General Membership Agenda December 4, 2020 Virtual Meeting CALIFORNIA COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION GENERAL MEMBERSHIP ZOOM MEETING Friday, December 4, 2020│ 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. AGENDA 1. OPENING 1.1. Call to Order 1.1.1. Introductions 1.1.2. Announcements 1.2. Consent Agenda 1.2.1. Approval of Agenda 1.2.2. Approval of September 11, 2020 General Membership Meeting Minutes 2. CCBE PRESIDENT JANET WOHLGEMUTH’S REPORT 3. OUTSTANDING LEGISLATOR AWARD PRESENTATION 4. CCBE TREASURER REPORT 5. EQUITY IN EDUCATION Dr. Judy White, former Superintendent, Riverside COE 6. COVID-19 AND SAFELY REOPENING SCHOOLS Paula Villescaz, Assistant Secretary, CA Health and Human Services Agency 7. COMMITTEE REPORTS 7.1. Nominating Committee 7.1.1. Nomination & Election of Officers 7.1.2. Nomination & Election of 2021 Nominating Committee 7.2. Professional Development Training Committee 8. CLOSING 8.1. Incoming President Remarks 8.2. President’s Year-end Recognition of Service 9. NEXT GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING Saturday, September 12, 2021 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel & Spa in Monterey, CA 10. ADJOURNMENT California County Boards of Education| 3251 Beacon Boulevard | West Sacramento, CA 95691| (800) 266-3382 I T E M 1.2.2 CALIFORNIA COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION GENERAL MEMBERSHIP VIRTUAL MEETING Friday, September 11, 2020 │1:00 – 2:45 PM MINUTES CALL TO ORDER AND WELCOME OPENING A virtual meeting of the General Membership of the California County Boards of Education was held on Friday, September 11, 2020. Treasurer Matt Taylor certified that a quorum of the General Membership was met. President Janet Wohlgemuth called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m. and introduced Executive Committee members and welcomed members and special guests. ADDITIONS AND APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA Victor Jaime (Imperial COE) moved, and Beverly Gerard (San Mateo COE) seconded to approve the agenda as presented. The motion carried, unanimous. CONSENT AGENDA Rick Shea (San Diego COE) moved, and Shelton Yip (Yolo COE) seconded to approve the consent agenda, consisting of the minutes from the December 6, 2019 General Membership meeting. The motion carried, unanimous. CCBE PRESIDENT JANET WOHLGEMUTH’S REPORT President Janet Wohlgemuth reported on the changes everyone has had to make due to COVID-19 and remarked on the great job the annual conference planning committee did to change the conference from in-person to a virtual event. She also shared that the CCBE Board of Directors held a virtual retreat in July and outlined goals recognizing the necessary changes needed to reach out to our members virtually that led to her creating a CCBE President’s welcome video available to all members to share at local county offices and regional areas. COMMITTEE REPORTS • CCBE 2020 Annual Conference Committee Report CCBE Annual Conference Planning Committee Chair and President-elect Rick Shea provided a report on the 2020 Annual Conference. He thanked and outlined the amazing work the annual conference planning committee members did to quickly switch, logistics and key topics mid-way through the year, to change the conference from an in-person conference held in Monterey to a virtual event. In addition, Rick shared the many wonderful sessions and quality presentations including the three dynamite keynote presentations that were scheduled over the day and half of the conference and noted the many positive comments already received regarding the conference virtual platform and swag that attendees received in the mail. California County Boards of Education| 3251 Beacon Boulevard | West Sacramento, CA 95691| (800) 266-3382 • Legislative Committee Report Immediate Past President Dana Dean reported on legislative bills reviewed this year and highlighted two overarching topics, connectivity infrastructure and feeding children, as well as reported on state and federal budget approved changes. Lastly, she shared that the CCBE Board of Directors discussed convening subcommittees to further investigate adding internet access as a utility and advocating as one voice on school budget funding needed in order for schools to continue feeding our children. CSBA OFFICER REMARKS CSBA President Xilonin Cruz-Gonzalez presented her remarks and shared that CSBA recognizes the importance county boards of education hold within the education system and the role they play in collaborating between local school district boards, county office of education and the state. CSBA has also been working on cutting through the noise and advocating on providing guidelines to reopening schools, grading, assessment, and graduation requirements and is instrumental in obtaining flat funding for school education. Lastly, Xilonin shared information about the new county CSBA MIG program