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Joint Board 11.9.2020 November 9, 2020 COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE • 2020 Election Overview OF CALIFORNIA • Economic Update • Budget Talking Points • Legislative Update • Federal Next Steps • GR Guiding Principles 2020 Election Community College League of California Office of Government Relations [email protected] COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA California’s voting tally so far COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA State Ballot Measures: As of November 9, 2020 COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA Presidential vote by candidate and county COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA Proposition 15: Property Tax to Fund Schools, Government Services. COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA Proposition 16: Affirmative Action in Government Decisions. COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA New Assembly Members 60 Democrats-19 Republicans-1 Independent 13th AD Kathy Miller (Democrat) 25th AD Alex Lee (Democrat) 33rd AD Thurston ”Smitty” Smith (Republican) 37th AD Steve Bennett (Democrat) 38th AD Suzette Martinez Vallardes (Republican) COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA New Assembly Members 60 Democrats-19 Republicans-1 Independent 57th AD Lisa Calderon (Democrat) 67th AD Kelly Seyarto (Republican) 72nd AD Janet Nguyen (Republican) 73 AD Laurie Davies (Republican) 78th AD Chris Ward (Democrat) COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA New State Senators 31 Democrats- 9 Republicans 5th SD Susan Talmantes Eggman (Democrat) 13th SD Josh Becker (Democrat) 15th SD Dave Cortese (Democrat) 17th SD John Laird (Democrat) COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA New State Senators 31 Democrats- 9 Republicans 19th SD Monique Limon (Democrat) 23rd SD Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (Republican) 29th SD Josh Newman (Democrat) 37th SD Dave Min (Democrat) COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA Senate Budget Chair Holly Mitchell Leaving for Los Angeles Board of Supervisors Economic Update Community College League of California Office of Government Relations [email protected] COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA Community College League of California Office of Government Relations K-Shape COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA Legislative Analyst’s Office COVID-19 and the Labor Market: Which Workers Have Been Hardest Hit by the Pandemic? November 2, 2020 COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA Legislative Analyst’s Office COVID-19 and the Labor Market: Which Workers Have Been Hardest Hit by the Pandemic? November 2, 2020 COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA Legislative Analyst’s Office COVID-19 and the Labor Market: Which Workers Have Been Hardest Hit by the Pandemic? November 2, 2020 COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA Legislative Analyst’s Office COVID-19 and the Labor Market: Which Workers Have Been Hardest Hit by the Pandemic? November 2, 2020 COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA Legislative Analyst’s Office COVID-19 and the Labor Market: Which Workers Have Been Hardest Hit by the Pandemic? November 2, 2020 COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA Legislative Analyst’s Office Home Prices Update: September 2020 November 2, 2020 COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA Legislative Analyst’s Office Home Prices Update: September 2020 November 2, 2020 COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA COVID-19 Federal Support for California COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA COVID-19 California’s Expenditures COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA PPIC: Higher Education and Economic Opportunity in California November 2020 COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA PPIC: Higher Education and Economic Opportunity in California November 2020 COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA Fall Budget Talking Points Community College League of California Office of Government Relations [email protected] COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA ADDRESSING RACIAL INEQUITIES WITH EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY • Communities of color should be a top priority California's Community Colleges are the most diverse institutions of higher education in the state. Any serious effort to address racial and income inequality must include an investment in providing expanded educational opportunities for students of color and low- income Californians. COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA TRAINING CALIFORNIA'S DISPLACED WORKFORCE • California's workforce will need a reinvestment We cannot repeat the mistake of the 2008 Great Recession that led to 600,000 Californians seeking retraining to re-enter the workforce, but were unable to do so as they were denied access to our public community colleges. Maintaining our capacity to educate and train nurses, EMT's, firefighters, and public safety officers are essential to an equitable recovery. COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA AN EXPANSION OF REMOTE LEARNING • Online learning will drive our community colleges moving forward California's Community Colleges demonstrated their unparalleled ability to adapt to remote instruction and educational continuity in a pandemic. Our colleges will need further investments to continue to offer remote and online learning to the state’s over 2.1 million community college students. Legislative Update Community College League of California Office of Government Relations [email protected] COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA A Strange Legislative Session COVID-19 brought significant disruption to the legislative process. Many bills held back because of lack of ability of the legislature to consider their implications – not due to fiscal and policy concerns. Of the around 100 bills to be considered that were introduced and impacted community colleges, only five were signed into law. Focus will be on low-cost, but high-profile legislation. Response to COVID-19 and cost pressures due to reduced revenue will continue to dominate the discussion in the 2021-22 legislative session. COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA Legislation that Could Come Back: • Associate Degree for Transfer reform. • Broadband accessibility. • COVID-19 related legislation. • Ethnic studies graduation requirement for community colleges. • Expansion of community college baccalaureate degree program. • Financial aid modernization. • Mandated increase in sick leave for faculty and staff. • Reduction of probation for new classified employees from one year to six months. • Student trustee rights. • Penalties for mistakes made when providing employee contact information to collective bargaining units. COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA Bills for Discussion Academic Affairs: AB 1460 (Weber) CSU Ethnic Studies AB 2288 (Low) Nursing Programs Basic Needs: AB 2416 (Gabriel) Satisfactory Academic Progress AB 2884 (Berman) Lottery Dollars SB 1232 (Glazer) Cal Works COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA Bills for Discussion: Academic Affairs AB 1460 (Weber) Ethnic Studies Will require the California State University make a a three-unit ethnic studies course as a graduation requirement. The CSU has adopted an alternative ethnic studies requirement. Status: Signed into law. AB 2288 (Low) Nursing Programs Will provide more flexibility for nursing programs facing a reduction in clinical training hours due to the COVID- 19 crisis. Status: Signed into Law. COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA Bills for Discussion: Basic Needs AB 2416 (Gabriel) – Satisfactory Academic Progress Will require colleges to consider homelessness as a mitigating factor when considering appeals for students who fail to maintain satisfactory academic progress. Status: Signed into Law. AB 2884 (Berman) Lottery Dollars Will permit lottery dollars to be spent on student basic needs such as food and housing assistance. Status: Signed into Law. SB 1232 (Glazer) CalWORKs Will permit CalWORKs recipients at public universities to receive a $500 per semester benefit to pay for books and permit them to request reimbursement for classroom-related expenses above the allocated $500. Implementation of the bill is contingent on an appropriation via the state budget, which did not occur for 2020-21. Status: Signed into Law. COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA Federal Update: Divided Government Vice-President Biden and Senator Kamala Harris will be elected to Presidency. Senate Republicans lost seats, but maintain majority. • Could change with two open Georgia seats – to be decided in January. • If Senate is 50-50, the Vice-President will cast deciding vote. House Democrats maintain majority but lost seats, including three that flipped to Republicans in California. • CA 21 (Central Valley) David Valadao v. TJ Cox • CA 39 (Orange County) Young Kim v. Gil Cisneros • CA 48 (Orange County) Michelle Steele v. Harley Rouda Divided government will likely result in significant use of presidential executive orders. Governor Newsom will pick a new Senator to replace Senator Harris. Supreme Court could become very active and have a significant on policy decisions made when legislative and executive branches disagree. COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA League Federal Priorities: Stimulus 4.0 • Deal before January? • Significant disagreements within Senate Republican Caucus. • Focus will be on if aid to state and local governments will be part of the package, including education. Re-authorization of Higher Education Act • New Chair of Senate HELP Committee Undocumented Students • DACA • Path to citizenship. Regulatory Action • Title IX • Accreditation • Student debt Government Relations Guiding Principles Community College League of California Office of Government Relations [email protected]
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