAL
PROGRAMS.
CNH PROVIDE BASIC NURSING
ASSISTANCE AND HELP RESIDENTS
WITH ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING.
AND PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN
RESIDENT CARE.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE
SERVICES ESTIMATES THAT OVER
FORTY PERCENT OF SKILLED NURSING
FACILITIES WILL HAVE TO INCREASE
THEIR CNA STAFFING LEVELS. TO
COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE
NEW MINIMUM STAFFING RATIO
REQUIREMENT IN JULY FIRST. THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH
FACILITIES ESTIMATES THAT ABOUT
SEVENTEEN HUNDRED ADDITIONAL C.
N. A.'S WILL BE NEEDED
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
TO HELP ADDRESS THIS ANTICIPATED
SHORTAGE THE GOVERNORS BUDGET
INCLUDES TWO MILLION IN ONE TIME
PROPOSITION NINETY EIGHT GENERAL
FUND FOR THE STRONG WORKFORCE
PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE.
THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE WOULD
ALLOCATE THESE FUNDS TO STRONG
WORK FORCE REGIONAL CONSORTIA.
TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CDNAS
BEING TRAINED.
CURRENTLY ABOUT THIRTY FIVE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES OFFER THE
SERVICE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM.
WHICH TYPICALLY CAN BE COMPLETED
IN ONE SEMESTER AND REQUIRES ONE
HUNDRED HOURS OF SUPERVISED
TRAINING THAT USUALLY OCCURS AT
THE SKILLED NURSING FACILITY.
THE STRONG WORKFORCE PROGRAM WAS
CREATED IN TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN
TO ENSURE THAT CAREER EDUCATION
PROGRAMS OFFERED BY COMMUNITY
COLLEGES. ARE INFORMED BY AND
RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF
REGIONAL EMPLOYERS. IN TWO
THOUSAND SIXTEEN SEVENTEEN ABOUT
FORTY SIX MILLION OF THE TWO
HUNDRED MOVEMENT OF THE TWO
HUNDRED MILLION PROVIDED FOR THE
STRONG WORK FORCE PROGRAM. WAS
SPENT ON PROGRAMS TO TRAIN
STUDENTS IN A VARIETY OF HEALTH
PROGRAMS WHICH WOULD INCLUDE SEE
ANY TRAINING PROGRAMS. THIS
CONCLUDES MY REMARKS AND I'M
HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU MISTER STEVE HOUSE AND.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR ACROSS
STATE HOUSE AND DEAN HOUSE AND
YOU KNOW. STONE HOUSES.
HOLSTEIN HOUSE IN WITH THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET CONTAINS A
PACKAGE OF PROPOSALS RELATED TO.
CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS
STAFFING AT THE SKILLED NURSING
FACILITIES IN CALIFORNIA. IN THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL ADDRESSES
MEDICARE FUNDING DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH'S BUDGET.
I MEANT TRAINING PANEL FUNDS AS
WELL AS THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU.
LAST WEEK OUR OFFICE RELEASED AN
ANALYSIS THAT COVERED ALL OF
THESE PROPOSALS AND ONE IN ONE
RIGHT OUT. TODAY OF COURSE
YOU'RE FOCUSED ON THE TWO
MILLION DOLLAR IN ONE TIME
PROPOSITION NINETY EIGHT GRANTS
THAT'S ON PAGE TWENTY FIVE OF
YOUR AGENDA. AND YOUR COLLEAGUES
IN OTHER SUBCOMMITTEES ARE
ADDRESSING THOSE OTHER ASPECTS
OF THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL.
SO CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LION'S
SHARE OF DIRECT PATIENT CARE.
TOO. IN SKILLED NURSING
FACILITIES SUCH AS EIGHTEEN
DRESSING AND FEEDING PATIENTS
PRIMARILY OLDER ADULTS.
A NEW STATE LAW THAT GOES INTO A
FACT IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS A
WILL RESULT IN HUNDREDS OF
SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES
NEEDING TO HIRE A TOTAL OF ABOUT
TWO THOUSAND. TEETH CERTIFIED
NURSING ASSISTANTS.
