CALIFORNIA STUDENT AID COMMISSION
TELECONFERENCE MEETING

DATE OF MEETING NOTICE: August 27, 2021

Thursday, September 09, 2021

9:00 A.m. - 5:00 P.m.

Virtual Meeting

Marlene L. Garcia (Executive Director)

Members Present

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

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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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:

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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 June 23, 2021 (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 oral report (Information)

Marlene L. Garcia
Executive Director

6.

Presentation of Resolution to Isaac Alferos, former Commissioner (Information)

Catalina Cifuentes
Chair

Marlene L. Garcia
Executive Director

7.

Update on ratification of contracts over $100,000 (Action)

Lilly Myers, Deputy Director
Fiscal Administrative Services Division

8.

Consideration of adoption of modification of regulations to interpret and make specific amended Sections 69999.10 through 69999.24 of the Education Code relating to the California Military Department GI Bill Award Program (Action)

Julia Blair, General Counsel
Executive Office

Gary Collord, Retired Annuitant
Executive Office

9.

Consideration of adoption of modification to regulations for institutional appeals relating to participation in the Cal Grant Program (Action)

Julia Blair, General Counsel
Executive Office

Synequeen Alasa-as, Associate Governmental Program Analyst
Executive Office

10.

Update on 2021-22 State Budget Act - Cal Grant Expansion and new Commission programs (Information)

Jake Brymner, Director
Government and External Relations

Tae Kang, Deputy Director
Program Administration and Services Division

11.

Consideration of Budget Change Proposals (BCPs) for Fiscal Year 2022-23 (Action)

Lilly Myers, Deputy Director
Fiscal Administrative Services Division

Tae Kang, Deputy Director
Program and Administrative Services Division

Jake Brymner, Director
Government and External Relations.

12.

Announcement of the opening of nominations for 2022 Commission Officers (Information)

Julia Blair, General Counsel
Executive Office

13.

Presentation of proposed 2022 Commission meeting calendar (Information)

Catalina Mistler, Chief Deputy Director
Executive Office

14.

Update on recent UC Cohort Tuition plan (Information)

Jake Brymner, Director
Government and External Relations

Shawn Brick
Executive Director for Student Financial Support
University of California, Office of the President

15.

Statewide student leadership presentation (Information)

Jake Brymner, Director
Government and External Relations

16.

Update on Student Loan Debt Workgroup (Information)

Patrick Perry, Deputy Director
Data, Analysis, and Research Team

17.

Report on and consideration of the September 8, 2021, Legislative, Audit and Budget Committee meeting (information/Action)

LAB Committee September 8, 2021, Meeting Agenda

Charles Nies
Legislative, Audit and Budget Committee Chair

18.

Report on and consideration of the September 8, 2021, Student Impact, Outreach and Communications Committee meeting (Information/Action)

SIOC Committee September 8, 2021, Meeting Agenda

Angel Rodriguez, Chair
Student Impact, Outreach and Communications Committee Chair

19.

Report on and consideration of the September 8, 2021, Data, Research, and Strategic Planning Committee meeting

DRSP Committee September 8, 2021, Meeting Agenda

Debra Maxie
Data, Research and Strategic Planning Committee Chair

20.

Report on and consideration of the September 8, 2021, Personnel, Evaluation and Nominations Committee meeting (Information/Action)

PEN Committee September 8, 2021 Meeting Agenda

Guillermo Mayer
Personnel, Evaluation and Nominations Committee Chair

21.

Closed Session of the Commission (Information.Action)

22.

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

23.

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.