ALRIGHT I LIKE TO CALL THIS
MEETING OF THE ASSEMBLY
EDUCATION COMMITTEE TO ORDER WE
, UH WE'LL HOLD OFF ON CALLING
THE ROLE THAT ESTABLISHED A
QUORUM. UM AND WE WILL PROCEED
AS A SUBCOMMITTEE TO ACCOMMODATE
THE AUTHORS READY TO PRESENT
THEIR BILLS. WE ARE PRESENTING
AND SIGN AN ORDER, SO PLEASE
MAKE SURE TO SIGN IN. AND WE DO
HAVE A QUORUM. SO MADAM
SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL ME. WHERE
IS HE HERE, DOLLY. ONE CAREER
CARILLO HERE OVER LEAVE.
MCCARTY. MCCARTY HERE,
QUIRK-SILVA. QUIRK-SILVA HERE.
WE HAVE A QUORUM ESTABLISHED
LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO
TODAY'S HEARING. WE WILL BE
HEARING 20 BILLS ON FILE. THREE
BILLS HAVE BEEN PULLED. THEY ARE
A B 381. A B 1078. AND A B 1120
. SO IF YOU'RE HERE FOR ANY OF
THOSE THREE BILLS THEY WILL NOT
BE HEARD TODAY. THERE ARE NINE
BILLS ON CONSENT. THEY ARE A B
278. A B 373 WITH AMENDMENTS. A
B 393 A B 535 WITH AMENDMENTS A
B 872. A B EIGHT. I'M SORRY, A B
1106 WITH AMENDMENTS. A B 1357.
A B 1503. AND A B 1653 WITH
AMENDMENTS. AND I THINK WE'LL BE
WAITING FOR A REPUBLICAN MEMBER
TO SHOW BEFORE WE VOTE ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. UM SO WE WILL
HOLD OFF ON THAT VOTE. AS A
REMINDER GENERAL PROCEDURE FOR
EACH BILL. WE WILL HAVE UP TO
TWO WITNESSES AND SUPPORT TO
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION, EACH OF
WHOM MAY SPEAK FOR UP TO TWO
MINUTES FOR EACH BILL PRESENTED
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND THE
HEARING ROOM WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO STATE YOUR
POSITION. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR
COMMENTS TO YOUR NAME,
AFFILIATION AND POSITION ON THE
BILL ONLY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
ARE ALSO WELCOME TO PROVIDE
COMMENT THROUGH THE POSITION
LETTER PORTAL ON THE ASSEMBLY
EDUCATION COMMITTEE WEBSITE. WE
WILL NOW GO AGAIN AND FILE ORDER
WITH OUR SIGN IN ORDER WITH FILE
ITEM NUMBER 15. A B 1178
ASSEMBLY MEMBER THREE OF US
WELCOME
.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. I WANT TO START BY
THANKING YOUR COMMITTEE STAFF
FOR WORKING WITH MY OFFICE ON
THIS BILL. I WILL ALSO BE
ACCEPTING THE AMENDMENTS
PROPOSED BY THE COMMITTEE.
BEFORE I PRESENT ON WHAT A B 11
78 DOES. I WANT TO START BY
SHARING MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
WITH SUMMER MEAL PROGRAMS. UM,
AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, I'M THE
FOUNDER OF A NONPROFIT OF THAT
OFFERS STEM WORKSHOPS. UM AND
WHEN I WAS RUNNING THE
ORGANIZATION WE PARTNERED WITH
OUR LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES. UM
TO OFFER SUMMER STEM WORKSHOPS
FOR KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY AND
ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE DID
THAT, BESIDES, THE SPACE WAS
THAT THEY OFFERED SUMMER MEALS
TO THE KIDS SO THEY WOULD GO IN
THE MORNING GO THROUGH A HANDS
ON STEM WORKSHOP. AND THEN AT
NOON, WHEN THE WORKSHOP WAS OVER
, A MEAL WAS PROVIDED IN. YOU
KNOW, THE COMMUNITY THAT I
SERVED. UM WE'RE ALL KIDS THAT
QUALIFY FOR FREE LUNCH THAT, YOU
KNOW, QUALIFY FOR THE SUMMER
MEALS AND IN THEIR PARENTS
REALLY NEED THIS HELP. UM AND I
WAS REFLECTING AS I WAS THINKING
ABOUT THIS BILL ON MY OWN
EXPERIENCE. I REMEMBER FINISHING
THE WORKSHOP, CLEANING UP THE
SPACE AND WATCHING PARENTS TAKE
KIDS TO GET THE SUMMER MEAL AND
JUST SIT THERE AND WATCH THEM
EAT RIGHT BECAUSE THE SUMMER
MEALS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE TO THE
CHILD, WHICH I THINK IS AMAZING
. UM AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF A
B 11 78 IS TO HAVE THIS PARENT
PARENTS THAT ARE CAREGIVERS THAT
COME AND WATCH THE KIDS EAT, SIT
WITH THEM BE ALSO ABLE TO EAT
LUNCH WITH THEIR CHILD. AH AND
THAT'S WHY I'M PRESENTING A B 11
78 TODAY. A B 11 78 SEEKS TO
COMBAT HOUSEHOLD HUNGER BY
PROVIDING PARENTS OR CAREGIVERS
ACCESS TO THE SUMMER MEAL
PROGRAM. DURING THE SUMMER
MONTHS, STUDENTS BECOME MORE
VULNERABLE TO HUNGER WHEN SCHOOL
IS NOT IN SESSION FREE
BREAKFAST. AND LUNCH ARE NOT
PROVIDED TO STUDENTS AND MANY,
MANY FAMILIES, UM, THAT ARE
BARELY MAKING IT OR LIVING
PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK RELY ON
THOSE MEALS. UM BUT SINCE
THEY'RE NOT OFFERED DURING THE
SUMMER UH, YOU KNOW THIS THAT
THAT'S WHY THIS PROGRAM IS SO
GREAT. AH THE USDA SUPPLEMENTS
MEALS FOR CHILDREN THROUGH THIS
SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM.
THIS IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM FOR
SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS BASED
INSTITUTIONS AND GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES TO HOST AND PROVIDE
FREE MEALS TO CHILDREN. AGES 18
AND UNDER THESE SUMMER MEAL
PROGRAMS ARE HELPFUL TO
FAMILIES. UM PARTICLE,
PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT ARE
FOOD, INSECURE. OR YOU KNOW,
HAVE A BUDGET TIGHT BUDGET AND
THEIR HOUSEHOLD BECAUSE THEY
SPEND MORE GROCERIES, UM FOR
THEIR FAMILY DURING THE SUMMER,
ACCORDING TO STUDIES FROM THE
INSTITUTE FOR POLICY AND
RESEARCH, ONE IN FOUR HOUSEHOLDS
WITH CHILDREN IN CALIFORNIA ARE
FOOD INSECURE. THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
ESTIMATES THAT OVER 269,000 K
THROUGH 12 STUDENTS EXPERIENCED
HOMELESSNESS IN 2019. IF THESE
STUDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS OR LIVING ON THE
BRINK OF HOMELESSNESS, IT'S
LIKELY THAT EVERYONE IN THEIR
HOUSEHOLD ARE FOOD, INSECURE AND
ALSO EXPERIENCING HUNGER.
CURRENTLY THE FEDERAL SUMMER OF
FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM MANDATES
THAT ONLY CHILDREN 18 AND
YOUNGER ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE
THE FREE REIMBURSABLE MEALS.
THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT ALLOW FOR
PARENTS OR CAREGIVERS TO RECEIVE
A MEAL A B 11 78 6 TO CREATE A
STATE FUNDED SUMMER MEAL PROGRAM
FOR PARENTS OR CAREGIVERS WHOSE
CHILDREN UTILIZE THE FEDERAL
SUMMER PROGRAM TO RECEIVE A
SUMMER MEAL JUST LIKE THEIR
CHILD DOES. TODAY I HAVE WITH ME
TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY. IT'S ALL
GUTIERREZ, SENIOR POLICY
ADVOCATE WITH THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF FOOD BANKS. GOOD
AFTERNOON. SORRY. I SCREWED UP
THERE. GO AHEAD. OH I GUESS IT'S
NOT MY END. I THINK. DOES THAT
WORK? GOOD AFTERNOON. OKAY.
PERFECT THANK YOU. MY NAME. IS
IT CELL? GUTIERREZ SENIOR POLICY
ADVOCATE AT THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF FOOD BANKS AS
ASSOCIATION. WE HAVE A NETWORK
OF 41 FOOD BANKS ACROSS
CALIFORNIA, LEADING THE
COLLECTIVE EFFORT TO END HUNGER.
UM CURRENT DATA SHOWS THAT
NEARLY 25.8% OF CHILDREN IN
CALIFORNIA FOOD INSECURE WITH
DEEP DISPARITIES FOR LATIN X AND
BLACK HOUSEHOLDS. UM CALIFORNIA
BECAME THE FIRST STATE TO
IMPLEMENT STATEWIDE UNIVERSAL
MEALS PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN. NOW
WE LOOK TO ADDRESSING HUNGER
DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, WHICH
NOT ONLY AFFECT CHILDREN, BUT
THE WHOLE FAMILY. THE SUMMER
MEAL PROGRAM FILLS THAT GAP, SO
CHILDREN HAVE MEALS WHILE
SCHOOL'S OUT. UM PRIOR TO
JOINING CFB, I WORKED AT THE
ROMAN EMPIRE FOOD BANK OVERSEEN
THE SUMMER MEAL PROGRAM AT 40
SITES ACROSS SONOMA COUNTY, ONE
OF THE HARDEST PARTS OF THE
PROGRAM WAS SERVING MEALS TO
CHILDREN, KNOWING THE PARENTS
WERE HUNGRY THEMSELVES TO ONE
SUMMER. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO
RECEIVE GRANT FUNDING TO PILOT
PROVIDING CAREGIVER MEALS, AND
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE HAD GREAT
SUCCESS. I WANT TO SHARE A STORY
FROM ONE OF THE TEENS THAT A
COMMUNITY GARDEN PARK SITE ON
THE FIRST DAY OF SERVICE, THE
LEAD VOLUNTEER HAD ASKED ALL THE
CHILDREN TO COME EAT. UM, SINCE
IT WAS LUNCHTIME, DANIEL, A
YOUNG TEEN, WORKED AT THE
COMMUNITY GARDEN AND SAID, I
WILL COME AND EAT WHEN MY DAD
CAN EAT AS WELL. DANIEL DID NOT
THINK IT WAS FAIR THAT HE COULD
EAT, BUT HIS FATHER COULD NOT.
ANOTHER STORY. UM OH, BUT
THANKFULLY, THEY WERE ABLE TO
EAT THAT FRIDAY WHEN THE PILOT
KICKED OFF AND THEY GOT TO SIT
TOGETHER. ANOTHER STORY IS ABOUT
MARINA GONZALES. ABUELITA DEL
HARDIN, WHO IS THE GRANDMOTHER
OF THE COMMUNITY GARDEN. ALL THE
KIDS CALL HER ABUELITA
GRANDMOTHER AND, UM, THE KIDS
WHO WALK ALONE FROM THE HOUSE
BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS ARE AT
WORK DURING LUNCHTIME LIKE TO
TALK TO ABUELITA IF THEY NEED
ANYTHING. THAT SUMMER. FOR THE
FIRST TIME, SHE WAS ABLE TO SIT
AND HAVE A MEAL WITH ALL HER
GRANDCHILDREN, THANKS TO THE
PILOT. UNFORTUNATELY THE
SUCCESSFUL PILOT CAME TO AN END
AND DEMONSTRATE THERE IS A NEED
TO SERVE MEALS TO CAREGIVERS. A
B 11 78 ENSURES THAT CAREGIVERS
CAN SIT DOWN AND HAVE A MEAL
WITH THEIR CHILDREN AT SUMMER
MEAL SITES DURING THE MOST
HUNGRIEST TIME OF THE YEAR. THE
BENEFITS OF CAREGIVERS AND
CHILDREN. EATING MEALS TOGETHER
IS WELL DOCUMENTED. IT
ENCOURAGES HEALTHY FOOD
CONSUMPTION, SUPPORTING BOND
BONDING AMONG FAMILIES OVER A
MEAL AND STUDIES SHOW THAT
CHILDREN WHO EAT WITH THEIR
PARENTS OR CAREGIVERS CONSUME
MORE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS. OKAY, ONE
WINNERS. YES THANK YOU, UM. ANY
PUBLIC COMMENTS AND SUPPORTED
THE BILL. PLEASE COME FORWARD TO
THE MICROPHONE. SEEING NONE. UM
ANY WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION TO
THE BILL. SAYING NONE ANY PUBLIC
COMMENTS AND OPPOSITION TO THE
BILL. SEEING NONE QUESTIONS FROM
THE COMMITTEE. MR MCCARTHY.
THANK YOU. I SUPPORT THIS BILL
LIKE TO MOVE THE BILL. HAS BEEN
MADE BY MR MCCARTHY, SECONDED BY
MS QUIRK-SILVA, AND JUST JUST TO
NOTE THAT, AS OUR AUTHOR SAID,
UM, HUNGERS YEAR ROUND, YOU
KNOW, WE DO HAVE UNIVERSAL
SCHOOL MEALS IN CALIFORNIA. AND
FRANKLY, IT WAS BECAUSE OF A
COUPLE OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING SOME
REMEMBER REVIS, WHO CHAMPION
THERE'S A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
SHARING YOUR STORY. BUT YOU MAKE
A GREAT POINT THAT YOU KNOW
HUNGER IS YEAR ROUND AND HAVING
IT NOT JUST IN OUR K 12 SCHOOL
SYSTEM YEAR ROUND BUT HAVING IT
THROUGH OUR SUMMER PROGRAMS AS
WELL, SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD. ALRIGHT ANY
FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
FROM THE COMMITTEE? SEEING NONE,
MISS RIVAS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR PRESENTING THIS IMPORTANT,
BILL. I, UH YOU KNOW, UH AND
ALSO WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF
YOUR YOUR EFFORTS. UH, TO, UH.
YOU KNOW, ADDRESS THAT
COMPELLING UH, PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE THAT YOU SHARED WHEN
YOU'RE RUNNING YOUR YOUR
NONPROFIT. UM I ALSO JUST WANTED
TO STAY. FOR THE RECORD. I DO
APPRECIATE YOU ACCEPTING THE
AMENDMENT. UM YOU KNOW, ONE OF
MY CONCERNS AS POLICYMAKERS HERE
, AND I DON'T WANT TO INFRINGE
ON MR MCCARTHY'S JURISDICTION AS
THE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIR,
BUT UM, YOU KNOW, I UH OH, WHILE
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
CONTINUE THE EFFORT AND THE
DIRECTION TOWARD, UH, COMMUNITY
SCHOOLS TO SUPPORT, NOT JUST,
YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE CHILDREN'S
NEEDS BUT A BIT, BUT THEY'RE
THEY'RE THEY'RE GUARDIANS. IN
THIS CASE. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE'RE NOT SETTING A
PRECEDENT FOR PROPOSITION 98
FUNDS, UH TO, UH UM GO ABOVE AND
BEYOND. UM PROGRAMS THAT, UH ARE
. SPECIFICALLY TARGETING THE
EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE CHILD.
YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY I
CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT. A
CHILD CANNOT LEARN WHEN THEY'RE
HUNGRY. UM AND AT THE SAME TIME
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
DON'T HAVE THAT. HEART TUGGING
SITUATION OF THE CHILD REFUSING
A MEAL UNTIL THERE. DADDY OR
MOMMY OR THEIR GUARDIAN AND CAN
EAT ALSO, AND SO I THINK THIS IS
A GREAT BILL AND PROUD TO
SUPPORT IT. UM, MOTION HAS BEEN
MADE. AH AND SECONDED. AND SO,
MADAM SECRETARY. OH, LET ME MISS
REVIS. DO YOU HAVE TO THANK YOU
AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY
VOTE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MADAM
SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ITEM 15. MAYBE 11 78. THE MOTION
IS DUE PASSES AMENDED TO
APPROPRIATIONS MURATSUCHI DIÆN
DOLLY! SALLY NOT VOTING ONE
CAREER VÚI HOOVER. LEE. MCCARTY.
MCCARTHY. I QUIRK-SILVA
QUIRK-SILVA. AYE. OKAY FOUR
VOTES. THE BILL IS OUT. THANK
YOU. THIS IS, UH IT PASSES
AMENDED TO APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. NEXT DON'T
WE HAVE A SIGN IN MR TING? BUT I
DON'T SEE MR TING IN THE
AUDIENCE. AND SO THE NEXT SIGN
AN AUTHOR WE HAVE IS MR HOLDEN.
THIS IS FILE ITEM NUMBER ONE A.
B 249.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR AND
COMMITTEE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT TODAY ASSEMBLY BILL 249.
I'D LIKE TO FIRST MENTION THAT I
AM ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE'S
RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS. AND I'D
LIKE TO THANK THE CHAIR AND
STAFF ARE WORKING WITH OUR OUR
STAFF ON THIS. ON THESE CHANGES
THAT WE COME TO AGREEMENT ON. SO
THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT IS A
DANGEROUS TOXIN, AND THERE IS NO
SAFE AMOUNT OF LEAD IN A CHILD'S
DRINKING WATER. EVEN LOW LEVELS
OF EXPOSURE CAN CAUSE LEARNING
AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS FOR
CHILDREN AND DAMAGED THEIR
ORGANS AND NERVOUS SYSTEM.
ACCORDING TO THE U. S
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
AS MUCH AS 20% OF THE LEAD. A
CHILD TAKES INCOMES FROM THEIR
DRINKING WATER. IN 2018. I
AUTHORED A BILL THAT TEST THE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
AND CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE
WATER BOARD. WITH DEVELOPING
REGULATIONS FOR THE REGULAR
TESTING OF LEAD IN THE DRINKING
WATER OF CHILD DAYCARE CENTERS
THROUGH THOSE REGULATIONS. THE
LEAD TESTING STANDARD FOR CARE
OF SINNERS IS SET AT FIVE PARTS
PER BILLION. MAYBE 249 BUILDS ON
THAT IMPORTANT WORK BY REQUIRING
SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY WATER
SYSTEMS TO COLLABORATE ON
COMPREHENSIVE SAMPLING PLAN TO
TEST FOR LEAD AND DRINKING WATER
AND FOOD PREPARATION OUTLETS
USING A FIVE PARTS PER BILLION
THRESHOLD. A STANDARD USED IN
MANY OTHER STATES, INCLUDING
MARYLAND, MONTANA AND
WASHINGTON. FAUCETS AND OUTLETS
THAT TEST HIGHER THAN THE LEAD
THRESHOLD ARE REQUIRED TO BE
SHUT DOWN AND EITHER REPLACED OR
PROPERLY FILTERED. BECAUSE
TRANSPARENCY IS AN IMPORTANT
PART OF THIS PROCESS. SCHOOLS
MUST NOTIFY PARENTS IF OUTLETS
AT THEIR CHILD'S SCHOOLS TEST
ABOVE THE LEAD THRESHOLD, AND
THE STATE WATER BOARD IS
REQUIRED TO MAKE ALL THAT
TESTING RESULTS PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE BY POSTING THEM ON ITS
WEBSITE. FROM THE LEAD AND WATER
DATA CURRENTLY AVAILABLE THROUGH
THE LIMITED TESTING CONDUCTED TO
COMPLY WITH A B 746. WE KNOW
THAT NEARLY ONE IN FIVE
CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS HAVE WATER
OUTLETS THAT ARE ADMITTING LEAD
AMOUNTS HIGHER THAN THE FIVE
PARTS PER BILLION UNFORTUNATELY
THAT TESTING AROUND ONLY
REQUIRED TESTING OF 1 TO 5 WATER
OUTLETS AT EACH SCHOOL. WHAT'S
WORSE, SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS
WERE ABLE TO KEEP THEIR LEAD.
LECH NG LEACHING FAUCETS
OPERATIONAL BY FLUSHING, A
TECHNIQUE WHEREBY A FOSTER IS
LEFT TO RUN FOR 30 SECONDS AND
THEN RESTARTED OR RETESTED.
MAYBE I'M SORRY. MAYBE A 2020
STUDY. BY THE CENTER FOR DISEASE
CONTROL ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
A B 746 ESTIMATED THAT AN ACTION
LEVEL OF FIVE PARTS PER BILLION
WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A NINE
FOLD INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF
SCHOOLS REQUIRED TO REMEDIATE
THEIR DRINKING WATER. FROM THE
DATA WE HAVE. WE KNOW THERE ARE
MANY FAUCETS LEACHING LEAD AT
SCHOOLS OUR CHILDREN ATTENDING,
AND MANY OF THESE SCHOOLS ARE
CONCENTRATED AND LOW INCOME
AREAS PREDOMINANTLY ATTENDED BY
STUDENTS OF COLOR. AS I'M SURE
YOU ALL AGREE OUR STUDENTS
ACCESS TO SAFE WATER SHOULDN'T
DEPEND ON INCOME LEVEL OR SKIN
COLOR. TESTIFIED IN SUPPORT OF A
B 249 IS DR TEHRANI FROM THE
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
AND THE DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN NOW
KELLY HARD. KELLY HARDY. WILL
ALSO BE, UM, GIVING TESTIMONY. I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
IPHONE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR
CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS. I'M
NORLAND WITH CHILDREN NOW.
STATEWIDE POLICY RESEARCH AND
ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION. WE ARE
PROUD TO CO SPONSOR A B 249,
ALONG WITH ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING
GROUP AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S HOLDEN. THE
BILL IMPLEMENTS A COMPREHENSIVE
WATER TESTING AND LEAD
REMEDIATION APPROACH BUILDING ON
MR HOLDEN'S A B 23 70 AND A B
746 BY MS GONZALEZ IN 2017. IN
ADDITION TO BEING A CHILDREN'S
HEALTH ISSUE, THIS IS AN
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUE. A
U. S. C P ANALYSIS FOUND THAT
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LOW
INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS ARE AT
DISPROPORTIONATE RISK OF LEAD
EXPOSURE AND DRINKING WATER.
LEAD POISONING SCREENING RATES
FOR CHILDREN AND MEDICAL OR LOW.
61% OF KIDS WITH MEDICAL WERE
SCREENED FOR LEAD BY THEIR
SECOND BIRTHDAY. WITH ONLY 45%
OF BLACK KIDS BEING SCREENED.
THIS MEANS TOO MANY KIDS MAYBE
FALLING THROUGH PREVENTION
SAFETY NET. MANY OF CALIFORNIA
STUDENTS OF COLOR ARE ALSO IN
DISPROPORTIONATELY OLDER, MORE
FINANCIALLY INSECURE SCHOOLS.
EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
ARE ALSO AT RISK. LEAD EXPOSURE
IN ADULTS IS LINKED WITH AN
INCREASE IN MORTALITY OF 37% FOR
ALL CASES, 70% FOR
CARDIOVASCULAR AND 108% FOR
HEART DISEASE. WE KNOW THAT ONE
SIZE FITS ALL DOESN'T WORK FOR
OUR SCHOOLS. THE FLEXIBLE
REMEDIATION APPROACH ALLOWS FOR
BOTH FAUCET REPLACEMENT AND OR
FILTER INSTALLATION BASED ON THE
SCHOOL'S NEEDS AND CAPACITY.
DATA FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES FROM A B 23 70
INDICATES THAT IN 95% OF CASES
REPLACING THE FAUCET ITSELF FOR
MEDIATES LEAD EXCEED INCE'S TO
BELOW FIVE PARTS PER BILLION.
THIS MEANS THE BILL IS NOT
REQUIRING SCHOOLS TO RIP UP
THEIR WALLS TO FIX LED ISSUES.
THE PROBLEMS CAN EITHER BE FIXED
AT THE FAUCET OR WITH A FILTER.
WE HAVE BEEN AND ARE CONTINUING
TO MEET WITH STATE AND FEDERAL,
EPA, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH
STAKEHOLDERS. THIS BILL
LEVERAGES FEDERAL FUNDING FROM
THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE
LAW. TO ENSURE THE FINANCIAL
BURDEN DOES NOT FALL ON SCHOOL.
THIS TESTING AND REMEDIATION
NEEDS TO START AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE. OUR KIDS IN SCHOOL
STAFF CAN'T WAIT ON BEHALF OF
CALIFORNIA'S KIDS AND FAMILIES.
I ASK YOU TO SUPPORT A B 249.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY
NAME IS TAMER DURRANI I'M AN
ASSOCIATE CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF
MEDICINE AT UCSF. I'M A MEDICAL
TOXICOLOGIST. SO THAT MEANS I
SPECIALIZE IN THE PREVENTION AND
TREATMENT OF PEOPLE WITH
POISONING. ALSO WORKED FOR THE
WESTERN STATES PEDIATRIC
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALTY
UNIT. WE PROVIDE CLINICAL AND
PUBLIC HEALTH VALUATIONS FOR
CHILDREN AND PREGNANCY AND
COMMUNITIES WITH SUSPECTED
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS OR
CONCERNS. A SOURCE OF MEDICAL
INFORMATION AND ADVICE ON
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS THAT
INFLUENCE THE HEALTH OF
CHILDREN. SO IN OUR WORK, WE SEE
THE EFFECTS OF LEAD ON THE
PEDIATRIC POPULATION. AS YOU'VE
HEARD LEAD EXPOSURE HAS BEEN
SHOWN TO NEGATIVELY AFFECT
CHILDREN'S HEALTH AT ANY LEVEL
OF EXPOSURE IT CAN. IT'S A
POISON TO THE BRAIN, AND IT CAN
MAKE IT HARD FOR CHILDREN TO
LEARN. PAY ATTENTION AND BEHAVE.
ALL SOURCES OF LEAD ACCUMULATE
AND CONTRIBUTE TO THESE NEGATIVE
EFFECTS, SUCH AS IN LEAD IN
DRINKING WATER. EVALUATING AND
REMOVING SOURCES OF LEAD FOR
CHILDREN, EVEN IF IT'S JUST ONE
SUCH AS IN DRINKING WATER
REMOVES THE ADDITIVE EFFECT OF
LEAD. WELL IT'S TRUE THAT WE CAN
TREAT CHILDREN WITH MEDICATION
PREVENTION AND AVOIDANCE OF LEAD
EXPOSURE IS MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE
. I WANT TO LEND MY SUPPORT TO
PREVENTING AND ELIMINATING LEAD
EXPOSURE FOR ALL KIDS. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS
IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL, PLEASE
COME FORWARD. CAN NAME
AFFILIATION AND POSITION ON THE
BILL. GOOD AFTERNOON, LINDA WAY
WITH WESTERN CENTER ON LAW AND
POVERTY IN SUPPORT. GOOD
AFTERNOON, CASSIE MANCINI ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL
EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION AND
SUPPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON. SAMINA.
HARD POLITICAL SOLUTIONS WOULD
LIKE TO RECORD SUPPORT ON BEHALF
OF TWO CLIENTS THAT CALIFORNIA
DENTAL ASSOCIATION AND THE
CHILDREN'S SPECIALTY CARE
COALITION, THANK YOU. QUENTIN
LEVEQUE ON BEHALF OF CALIFORNIA
HEALTH, COALITION ADVOCACY AND
SUPPORT. THEY'RE ON A GONNA FOR
WITH CALIFORNIA BLACK NETWORK
AND SUPPORT. MICHAELA ELDER ON
BEHALF OF BREAST CANCER
PREVENTION, PARTNERS AND
SUPPORT. THANK YOU. NICOLE WARD
WOMAN ON BEHALF OF THE
CHILDREN'S PARTNERSHIP AND
SUPPORT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND
I'M SORRY, MRS LITTLE SUSAN
LITTLE WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL
WORKING GROUP, ONE OF THE CO
SPONSORS OF THE BILL, AND IT
ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS THE SUPPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATION OF NURSES FOR
HEALTHY ENVIRONMENTS, FAMILIES
ADVOCATING FOR CHEMICALS AND
TOXIC SAFETY AND THE FRIENDS
COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION. THANK
YOU. ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS
IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL. ANY
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION TO THE
BILL. PLEASE COME FORWARD.
THANK YOU. CHAIR AND MEMBERS
CINDY TUCK WITH THE ASSOCIATION
OF CALIFORNIA WATER AGENCIES. WE
REPRESENT PUBLIC WATER AGENCIES
. THEY ARE ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
ACROSS CALIFORNIA. ARE CONCERNED
TO GETTING RIGHT TO IT. OUR
CONCERN IS THAT AS WE SPEAK, THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING
ON REWRITING THE CURRENT LEAD IN
CORPORATE RULE. THEY'RE MAKING
IT MORE STRINGENT, AND THEY HAVE
SAID VERY RECENTLY AT A VERY
HIGH LEVEL, THEY WILL FINISH
THAT BY FALL OF NEXT YEAR. THE
SO THE WAY THIS BILL IS WRITTEN
THE COMPLIANCE PERIOD WITH THIS
NEW STATE LAW WOULD OVERLAP WITH
THE COMPLIANCE PERIOD OF THE NEW
FEDERAL RULE, AND OUR CONCERN IS
THAT WE WOULD IMPLEMENT WE WOULD
END UP WITH SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC
AGENCIES. WATER AGENCIES
IMPLEMENTING TWO DIFFERENT
PROGRAMS FOR TESTING. AT THE
SAME TIME. WE DON'T THINK THAT
MAKES SENSE A NEW TESTING NEW
IMPROVED TESTING PROGRAM. YOU
KNOW, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED
. BUT WE DON'T THINK TWO
PROGRAMS AT THE SAME TIME MAKES
SENSE. SO ON THE CURRENT VERSION
OF THE BILL, WE RECOMMEND A NO
VOTE AND APPRECIATE THE TIME
TODAY. THANK YOU. MR CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS IAN PADILLA. EXCUSE ME
WITH THE COALITION FOR ADEQUATE
SCHOOL HOUSING AND ALSO THE
COUNTY SCHOOL FACILITIES.