BY RAISING THE STAFFING
REQUIREMENTS THE STATE HAS
CREATED A NEAR TERM CHALLENGE
FOR THE SKILLED NURSING
FACILITIES HAVING TO TO TO
RECRUIT FIND AND HIRE.
CNA SEE AN ACE TO MEET THIS NEW
STATE MANDATE. SO WE WE JUST
THINK IT IS RESEARCH REASONABLE
FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO PROVIDE
SOME INITIAL FUNDING SO THAT.
PROGRAMS CAN EXPAND THE NUMBER
OF SLOTS THEY HAVE THE NUMBER OF
TRAINING SLOTS AND EXPAND THE
SUPPLY OF SIENESE IN THE STATE.
THAT SAID WE HAVE A FEW CONCERNS
AND ISSUES WITH THE GOVERNOR
SPECIFIC PROPOSAL. WE RECOMMEND
SOME MODIFICATIONS I INTENDED TO
HELP MAKE. THE STATE YOU'RE
CHEATING STATES GOALS MORE
EFFECTIVE.
SO OUR FIRST CONCERN RELATES TO
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR CNA
INSTRUCTORS.
IN THE COURSE OF RESEARCHING AND
ANALYZING THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSAL WE SPOKE WITH A NUMBER
OF CNA PROGRAM DIRECTORS AT
COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN ADULT
SCHOOLS PRIMARILY.
WHAT WE HEARD FROM THESE
DIRECTORS WAS THEY GENERALLY HAD
WAIT LISTS OF STUDENTS TRYING TO
GET IN AND BECOME A CERTIFIED
NURSING ASSISTANT TO GO THROUGH
A TRAINING PROGRAM? BUT WHAT
THEY TOLD US AGAIN AND AGAIN IS
THAT.
THERE ARE PROGRAMS WOULD NOT BE
ABLE TO EXPAND THEY WOULD NOT BE
ABLE TO TAKE ON MORE ENROLLMENTS
AND ACCEPT THIS GRANT MONEY
THAT'S BEING PROPOSED. BECAUSE
IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO FIND
INSTRUCTORS DEFINE INDIVIDUALS
THAT MEET THE MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS TO BE AN
INSTRUCTOR AS A CNA.
AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE
OF THE STATE REGULATION
CALIFORNIA REGULATION CURRENTLY
REQUIRES CERTIFIED NURSE
ASSISTANT INSTRUCTORS TO HAVE TO
BE A LICENSED NURSE WITH AT
LEAST ONE YEAR OF EXPERIENCE
PROVIDING DIRECT CARE TO
PATIENTS IN SKILLED NURSING
FACILITIES.
AND THIS STATE REQUIREMENT
EXCLUDES A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF
LICENSED NURSE NURSES THAT ARE
CURRENTLY PRACTICING. FOR
EXAMPLE YOU COULD HAVE A
REGISTERED NURSE WITH DECADES OF
EXPERIENCE PROVIDING DIRECT
PATIENT CARE. BUT TYPICALLY THAT
CARE IS PROVIDED IN AN ACUTE
CARE HOSPITAL AND UNDER THE
CURRENT REGULATIONS THAT ARE AND
WOULD NOT BE ABLE ELIGIBLE TO
BECOME A CNA INSTRUCTOR. BECAUSE
THE CARE WAS PROVIDED IN A
HOSPITAL NOT IN A SKILLED
NURSING FACILITY. SIMILARLY YOU
HAVE NURSES WHO ARE
ADMINISTRATORS THAT WORK IN A
SKILLED NURSING FACILITY BUT
THESE INDIVIDUALS GENERALLY
DON'T PROVIDE DIRECT PATIENT
CARE. THEY'RE GENERALLY
SUPERVISING OTHERS BUT BECAUSE
OF THE STATE REGULATIONS THOSE
INDIVIDUALS ALSO WOULD NOT BE
ABLE TO EVEN APPLY TO BE A CNA
INSTRUCTOR.
