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
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Action
I.
9:15 a.m. – 10:00
a.m.
Information
II.
Legislative Visit
10:00 a.m. – 10:30
a.m.
III.
Item
Consent Calendar
o Approval of the April 29, 2014 Agenda
o Approval of the February 6, 2014 Meeting Notes
General Announcements
Senate Leaders will report on recent events, academic assembly
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
Jose Torres, Fellow for Senator Alex Padilla (D- Pacoima)
http://sd20.senate.ca.gov/
Committees: Energy, Utilities & Communications (Chair);
Appropriations; Business, Professions & Economic Development;
Elections and Constitutional Amendments; Governmental
Organization; Labor & Industrial Relations
Legislative Visit
10:30 a.m. – 11:00
a.m.
IV.
Legislative Visit
11:00 a.m. – 11:30
a.m.
V.
Selected Bills: SB 1440 regarding the Associate Degree for
Transfer; SB 440 (follow up legislation to SB 1440)
Visit with Legislative Analyst’s Office
o Judy Heiman, Principal Fiscal and Policy Analyst
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/LAOhighered-021214.pdf
(For other recent LAO publications, click here)
Gonzalo Antonio Villegas, Fellow for Assemblymember Kristin
Olsen (R- Modesto)
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
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Enclosure
Encl. 1
Legislative Visit
11:30 a.m. – 12:00
p.m.
VI.
Mollie Quasebarth, Principal Program Budget Analyst – Higher
Education CA Department of Finance
Note: No information is available on Ms. Quasebarth
Lunch—On your own1 (Encl. 2)
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
ICAS Discussion
1:00 p.m. – 1:30
p.m.
Legislative Visit
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
VII.
VIII.
Updates on Ongoing ICAS Business
A. COERC
Update on the progress of the council
B. Online Course Exchange
Updates on the progress of each segment
Gene Wong, Chief Counsel to Senate pro Tempore Darrell
Steinberg (D – Sacramento)
http://sd06.senate.ca.gov/home
Committees: Rules Committee (Chair); Public Safety;
Appropriations; Autism and Related Disorders (Chair); CaliforniaEuropean Trade
Selected Bills: SB 520 – California Online Student Incentive Grant
Programs
ICAS Discussion
2:00 p.m. – 2:30
p.m.
IX.
Legislative Visit
2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
X.
Updates on Ongoing ICAS Business and New Business
A. Resolution on Unit Load for High-Unit Majors
Members agreed to research between three to four majors to
determine if unit-creep is happening across the board.
B. New Business
Senator Marty Block (D- San Diego)
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
Legislative Visit
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
XI.
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
Assemblymember Joan Buchanan (D- Alamo) with Debra Look,
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.
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Legislative Visit
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
XII.
and modernizing public school facilities
Assemblymember Das Williams (D- Santa Barbara)
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)
4:00 p.m.
Selected Bills: AB 2558 updates professional development
standards for the CCC system and makes it inclusive of all
community college employees
Adjournment
Agenda Enclosures:
1. February 6, 2014 meeting notes
2. List of restaurants near the State Capitol
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