CONSORTIA UH, NEITHER OF OUR
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE TAKEN A
FORMAL POSITIONS. SO FAR. WE'RE
CONCERNED. WE HAVE TALKED TO THE
AUTHOR'S OFFICE AS MELLOW AS
WELL AS MET WITH THE SPONSORS
BEFORE THE FIRST COMMITTEES AND
EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS. AND ALSO I
SAID, ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING
. AND, YES, TÌM LAST WEEK AND
JUST QUICKLY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY
. WE KNOW THE RESEARCH IS
POWERFUL SINCE A B 7 46. IT'S
WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM
WITH THAT. YOU KIND OF KNOW WHAT
WERE SOME OF OUR CONCERNS ARE
GOING TO BE. WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THERE'S A YOU KNOW
IT'S THERE'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT
FUNDING IMPACT FOR SCHOOLS. AND
ALSO UH, THAT IT IT DOESN'T
AFFECT PLANNING AND SO ON, UH,
TO ADVERSELY, SO WE WILL
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE WITH
THE AUTHOR OF THE SPONSORS GOING
FORWARD, YOU KNOW WE BUT WE DO
HAVE CONCERNS AND I DO
APPRECIATE THE SPONSOR
RECOGNIZING SOMETHING THAT WE
TOLD THEM ARE ONE OF OUR PRIMARY
CONCERNS IS THAT IF, UH,
REPLACING THE FOUNTAINS OR THE
FAUCETS HAPPENS NOT TO FIX THE
FIVE PARTS PER BILLION AH, TEST
THAT WOULD REQUIRE MAJOR, UH,
PLUMBING SYSTEM UPGRADES. AND SO
I WON'T PLAY THE VIOLIN TOO
MUCH, BUT OF COURSE, THAT'S THE
WHERE WE WOULD BE VERY, UH,
CONCERNS SO I'VE SEEN THE
RESEARCH TÚI. I'M GOING TO
CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT. BUT I
KNOW SOME OF OUR MEMBERS THE
FOLKS OF THE SCHOOL FACILITIES.
FOLKS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
AND FINALLY, UH, WE RECOGNIZE,
UH, THIS THE TESTIMONY AND THE
CONCERN WITH THE FEDERAL PIECE.
WE'RE JUST KIND OF FOCUSING ON
THESE OTHER PIECES AND SEEING
HOW THAT PLAYS OUT. BUT OF
COURSE, WE WOULD BE CONCERNED
ABOUT THAT AS WELL. SO THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS
AND OPPOSITION TO THE SPELL?
PLEASE COME FORWARD. AGAIN NAME
AFFILIATION POSITION. GOOD
AFTERNOON. ANDREA ABORIGINAL
WITH THE CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL
UTILITIES ASSOCIATION IN
OPPOSITION. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR
CHAIR MEMBERS, ERIN AVERY WITH
THE CALIFORNIA SPECIAL DISTRICTS
ASSOCIATION, RESPECTFULLY
OPPOSED, BUT THANK THE AUTHOR
FOR CONTINUING PRODUCTIVE
DIALOGUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS AND
OPPOSITION TO THE BILL. SEEING
DONE, UM, BEFORE I OPENED UP TO
THE COMMITTEE WANT TO GIVE MR
HOLDEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO
RESPOND, PERHAPS IF YOU CAN
RESPOND TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS
RAISED BY THE OPPOSITION WITHOUT
A DOUBT. I'M GONNA HAVE SUSAN
LITTLE TAKE A STAB AT IT, AND
THEN WE'LL ADD TO IT. SURE YES,
I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE
QUESTION THAT THE CONCERN THAT
THIS IS GOING TO CREATE AN
OVERLAPPING PROGRAM REMEMBER,
THIS SPILL REQUIRES ONE TIME
TESTING BY 2027. THE LEAD AND
COPPER RULE IMPROVEMENTS AS WE
UNDERSTAND. THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS IN THE PROCESS
OF DEVELOPING NEW A NEW RULE.
NEW UM AND WILL BE WILL POSSIBLY
BE DOING SOMETHING ON LEAD AND
CHILD CARE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT
THAT WILL BE. BUT THAT RULE WILL
BE WILL BE FIRST PRESENTED IN
DRAFT FORM SOMETIME THIS YEAR.
THEN THEY HAVE TO STILL FINALIZE
IT AFTER COMMENTS ARE RECEIVED,
AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE YET
ANOTHER TWO OPPORTUNITY FOR
FOLKS TO COMPLY TO IMPLEMENT IT,
RIGHT. SO WE COULD BE 2 TO 3
YEARS OUT FROM AN ACTUAL
IMPLEMENTATION DATE AT WHICH
POINT THE STATE CAN'T ENFORCE
THE RULE UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY
PROMULGATE RAGS. AND IT'S OUR
UNDERSTANDING. NOW IT'S TAKING
THE WATER BOARD ABOUT ABOUT FOUR
YEARS OR POTENTIALLY LONGER TO
ACTUALLY PROMULGATE REGS FROM
START TO FINISH. SO BY THE TIME
CALIFORNIA IMPLEMENTS THE NEW
LEAD AND COPPER RULE IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM FOR LEAD IN SCHOOLS, WE
COULD BE LOOKING AT 2028 2029 AS
A START DATE, ASSUMING THAT
EVERYTHING FOLLOWS AS PLANNED.
SO THAT'S WHY WE DON'T THIS
BEING A ONE TIME TESTING
REQUIREMENT JUST GIVES US A JUMP
START. TAKE CARE OF IMMEDIATE
PROBLEMS AND THEN LOOK FORWARD
TO OUR LONGER TERM TESTING
PROGRAM. THANK YOU. BUT WHAT
ABOUT THE CONCERN ABOUT YOU KNOW
IF THEY FILTERS DON'T WORK THAT
IT MIGHT MEAN MAJOR PLUMBING
EXPENSES. IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING
THAT IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF
CASES LIKE 95% OF THE CASES
REPLACING THE FAUCET IS
SUFFICIENT, AND THERE ARE WHOLE
SCHOOL FILTRATION SYSTEMS THAT
CAN BE PURCHASED THAT WILL NOT
RESULT IN THE KINDS OF EXTREME
CONSTRUCTION CONCERNS THAT
PEOPLE HAVE RAISED. WE'RE
HOPEFUL THAT IN THE VAST
MAJORITY OF CASES THOSE WOULD BE
SUFFICIENT. THANK YOU. YES. I
JUST LIKE TO MAKE ONE COMMENT ON
THE TIMING IF THE FEDS GIVE A
COMPLIANCE DEADLINE, WE HAVE TO
MEET THAT. PERIOD. SO WITH THE
FEDS GIVING A COMPLIANCE
DEADLINE. YOU'RE SAYING THAT
THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY ADDRESS
THE DELAYS IN THE STATES OF
STATE REGULATIONS. WE EXPECT THE
COMPLIANCE PERIODS OVERLAP. AND
SO THEREFORE YEAR. CALLING FOR
ONE STANDARD, NOT OVERLAPPING
AND POTENTIALLY CONTRADICTORY
STANDARDS. SO I APPRECIATE THAT
YOU RAISE THAT WHAT WE SUGGESTED
IN OUR AMENDMENTS IS THAT WE
GIVE THE FEDS THE TIME TO ENACT
THEIR RULES FINAL RULE BY ALL OF
NEXT YEAR AND THEN REQUIRE THE
STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL
BOARD. TO REVIEW THAT RULE
REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO THE
LEGISLATURE ON OUR FURTHER
CHANGES NEEDED FOR THE
CALIFORNIA TESTING FOR LEAD AND
THEN SO WE COULD END UP WITH ONE
PROGRAM INSTEAD OF TWO. THANK
YOU. I KNOW THAT THIS BILL WAS
HEARD PREVIOUSLY IN THE
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND TOXIC
MATERIALS COMMITTEE. WE HAVE THE
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, MR LEE.
YEAH I JUST WANT TO, OF COURSE.
THANK THE AUTHOR AGAIN FOR
ADVANCING THIS BILL. WE SAW THIS
BILL IN THE STM AND THAT SAILED
OUT OF OUR COMMITTEE PRETTY
SMOOTHLY. UH YOU KNOW, JUST TO
COMMENT ON THE PART WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT THE LEAD
CONTAMINATION IS THAT YOU KNOW,
OF COURSE, THERE IS NO LEVEL OF
CONTAMINATION OF LEAD THAT IS
SAFE FOR DYLAN. NO LEVEL
WHATSOEVER, SO SPEEDY ACTION ON
THIS IS REALLY GOING TO SAVE THE
LIVES OF CHILDREN, ADULTS,
EVERYONE THAT'S IN THE SYSTEM.
AND I THINK THE AUTHOR HAS TAKEN
A REALLY REASONABLE AMENDMENTS
ON IS RELATED TO SCHOOLS IS THAT
IT'S ABOUT SCHOOL BUILDINGS
THEMSELVES, AND MOST OF THE
OWNERS, OF COURSE, IS ON THE
WATER AGENCIES WHO ARE THE
PURVEYORS OF WATER, SO I THINK
IT'S VERY REASONABLE. THAT SENSE
AND YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, WE
TALKED ABOUT THE UNCERTAINTY OF
THE VIÆT ADMINISTRATION. REGS
RIGHT NOW IS AND THE THING WE
KIND OF COMMENT IN THE STM IS
THAT YOU KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING
LIVE AND CALIFORNIA BEING THE
LARGEST STATE IN THE UNION RIGHT
NOW DOES HAVE SOME INFLUENCE
OVER HOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
IF WE DO THINK CERTAIN THINGS
THAT CAN INFLUENCE HOW THEY
SHAPE THE PROCESS, AND, YOU
KNOW, COMMENT FROM MY
PERSPECTIVE IS YOU KNOW I SURE
THE TIMELINES COULD BE A LITTLE
COMPLICATED, BUT REALLY, FROM A
STANDARDS POINT OF VIEW IS
REALLY ONLY COMPLICATES IF
SOMEHOW THE FEDS GO MORE
AGGRESSIVE AS IN THE LOWER THAN
FIVE PARTS PER MILLION THEY, YOU
KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF PUSHING THE
BOUNDS ALREADY. WITH FIVE PARTS
PER MILLION. THEY WERE BILLIONS
SORRY THAT THEY MIGHT ACTUALLY
GO HIGHER THAN US. SO IT WOULD
REALLY ONLY BE IN AN ARV. YOU
KIND OF A CASE OF A PROBLEM IF
THEY WENT EVEN LOWER AND SAID
THAT YOU SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY
ZERO OR EVEN LESS THAN THAT. SO
REALLY, I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING
THE STATE HERE CAN GET AHEAD OF
THE FED'S AND MAYBE WE CAN
SATISFY. HOPEFULLY WE CAN
SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
FUTURE. BUT ALL THAT IS KIND OF
A LIVE CONVERSATION. WOW. WE
HAVE SCHOOL SITES AND STUDENTS
WHO COULD BE POSSIBLY SUFFERING
FROM LEAD CONTAMINATION RIGHT
NOW. AND I THINK REALLY, IT'S A
VERY REASONABLE SCOPE OF THE
BILL AND WITHIN THE LARGER
CONTEXT OF REGULATION AND TOXINS
RIGHT NOW. I THINK IT'S A VERY
REASONABLE THE WAY IT'S
CONSTRUCTED RIGHT NOW. SO I JUST
WANTED TO ECHO THAT. AND JUST
SAY THAT YOU STILL SUPPORT THE
BILL. THANK YOU ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE? ALL
RIGHT, UM WELL, MR HOLDEN. I,
UM, WANTED TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS
BEFORE I GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY
. CLOSE UM, THAT, UH, YOUR FIRST
OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
YOUR ONGOING LEADERSHIP TO
PROTECT CHILDREN FROM LEAD
POISONING AS MR LI, UH, REMINDED
US AND I WANT TO REINFORCE THEIR
THERE IS NO SAFE LEVEL OF LEAD
CONSUMPTION, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR
CHILDREN. UM AND WHILE I DO
ACKNOWLEDGE CONCERNS RELATED TO
THE, UM. THE YOU KNOW THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE
PROCESS OF DEVELOPING STANDARDS
. I GO BACK TO WHAT MR LEE SAID.
WE, UM DO NOT WANT TO DELAY IN
TERMS OF PROTECTING OUR
CHILDREN. UM IN TERMS OF THE
COST ISSUE THAT THAT, UH CASH.
UH PROBABLY NAMED, UH. IS UH,
HAS HAS RAISED THANK YOU FOR
ACCEPTING THE AMENDMENT THAT
THAT PROVIDES, UH, OPTIONS FOR
SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO BE ABLE TO,
UH, SHUT DOWN ANY SOURCES OF
LEAD FOR OUR CHILDREN AND TO
PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF
POTABLE DRINKING WATER. UM SO
HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE BILL. I
WANT TO GIVE YOU THE LAST WORD.
I CAN'T ADD ANYTHING ELSE. TO
WHAT THE TWO CHAIRS HAVE ALREADY
ARTICULATED. I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR YOUR VOTE. THANK YOU. MOTION
HAS BEEN MADE. MR LEE, SECOND
ONE, MR MCCARTHY. ROLL CALL,
PLEASE. SO ITEM ONE A B 2 49.
THE MOTION IS DUE PASSES AMENDED
TO APPROPRIATIONS SOUCI DIÆN
DOLLY! DOLLY NOT VOTING. JUAN
CARILLO VÚI. HOOVER. LEE. LEE. I
MCCARTY MCCARTHY. I QUIRK-SILVA
. OR VOTES. THE BILL IS OUT.
THANK YOU. UM NEXT, WE HAVE MR
TING FILE ITEM EIGHT A B 579.
THANK YOU FIRST. LET ME JUST
THINK THAT CHAIR AND THE
COMMITTEE STAFF ARE WORKING ON
THE WORKING WITH ME ON THIS BILL
. REALLY VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE
IT. UH A B 579 CARDS AT ALL. NEW
SCHOOL BUS PURCHASES B ZERO
EMISSIONS AFTER 2035 EXTENDS
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND
LEASING CONTRACTS FOR ZERO
EMISSIONS SCHOOL BUSSES. THIS IS
A BILL THAT I BROUGHT FORWARD
LAST YEAR, SO PROUD TO BE ABLE
TO BRING IT BACK AGAIN. THE 2035
TARGET IS ACHIEVABLE TO REQUIRE
SCHOOLS TO BEGIN PURCHASING Z
BUSSES. MORE THAN 200 SCHOOL
DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE ARE
ALREADY OPERATING ZERO MISSION
SCHOOL BUSSES IN THEIR FLEETS
THERE UPWARDS OF 560 0 MEASURES
SCHOOL BUSSES ALREADY ON THE
ROAD AND 327 OF THE SERVING
STUDENTS IN THE STATES MOST
POLLUTION BURDEN COMMUNITY, THE
ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR THIS
LEGISLATION IS BECAUSE QUITE
OFTEN THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF
POLLUTION EXPOSURE FOUR STUDENTS
IS THEIR TIME ON A SCHOOL BUS.