WE SHOULD NOTE IMPORTANTLY THAT
THE STATE REGULATIONS EXCEED
FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. WHICH ONLY
REQUIRING STRUCTURES TO HAVE A
YEAR OF EXPERIENCE IN THE
PROVISION OF LONG TERM CARE
FACILITY SERVICES MUCH MORE
GENERAL AND IT DOESN'T REQUIRE
SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT DIRECT.
PATIENT CARE IN A NURSING
FACILITY.
CNA PROGRAM DIRECTORS AT ADULT
SCHOOLS TELL US THEY HAVE AN
EVEN HARDER TIME. OF FINDING
INSTRUCTORS TO TEACH IN THEIR
ADULT SCHOOLS TO TEACH THE CNA
PROGRAMS AND THAT'S BECAUSE IN
ADDITION TO MEETING THE STATE
REGULATION REQUIREMENT ON HAVING
A DIRECT CARE. EXPERIENCE IN A
SKILLED NURSING FACILITY STATE
LAW REQUIRES ADULT SCHOOLS TO
ONLY HIRE INSTRUCTORS IN ADULT
SCHOOLS THAT HAVE A TEACHING
CREDENTIAL. SO THESE ADULT
SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS ARE HAVING TO
FIND THOSE WHO MEET THE STATE
REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS THE
STATE LAW AND HAVING A CAREER
TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEACHER
REQUIREMENT WHICH REALLY LIMITS
THAT THE POOL OF APPLICANTS.
SO LIKE THERE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
COUNTERPARTS CNA PROGRAM
DIRECTORS AT ADULT SCHOOLS
INDICATE THERE WITHOUT MAKING
CHANGES TO MINIMUM INSTRUCTOR
REQUIREMENTS IN CALIFORNIA
WITHOUT MAKING A MORE FLEXIBLE.
THEY WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO
HIRE INSTRUCTORS TO TAKE ON MORE
STUDENTS SO THAT THE STATE. AND
THE STATE SKILLED NURSING
FACILITIES CAN MEET THIS NEW
STATE REQUIREMENT ON STAFFING.
SO TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES WE
RECOMMEND THE LEGISLATURE
CHANGED STATUTE TO ALLOW MORE
TYPES OF NURSES TO QUALIFY AS
CNN INSTRUCTORS.
SPECIFICALLY WE RECOMMEND A NEW
POLICY ALLOW NURSES TO SERVE AS
INSTRUCTORS IF THEY'VE HAD
EXPERIENCE PROVIDING DIRECT
PATIENT CARE IN AN ACUTE CARE
HOSPITAL OR ANOTHER HEALTH
FACILITY. THAT ARE COMMONLY IN
ROUTINELY REQUIRE PROVIDES CARE
TO OLDER ADULTS ARE THE
CHRONICALLY ILL.
WE ALSO RECOMMEND THE NEW POLICY
ALLOW NURSES TO SERVICE CNA
INSTRUCTORS. IF THEY DON'T
ROUTINELY PROVIDE DIRECT PATIENT
CARE BUT FOR EXAMPLE SIR
SUPERVISED DNA.
CNN IS IN SKILLED NURSING
FACILITIES.
THIS CHANGE WOULD MAKE FINDING
AND HIRING INSTRUCTORS LESS
DIFFICULT WHILE MEETING FEDERAL
REQUIREMENTS.
AND WITH WITHOUT STREAMLINING OF
FACULTY QUALIFICATIONS WERE
AFRAID THAT MANY. OF THAT MUCH
OF THE PROPOSED PROPOSED GRANT
FUNDING THAT'S PROPOSED BY THE
GOVERNOR WOULD GO UNUSED IN
UNSPENT AND YOU WOULD NOT SEE A
RESULT. RESULTING INCREASE IN AN
ACE IN THE STATE.
ALSO TO HELP OUT ADULT SCHOOLS
HIRE MORE INSTRUCTORS AND ALIGN
THEIR REQUIREMENTS WITH
COMMUNITY COLLEGE ANOTHER CNA
TRAINING PROVIDERS. WE RECOMMEND
THE LEGISLATURE AMEND STATUTE SO
THAT INDIVIDUALS NO LONGER ARE
REQUIRED TO HOLD A TEACHING
CREDENTIAL IN ORDER TO BE A TO
BE A CNA INSTRUCTOR AT AN ADULT
SCHOOL.
