CALIFORNIA STUDENT AID COMMISSION
TELECONFERENCE MEETING

AMENDED - DATE OF MEETING NOTICE: November 23, 2020

Thursday, December 03, 2020

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

Virtual Meeting

Members Present

• Catalina Cifuentes (Chair),
• Jamillah Moore (Vice Chair),
• Isaac Alferos,
• Jessica Bartholow,
• Juanita Doplemore,
• Hal Geiogue,
• Debra Maxie,
• Guillermo Mayer,
• Steve Ngo,
• 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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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 September 24, 2020 and October 7, 2020 (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 Judith Maxwell Greig, former Commissioner (Information)

Catalina Cifuentes
Chair

Marlene L. Garcia
Executive Director

7.

Election of Commission Officers (Action)

Julia Blair, General Counsel
Executive Office

8.

Consideration of the 2021 Commission meeting calendar (Action)

Catalina Mistler, Chief Deputy Director
Executive Office

9.

Ratification of Contracts over $100,000 (Action)

Lilly Myers, Deputy Director
Fiscal and Administrative Services Division

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

Gurinder Bains, Chief Information Officer
Information Technology and Services Division

10.

Consideration of extension of the 2017-21 Cal Grant Institutional Participation Agreement (IPA) (Action)

Alessandra Morrison, Assistant Deputy Director
Program Administration and Services Division

11.

Consideration of the Commission’s vision, mission statements (Action)

Marlene L. Garcia
Executive Director

12.

Update on Cal Grant Modernization Proposal (Information)

Marlene L. Garcia
Executive Director

Patrick Perry, Director
Data, Analysis, and Research Team

Jake Brymner, Director
Government and External Relations

13.

Update on FAFSA and CADAA completion rates (Information)

Patrick Perry, Director
Data, Analysis, and Research Team

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

14.

Report on and consideration of the December 2, 2020 Legislative, Audit and Budget (LAB) Committee meeting (Information/Action)

Legislative, Audit and Budget Committee December 2, 2020 meeting agenda

Charles Nies
Legislative, Audit and Budget Committee Chair

15.

Report on and consideration of the December 2, 2020 Student Impact (SI) Committee meeting (Information/Action)

Student Impact Committee December 2, 2020 meeting agenda

Caroline Siegel-Singh
Student Impact Committee Chair

16.

Report on and consideration of the December 2, 2020 Strategic Policy and Planning (SPP) Committee meeting (Information/Action)

Strategic Policy and Planning Committee December 2, 2020 meeting agenda

Debra Maxie
Strategic Policy and Planning Committee Chair

17.

Report on and consideration of the December 2, 2020 Personnel, Evaluation and Nominations (PEN) Committee meeting (Information/Action)

Personnel, Evaluation and Nominations Committee December 2, 2020 meeting agenda

Wm. Gregory Sawyer
Personnel, Evaluation and Nominations Committee Chair

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.