AMENDED Zoom Meeting Information
CALIFORNIA STUDENT AID COMMISSION
TELECONFERENCE MEETING

DATE OF MEETING NOTICE: May 5, 2020

Friday, May 15, 2020

9:00 A.m. - 4:00 P.m.

Commission's Boardroom, 11040 White Rock Road, Rancho Cordova, CA

Members Present

• Catalina Cifuentes (Chair),
• Jamillah Moore (Vice Chair),
• Judith Maxwell Greig (Secretary),
• Juanita Doplemore,
• Hal Geiogue,
• Maria Manjarrez,
• Debra Maxie,
• Guillermo Mayer,
• Charles Nies,
• Wm. Gregory Sawyer,
• Caroline Siegel-Singh,
• and David Valladolid

Staff Present

• Marlene L. Garcia (Executive Director)

As a result of the COVID-19 emergency and the Governor’s Executive Orders to protect public health by limiting public gatherings and requiring social distancing, this meeting will occur solely via remote presence. Governor Newsom’s Executive Order N--29-20 suspended the requirements that a physical location be available for members of the public during a teleconference meeting, that each teleconference location be accessible to the public, and that at least one member of the state body be physically present at the location specified in this notice.

 

Members of the public are welcome to listen to the teleconference meeting and provide
public comment by using the following information:

 

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NOTE: Participants streaming the meeting over the internet will not be able to offer
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The Commission will meet to discuss and may take action on the following items:

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1.

Call to Order and Roll Call

2.

Public comment on items not on the agenda.

Note:  The Commission and/or Committee may not discuss or take action on any matter raised during this public comment section, except to decide whether to place the matter on the agenda of a future meeting (Government Code Sections 11125, 11125.7(a)).

3.

Chair's oral report on Commission related issues (Information)

Catalina Cifuentes, Chair

4.

Executive Director's oral report (Information)

Marlene L. Garcia, Executive Director

5.

Approval of minutes of December 5-6, 2019 and January 17, 2020 (Action)

Catalina Mistler, Interim Chief Deputy Director
Executive Office

6.

Update on Cal Grant Modernization and Four-Part Strategy Amid COVID-19 Crisis (Information)

Marlene L. Garcia, Executive Director

Teresita Martinez, Executive Fellow
Executive Office

7.

Update on 2020-21 State budget/May Revise and legislative issues and federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (Information)

Julia Blair, Interim Director
Government Relations

Melissa Bardo, Legislative Analyst
Government Relations

8.

Update on COVID-19 Student Survey and other Research and Data Initiatives (Information)

Patrick Perry, Director
Data, Analysis, and Research Team

Jessica Moldoff, Research Data Specialist
Data, Analysis, and Research Team

9.

Leveraging CalFresh to support student basic needs (Information)

Alexis Fernández, Chief
CalFresh and Nutrition Branch
California Department of Social Services

Catalina Mistler, Interim Chief Deputy Director
Executive Office

10.

Update on communications strategy, logo and rebranding (Information)

Michael Lemus, Communications Manager
Executive Office

Judith Gutierrez, Policy and Project Management Analyst
Executive Office

Teresita Martinez, Executive Fellow
Executive Office

Tina Reynolds, Owner and CEO
Uptown Studios

Mia Lopez, Product Manager
Uptown Studios

11.

Consideration of the Cal-SOAP LA contract amendment (Action)

Steve Caldwell, Interim Deputy Director
Program Administration and Services Division

Ramona Carlos, Specialized Programs Manager
Program Administration and Services Division

12.

Update on 2020-21 FAFSA CADAA application award cycle (Information)

Steve Caldwell, Interim Deputy Director
Program Administration and Services Division

Alessandra Morrison, Assistant Deputy Director
Program Support Services Branch

13.

Update on implementation of new programs (Information)

Steve Caldwell, Interim Deputy Director
Program Administration and Services Division

Alessandra Morrison, Assistant Deputy Director
Program Support Services Branch

Gurinder Bains, Chief Information Officer
Information Technology Services Division

14.

Update on the Grant Delivery System Modernization Project (Information)

Steve Caldwell, Interim Deputy Director
Program Administration and Services Division

Gurinder Bains, Chief Information Officer
Information Technology Services Division

George Polisner, Information Technology Manager
Information Technology Services Division

15.

Presentation of Resolution to Nancy Anton and Glen Becerra, former Commissioners (Information)

Catalina Cifuentes, Chair

Marlene L. Garcia, Executive Director

16.

New business to be considered at future meetings (Information/Action)

17.

Adjournment