BESIDES MINIMUM INSTRUCTOR
QUALIFICATIONS WE HAVE A
SUGGESTED MODIFICATION TO THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL TO ALLOCATE
THE GRANTS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE. STRONG WORKFORCE
PROGRAM.
WE WOULD KNOW THAT ADULTS
SCHOOLS ARE ALSO NOTABLE CNA
TRAINING PROVIDERS AND ALSO ARE
SUPPORTED WITH PROPOSITION
NINETY EIGHT FUNDS.
AS YOU HEARD IN THE HEARING LAST
WEEK THE LEGISLATURE'S
RESTRUCTURED THE STATE'S ADULT
EDUCATION SYSTEM. TO IMPROVE
ACCESS TO ADULT LEARNERS AND
IMPROVE COLLABORATION AND
COORDINATION AMONG ADULTS
SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES
WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
EARLIER PANEL GETTING.
GETTIN ENTITIES GETTING AGENCIES
TO TALK WITH EACH OTHER PLAN
TOGETHER MAKE DECISIONS TOGETHER
TO BENEFIT TO BENEFIT THEIR
THEIR. CONSTITUENTS IN THEIR
RESIDENCE.
AS PART OF THIS RESTRUCTURING
ADULT SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY
COLLEGES HAVE FORMED ADULT ED
CONSORTIA AND DEVELOP REGIONAL
PLANS FOR HOW THEY WOULD.
ROLL OUT TO DELIVER.
TRAINING PROGRAMS SUCH AS CNA
PROGRAMS.
AND IN THIS PROCESS THESE ADULT
AT CONSORTIA YOU HAVE ADULT
SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES
THAT ARE CO EQUAL PARTNERS. AND
THAT THEY THEY WORK TOGETHER TO
DECIDE ON FUNDING AND
PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES.
SO THE BETTER LEVERAGE THESE
COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS
AT THE ADULT ADD LEVEL WE
RECOMMEND THE LEGISLATURE PASS.
THE PROPOSED GRANT MONIES
THROUGH THE ADULT ADD CONSORTIA
PROGRAM RATHER THAN THE
COMMITTEE CALLED STRONG
WORKFORCE PROGRAM. UNDER THIS
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION IN COMMITTEE COLLEGE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE WOULD WORK
JOINTLY TO AWARD DISTRIBUTE AND
OVERSEE THE GRANT FUNDS TO THE
ADULT SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY
COLLEGES MEETS CONSORTIUM.
AND BASED ON A REVIEW OF CNA
PROGRAM COSTS WE BELIEVE
PROVIDING.
ABOUT FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS
PER MOMENT SLOT TO THE PROVIDERS
IS REASONABLE AT THAT RATE TWO
MILLION DOLLARS WOULD FIND ABOUT
THIRTEEN HUNDRED NEW CNA
ENROLLMENT SLOTS. AND AGAIN.
THIS CAN ONLY BE SUCCESSFUL
BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH
THE FIELD IF CHANGES TO MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS FOR FACULTY ARE
MADE.
THANK YOU THANK YOU.
THE US MEENA PERFECT BACK THANK
YOU CHRISTMAS MONEY FOR THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF WE THINK THE
PROPOSAL REPRESENTS A REASONABLE
USE OF ONE TIME RESOURCES TODAY
WE HAVE THIRTY FIVE COLLEGES WHO
ARE OFFERING THESE TYPES OF
PROGRAMS. AND WE THINK THAT THE
THE PROGRAM NOT THE FUNDS COULD
HELP THEM MEET AND A ROTATIONAL
STUDENTS. AS TO TWO ISSUES THAT
BOTH THE ANALYST AND FINANCE
BROUGHT UP ON ON ALLOCATION WE
THINK THAT IT. MAKES SENSE THAT
THEY'RE PROBABLY SMALLER SIMPLE
WAYS TO DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDING.
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
PROPOSES TO DISTRIBUTED THROUGH
THE STRONG WORKFORCE THE ANALYST
PROPOSES THROUGH THE ADULT ED
BLOCK GRANT. WE THINK WE
CURRENTLY OPERATE PROGRAMS.