that will be launched this year that was specifically designed for county office boards of education and will be facilitated by county board members and former county superintendents. DR. DENEEN GUSS, MONTEREY COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Monterey County Office of Education Superintendent Dr. Deneen Guss presented her remarks thanking everyone for all the great work county board members have been doing and the important role of shaping the face of public education and the unique and insightful perspective of the community and students you represent and serve. When we all advocate together our voices are strong and we can do many great things together. In conclusion, Dr. Guss highlighted the many great things the Monterey county board of education has been working on and accomplished during these very difficult times and wrapped up by sharing a welcome video to Monterey. NEXT MEETING DATE The next general membership meeting will be held on Friday, December 4, 2020 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. as a virtual meeting. Registration will open in October and will be free of charge. It is essential that each county office board of education designate their county voting representative and submit their county voting representative form by November 17th to [email protected]. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 2:16 p.m. CCBE General Membership 2 | Page September 11, 2020 Meeting Minutes I T E M 2 2020 CCBE Year-in-Review 3251 Beacon Blvd., West Sacramento, CA 95691 Tel (800) 266-3382 www.theccbe.org TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Executive Summary ______________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Financial Summary _______________________________________________________________________________________ 3 Member Services Highlights _____________________________________________________________________________ 4 CCBE Executive Committee ______________________________________________________________________________ 7 2020 Board of Directors _________________________________________________________________________________ 8 Past CCBE Presidents ____________________________________________________________________________________ 9 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Executive Summary STRATEGIC HIGHLIGHTS The California County Boards of Education (CCBE) is committed to be an organization that is dedicated to knowledge and equity by serving members who are engaged, and tenacious champions for public education. CCBE’s mission is to serve and represent the county boards of education community by strengthening and promoting local governance, to enable county board members to help every California student succeed. CCBE is a dynamic network of members dedicated to maximizing education opportunities for all. Fierce political battles, wildfires, racial unrest, and a pandemic that closed schools and businesses has marked 2020 as a year to go down in history. Alongside with CSBA, we consistently make the case that California schools and county offices need more resources to support students and as a result, the United States Department of Agriculture on Oct. 9 announced that it is extending flexibilities to allow free meals to continue to be available to all children throughout the entire 2020-21 school year. Originally set to expire at the end of the calendar year – a dangerous scenario advocated against by CSBA, CCBE and other advocacy groups – the USDA was authorized to extend these waivers in the federal continuing resolution. In the coming year, the CCBE Board of Directors will be looking into convening an advocacy subcommittee to further investigate ongoing funding needs to continue feeding our children and closing the digital divide. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS With the intent to purposely spend down reserves, we continue to maintain a healthy reserve for our organization. We are always mindful of our responsibility to carefully shepherd our resources, but our commitment to you – our members – goes beyond saving money. CCBE’s ongoing re-investment in advocacy and professional development and training opportunities continues to be an important focus now and in the future. Through surveys and evaluations, we consistently learn that our members want more professional training opportunities and services that help provide them with the tools and skills they need to do their job and meet their roles and responsibilities. We have worked hard to meet those needs and to grow member training opportunities. As we move forward, we will continue to provide on-going education through board development, new and experienced board member workshops and, of course, through our annual conference. MEMBER SERVICES HIGHLIGHTS CCBE membership gives county board members access to the resources that help them fulfill their unique and complex governance and leadership