CALIFORNIA STUDENT AID COMMISSION
TELECONFERENCE MEETING

DATE OF MEETING NOTICE: July 13, 2020

Thursday, July 23, 2020

9:00 A.m. - 3:00 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,
• Steve Ngo,
• 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.

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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)

4.

Executive Director's oral report (Information)

Marlene L. Garcia, Executive Director

5.

Approval of minutes of February 20, 2020, March 26, 2020 and May 15, 2020 (Action)

Catalina Mistler, Interim Chief Deputy Director
Executive Office

6.

Approval and ratification of the Cal-SOAP contracts over $100,000 (Action)

Steve Caldwell, Interim Deputy Director
Program Administration and Services Division

Ramona Carlos, Specialized Programs Manager
Program Administration and Services Division

7.

Ratification of contracts over $100,000 (Action)

Lilly Myers, Deputy Director
Fiscal Administrative Services Division

Gurinder Bains, Chief Information Officer
Information Technology Services Division

8.

Consideration of authorization to commence rulemaking process for the California National Guard Education Assistance Award Program (Action)

Julia Blair, General Counsel
Executive Office

Gary Collord, Staff Retired Annuitant
Executive Office

9.

Presentation by institutional segmental representatives COVID-19 impact on enrollment and student services (Information)

Jake Brymner, Director
Government and External Relations

Shawn Brick
Director, Student Financial Support
University of California

Dean Kulju
Director, Student Financial Aid Services
California State University

David O’Brien
Vice Chancellor of Governmental Relations
California Community Colleges

Alex Graves
Vice President for Government Relations
Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities

10.

Update on 2020-21 final State budget and legislative issues, and consideration of statewide initiatives (Information/Action)

Jake Brymner, Director
Government and External Relations

Melissa Bardo, Legislative Analyst
Government and External Relations

Valerie Johnson, Intern
Government and External Relations

11.

Update on COVID-19 Student Survey (information)

Patrick Perry, Director
Data, Analysis, and Research Team

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

Michal Kurlaender
Professor of Education Policy and Department Chair
School of Education
University of California, Davis

Sherrie Reed
Executive Director, California Education Lab
School of Education
University of California, Davis

12.

Update on logo and rebranding (Information)

Judith Gutierrez, Policy and Project Manager
Executive Office

Michael Lemus, Communications Manager
Executive Office

13.

Status of financial aid for California higher education undocumented students (Information)

Teresita Martinez, Executive Fellow
Executive Office

14.

Consideration of institution appeals for 2020-21 Cal Grant Participation (Action)

Steve Caldwell, Interim Deputy Director

Program Administration and Services Division

Alessandra Morrison, Assistant Deputy Director

Program Support Services Branch

15.

Update on Cal-SOAP in a COVID-19 environment (Information)

Steve Caldwell, Interim Deputy Director
Program Administration and Services Division

Ramona Carlos, Specialized Programs Manager
Program Administration and Services Division

Joanna Romo, Lead Project Director
Santa Barbara Consortium

Linda Doughty, Project Director
San Diego/Imperial Valley Consortium

Riverside County Office of Education Consortium

University Enterprises, CSU San Bernardino

16.

Personnel, Evaluation and Nominations (PEN) Committee Report (Information/Action)

Wm. Gregory Sawyer, Committee Chair
Personnel, Evaluation and Nominations Committee

17.

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

18.

Adjournment