THERE ARE PARALLELS FOR OTHER
WAYS IN WHICH WE SUPPORT NURSING
PROGRAMS TO BE ALLOCATED FUNDS
DIRECTLY TO THE COLLEGES. WE
THINK THAT GIVEN THAT THIS IS A
CASE A RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT
OF ONE TIME RESOURCES THAT WE
SHOULD TRY TO. ALLOCATED IN THE
SIMPLEST WAY POSSIBLE OF IN
TERMS OF THE MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS ISSUES WE'VE BEEN
HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IN OUR
SYSTEM TWO YEARS AGO AT OUR
STRONG WORK FORCE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE TALKED ABOUT MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS ACROSS A VARIETY
OF CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION
PROGRAMS I THINK IT'S AN ISSUE
THAT.
YOU KNOW CONCERNS US ALSO AND
WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO ADDRESS IT.
DESCRIBED BY THE ARM YOU
MENTIONED THAT THIS IS A NEW
REQUIREMENT.
THAT NEEDS TO BE.
IN PLACE BY JULY FIRST AND DID
YOU MENTION PROP NINETY SEVEN.
NO I DIDN'T. GET BETTER.
HEARD AND.
THE BILL WAS SP NINETY SEVEN
PART OF THE TWO THOUSAND AND TWO
SEVENTEEN BUDGET ACT OKAY THROWS
A TRAILER BILL.
I WOULD AGREE THAT I RECALL THAT
REQUIRES NOW THIS.
THE HIGHER OUT THERE ON THE
MISSION OF KATE.
THANK YOU THANK YOU ARE.
I HAVE I HAVE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS DOES THE CHAIR HAVE
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
THIS IS ITEM SEVEN THIS IS THE
LAST ONE WE NOW ARE READY FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT SO YOU CAN FOR.
YES I KNOW WAS RIVETING
TESTIMONY.
ON A HOT TOPIC SO THANK YOU.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.
WIND UP.
WHICH IS ALL GOOD FEATURE PHONE
GOING IN MY TIMER OUT ALL OUR.
WITH MY. FRIEND MATT ROBINSON
WITH THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION
HEALTH FACILITIES WE REPRESENT
OVER EIGHT HUNDRED SKILLED
NURSING FACILITIES IN CALIFORNIA
AND I'M A RELATIVE TO LAST ISSUE
THAT WAS JUST DISCUSSED. ISSUE
EIGHT WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THAT
PROPOSAL FROM THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE OFF FOR CNA TRAINING
WE'VE BEEN AT A WORKFORCE CRISIS
FOR MANY YEARS IN CALIFORNIA
WHERE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FIND
ENOUGH. CERTIFIED NURSING
ASSISTANTS AT THE CURRENT
STAFFING LEVEL AND THIS PROBLEM
IS GOING TO BECOME EVEN MORE SO
COME JULY ONE WITH THAT NEW
MANDATES RECIPE NINETY SEVEN.
THE NOW SAYS THAT A VERY GOOD
JOB.
THAT'S IN THE PACKETS FAR AS
NUMBER OF SENIORS ARE NEEDED
ANYWHERE FROM SEVENTEEN HUNDRED.
TO TWENTY FOUR HUNDRED CNA SO
ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO FOR
TRAINING PROGRAMS TO ATTRACT
MORE SEEN AIDS RETAIN MORE SEEN
ACE.
WE VERY MUCH SUPPORT THAT SO
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD AFTERNOON JENNIFER BAKER
WITH THE CALIFORNIA TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR
THOUGHTS.
I DID WANT TO TALK SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION MANY OF
THE ISSUES THAT WERE ADDRESSED.
