All Legislative Visits Will Be in Room 2040

NOTICE OF MEETING Tuesday, April 29, 2014 9:00 am – 4:00 pm California State Capitol Building • Committee Room 2040 (2nd floor) 1315 10th Street • Sacramento, CA, 95814 (916) 445-4753 • http://icas-ca.org/ All Legislative visits will be in Room 2040

Action Item Enclosure 9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. I. Consent Calendar Action o Approval of the April 29, 2014 Agenda o Approval of the February 6, 2014 Meeting Notes Encl. 1 9:15 a.m. – 10:00 II. General Announcements a.m. Senate Leaders will report on recent events, academic assembly Information meetings, and other news and events of interest. o Diana Wright Guerin, Chair, CSU Academic Senate o Bill Jacob, Chair, UC Academic Senate o Beth Smith, ICAS Chair and President, CCC Academic Senate Legislative Visit III. Jose Torres, Fellow for Senator Alex Padilla (D- Pacoima) 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 http://sd20.senate.ca.gov/ a.m. Committees: Energy, Utilities & Communications (Chair); Appropriations; Business, Professions & Economic Development; Elections and Constitutional Amendments; Governmental Organization; Labor & Industrial Relations

Selected Bills: SB 1440 regarding the Associate Degree for Transfer; SB 440 (follow up legislation to SB 1440) Legislative Visit IV. Visit with Legislative Analyst’s Office 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 o Judy Heiman, Principal Fiscal and Policy Analyst a.m. http://www.lao.ca.gov/Staff/AssignmentDetail/313 Ms. Heiman’s program areas at the LAO include California State University, Student Financial Aid, and Cross-cutting Higher Education Issues. Her budget areas include Scholarshare Investment Board (0954), Department of Consumer Affairs (1110-- 1655) (1110) Bureau of Postsecondary Education, and California State University (6610) http://senate.ucsd.edu/FrontPageDocs/CABudgetInfo/LAOhigher- ed-021214.pdf (For other recent LAO publications, click here) Legislative Visit V. Gonzalo Antonio Villegas, Fellow for Assemblymember Kristin 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 Olsen (R- Modesto) a.m. http://arc.asm.ca.gov/member/AD12/

Committees: Agriculture (Vice Chair); Education (Vice Chair); Accountability and Administrative Review; Higher Education; Insurance

Selected Bill: AB 138 regarding CSU Tuition Guarantee 1 Legislative Visit VI. Mollie Quasebarth, Principal Program Budget Analyst – Higher 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 Education CA Department of Finance p.m. Note: No information is available on Ms. Quasebarth 1 Lunch—On your own (Encl. 2) 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ICAS Discussion VII. Updates on Ongoing ICAS Business 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 A. COERC p.m. Update on the progress of the council

B. Online Course Exchange Updates on the progress of each segment Legislative Visit VIII. Gene Wong, Chief Counsel to Senate pro Tempore Darrell 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Steinberg (D – Sacramento) http://sd06.senate.ca.gov/home

Committees: Rules Committee (Chair); Public Safety; Appropriations; Autism and Related Disorders (Chair); California- European Trade

Selected Bills: SB 520 – California Online Student Incentive Grant Programs

ICAS Discussion IX. Updates on Ongoing ICAS Business and New Business 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 A. Resolution on Unit Load for High-Unit Majors p.m. Members agreed to research between three to four majors to determine if unit-creep is happening across the board.

B. New Business Legislative Visit X. Senator Marty Block (D- San Diego) 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. http://sd39.senate.ca.gov/

Committees: Budget Subcommittee #1 – Education (Chair); Budget & Fiscal Review; Banking and Financial Institutions; Business, Professions and Economic Development; Education; Energy, Utilities and Communications; Public Employment and Retirement; Veteran’s Affairs

Selected Bills: SB 325 Trustees of the CSU: student members; SB 502 regarding bidding requirements for the UC to raise the threshold to $1,000,000 Legislative Visit XI. Assemblymember Joan Buchanan (D- Alamo) with Debra Look, 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Principal Legislative Assistant to Assemblymember Buchanan http://asmdc.org/members/a16/

Committees: Committee on Education (Chair); Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review; Committee on Transportation; Committee on Utilities and Commerce

Selected Bills: AB 41 will propose a statewide bond for building

1 Both 6th floor and basement restaurants at the State Capitol were unable to accommodate a large group for lunch. 2 and modernizing public school facilities Legislative Visit XII. Assemblymember Das Williams (D- Santa Barbara) 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. http://asmdc.org/members/a37/

Committees: Committee on Higher Education (Chair); Committee on Banking and Finance; Committee on Education; Committee on Natural Resources; Select Committee on Innovative Green Financing Mechanisms (Chair)

Selected Bills: AB 2558 updates professional development standards for the CCC system and makes it inclusive of all community college employees 4:00 p.m. Adjournment

Agenda Enclosures: 1. February 6, 2014 meeting notes 2. List of restaurants near the State Capitol