OTHER STATES ALREADY OUTPACING
CALIFORNIA'S LEADERSHIP ON ZERO
EMISSION BUSSES, NEW YORK IS
REQUIRING THE NEW SCHOOL BUS
PURCHASES B ZERO MISSION BY 2027
ALL SCHOOL BUSSES IN OPERATION
TO BE ELECTRIC BY 2035. I
UNDERSTAND THERE'S A NUMBER OF
CONCERNS FOR RURAL DISTRICTS
THAT 2035 MAY CAUSE SOME
CONCERN. THAT'S WHY LAST YEAR I
ACCEPTED AMENDMENTS. TO
ESTABLISH A ONE TIME FIVE YEAR
EXTENSION FOR ALL SCHOOL
DISTRICTS THAT ARE UNABLE TO
OBTAIN A ZERO EMISSION SCHOOL
BUS CAPABLE OF MEETING TERRAIN
AND ROUTE CONSTRAINTS. I'M ALSO
COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THE
COMMITTEE AND THE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS TO ADDRESS THEIR
CONCERNS WITH THE 2035 DATE IN
THE CURRENT EXTENSION, PROVIDED
THEM. I'M PROUD TO HAVE TWO
WITNESSES. ONE ORVILLE THOMAS OF
CAL START AND DERBY PADDING GILL
ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA P T.
A. THANK YOU. NUMBER 10
AFTERNOON, MR CHAIRMAN, THE
AFTERNOON COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
ORVILLE THOMAS, STATE POLICY
DIRECTOR OF CAL START CAL START
IS PROUD TO BE A CO SPONSOR OF
85 79, WHICH WOULD SET THE ZERO
MISSION PURCHASING GOAL AND
STATUTE. THE CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATURE AND THE STATE'S
REGULATORY AGENCIES HAVE LONG
PRIORITIZED THE NEED TO
TRANSITION SCHOOL BUSSES TO ZERO
MISSIONS, THE CURRENT MULTI
YEARS OF BUDGET PLAN. ALLOWS FOR
THE CALIFORNIA RESOURCES BOARD
AND THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY
COMMISSION TO DIRECT OVER $2
BILLION IN INVESTMENTS TOWARDS
ZERO EMISSIONS. SCHOOL BUS
PROCUREMENT. AND THE
INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO CHARGE
THEM. RECENT LEGISLATION PASSED
BY CONGRESS, THE BIPARTISAN
INFRASTRUCTURE LAW. AH FINALLY
PROVIDES A FEDERAL PARTNER TO
CALIFORNIA IN FUNDING A
TRANSITION OF ZERO EMISSION
SCHOOL BUSSES. THE CLEAN SCHOOL
BUS PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE
U. S E P A, WILL PROVIDE UP TO
$5 BILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE
YEARS. 40 MISSION SCHOOL BUS
PURCHASES NATIONWIDE, AND
FEDERAL STATE FUNDING ARE
SPURRING THE ADVANCEMENTS IN
ELECTRIC SCHOOL, BUS DESIGN,
TECHNOLOGY AND DELIVERY. SCHOOL
BUS COMPANIES ARE MANUFACTURING
TYPE, A TYPE D AND THE
TRADITIONAL TYPE C SCHOOL BUS TO
BE ZERO EMISSION AND RUN ON
BATTERY ELECTRIC PLATFORMS.
THESE BUSSES HAVE BEEN ORDERED
IN ALMOST EVERY STATE. AND HAVE
HANDLED INCLEMENT WEATHER
CONDITIONS RANGING FROM THE
DESERTS OF CALIFORNIA AND THE
SUMMER TEMPERATURES TO THE SNOWY
WINTERS OF ALASKA. AND WHILE
ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSSES HAVE BEEN
ORDERED TO GO AS FAR AS 250
MILES BEFORE NEEDING A RECHARGE
THAT IS WELL BEYOND THE
TRADITIONAL DUTY CYCLE OF A
TRADITIONAL SCHOOL BUS OVER 90%
OF SCHOOL BUS ROUTES IN THE
COUNTRY. AROUND 100 MILES A DAY
OR LESS, THE MILEAGE THAT IS
EASILY COVERED BY CURRENT
ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSSES. AND YOU
KNOW, MISS DOLLY. I KNOW THERE
ARE A LOT OF SCHOOL BUSSES THAT
ARE STARTING TO OPERATE IN RURAL
CALIFORNIA. ESPECIALLY IN YOUR
DISTRICT. I KNOW BECAUSE WE'VE
RECENTLY CELEBRATED SOME OF THEM
BEING DELIVERED. 85 79 WOULD
ACCELERATE THE TRANSITION TO
ZERO MISSION WHILE ALSO LEAVING
SCHOOLS WITH MORE THAN A DECADE
OF LEEWAY. TO PLAN THE FINANCING
OF VEHICLES AND THE
INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY. AND
WHILE THE BILL SETS A 2035 GOAL
, IT ALSO ALLOWS THE ONE TIME
FIVE YEAR HARDSHIP EXTENSION IF
THERE ARE EXTENUATING
CIRCUMSTANCES FOR THOSE REASONS
, LISTED. WE HOPE TO GET YOUR
SUPPORT AVAILABLE FOR ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. GOOD
AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DERBY.
PATTON GILL AND I'M A VOLUNTEER
AND VICE PRESIDENT FOR HEALTH
AND COMMUNITY CONCERNS WITH THE
CALIFORNIA STATE PARENT TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING OVER
550,000 MEMBERS STATEWIDE. FOR
OVER 125 YEARS, THE PARENT
TEACHER ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN
DEFENDING THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN
SINCE OUR EARLIEST YEARS WHEN WE
WERE ADVOCATING FOR CHILD LABOR
LAWS AND HOT SCHOOL LUNCHES. 50
YEARS AGO, OUR MEMBERSHIP
RECOGNIZED THE DANGER OF THE AIR
POLLUTION POSED TO OUR CHILDREN
AND DIRECTED THE PITA TO WORK TO
LIMIT. OUR CHILDREN'S EXPOSURE
TO AND MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF
THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF BREATHING
POLLUTED AIR. MORE RECENTLY, WE
HAVE TAKEN POSITIONS ON CLIMATE
CHANGE IS A MAJOR THREAT TO THE
HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF OUR
CHILDREN. DIESEL SCHOOL BUSSES
EXPOSE OUR CHILDREN TO TOXIC AIR
POLLUTANTS. THE E P. A WORLD
RESOURCES INSTITUTE AND THE
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
KNOW THAT DIESEL EXHAUST FROM
SCHOOL BUSSES IS A CARCINOGEN
THAT IS LINKED TO REDUCED LUNG
DEVELOPMENT AND CHILDREN,
RESPIRATORY DISEASES AND
NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON COGNITION.
AFFECTING STUDENTS ABILITIES TO
SUCCEED IN THE CLASSROOM.
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT ASTHMA
IS THE MOST COMMON CHILDHOOD
HEALTH CONDITION. NEARLY 1.5
MILLION CHILDREN IN CALIFORNIA
HAVE ASTHMA, AND THIS CONDITION
MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR KIDS TO
EXERCISE PLAY AND ATTEND SCHOOL.
WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN
EQUITY ISSUE AS STUDENTS FROM
UNDERSERVED COMMITTEE
COMMUNITIES, I'M SORRY, OFTEN
RELY MORE HEAVILY ON BUS
TRANSPORTATION AND ARE TWO TIMES
MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ASTHMA.
CURRENTLY ONLY 2% OF THE ENTIRE
SCHOOL BUS FLEET IN CALIFORNIA
OR ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES. WE
MUST DO BETTER THAN THIS,
ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA AIR
RESOURCES BOARD, SCHOOL BUS
COMMUTES ARE LESS THAN 10% OF A
CHILD'S DAY BUT ACCOUNT FOR 33%
OF A CHILD'S DAILY EXPOSURE TO
AIR POLLUTANTS. THE CALIFORNIA
STATE PTA BELIEVES THAT AIR
POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE IS
A CHILDREN'S ISSUE AND THAT WE
NEED LEGISLATION SUCH AS A B 5
79 TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND
PROTECT OUR STATE'S MOST
VALUABLE AND VULNERABLE,
PRECIOUS RESOURCE. OUR CHILDREN
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU
. UM ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN
SUPPORT OF THE BILL, PLEASE COME
FORWARD. MR CHAIR. REMEMBER
SHANE LEVIN ON BEHALF OF FIRST
STUDENT IN NATIONAL EXPRESS. WE
PROVIDE BUSSING TRANSPORTATION
FOR SCHOOLS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS
ALL OVER THE STATE AND PROUD
SUPPORT AGAIN THIS YEAR. THANK
YOU. SILKY DOES ON BEHALF OF
ADVANCED ENERGY, UNITED, PROUD
SPONSORS OF THE BILL. THANK YOU.
HELLO. MICHAELA ELDER ON BEHALF
OF SERIES AND SUPPORT OF THIS,
BILL. THANK YOU. NATE BAG, ILL.
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE
LINE ELECTRIC COMPANY, A LEADING
MANUFACTURER OF ELECTRIC SCHOOL
BUSSES, AND WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF
THIS BILL, BUT WOULD LIKE THE
CONVERSATION CONTINUED TO SEE A
DEADLINE THAT IS MORE IN LINE
WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN OTHER
STATES AND WHAT IS TRULY
POSSIBLE WITH EVIE BUSSES TODAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FIGHTING
MIKE WELLS, A BEER WITH
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL VOTERS
IN SUPPORT. CONMAN WRATH WITH 3
50 SACRAMENTO IN SUPPORT. THANK
YOU ANY FURTHER COMMENTS IN
SUPPORT? SEEING NONE. AH, ANY
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION TO THE
BILL, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
OH, NO. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
OKAY. MEGAN BEAR ON BEHALF OF
THE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA,
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
. UM UNFORTUNATELY OPPOSITION,
ALTHOUGH WE DO APPRECIATE ALL
THE STAFF TIME AND CONVERSATION
THAT WE'VE HAD ON THIS BILL, AND
WE HOPE THAT CAN CONTINUE, UM,
AS WAS REFERENCED HUNDREDS OF
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ACTUALLY
UTILIZING, UM, ZERO EMISSION
VEHICLES. THEY ARE TRYING TO
TRANSITION WITHOUT A MANDATE
CURRENTLY BUT THERE'S MANY
BARRIERS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR
CONTROL. AND OUR BIGGEST CONCERN
WITH THE BILL IS THIS MANDATE
GOES INTO EFFECT, AND WE
APPRECIATE THE TIMELINE WORK.
BUT BEYOND THE TIMELINE, THE
REAL CONCERN IS WHETHER THE
TECHNOLOGY WILL BE THERE AND WE
HOPE IT WILL. BUT THE RANGE UM
THE RANGE THAT THESE VEHICLES
HAVE CURRENTLY IS NOT ADEQUATE
FOR MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS,
FURTHER OUR ELECTRICAL GRID
WE'VE HAD. I'VE TALKED TO MANY
DISTRICTS WHO HAVE TRIED TO GET
THE CHARGERS INSTALLED. THEY'VE
BEEN IN PROCESS TRYING TO GET
THESE VEHICLES MP GENIE IS
ACTUALLY SAID SORRY. WE CAN'T
INSTALL THE CHARGERS, SO THEY'VE
HAD TO, YOU KNOW, REVERSE ORDERS
SO THE ELECTRICAL GRID. THE
VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY. THESE ARE
THINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR
CONTROL. ULTIMATELY OUR DUTY IS
TO TRANSPORT STUDENTS. WE HAVE A
LEGAL OBLIGATION TO TRANSPORT
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES,
FOSTER YOUTH AND I WOULD CALL IT
A COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY TO
TRANSPORT A LOT OF CHILDREN THAT
LIVE IN MORE DIFFICULT
COMMUNITIES TO FOR THEIR PARENTS
TO GET THEM TO SCHOOL, SO THAT'S
REALLY WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM.
UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH,
LANGUAGE ALONG THOSE LINES THAT
IN A PARTICULAR DISTRICT IF IT
DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE OF THE GRID
BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT THERE
WOULD BE, YOU KNOW A NARROW
EXEMPTION IN THAT AREA, AND
THANK YOU QUÊ. ANY FURTHER
WITNESSES AND OPPOSITION. ANY
PUBLIC COMMENT AND OPPOSITION
PLEASE COME FORWARD. HI MY NAME
IS SCOTT LAY IN THE NEVADA
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
AND NEITHER OPPOSED THE BILL NOR
SUPPORT I'M APPEAR AS A
CAUTIONARY TALE. MUCH LIKE MY
COLLEAGUE FROM MAX I JUST SPOKE
ABOUT. WE'VE TRIED ELECTRIC
BUSSES IN OUR COUNTY, AND IT
DIDN'T WORK THE RANGE. I WOULD
LOVE TO FIND ONE OF THOSE BUSSES
THAT HAS THE 250 MILE RANGE WHEN
YOU'RE GOING THROUGH CANYONS AND
VARIOUS TERRAIN, BUT THE ONE WE
TRIED, WE MUST HAVE PICKED THE
WRONG ONE. IT DID NOT. IT COULD
NOT COMPLETE ABOUT HALF THE
ROUTES IN OUR COUNTY, SO I VERY
MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY
THAT WE CAN USE ELECTRIC BUSSES
WHICH DEFINITELY NEEDED IN THE
FUTURE, BUT I HAVE CONCERNS
ABOUT THE ABILITY TO PICK OUR
STUDENTS UP TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
OUR MOST RURAL STUDENTS IN OUR
COUNTY AS WELL AS THE
INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE WE'VE HEARD
ABOUT THE CHARGING STATIONS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AND JUST
FOR THE RECORD SINCE YOU ONLY
HAD ONE OPPOSITION WITNESS THAT
THAT'S WHY I MADE AN EXCEPTION
FOR THE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. SO
THANK YOU, SIR. FOR SHARING YOUR
EXPERIENCE. AH ANY FURTHER
PUBLIC COMMENTS IN OPPOSITION TO
THE BILL, SEEING NONE BRING IT
BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. MS. VICE
CHAIR, DOLLY! THANK YOU. AND
THANK YOU, MR TING. I KNOW THAT
WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT THIS AND, UM SOME GREAT
WORK I THINK HAS BEEN DONE WITH
THE EXTENSION AND AS YOU CAN
HERD NEVADA COUNTY IS ONE OF MY
11 COUNTIES AND I THINK I
REPRESENT PROBABLY SOME OF THE
MOST RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND
IN THE STATE, SO I WON'T BE ABLE
TO GET THERE TODAY BECAUSE I'VE
HEARD. I MEAN, IT'S ALMOST A
WEEKLY CONVERSATION THAT I HAD
WITH MY SUPERINTENDENTS ARE UM,
WE DO RIGHT? WE WANT TO GET
THERE ISN'T IT WOULD BE GREAT.
BUT UM, WHEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I
HAVE A SCHOOL BUS PLUGGED INTO
AH, PORTABLE GENERATOR IN A
PARKING LOT, AND THAT'S POSTED.
YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALL THESE
CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE AND I'M
HAVING AND, UM I HAVE LETTERS
FROM SUPERINTENDENTS THAT ARE
CONCERNED BECAUSE THEY WROTE A
GRANT AND THEY'LL BE OUT OF
COMPLIANCE AT THE USER BACKUP
BUS FOR MORE THAN 1000 MILES A
YEAR. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO
SAY, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DRIVE
100 MILES SOME OF OUR SCHOOL
DISTRICTS IN ONE DAY TO
TRANSPORT OUR CHILDREN, AND SO,
UM, I THINK WE CAN HAVE FURTHER
CONVERSATION. WE'D LOVE TO GET
AGAIN. WE WANT TO GET THERE. IT
IS NOT A MATTER OF WHETHER THIS
IS IMPORTANT OR IS NEEDED. IT'S
JUST CAN WE CAN WE DO IT OR NOT,
AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO GO
BACK TO THOSE TO THE COMPANIES
OF THESE SPLIT SPECIFIC BUS
COMPANIES AND LET YOU KNOW, TELL
THE TESTIMONY. GET THE TESTIMONY
TO THEM BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET
THAT TECHNOLOGY WHERE IT SHOULD
BE SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
WORK ON THIS. MR HOOVER. THANK
YOU JUST REALLY QUICK QUESTION.
I'M TRYING TO FIND IT IN THE
LANGUAGE HERE. HOW IS ZERO
EMISSION VEHICLE DEFINED IN THE
BILL? I'M JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY
THAT. OR IF THERE'S A. I JUST
WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S OPEN TO
OTHER TECHNOLOGIES AS WELL. ARE
YOU REFERRING TO? IF IT'S ONLY
ELECTRIC? SURE YEAH. SO FOR
EXAMPLE, GO AHEAD. DEATH THAT I
DON'T HAVE THAT. SCIENTIFIC
DEFINITION OF ZERO EMISSION IN
FRONT OF ME, BUT IT'S NOT
TECHNOLOGY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
YEAH. I MEAN, I JUST THINK SO.
FIRST OF ALL, I MEAN, I THINK
THE GOAL IS THE RIGHT ONE. I
THINK FOR SOME OF THESE MORE
RURAL DISTRICTS AND IS ONE OF
THE FOLKS WHO TESTIFIED KIND OF
MADE CLEAR. I THINK IN SOME
DISTRICTS, IT MIGHT NOT BE
ELECTRIC. IT MIGHT BE SOME OTHER
TECHNOLOGY. UM I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT'S ALLOWED UNDER
THE BILL, BUT ABSOLUTELY LOUD.
APPRECIATE THAT. AND YEAH, JUST
SO YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I THINK
UM. I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, THE
GOAL OF THE BILL IS GOOD. I HAVE
NO PROBLEM WITH ZERO EMISSION
VEHICLES. I DRIVE ONE MYSELF,
BUT I THINK, UM, THERE ARE A LOT
OF IMPRACTICALITY EASE ABOUT THE
MANDATE AND YOU KNOW, JUST
SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE ON MY
SCHOOL BOARD, I WILL SAY AS YOU
KNOW, THE WITNESS, AN OPPOSITION
TESTIFIED. SCHOOL DISTRICTS
ACROSS THE STATE ARE TRYING TO
DO THIS ACTIVELY TRYING TO DO
THIS AND AS THEIR OLDER BUSSES,
YOU KNOW, HIT THEIR LIFESPAN
THEIR DIESEL BUSSES. THEY'RE
FACING AN ELECTRIC BUSSES. I
THINK THIS WORK IS ALREADY
HAPPENING. I THINK THE CHALLENGE
THAT I HAVE IS I THINK THESE
LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS AND
SUPERINTENDENTS. NO UH, YOU KNOW
WHAT IS BEST FOR THAT? THAT
PHASE IN AND MY DIFFICULTY WITH
THIS BILL WOULD JUST HAVING A
HARD DATE OF 2035 JUST TO GIVE
YOU AN EXAMPLE. WE ACTUALLY HAD
A CONTRACT IN MY FORMER SCHOOL
DISTRICT WITH, UM, AN ELECTRIC
VEHICLE COMPANY TO GET NEW
BUSSES AND THEY COULDN'T DELIVER
ON THE CONTRACT FOR OVER TWO
YEARS BECAUSE OF SUPPLY CHAIN
ISSUES NOW, HOPEFULLY, THE
SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES WILL BE
RESOLVED BY 2035. BUT THE
REALITY IS, IS THAT I JUST I
DON'T THINK WE'RE THERE YET, UH
, WHERE THIS MANDATE IS GOING TO
BE JUSTIFIED, AND I JUST I'M
GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE AGAINST
THE BILL TODAY AS JUST SOLELY
FROM THE LOCAL CONTROL
STANDPOINT, I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE, WE, YOU KNOW
, MAYBE ENCOURAGE OR INCENTIVIZE
THIS SOMEHOW FOR SCHOOL BOARDS
OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DO UM,
BUT UNFORTUNATELY IN ITS CURRENT
FORM, I WON'T BE ABLE TO SUPPORT
BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH ANY MR CARDIO? THANK YOU.
CHAIR. UM WORLD. THERE ARE STILL
SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE
MOVING FORWARD. WE COMPLYING
WITHOUT A MANDATE. I BELIEVE
THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
OLD SCHOOL ISSUES COMPLY. UM, I
AM A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED WITH
COST. UM SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS
MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE
PROCESS TO OBTAIN THE BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS THAT
WE'RE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT
THAT. LET ME KNOW OLD SCHOOL
DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE THAT
THERE IS THIS MONEY AVAILABLE
FOR THEM. AND AS FAR AS SYRIA
EMISSIONS, THE BUILD THOSE
PERMISSIONS THAT ARE ALTERNATIVE
FUEL SOURCES THAT I BELIEVE WILL
BECOME AVAILABLE. HYDROGEN COULD
BE ONE OF THEM. THERE'S A LOT OF
TALK OF WHETHER THIS THEY WILL
BE ABLE TO MEET THOSE GOALS WITH
ONLY ELECTRIFYING VEHICLES. I DO
BELIEVE THAT THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER FIELDS,
SOURCES BEING ONE OF THEM, AND I
THINK THAT THAT'S THE INTENT OF
THE BILL TO HAVE OTHER SOURCES
TO PROVIDE THAT FUEL, BUT I JUST
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL
SCHOOL DISTRICTS KNOW THAT THERE
IS THIS MONEY AVAILABLE FOR THEM
SO THAT THEY CAN DO THAT
TRANSITION WITHOUT FEAR OF
HAVING TO PAY OUT OF THEIR OWN.
YOU KNOW WHATEVER BUDGET THEY
HAVE, BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO BE
VERY EXPENSIVE FOR THEM. AND
AGAIN, IF YOU CAN JUST TELL US
HOW THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO
THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SO THAT
THEY CAN ACCESS THAT
INFORMATION. SO WE HAVE PUT
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN THE STATE BUDGET FOR UM YOU
KNOW, ZERO EMISSION BUSSES, THE
RIGHT. I THINK I'LL GO BACK AND
DOUBLE CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE WORD IS PROPERLY GETTING OUT
AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERY
DISTRICT IN THE STATE KNOWS I
THINK WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO A
BETTER JOB. UM OF THAT, AND I
THINK I THINK YOU'RE I THINK ALL
THE MEMBERS ARE RIGHT THIS AGAIN
. WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH
FLEETS, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO LOOK AT A VARIETY OF
TECHNOLOGIES. WHETHER IT'S
BIODIESEL, HYDROGEN ELECTRIC,
PROBABLY OTHER TECHNOLOGIES. I
NOT EVEN MENTIONING. I THINK
WITH FLEETS YOU HAVE A LOT MORE,
IN MY OPINION, FLEXIBILITY TO
LOOK AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT
TECHNOLOGIES BECAUSE YOU. YOU
START AND YOU STOP ALL IN THE
SAME PLACE. AND SO IT'S A GREAT
PLACE THAT YOU CAN HAVE. YOU CAN
HAVE FULL CONTROL OF YOUR OWN
REFUELING. THANK YOU. AND WITH
THAT MR CHAIR WITH THIS IS
APPROPRIATE WOMAN LIKE TO MAKE A
MOTION TO MOVE THE BILL. THANK
YOU. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY MR
CARILLO AND SECONDED BY MR
MCCARTY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
UH, IN THE COMMITTEE. OKAY
BEFORE WE GIVE YOU THE FINAL
WORD, MR TING? AYE. I JUST WANT
TO, UH THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON MAKING SURE THAT
OUR. AMBITIONS TO FIGHT. CLIMATE
CHANGE INCLUDE OUR OUR SCHOOL
DISTRICTS. UM. I APPRECIATE THAT
YOUR BILL IS NOT GOING TO BAN
ALL NON ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES
SCHOOL BUSSES, BUT THAT BUT THAT
IT'S SIMILAR TO THE GOVERNOR'S
EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT BY 2035,
I'LL NEWLY PURCHASED OR CONTRACT
AT SCHOOL BUSSES B ZERO
EMISSION. UM. I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATE THE
ACCESS CONCERNS AS WELL AS THE
VICE CHAIRS, UM IN TERMS OF UH,
EMPHASIZING THAT WHILE WE ALL
WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING,
THAT, UH YOU KNOW WHETHER OUT OF
FUNDING ISSUES OR WHETHER OUT OF
TECHNOLOGY ISSUES OR WHETHER
IT'S OUT OF THE CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES? UM WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF
OUR SCHOOLS UM YOU KNOW, ARE
ABLE TO, UH DO THE RIGHT THING.
AND, UM AND, UH MAKE THIS
TRANSITION TO 20 EMISSION
VEHICLES. UH, MR CHENG AND I
TALKED ABOUT HIS BILLS. I SHARED
MY CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY ABOUT
YOU KNOW THE DISTRICTS THAT VICE
CHAIR DOLLY HAVE, UH, AS SECOND
LEADERSHIP IN IN, UH AND
FOCUSING ON THE FRONTIER SCHOOL
DISTRICTS, UH, FRONTIER SCHOOL
DISTRICTS, 250 STUDENTS OR LESS
AN ENROLLMENT. WE KNOW THAT
THERE ARE DISTRICTS THAT ARE
STRUGGLING AND SO MANY WAYS YOU
KNOW, TO EVEN MEET BASIC
STAFFING. ISSUES MUCH LESS
STARTING TO INSTALL OR HAVING
ACCESS TO CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO I UH,
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT TO
CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, UH
ACHIEVE OUR GOALS WHILE WITHIN
THE CONTINENT. THE RESTRICTIONS
OF SO MANY OF OUR SCHOOL
DISTRICTS, ESPECIALLY IN RURAL
AREAS OF OUR STATE. SO, MR TANG
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I THINK I
COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER
MYSELF. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE
MEMBERS THAT ARE REPRESENTING
RURAL AREAS. I THINK WE'RE VERY
SENSITIVE TO WANTING TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO
EVERYTHING POSSIBLE. WE SEE I
THINK AS BOTH ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
TALKED ABOUT, I THINK A LOT OF
COMMITMENT ON BEHALF OF THE
DISTRICT SO IT'S NOT A MATTER OF
COMMITMENT. IT'S REALLY ABOUT
HOW DO WE HOW DO WE HELP THEM
TOGETHER? SORT OF ACHIEVE THESE
GOALS? WE DO. YOU KNOW, WE DO
HAVE A DEADLINE JUST TO SIMPLY
USE AN EDUCATION ANALOGY. YOU
KNOW IF YOU DON'T IF YOU DON'T
HAVE A DATE WHERE YOUR PAPERS DO
OR YOU'RE YOU HAVE A TEST. THEN
THE PAPER NEVER GETS TURNED IN
OR THE TEST NEVER GETS TAKEN. SO
AT SOME POINT, YOU DO NEED TO
HAVE SOME DEADLINE SO THAT
EVERYBODY CAN CAN WORK TOWARD IT
BECAUSE AGAIN WHILE YOU ALWAYS
HAVE SOME FOLKS WHO DON'T NEED
TO OPERATE THAT WAY, HUMAN
NATURE SORT OF JUST DICTATES
THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SOME
DEADLINE AT SOME POINT SO AGAIN,
BUT BUT VERY SENSITIVE TO THE
REAL STRUGGLES, AND FRANKLY, I
THINK THE BIGGEST BENEFITS FOR
MANY OF THESE RURAL DISTRICTS
BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT
ARE IN THE BUSSES, THE LONGEST
SO AGAIN WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH, UM YOU KNOW, ACCESS AND
THEIR AND THEIR MEMBERSHIP TO
TRY TO REFINE THIS LEGISLATION
AND KEEP THE DISCUSSION GOING.
BUT WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT
, UH, FEEDBACK AND THE COMMENTS
TODAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
MADAM SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. FILE ITEM EIGHT. A B 5 79
. THE MOTION IS DUE PASS TO
APPROPRIATIONS MURATSUCHI DIÆN
DALLI DALLI NO. ONE CAREER OR I,
HOOVER. HOOVER. NO, LI LEE I
MCCARTY MCCARTHY. I QUIRK-SILVA
. FORTITUDE THE BILL IS OUT TO
APPROPRIATIONS. UH WE'RE GOING
TO BREAK FROM OUR ROLES TO
ACCOMMODATE MR MCCARTHY, WHO HAS
TO RUN TO BUDGET SUB TOOTY TO
CONDUCT HIS OWN HEARING. THIS IS
, UH, I'LL ITEM NUMBER NINE A B
714, MR MCCARTHY. THANK YOU. I
THINK THIS WILL BE A QUICK AND
STRAIGHTFORWARD BILL. UM THANK
THE COMMITTEE FOR WORKING WITH
US. THIS REGRETTING NEWCOMER
STUDENTS IN CALIFORNIA WHETHER
THEY'RE IMMIGRANTS OR REFUGEES.
UM YOU KNOW, CALIFORNIA'S LONG
WELCOMED THE STUDENTS AND
THROUGH THEIR RESILIENCE MANY
HAVE HAD HAD HAD HAD TREMENDOUS
SUCCESS, BUT WE COULD START
STILL CERTAINLY HELP THESE
STUDENTS. THIS WOULD DIRECT CD
TO COLLECT DATA. AND, UH, BETTER
SHARE INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDANCE TO
SCHOOLS AS FAR AS OUR NEW
COMMERCE STUDENTS, WHICH IS
DEFINED AS A STUDENT WHO WAS
ATTENDED US SCHOOLS FOR THREE
YEARS OR LESS. MANY NEWCOMERS
DON'T GRADUATE IN OUR RUSHED
RUSHED THROUGH SCHOOL HAVING
SUFFICIENT, UH, GAPS IN THEIR
EDUCATION PROBLEMS BEFORE THEY
ARRIVED, AND THEIR SUCCESS IS
OUR SUCCESS. INCREASED DATA AND
INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDANCE WILL HELP
THESE STUDENTS. PERFORM BETTER
IN CALIFORNIA AND ARE CERTAINLY
IN OUR WORKFORCE AFTER
GRADUATION. CALIFORNIA AGAIN HAS
ALWAYS WELCOMED STUDENTS OF ALL
FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS. JUST A FEW
YEARS AGO, WE PUT $5 MILLION IN
THE STATE BUDGET TO HELP SCHOOL
DISTRICTS AND HIGH REFUGEE
COMMUNITIES AND THIS BUILDS UPON
THAT WORK WITH ME TODAY ARE AN
INDIVIDUAL FROM THE OAKLAND
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS WELL
AS THE STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION.