DURING THE SPECIAL EDUCATION
CONVERSATION REALLY ARE SYSTEMIC
OF THE LACK OF PROPER FUNDING
WHEN IT COMES TO SUSPECT NOT TO
SPECIAL EDUCATION. ULTIMATELY IF
WE'RE ABLE TO PROPERLY FUND
SPECIAL EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA
THOUGHT TO GET A HELP TO
ALLEVIATE A NUMBER OF THEIR
PROBLEMS THAT WERE SEEN BUT I
DID WANT TO NOTE THAT WE VERY
MUCH SUPPORT TEACHER RESIDENCY
PROGRAMS. WE THINK THAT THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT ONLY
BE APPLICABLE TO SPECIAL
EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS BUT TO ALL
K. TWELVE INSTRUCTORS WE THINK
THAT WHILE IT DOES COST MORE
YOU'RE ALSO GETTING. MUCH MORE
POSITIVE LONG TERM BENEFIT
BECAUSE THE TEACHER STAY LONGER
THEY'RE ALSO MORE EFFECTIVE AND
WE BELIEVE THERE'S A STRONGER
SUPPORT SYSTEM. WE ALSO THINK
THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A BROADER
CONVERSATION ABOUT SALARIES WE
DID NOTE IN THE LETTER THAT WE
SHARED WITH THE LEGISLATURE AT
THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO HAVE
DIFFERENTIATED SALARIES FOR
SPECIAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS.
ON THROUGH THE LOCAL BARGAINING
TABLE WE KNOW THAT THAT
CONVERSATION AT THE LA ALWAYS
PROPOSING IS SOMEWHAT MORE
COMPLEX BUT WE THINK THAT IF
YOU'RE ABLE TO DO IT ADDRESS IT
TO FUNDING. AND PROVIDE MORE
ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR EDUCATION
THAT'S GONNA BE A MUCH MORE
POSITIVE IMPACT THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS CHRISTINA TO CAR
REPRESENTING THE CALIFORNIA
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNOR'S
PACKAGE OF THE NINE POINT FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS FOR LIBRARY
PROGRAMS WE WANT TO THANK THE
GOVERNOR AND THE DIRECTOR OF
FINANCE FOR PULLING US ALL
TOGETHER AS MISTER LUCAS NOTED.
IT WAS AN EFFORT BETWEEN THE
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION SCENIC AND
MISTER LUCAS AND WE WERE ABLE TO
COME UPON THIS FABULOUS PACKAGE.
AS I HEAR THE ELLIE OH PRESENT I
I JUST HAVE TO SAY IT STINGS A
LITTLE BIT WHEN WE WERE BACK IN
ABOUT THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND.
STATE FUNDING FOR THREE CRITICAL
PUBLIC LIBRARY PROGRAMS WAS IT
EIGHTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS.
IT WAS RATED SEVERAL TIMES TO
BALANCE THE BUDGET AND AS A
RECENT AS A TWENTY ELEVEN IT WAS
AT THIRTY POINT FOUR MILLION
DOLLARS. IT WAS ALL TAKEN FROM-US WITH THE RECESSION BALANCING
AND THE TRIGGER IS SO NOW AS WE
SLOWLY REBUILD WE THINK ABOUT A
PACKAGE LIKE THIS MOSTLY ONE
TIME IN NATURE.
WHICH WE THINK IS AN EXCELLENT
USE.
AND WERE SLOWLY REBUILDING BUT
THIS SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY IS
GOING TO DO A HECK OF A LOT OF
GOOD FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND SO
WE JUST ASK YOU TO LOOK
FAVORABLY UPON IT WHEN YOU.
CONSIDER YOUR MAY REVISE OPTIONS
AND I DO HAVE A AN ANSWER FROM
MR MORE LOCK AND A MS JACKSON ON
THE A. B. EIGHTY SIX AND WHY
LIBRARIES ARE NOT BEING INCLUDED
MORE ON THE LITERACY ISSUE I'LL
COME BY YOUR OFFICES AND. AND
EXPLAIN IT USUALLY PERTAINS TO
PROP NINETY EIGHT MONEY VERSUS
NON NINETY EIGHT MONEY THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
GOOD AFTERNOON LISKEARD WITH
PUBLIC ADVOCATES ARE WE'RE IN
SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSAL FOR THE SPECIAL
EDUCATION. TEACHER ISSUES. ON NO
KNOWING THAT SO MANY SPECIAL ED
TEACHERS DON'T HAVE PROPER
CREDENTIALS. AND THE FACT THAT
MOST OF THE STUDENTS ARE ARM ARE
AFRICAN AMERICAN AND ENGLISH
LEARNER STUDENTS ARE SO OVER
REPRESENTED IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.
