CALIFORNIA STUDENT AID COMMISSION MEETING

DATE OF MEETING NOTICE: February 23, 2023; SECOND AMENDED: March 7, 2023

Thursday, March 09, 2023

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

In-Person/Virtual Meeting

Marlene L. Garcia (Executive Director)

Members Present

• Catalina Cifuentes (Chair), 
• Charles Nies (Vice Chair), 
• Debra Maxie (Secretary), 
• Patrick Day, 
• Juanita Doplemore, 
• Audrey Dow, 
• Shannon Gary, 
• Hal Geiogue, 
• Guillermo Mayer, 
• David O'Brien, 
• Angel Rodriguez, 
• Alexis Takagi, 
• and David Valladolid 

A meeting of the California Student Aid Commission (Commission) will be held at the Foundation for California Community Colleges, 1102 Q Street, Suite 3100, Sacramento, CA.

As a result of the COVID-19 emergency, certain provisions of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act were waived by executive orders issued by the Governor to protect public health by limiting public gatherings and requiring social distancing.  Those waivers were extended through additional executive orders and legislation. Most recently Senate Bill 189 was enacted and included an extension of the waivers through June 30, 2023. This meeting will be scheduled to provide both an in person opportunity to attend as well as a remote participation option in compliance with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, and Senate Bill 189, which 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.

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Members of the public who are interested in closed caption to the open session portions of this meeting may do so by streaming the meeting over the internet using the following link: http://video.isilive.ca/csac/live.html

NOTE: Participants streaming the meeting over the internet will not be able to offer comments, ask questions, or otherwise participate in the meeting.

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.

Approval of the Commission minutes of December 1, 2022 (Action)

Catalina Mistler, Chief Deputy Director
Executive Office

4.

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

Catalina Cifuentes
Chair

5.

Executive Director's report (Information)

Marlene L. Garcia
Executive Director

6.

Presentation of Resolution to Steve Ngo, former Commissioner (Information)

Catalina Cifuentes
Chair

Marlene L. Garcia
Executive Director

7.

Presentation of Resolution to Patrick Perry, former Deputy Director of Data, Analysis, and Research Team (Information)

Catalina Cifuentes
Chair

Marlene L. Garcia
Executive Director

8.

Consideration of institutional appeals for 2023-24 Cal Grant Participation (Action)

Tae Kang, Deputy Director
Program Administration and Services Division

Alessandra Morrison, Associate Deputy Director
Program Administration and Services Division

Julia Blair, General Counsel
Executive Office

9.

Consideration to approve the proposed regulations for the Learning-Aligned Employment Program (Ed Code section 69950, et seq.) (Action)

Julia Blair, General Counsel
Executive Office

Tae Kang, Deputy Director
Program Administration and Services Division

Libby Rafferty, Specialized Program Manager
Program Administration and Service Division

10.

Presentation by representative from the Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom – Ben Chida, Deputy Cabinet Secretary (Information)

Jake Brymner, Deputy Director
Policy and Public Affairs Division

11.

Update on FAFSA and CA Dream Act (Information)

Jessica Moldoff, Deputy Director
Data, Analysis and Research Team

Ryan Fuller, Research Specialist
Data, Analysis and Research Team

12.

Update on Black Students outreach efforts (Information)

Michael Lemus, Outreach and Marketing Manager
Policy and Public Affairs Division

Jake Brymner, Deputy Director
Policy and Public Affairs Division

13.

Update on the Undocumented Workgroup and action plan for the Commission (Information)

Jake Brymner, Deputy Director
Policy and Public Affairs Division

Tae Kang, Deputy Director
Program Administration and Services Division

14.

Update on Mainstay Artificial Intelligence chatbot pilot (Information)

Marlene L. Garcia
Executive Director

Corey Edwards
Senior Vice President for Strategic Partnerships

15.

District requests to postpone financial aid application deadline, pursuant to Education Code Section 69513.2 (Action)

Tae Kang, Deputy Director
Program Administration and Service Division

Terry Artica, Assistant Deputy Director
Program Administration and Service Division

Julia Blair, General Counsel
Executive Office

16.

Cal-SOAP program updates (Information)

Michael Lemus, Outreach and Marketing Manager
Policy and Public Affairs

Jake Brymner, Deputy Director
Policy and Public Affairs Division

17.

Report on and consideration of the March 8, 2023, Personnel, Evaluation and Nominations Committee meeting (Information/Action)

Guillermo Mayer
Personnel, Evaluation and Nominations Committee Chair

PEN Committee March 8, 2023, Meeting Agenda

18.

Commission Closed Session (Information/Action)

19.

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

20.

Adjournment

NOTE:  Items designated for information are appropriate for Commission action if the Commission wishes to take action. 

This information is also available on the Commission’s website at www.csac.ca.gov.  For information concerning this meeting, contact Gloria Lopez by phone at [phone] or [phone], or by e-mail at .

Agenda items occur sequentially.  When circumstances warrant, the Chair may modify the order of items as they appear on the agenda.  The meeting location is accessible to the disabled.  If you require special assistance, please contact Gloria Lopez at least 5 days before the meeting to make special arrangements.