PACE. THANK YOU. RUSSIA HAS BEEN
MADE BY MR LEE, SECOND BY MR
HOOVER. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME
IS YASSER AND I WAS A NEWCOMER
STUDENT WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED IN
THIS COUNTRY AS A 15 YEAR OLD, I
SPOKE LITTLE ENGLISH AND WAS
EXPECTED TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL
AND GO TO COLLEGE FOR MANY
NEWCOMERS IN THIS STATE. THIS
GOAL, UH, THIS AND CAN BE
WRITTEN. THIS IS OUT OF REACH
BECAUSE OUR STATE AND LOCAL
SYSTEM SIMPLY DO NOT FIT THEM.
TODAY I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT
HOW ATTENDING A HIGH QUALITY
NEWCOMER SCHOOL MADE IT POSSIBLE
FOR ME TO SUCCEED. ADMISSION OF
OAKLAND INTERNATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL. THE SCHOOL I WENT TO IS
TO PROVIDE QUALITY ALTERNATIVE
EDUCATION FOR RECENTLY ARRIVED
IMMIGRANT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ACQUISITION AND IN PREPARATION
FOR COLLEGE. UM I REMEMBER MY
SECOND DAY AT OAKLAND
INTERNATIONAL, MY FRIEND AMJAD,
WHO'S BEEN HELPING ME NAVIGATE
THROUGH CLASSES, POINTED AT A
GIRL AND SAID, LOOK, SHE'S VERY
SMART. SHE'S GOING TO GRADUATE
AND ATTEND ONE OF THE BEST
UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD. THIS
PLACE IS CALLED èC, BERKELEY. I
THOUGHT TO MYSELF. GOSH, I WOULD
LOVE TO ATTEND USE OF BERKELEY.
ONE DAY. UM INTO THAT IN 2019. I
GOT MY BACHELORS IN POLITICAL
SCIENCE FROM UC BERKELEY. UM,
THE TRUTH IS THAT DURING MY HIGH
SCHOOL, MY TEACHERS SPENT
UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF EFFORT TO
SUPPORT ME, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, I
GOT THE BASICS OF WRITING A
PHRASE IN NINTH AND 10TH GRADE
IN 11TH GRADE. I LEARNED TO
WRITE A PARAGRAPH IN 12TH GRADE.
FINALLY, I WAS ABLE TO WRITE
ESSAYS. IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS
ON AVERAGE 45% OF NEWCOMERS IN
OAKLAND UNIFIED UM, WELL
GRADUATED COMPARED TO 80% OF NON
NEWCOMERS, BUT OAKLAND
INTERNATIONAL. WE HAVE 65% OF
NEWCOMERS GRADUATING. UM IT'S
NOT MAGIC, SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS
AND INSTRUCTIONS CAN BRING UP
THE GRADUATION RATE. ALL
NEWCOMERS DESERVE HIGH QUALITY
EDUCATION, AND THIS BILL IS AN
EXCELLENT FIRST STEP TO DO SO.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR CHAIR MEMBERS
AND COMING THE STAFF. MY NAME IS
JEANNIE MYUNG I'M DIRECTOR OF
POLICY RESEARCH AT PACE POLICY
ANALYSIS FOR CALIFORNIA
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
CONSORTIUM BASED AT STANFORD
UNIVERSITY. THAT ALSO INCLUDES
èC, BERKELEY. UC DAVIS, UC LA
AND USC IN 2021 PACE LAUNCHED AN
INITIATIVE ON NEWCOMER STUDENTS
IN WHICH A GROUP OF LEADING
EXPERTS FROM ACROSS RESEARCH
POLICY AND PRACTICE UH, WORK
TOGETHER TO DEVELOP NEW
KNOWLEDGE AND APPROACHES TO
ADDRESS THE HOLISTIC NEEDS OF
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE STUDENTS.
UM IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT THE
TRUE MEASURE OF ANY SOCIETY CAN
BE FOUND IN HOW IT TREATS ITS
MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS. IT'S
MUCH MORE VULNERABLE MEMBERS AND
OUR PARTNERSHIP FOUND THAT THERE
ARE SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITIES
FOR IMPROVING EDUCATION AND
SUPPORT FOR NEWCOMERS IN OUR
STATE. AND WE ARE PLEASED TO SEE
SEVERAL OF THESE POLICY
OPPORTUNITIES REFLECTED IN A B 7
14. INCLUDING A MORE NUANCED
DATA SYSTEM. CURRENTLY OUR DATA
SYSTEM CONFLATES NEWCOMERS WITH
ENGLISH LEARNERS IN ONE CATEGORY
WHEN WE KNOW THROUGH
DISAGGREGATED ANALYSIS THAT THIS
CONFLATION MASKS THAT THE
DROPOUT RATE FOR NEWCOMERS, FOR
INSTANCE, FOR INSTANCE, IS OVER
FOUR TIMES THE DROPOUT RATE FOR
NON NEWCOMER ENGLISH LEARNERS IN
SOME DISTRICTS AND ALSO MASKS
THEIR LOWER PROFICIENCY LEVEL
AND HIGHER OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL
NEEDS. SO THIS LACK OF DATA ON
NEWCOMER STUDENTS RENDERS THEM
INVISIBLE TO LEADERS WHO COULD
DEVELOP APPROACHES TO ADDRESS
THEIR UNIQUE NEEDS. AND WE ALSO
KNOW THAT NEWCOMERS BENEFIT FROM
SPECIALIZED CURRICULA. AND
INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACHES
CURRENTLY HAVE EDUCATORS
INDIVIDUALLY ASSEMBLING THEIR
OWN APPROACHES. BUT EVIDENCE
BASED INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDANCE IS
NECESSARY TO MOVE TOWARDS A
VISION IN WHICH EVERY NEWCOMER
STUDENT RECEIVES HIGH QUALITY
INSTRUCTION AND SUPPORT IN OUR
STATE AND LEADERS FROM THE
STATE'S LARGEST DISTRICTS HAVE
TOLD PACE THAT THEY ARE EAGER.
OR THE TYPES OF NEWCOMERS,
SPECIFIC GUIDANCE MATERIALS AND
DATA REFLECTED IN A B 7 14 AND
LOOKING OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA.
WE FIND THAT MANY OTHER STATES
HAVE FAR MORE SOPHISTICATED DATA
SYSTEMS FOR UNDERSTANDING THEIR
NEWCOMER STUDENTS NEEDS AS WELL
AS MORE MORE ROBUST STATE LEVEL
SUPPORT FOR CURRICULUM AND
TRAINING THAN CALIFORNIA ABC. M.
14 WILL BRING US A STEP CLOSER
TO ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT IS
CONSIDERED BEST PRACTICE AT THE
STATE LEVEL AND ARE NEWCOMERS
WILL BE THE ULTIMATE
BENEFICIARIES. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH ANY PUBLIC
COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL?
NAME AFFILIATION POSITION,
PLEASE. CHRISTINA SALAZAR WILL
CALIFORNIANS TOGETHER PROUD TO
SPONSOR AND SUPPORT OBVIOUSLY
GOOD AFTERNOON, SARAH WILLIS
WOULD TEACH PLUS IN SUPPORT. SAM
FIN OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT AND SUPPORT. NICOLE
WARD ULLMAN ON BEHALF OF THE
CHILDREN'S PARTNERSHIP AND
SUPPORT YOU'RE A COOK WITH SAN
DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
AND SUPPORT. DERBY PETTENGILL,
CALIFORNIA STATE PTA WERE IN
SUPPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
SEEING NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT
IN SUPPORT ANY WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE. ANY
PUBLIC COMMENT AND OPPOSITION
SEEING NON QUESTIONS FROM THE
COMMITTEE. BEING DONE, AND WE DO
HAVE EMOTION. DO WE HAVE A
MOTION? OKAY? MOTIONS THAT MADE
BY MR LEE SECONDED BY MR HOOVER.
MR LEE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS
BILL IS VERY MUCH NEEDED,
ESPECIALLY FOR DISTRICTS OF MIND
WHETHER A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH,
COME INTO THIS COUNTRY FROM LOTS
OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD.
I WOULD LOVE TO BE ADDED AS A CO
AUTHOR OF POSSIBLE MR CARDIO.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. MYSELF
HAVING EXPERIENCE WHAT YOU WENT
THROUGH. I AM GOING TO SUPPORT
THIS BILL. NOT ONLY MYSELF, BUT
MY SIBLINGS. I THINK THAT IN
ORDER FOR US TO WELCOME THOSE
FOREIGN STUDENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN
REFUGEES OR IMMIGRANTS. WE NEED
TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE TOOLS
TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WE NEED TO
INVEST ON THE SOCIAL
INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE STATE TO
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY
SUCCESSFUL NO MATTER WHERE THEY
COME FROM. I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT
THIS BILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, MR MCCARTHY, WHICH
LIKE CLOTHES? THANK YOU. I'M NOT
SURE IF I DID, BUT I ACCEPTING
THE AUTHOR. IT'S THE COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS AND, UH, AS MR
CARILLO JUST NOTED, AND THROUGH
HIS STORY SUCCESS, THEIR SUCCESS
LIKE HIS SUCCESS IS OUR SUCCESS
HAS TO CALIFORNIA AND WITH THAT
, ASK FOR YOUR I VOTE. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR
MCCARTHY. THE UH UM PROUD TO
SUPPORT THE SPILL. I WOULD ALSO
BE HONORED TO BE ADDED AS A CO
AUTHOR. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. SO ITEM NINE A B
7 14. THE MOTION IS DUE PASSES
AMENDED TO APPROPRIATIONS MERCY
, K¾T. AYE, DALLI DALLI. I WON
CARILLO CARILLO I HOOVER HOOVER.
I LI LEE I MCCARTY MCCARTHY. I
QUIRK-SILVA. SIX VOTES. THE BILL
IS OUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO
MISS ADDIS FOR YOUR PATIENTS AND
THEN FOLLOWING THE STATUS, IT'S
MR PATTERSON AS WELL AS I'M NOT
SURE MISS SANCHEZ IS GOING TO BE
CO PRESENTING. BUT, UM NEXT ITEM
IS A ITEM THREE B 370.
THANK YOU HONORABLE CHAIRS,
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND I
ALSO WANT TO THANK COMMITTEE
STAFF WHO HAS BEEN WONDERFUL AND
WORKING WITH MY STAFF ON THIS
BILL AND REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
, UH AND WE HAVE TWO WITNESSES
HERE TODAY WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING
AND WANT TO APPRECIATE THEIR
TIME. TODAY I AM HERE TO ASK FOR
YOUR VOTE ON A B 3 70 THE
BILATERAL ISI INCLUSION ACT.
THIS ACT UPDATES THE CRITERIA
REQUIRED TO OBTAIN THE STATE
SEAL OF BY LITERACY IN ORDER TO
MAKE IT MORE EQUITABLE FOR ALL
STUDENTS TO OBTAIN. 10 YEARS AGO
WHEN THE CRITERIA FOR THE SEAL
WAS ESTABLISHED. CALIFORNIA WAS
THE VERY FIRST STATE TO UPLIFT
AND HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF
BY LITERACY WITH THE STATES HELD
BY LITERACY, AND SINCE THEN, 49
STATES PLUS WASHINGTON, D C HAVE
ESTABLISHED THEIR OWN STATE
SEALS BY LITERACY. BUT WE'VE
LEARNED A LOT FROM THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF OTHERS AS WELL
AS FROM THE FIELD AND MY OWN
EXPERIENCE. AND IT'S THOSE
LEARNINGS THAT BRING ME HERE TO
YOU TODAY. SO IN ORDER TO
EQUALIZE THE STANDARDS FOR
ACHIEVING THE STATE SALE OF BI
LITERACY A B 3 70 PROPOSES
EXPANDING THE OPTIONS FOR
STUDENTS TO MEET THE ENGLISH
PROFICIENCY PORTION. OF THE
CRITERIA NEEDED TO ACHIEVE THE
STATE SALE OF MY LITERACY.
CURRENTLY THERE ARE VERY LIMITED
WAYS TO FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE
TO SHOW THEIR PROFICIENCY IN
ENGLISH, AND THIS CAN CAUSE
BARRIERS FOR STUDENTS. UM MY OWN
EXAMPLE FROM MY PERSONAL LIFE IS
THAT MY CHILD WENT TO A
BILINGUAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. HE
THEN WENT TO STUDY IN ARGENTINA
DURING HIS JUNIOR YEAR OF HIGH
SCHOOL AND WAS NOT IN THE UNITED
STATES TO TAKE THE TEST TO SHOW.
NO ENGLISH PROFICIENCY, AND
BECAUSE OF THAT, HE WAS NOT ABLE
TO GET THE SEAL OF MY LITERACY.
THERE ARE OTHER REASONS THAT
STUDENTS MAY NOT MEET THE
CRITERIA THAT REALLY HAVE TO DO
WITH SUCH A LIMITED PATHWAY TO
DO SO. SO THIS BILL SEEKS TO
OFFER PARODY WHILE MAINTAINING
HIGH STANDARDS AND LIFTING
BARRIERS BY OFFERING MULTIPLE
PATHWAYS TO DEMONSTRATE
PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH AND
THEREFORE INCREASING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRULY BI
LITERATE STUDENTS. TO LEARN THE
STATE SEAL OF BY LITERACY, SO
I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MY
TWO WITNESSES HERE TODAY. DR.
RENE BRYANT, DIRECTOR OF ENGLISH
LEARNER AND MULTILINGUAL
SERVICES FOR ANAHEIM, ANAHEIM
UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND
ESTEFANIA GARCIA, A RECIPIENT OF
THE STATE'S HEALED BY LITERACY
AND VALEDICTORIAN FOR HER HIGH
SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS IN 2021.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR COMMITTEE
MEMBERS AND MY NAME IS DR RENEE
BROWN. I SERVE AS A DIRECTOR OF
PLURAL LINGUAL SERVICES FOR
ANAHEIM UNION HIGH SCHOOL
DISTRICT. I APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY
TODAY AS ONE OF THE FIRST
DISTRICTS TO OFFER THE STATE
SEAL OF BI LITERACY AS A PILOT
IN 2010, RECOGNIZING SENIORS AT
GRADUATION SENIOR AWARD NIGHTS I
CAN SAY WE'VE LEARNED A LOT. 13
YEARS SINCE WE BEGAN AWARDING
THE SEAL, WE CELEBRATE THE
MILESTONE OF SURPASSING 10,000
SEAL. A BI LITERACY IS EARNED BY
OUR SENIORS THIS YEAR WORKED
DILIGENTLY TO PROVIDE EQUAL
ACCESS FOR THIS AWARD. WE OFFER
WORLD EIGHT WORLD LANGUAGES.