REALLY MAKES THE SHORTAGE IN
THIS AREA A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE.
WE AGREE WITH THE LA O. ABOUT
THE LACK OF GUIDELINES FOR THE
LOCAL. SOLUTIONS GRANT PROGRAM.
AND WE THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A
LITTLE MORE GUIDANCE FOR EXAMPLE
THE IDEA THAT.
FINANCE STAFF PRESENTED TODAY
AROUND. LOCAL GROW YOUR OWN
PROGRAMS IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA
BUT THERE'S NO.
THERE'S NO INCENTIVE OR A
ASSURANCE THAT THAT'S
NECESSARILY GOING TO HAPPEN. IN
A WE ALSO SUPPORT THE.
TEACHER RESIDENCY IN SPECIAL ED
AND WE THINK THAT THE SENATE
SHOULD LOOK TO SOME OF THE
PROPOSALS IN THE ASSEMBLY AROUND.
US THEM OF SERVICE SCHOLARSHIPS.
AND.
.
ALSO THE.
ALL THE LAST THING IS THAT.
WHAT PROPOSALS ARE IMPLEMENTED
ULTIMATELY THEY SHOULD? WHAT
PROPOSALS ARE ADOPTED SHOULD BE
IMPLEMENTED EQUITABLY BECAUSE SO
MANY HIGH NEED STUDENTS ARE
BEARING A DISPROPORTIONATELY THE
BURDEN OF UNDERPREPARED AND LACK
OF SPECIAL ED TEACHERS?
SENATORS IN STAFF FRED STRONG
WITH CHILDREN NOW AND THERE'S A
TIME ABOUT SEX SIX SEVEN EIGHT
NINE YEARS AGO WHERE WHERE THE.
COMMISSION TEACHER
CREDENTIALING MAY HAVE BEEN.
YEAR REPORTED TO BEMAYBE.
UNRESPONSIVE OR OR INSULATED
I'M I AM HERE TO ASSURE YOU AND
SOMEONE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH
THE COMMISSION.
AT. EXTENSIVELY AT THE STAFF AND
THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND AND
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SANDY
HAVE BEEN AMAZING. I'M AN AND
REALLY JUST WANTED TO CONVEY OUR
APPRECIATION TO TO THE
COMMISSION FOR THE WORK THAT
THEY'RE DOING THEY THEY REALLY.
.
ARE ARE ARE DOING GREAT WORK
OVER THERE I'M ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT THE THE EMPHASIS THE.
ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSALS ON ON
SPECIAL EDUCATION WERE
SUPPORTIVE OF BOTH OF THOSE IT'S
TWO AM PIPELINE PROPOSALS. AND
THEN.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAID HE ALSO
MENTIONED THAT OF HER EXCITEMENT
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO A MULTI
TIERED SYSTEM TO SUPPORT. JUST
TO A REMINDER THAT THERE WAS A
LETTER THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY
ABOUT TWENTY EIGHT ORGANIZATIONS
IN SUPPORT OF THAT MULTI TIERED
SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT THAT IS NOT A.
COMMISSION PIPELINE ISSUE. IN
TERMS OF THAT REQUEST THAT WAS A
SEPARATE REQUEST THAT. EXCITED
TO HEAR THAT.
STRONG SUPPORT AND THE
COMMISSION HAS BEEN WONDERFUL
ENOUGH I THINK.
I CAN LAST WITH SCENIC HERE IN
SUPPORT OF THAT HELD WEDNESDAY
LIBRARY PACKAGE BEFORE YOU AND
WE WORKED REALLY DILIGENTLY WITH
THE DEPARTMENT FINANCED A
LIBRARY AND LABOR ASSOCIATION ON
PUTTING TOGETHER THESE.
I'M ITEMS BEFORE YOU TODAY AND I
JUST WANT TO CLARIFY A COUPLE
THINGS MAYBE HELP YOU ON THIS
TIME. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
CONNECTION GRANTS INCREASING
SPEEDS AND STUFF THE PROCESS
THAT WE GO THROUGH TAKES
ANYWHERE FROM EIGHTEEN TO TWENTY
FOUR MONTHS IN ORDER TO. GO
THROUGH THERE ARE FEW PROCESS
AND DRAW DOWN FEDERAL FUNDING TO
GET INSTALLED SO WE KNOW WHEN
SITES ARE USING INCREASED
CAPACITY THAT WE WANT TO ALLOW
ENOUGH TIME TO ENSURE THAT WE
CAN DO THE UPGRADES IN A TIMELY
FASHION. AND NOT LET LIBRARIES
HEAD I'M CONGESTION POINTS AND
HAVE ISSUES ON THEIR BACK AND
AND AS WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE
CONNECTION GRANTS. IT'S REALLY
HELPFUL FOR A LOT OF THE
LIBRARIES LOCALLY AND TO MATCH
THAT BECAUSE LIBRARIES ARE
LOCALLY FUNDED AND AND THE STATE
PROJECT ON PROVIDING INTERNET
CAPACITY WAS A. A PARTNERSHIP
WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE
OTHER EDUCATION SEGMENTS THAT
CONNECT SCENIC. AND WHEN WE DID
AT THE LIBRARIES ON TO.
SCENIC WE DID ADD ADDITIONAL
THREE SPOTS ON OUR BOARD OF
DIRECTORS FOR A STATE LIBRARY.
AND FOR THEM TO CHOOSE FOR
THEIR APPOINTEES WOULD BE TO THE
BOARD SO THEY DO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT.
ON OUR FINANCIALS AND WORKING
WITH US ON THE DIRECTION I'VE
SEEN ACT. I'M AND YOU KNOW FOR
THE LIBRARIES THAT AREN'T
CONNECTED THEY ARE ABLE TO
ACCESS THE RIGHT FUNDS WE WANT
TO ENSURE THAT THE STATE LABOR
HAS A POSITION FOR THEM TO HELP
WITH THAT.
AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ONE
POINT OF CONTACT FOR THEM AS
WELL FOR THOSE WHO ARE CONNECTED.
AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WE'RE
THE ONLY ONES WHO MADE A MISTAKE
ON A BUDGETING THING AND SO I
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND. AND THEY
GIVE YOUR TIME AND HAPPY IF.
COMBINED TALKED IF YOU HAVE ANY
FURTHER QUESTIONS.
GOOD AFTERNOON OF BUT THEY SELL
A SON KNOW FROM EARLIER ITCH
CALIFORNIA AND MY COLLEAGUE FROM
CALIFORNIANS TOGETHER.
WELL MORE HERE FIRST TO THANK
YOU FOR.
OUR LAST YEAR'S FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS THAT YOU PROVIDED FOR
TEACHERS TO GET TRAINED ON HOW
TO WORK WITH ENGLISH LEARNERS SO
WE ARE HERE TO ASK FOR. AN
ADDITIONAL.
.
FIVE MILLION TO CONTINUE THIS
AMAZING PROGRAM BUT HAD GREAT
GREAT SUCCESS LAST YEAR AND FIVE
MILLION MORE FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATORS. I'M KNOWING THAT THE
MAJORITY OF THE KIDS WHO DO NOT
SPEAK ENGLISH ARE IN EARLY
LEARNING PROGRAMS AND TEACHERS
DO NOT HAVE. THE RIGHT TO OPT
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO
REALLY AND KNOW HOW TO WORK WITH
THIS POPULATION SO. WE WANT TO
MAKE A CASE TO CONTINUE THIS
PROGRAM WITHOUT ONE TIME ASK OFF
OUR TEN MILLION. OF FIVE MILLION
FOR EARLY LEARNING AND FIVE
MILLION TO CONTINUE THE K. TO
TWELVE.
TRAINING PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S THE FIVE MILLION FOR
THE BILINGUAL TEACHER
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
MORE THIS YEAR AGO CITY AS
REPRESENTING COP IN CALIFORNIA'S
TOGETHER THANK YOU.
MICROPHONE WE'RE GOING TO
ADJOURN THE MEETING AND SEE HER
NEXT WEEK