THREE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION
PROGRAMS FOR IN SPANISH TO IN
VIETNAMESE. AT SIX SITES, AND
IT'S A POINT OF EQUITY AND
ACCESS FOR US TO ALSO PROVIDE
TESTING AND LESS COMMON
LANGUAGES. WE DO NOT OFFER, BUT
STUDENTS COME TO SCHOOL WITH
STUDENTS HAVE EARNED THE STATE
SYLAR BY LITERACY AND 20
DIFFERENT LANGUAGES LIKE
SPANISH, KOREAN, VIETNAMESE,
JAPANESE, MANDARIN AMERICAN SIGN
LANGUAGE AND ARABIC AS WELL AS
FRENCH. AS WELL AS MORE RARE
LANGUAGES LIKE ROMANIAN, BENGALI
, TAGALOG, SANSKRIT, HINDI,
CANTONESE, RUSSIAN, ARABIC,
PASHTO AND MORE. ON AVERAGE, AT
LEAST 20% OF OUR SENIORS EARNED
THE STATE STILL BY LITERACY AND
2021 2021. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER
SOMETHING HAPPENED THEN THE
PANDEMIC. THE CRITERIA WAS
CHANGED SO THAT WE COULD
ACTUALLY ALLOW OUR SCHOLARS TO
EARN THE STATE SYLAR BY LITERACY
WITHOUT HAVING THE CAST EXAM
RESULTS. AS A RESULT, WE HAD 300
MORE SENIORS EARN THE STATE SEAL
BY LITERACY THAT YEAR, RESULTING
IN 30% OF OUR SENIORS, EARNING
THE STATE SYLLABI LITERACY.
THESE 13 YEAR. PRACTICES HAVE
ALSO SHOWN SOME LESSONS LEARNED.
TAKING THE CAST. AN 11TH GRADE
IS ONLY ONE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR
SENIORS, UM, AND DOES NOT LEAVE
ROOM FOR SCHOLARS TO GROW IN
THEIR LAST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL
STANDARDIZED EXAMS, LIKE THE
CAST LIMIT OUR SCHOLARS ABILITY
TO DEMONSTRATE PROFICIENCY
OPENING THE ENGLISH PROFICIENCY
REQUIREMENT UP TO OTHER FORMS OF
ASSESSMENT. WILL MIRROR WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE FOR THE SCHOLARS AND
EARNING THE WORLD LANGUAGE
PORTION OF IT. ASSEMBLY BILL 3
70 WOULD ALLOW FOR ENGLISH
CRITERIA TO BE MET BY ADVANCED
PLACEMENT EXAMS. I BE
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
EXAMS S 80 EXAMS AND DUAL
ENROLLMENT. COURSEWORK CURRENTLY
ARE ENGLISH LEARNERS, WHICH
ACTUALLY TAKE TWO EXAMS TO
STANDARDIZED EXAMS TO PROVE
THEIR PROFICIENCY. THIS IS WHY I
WOKE UP. I WOKE UP AT FOUR
O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. AH TOOK
A FLIGHT HERE ON MY SPRING BREAK
TO TESTIFY BEFORE YOU BECAUSE I
APPRECIATE YOUR 22 MINUTES 40
SECONDS. AND SO IF YOU CAN.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND URGE
YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TESTIFY ON BEHALF OF THE BABY,
WHICH IS CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION
FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION. MY NAME
IS ESTEFANIA GARCIA. I'M
CURRENTLY IN MY SECOND YEAR AT
U. C. DAVIS WITH A, UM JUST
DRIVING FOR A DEGREE IN
COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT. UM I WAS A PRETTY
RECIPIENT OF THE PRESTIGIOUS
SEAL OF ILLITERACY. IN MY
GRADUATING YEAR OF 2021. I WAS
FORTUNATE TO RECEIVE THIS
STUDENT PASSING MY AP ENGLISH
EXAM WITH THE THREE AND THEN I
RECEIVED A FIVE ON MY AP SPANISH
EXAM. I DID TAKE SPANISH FOR
THREE YEARS ALONGSIDE THIS, AND
I'M ALSO A NATIVE SPEAKER AT
HOME. UM I THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR
TO GIVE STUDENTS MORE FLEXIBLE
OPPORTUNITIES TO SUIT THEIR
EDUCATION BECAUSE BY LITERACY IS
A MULTIFACETED TOOL THAT SERVES
TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITIES AND SO
BRINGING A NEW FORM TO ATTAINING
THE STEEL BY LITERACY WOULD SHOW
THAT EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY
TRULY CARES ABOUT OUR STUDENTS.
UM ESPECIALLY OUR BI LITERATE
STUDENTS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO
DEMONSTRATE AN EXPERIENCE. UH
FROM A STUDENT. UM, WE'RE GONNA
USE A PSEUDO NAME AS A MAX. AH,
HE SAYS I'M A STUDENT WHO WANTS
TO GET MY SEALER BY LITERACY.
BUT IN 11TH GRADE, I WAS VERY
TIRED OF SCHOOL AND STATE
TESTING AT THE TIME. I ENDED UP
WITH A SCORE OF TWO IN MY
ENGLISH, CALIFORNIA STANDARD
ASSESSMENT. AND I WANTED TO KNOW
IF THERE WAS ANYTHING I COULD DO
TO RETAKE THIS AS I HAVE BEEN
SPEAKING SPANISH SINCE
KINDERGARTEN, I WENT TO THE
LANGUAGE ACADEMY OF SACRAMENTO
AND KINDERGARTEN. AH AND THERE
WAS 100% SPANISH EACH YEAR, THEY
ADDED 10% ENGLISH TO THEIR
CURRICULUM UNTIL UNTIL FIFTH
GRADE, AND WHEN IT STOPS, IT'S
ABOUT 50 50, SPANISH AND
ENGLISH. UM I AM KNOW THAT I'M
CAPABLE OF SPEAKING SPANISH AND
I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S
ANYTHING I COULD DO TO RECTIFY
MY MISTAKE AND POTENTIALLY
EARNED THE CEILING BY LITERACY.
RIGHT NOW. HE CANNOT TAKE, UH
THE EXAM OR RECEIVE THE SEAL BY
LITERACY AND CHANGING A B 3 70
WOULD GIVE HIM AND OTHERS A
BETTER OPPORTUNITY. UM TO SHOW
THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE TRUE BI
LITERACY. SO THANK YOU FOR
ALLOWING ME TO SHOW THESE
EXPERIENCES AND PLEASE VOTE YES,
ON THE A B 3 70. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY PUBLIC
COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL,
PLEASE COME FORWARD. CHRISTINA
SARAH SARAH WILL CALIFORNIANS
TOGETHER PROUD CO SPONSOR
JENNIFER BAKER WITH THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
BILINGUAL EDUCATION, ANOTHER CO
SPONSOR AND SUPPORT ANY CHILD
WITH THE CALIFORNIA TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORT. GOOD
AFTERNOON. PAMELA GIBBS,
REPRESENTING THE LOS ANGELES
COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, AND
WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE BILL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND BEFORE
WE GO FOR FORWARD MISS ADDIS TO
YOU FOR THE RECORD, YOU ACCEPT
ALL THE AMENDMENTS. YES. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. ANY WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION TO THE BILL. SEEING
NONE ANY, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS
AND OPPOSITION TO THE BILL.
SEEING NONE. BRING IT BACK TO
THE COMMITTEE. ANY QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE?
CARILLO THANK YOU. WOULDN'T IT
BE GREAT IF ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS
HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT MISS
GARCIA HAD UM, I'M AMAZED BY THE
HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE
DONE BY THE WORK OF CAB. WHO
CONTINUES TO PROMOTE BILINGUAL
EDUCATION. AND MAYBE SOMEDAY
WE'LL GET INTO BEING MULTI
LINGUAL IN THE UNITED STATES HAS
MANY OTHER COUNTRIES DO. IT IS A
GREAT ASSET TO HAVE IN HS OPENS
MY MULTI OF DOORS FOR THOSE THAT
ARE MULTI LINGUAL. AND I HOPE
THAT WE CAN GET THERE SOMEDAY.
THANK YOU, MR SHERIFF FOR ME TO
MAKE THOSE COMMENTS. THANK YOU.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FOR
QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE.
SEEING NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
. MR STATUS FOR THIS VERY
IMPORTANT BILL. UM HAPPY TO
SUPPORT THIS BILL TO MOVE
FORWARD. WOULD YOU LIKE TO
CLOSE? THANK YOU. CHAIR I JUST
TODAY I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
YOUR I VOTE ON A B. I LOST MY
NUMBER 83 70. THANK YOU. WE NEED
A MOTION AND A SECOND MOTION TO
MOVE. OCEAN BY MR CARILLO
SECONDED BY MS QUIRK-SILVA ADAM
SECTION, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
WOW I DON'T THREE A B 3 70. THE
MOTION IS DUE PASSES AMENDED TO
APPROPRIATIONS MERCER K¾T I DALI
VALLEY I WANT CARILLO VÚI HOOVER
HOOVER. I LI LEE I MCCARTY
QUIRK-SILVA QUIRK-SILVA. AYE.
SIX VOTES. THE BILL IS OUT MOVES
ON TO APPROPRIATIONS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, MR
PATTERSON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PATIENCE. AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE
WILL BE PRESENTING IT. UH AH!
SOLO? YES. THIS IS A FILE ITEM
NUMBER 10 A B 802. THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, MR CHAIR AND
MEMBERS HERE TO PRESENT A B
EIGHT. OH, TWO. UM THIS BILL
SPONSORED BY JOE PATTERSON,
FATHER OF FOUR CHILDREN, UM I
WILL BE ACCEPTING AH, COMMITTEE
AMENDMENTS. AVIATOR TWO WOULD
REQUIRE LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCIES
TO NOTIFY PARENTS OF THEIR
EXISTING RIGHTS TO REVIEW THEIR
STUDENTS CURRICULUM. IN FACT, A
LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALREADY
NOTIFY PARENTS OF THIS RIGHT.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS
IS AN EXISTING RIGHT YET MANY
PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ARE
UNAWARE. SCHOOL CURRICULUM IS
ADOPTED BY A PUBLIC PROCESS,
WHICH INCLUDES THE DISTRICT
SCHOOL BOARD TEACHERS AND OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. BUT
EVER CHANGING REQUIREMENTS, UH
AND NEW CURRICULUM ADOPTED BY
SCHOOLS WHEN IT IS ADOPTED, UH,
THIS BILL WOULD ALLOW THEM TO
GET THE PROPER NOTIFICATION THAT
THEY SHOULD, UH OR THEY CAN TAKE
A LOOK. MAYBE 80 TO EMPOWER
PARENTS AND GUARDIANS WITH
UNDERSTANDING THEIR CURRENT
RIGHT AND FEELING COMFORTABLE
AND ASKING TO VIEW THEIR
STUDENTS CURRICULUM. AH! THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. ANY WITNESSES
AND SUPPORT OF THE BILL. MR
PATTERSON, FATHER OF FOUR. UH
YES, EXACTLY. I DON'T WANT TO
TALK AGAIN, THOUGH, BUT, YEAH.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? UH
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS IN SUPPORT
OF THE BILL. ANY WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION TO THE BILL. ANY
PUBLIC COMMENTS AND OPPOSITION
TO THE BILL. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. BRING IT BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE, MRS QUIRK-SILVA. UM.
GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THIS. I WILL BE
SUPPORTING IT, BUT I DO WANT TO
MAKE COMMENTS AS A CLASSROOM
TEACHER, AND YOU ARE RIGHT. AND
I APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING THAT
MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALREADY DO
THAT. NOT ONLY DO THEY ALREADY
DO THIS, BUT THERE ARE MANY
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARENTS RIGHT
NOW TO ENGAGE WITHIN THE
CLASSROOM. SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE
SCHOOL YEAR ALWAYS STARTS WITH
THE BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT WHERE
TEACHERS DISPLAY THE MATERIALS
THAT ARE GOING TO BE TAUGHT. I
TAUGHT, AND, UH, K EIGHT AND
MOSTLY 3RD 4TH, SO I'D ALWAYS
HAVE THE TEXTBOOKS OUT. UH, ALSO
MENTIONED WAS THERE'S PUBLIC
PROCESSES WHEN THERE IS A NEW
ADOPTION, AND THAT'S A VERY
LENGTHY PROCESS WHERE IT'S NOT
JUST EDUCATORS, BUT, UH PARENTS
ARE BROUGHT IN TO REVIEW BUT I
WANT TO CLARIFY AND KIND OF MAKE
A NOTE OF THIS BECAUSE I'VE GET
ASKED IN PUBLIC FORUMS. WHY ARE
YOU TEACHING? UM CERTAIN
CONCEPTS OF SEX ED IN
KINDERGARTEN OR SOMETHING, THESE
KIND OF SAME TYPE OF QUESTIONS
OR WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE
STUDENTS TRANSGENDER? AND I'VE
LITERALLY HAD THESE QUESTIONS ON
A REGULAR BASIS. AND UH, WHEN I
ASKED TO SEE A WHAT IS BEING
PROPOSED THAT WE'RE TEACHING AND
I LOOK AT IT. IT'S NOT EVEN, UH
, CALIFORNIA SCHOOL CURRICULUM
IF CURRICULUM AT ALL. IT'S KIND
OF A WORKSHEET, SO IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT PARENTS DO SEE
WHAT'S BEING TAUGHT SO THAT THEY
CAN, UH, KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT
TEACHING. I MEAN, I'VE EVEN BEEN
TOLD THAT WE HAVE TRANSGENDER
CLOSETS IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND SO PARENTS DO HAVE THE RIGHT
TO KNOW THEY SHOULD HAVE THE
RIGHT TO KNOW. BUT ONCE THEY SEE
WHAT'S BEEN TAUGHT, THEY NEED TO
KNOW. LET OTHER PEOPLE KNOW
BECAUSE THERE IS THIS, UH,
NARRATIVE THAT WE'RE TEACHING
ALL OF THESE CURRICULUM THAT ARE
ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE, AND ANY
PARENT CAN GO TO SCHOOL. ASKED
TO MEET WHAT THE PRINCIPAL THE
TEACHER AT ANY TIME REVIEW
CURRICULUM. THEY CAN EVEN ASK TO
SIT IN IN A CLASSROOM,
PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO
THE SEX ED PARENTS CAN NOT ONLY
SIT IN WHEN THE INSTRUCTION HAS
BEEN GIVEN, THEY CAN ALSO ASKED
TO BE OPT OUT. UH AND THEY CAN
REVIEW ANY CURRICULUM. SO I
APPRECIATE THIS COMING FORWARD,
MAYBE FOR A LITTLE DIFFERENT
REASON. BUT I THINK THE
TRANSPARENCY IS REALLY IMPORTANT
IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, BECAUSE
THERE'S THESE NARRATIVES THAT
ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE. SO WE
AGREE FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, BUT
I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH ADVICE.
SURE, DOLLY. THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I WHEN I
BEFORE I WAS ELECTED TO THE
SCHOOL BOARD THE FIRST TIME, UM
I STARTED GOING TO SCHOOL AND
ASKING ALL THOSE QUESTIONS AND I
WAS SHOCKED TO FIND THAT WHEN
NEW THE NEW CURRICULUM STANDARDS
WAS COMING, IT WAS MATH
TEXTBOOKS, AND THEY WERE LAID
OUT IN THE DISTRICT OFFICE
BETWEEN THE HOURS THAT WERE
SCHOOL HOURS. AND WHAT? WE
POSTED THIS AT THE POST OFFICE
FOR 10 DAYS WE'RE GOING TO HEAR
IS THE CURRICULUM FOR AND
TEACHERS WERE GOING THROUGH IT,
WHICH IS GREAT, BUT AS A PARENT,
I DID NOT KNOW. THAT THAT WHAT
THAT WAS THE STANDARD AND THAT'S
HOW WE OPEN UP THE CURRICULUM
FOR OUR PARENTS TO SEE IT, AND
IT WAS NOT. IT WAS DURING THE
WORK DAY, YOU WOULD HAVE TO
LEAVE WORK TO GO VIEW THAT
CURRICULUM AND THAT THAT IS
DIFFERENT THAN I WAS A PARENT
THAT WAS IN THE CLASSROOM ALL
THE TIME. SO YOU DID. SO I DID
SEE WHAT WAS BEING TAUGHT TO MY
CHILDREN. BUT I THINK THIS IS
VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU KNOW,
PARENTS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF
PARENTS WORKED TWO JOBS AND THEY
DO WANT TO BE INVOLVED. BUT JUST
NOTICING THEM THAT THEY DO HAVE
THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. AND MAYBE
JUST EVEN THROUGH LANGUAGE
BARRIERS. WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO
GO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. SOME
PARENTS DON'T KNOW HOW TO ASK.
HOW CAN I BE INVOLVED? SO THANK
YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD
AND I'D LIKE TO BE A CO AUTHOR.
IF YOU TAKE ME. THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT THANK YOU VERY MUCH
BEFORE YOU GIVE THE LAST WORD TO
YOU, MR PATTERSON. I WANT TO
THANK YOU. UH UH, HAPPY TO
SUPPORT THE BILL. I WAS, LIKE,
CLOSE. GREAT WELL, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. YOU KNOW, I
APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS, AND
I'M ALWAYS LOOKING TO BRING
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS
TOGETHER ON ISSUES BUT, YOU
KNOW, YEAH, EVEN AS A PARENT, I
WAS SHOCKED AT HOW MANY RIGHTS
THAT THIS BODY THIS THIS STATE
HAS GIVEN PARENTS TO VIEW WHAT
IS HAPPENING IN SCHOOLS, AND I
THINK MAYBE IT WILL, IN SOME, IN
SOME CASES HELP PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING TIRED
AND ALSO ADDRESS SOME OF THE
ISSUES THAT YOU'VE RAISED
BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN THAT AND I'VE
SEEN A LOT OF DISTRICTS ALSO
MOVED TO AH, UM, WHERE THEY'RE
POSTING ONLINE. A LOT OF THE
PUBLISHERS WILL POST THESE
THINGS ONLINE. AND SO I MEAN,
THESE ARE ALL GOOD THINGS. SO
PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
SCHOOLS AND PEOPLE ACTUALLY GET
MORE ENGAGED. IF THEY ARE
CONCERNED WITH SOMETHING GOING
ON, YOU KNOW THERE. THAT'S WHY
WE HAVE SCHOOL BOARDS TO HELP
WORK THROUGH THESE WITH WITH
ISSUES. YOU KNOW ANY ISSUES THAT
MIGHT COME UP, BUT, YOU KNOW, I
REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE
COMMENTS AND YOU KNOW, THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING THE TEACHER
PERSPECTIVE TO IT, AND OBVIOUSLY
THEY'RE PRETTY INSTRUMENTAL AND
ALRIGHT, OCCASSION SYSTEM, SO
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WITH THAT
MOTION SPIN MADE. WE HAVEN'T HAD
A MOTION. WELL SHE MIGHT ADVICE
. SURE, DOLLY, SECONDED BY MR
HOOVER. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL. ADAM 10. A B 80
TO THE MOTION IS DUE PASS AS
AMENDED TO APPROPRIATIONS.
MERCER CHIEF I DALLI DALLI. I
WON CARILLO ONE CAREER I HOOVER
HOOVER. I LI LEE I MCCARTY
QUIRK-SILVA QUIRK-SILVA. AYE.
SIX VOTES. THE BILL IS UP.
ALRIGHT THAT WE ARE NOW AT A
POINT WHERE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE CAN PRESENT THEIR
BILLS. IS IT? UH, WE HAVE A
QUIRK-SILVA AND, UH, MISS
CHARLEY. YES, I COULD HAVE ASKED
TO SEE IF THE TWO OF YOU WANT TO
DUKE IT OUT. BUT, YEAH. OKAY?
ALRIGHT, THIS IS ITEM 18 81 555.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR AND MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE. I WANT TO
THANK THE COMMITTEE CONSULTANT
FOR WORKING WITH MY OFFICE ON
THIS BILL, AND I DO ACCEPT THE
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS. A TEACHER
SHORTAGE HAS HIT CRITICAL LEVELS
DURING THE DRAWING AND AFTER THE
PANDEMIC, WITH TEACHERS, LEAVING
THE PROFESSION AND SUBSTANCE,
SUBSTANTIAL NUMBERS.
TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN IS
PART OF THE K 12 SCHOOL SYSTEM.
T K IS THE FIRST YEAR OF A TWO
YEAR KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM THAT
USES A MODIFIED KINDERGARTEN
CURRICULUM, WHICH IS AGED
APPROPRIATE AS WELL AS
DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE.
TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN
EXPANSION WILL REQUIRE UP TO
15,000 ADDITIONAL TEACHERS AND A
K 12 SYSTEM THAT IS ALREADY
STRUGGLING WITH CRITICAL
TEACHERS. SURE, SHORTAGES ACROSS
THE STATE. IN ORDER TO TEACH TK
OR TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN IN
CALIFORNIA, TEACHERS MUST HOLD A
MULTIPLE SUBJECT CREDENTIAL,
WHICH AUTHORIZES THE HOLDER TO
TEACH PRESCHOOL THROUGH EIGHTH
GRADE THAT IS CURRENTLY THE
PRACTICE. BUT IN ADDITION TO THE
MULTIPLE SUBJECT CREDENTIAL 24
ADDITIONAL UNITS OF CHILDHOOD
DEVELOPMENT. COURSEWORK ARE
REQUIRED BY AUGUST 1ST 2023. MY
BILL WOULD GIVE EXTRA TIME FOR
THESE TEACHERS TO ACTUALLY
ACQUIRE THESE UNITS, AND I WANT
TO JUST EXPAND AGAIN PERSONALLY
ON THIS, UH, ANY OF YOU WHO HAVE
WORKED AS A PARENT IN A
CLASSROOM WHO HAVE WORKED IN THE
CLASSROOM AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL
ASSISTANT OR A TEACHER YOURSELF
KNOW THAT THE DAY OFTEN STARTS.
FOR MOST TEACHERS ABOUT 7 30.
MOST TEACHERS FINISH AROUND 44
30 THAT DOESN'T COUNT ANY OF THE
PREP WORK OR GRADING PAPERS AND
SO FORTH. MANY TEACHERS GET
MOVED FROM GRADE LEVEL TO GRADE
LEVEL. AS A MATTER OF FACT.
CURRENTLY TEACHERS CAN BE MOVED
. IF YOU TEACH SIXTH GRADE ALL
THE WAY DOWN TO KINDERGARTEN. AH
AND THIS HAPPENS OFTEN. THIS IS
NOT A RARE INSTANCE TEACHERS CAN
BE MOVED EVEN FROM JUNIOR HIGH
DOWN TO AN ELEMENTARY POSITION
BECAUSE THEY HOLD THAT K EIGHT.
UH CREDENTIAL AND THEY CAN MOVE
BE MOVED UP WITHOUT ASKING ANY
ADDITIONAL SO AN EXAMPLE FOR ME
AS I MOSTLY TAUGHT 3RD AND 4TH
GRADE. BUT AS MY GOOD FRIEND, UM
UH, THE CHAIR WILL REMEMBER WHEN
I WASN'T HERE AND WAS PUT BACK
IN THE CLASS. I WAS MOVED ALL
THE WAY UP TO JUNIOR HIGH FROM
THIRD GRADE WITH NOT BEING ASKED
FOR ANY ADDITIONAL UNITS. SO NOW
WITH TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN
AND I UNDERSTAND THE EARLY CHILD
EDUCATION. UM UH, CONCERN ABOUT
MAKING SURE TEACHERS REALLY
UNDERSTAND THAT CURRICULUM AND
IT IS DIFFERENT FROM, SAY,
FOURTH OR FIFTH OR SIXTH GRADE.
BUT 24 UNITS IS QUITE A LOT OF
UNITS TO DO IN A YEAR AND I WANT
YOU TO THINK ABOUT OTHER
PROFESSIONS, WHETHER IT'S A
DENTAL OR A PHYSICIAN LAWYERS.
WE DON'T ASK THEM TO TAKE THAT
TYPE, OF COURSE WORK WITHIN A
YEAR, SO THIS WOULD ALLOW, UM,
AN ADDITIONAL TIME TO GET THESE
UNITS, UH AND TAKING JUST
IMAGINE IN TAKING THREE HOURS OR
FOUR HOURS, OF COURSE WORK A
WEEK PLUS THE HOMEWORK. SO I'M
VERY INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE
THAT WE HAVE THE TEACHERS WITH
THE BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE THEY
NEED FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD HOOD,
BUT WE DON'T DISCOURAGE THEM
FROM MOVING DOWN BECAUSE THERE
ARE SOME VERY CAPABLE
KINDERGARTEN 1ST 2ND GRADE
TEACHERS WHO ALREADY HAVE BEEN
TEACHING MANY OF THESE CONCEPTS
, AND LET'S ALLOW THEM TO HAVE
THE TIME TO GET THOSE ADDITIONAL
UNITS IN A TIMELY MANNER. UH SO
THIS BILL WOULD EXTEND
REQUIREMENTS BY TWO YEARS WOULD
EASE THE BURDEN FOR ALREADY
OVERWORKED TEACHERS AND INSIST
IN MAKING SURE WE ARE ABLE TO
RETAIN OUR CURRENT VALUED
TEACHER WORKFORCE. ALRIGHT THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. UM WOULD YOU LIKE
TO PRESENT ANY WITNESSES? WE
DON'T HAVE ANY. AT THIS POINT, A
HEARD FROM YOUR PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE YOUR PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE. THANK YOU. ANY
PUBLIC COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF
THE BILL IS COME FORWARD.
EVERYONE BEHALF OF THE
ASSOCIATION OF CATHERINE
MINISTRATIONS AND STRONG SUPPORT
THE BILL. THANK YOU. SEEING NO
FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS AND
SUPPORT ANY WITNESSES IN
OPPOSITION TO THE BILL. SAYING
NONE ANY PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENTS
IN OPPOSITION TO THE BILL,
SEEING NONE MOTION MADE BY MS
VICE CHAIR, DOLLY SECOND WAY, MR
CARILLO ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MR. QUIRK-SILVA UM, THERE'S UH
HUH. AH. YOU KNOW, BILL IS
ADDRESSING VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE
OF MAKING SURE THEY WERE GOING
TO HAVE ENOUGH TK TEACHERS UP UP
AND RUNNING, UM, FOR THE
PROGRAMS TO ROLL OUT AND SO UM
HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE BILL. THE
MOTION IS DUE PASSES. MANY TO
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE MOTION
HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE?
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY VOTE.
THANK YOU. MADAM SECRETARY,
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. SO ITEM 18
A B 15 55. THE MOTION IS DUE
PASS AS AMENDED TO
APPROPRIATIONS. SUKI SUKI, I
DALI VALLEY I WANT CARILLO VÚI
HOOVER HOOVER. I LI LEE, I
MCCARTY QUIRK-SILVA. AYE,
QUIRK-SILVA. AYE. SIX VOTES. THE
BILL IS OUT. THANK YOU LAST BUT
NOT LEAST BY SURE, DARLING. OH
BEFORE WE ACTUALLY MAYBE MAYBE
WE COULD. WHILE YOU'RE WALKING
UP THERE, WE CAN VOTE ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR. SO, UH YES.
THEIR MOTIONS FOR THE CONSENT
CALENDAR PODIUM MOVES FOR A
SECOND. OR CONSENT, MISS
QUIRK-SILVA SECONDS. MADAM
SECRETARY IS CALLED THE WRONG SO
ITEM TO A B 2 78. THE MOTION IS
DUE PAST TWO APPROPRIATIONS FILE
ITEM FOR A B 3 73. THE MOTION IS
DUE PASS AS AMENDED TO HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE. WOW ITEM SIX
A. B 3 93. THE MOTION IS DUE
PASS TO APPROPRIATIONS FILE ITEM
7 85 35. THE MOTION IS DUE
PASSES AMENDED TO APPROPRIATIONS
. ADAM 11 A B 8 72. THE MOTION
IS DUE PAST TWO APPROPRIATIONS
ITEM. 13 A B 11 OH, SIX. THE
MOTION IS DUE PASSES AMENDED TO
APPROPRIATIONS ITEM 16 80 13 57
THE MOTION IS DO PASS. Tð
APPROPRIATIONS. HOW ITEM 17 A B
15 OH, THREE. THE MOTION IS DUE
PAST TWO APPROPRIATIONS ITEM. 19
A B 16 53 THE MOTION IS DUE
PASSES AMENDED TO
APPROPRIATIONS. MURATSUCHI I
DOLLY. SALLY I WANT CARILLO
CARILLO I HOOVER SUPER I LI. LEE
I MCCARTY QUIRK-SILVA.
QUIRK-SILVA. AYE. SIX VOTES.
CONSENT CALENDAR BILLS ARE OUT.
THANK YOU, MR VICE CHAIR, DOLLY
, THIS IS ITEM 20 A B 17 TO 2.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR AND MEMBERS
FIRST. I'D LIKE TO START BY
ACCEPTING THE COMMITTEE'S
AMENDMENTS. UM AND I ALSO LIKE
TO THANK YOU, MR CHAIR AND THE
COMMITTEE STAFF FOR ALL OF YOUR
THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION AND
WORKING WITH MY STAFF AND
STAKEHOLDERS TO, UM, TO BRING
THIS BILL FORWARD. A B 17 22
WOULD PROVIDE THE OPTION FOR
LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. ELIA
IS TO HIRE A LICENSED VOCATIONAL
NURSES UNDER THE RECOMMEND
RECORD. EXCUSE ME REQUIRED
SUPERVISION OF A SCHOOL NURSE.
THERE'S A SHOULDER SHORTAGE OF
SCHOOL NURSES IN CALIFORNIA AS
WE ALL KNOW. THE RECENT PANDEMIC
HAS ONLY HIGHLIGHTED THIS CRISIS
, BRINGING THE PROBLEM TO THE
FOREFRONT OF MY CONVERSATIONS,
NEARLY DAILY SCHOOL NURSING
CALIFORNIA IS REQUIRED TO BE AN
RN AND EARN A CREDENTIAL IN
ADDITION TO THEIR NURSING DEGREE
, THE CREDENTIALING PROCESS
WHICH IS SIMILAR TO WHAT
TEACHERS GO THROUGH. CAN TAKE UP
TO TWO YEARS AND THERE ARE ONLY
A FEW SCHOOLS AVAILABLE AND THEY
WILL COST MORE THAN $10,000.
THESE FACTORS ALONG WITH OTHERS
CONTRIBUTE TO THE EXISTING AND
CONTINUED SHORTAGE OF RNS AND
SCHOOL NURSES THROUGHOUT
CALIFORNIA. AND WHILE MOST
SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT
CALIFORNIA ARE EXPERIENCING
SCHOOL NURSE SHORTAGES, RURAL
SCHOOLS ARE MORE LIKELY TO LACK
NURSING SUPPORT THAN THOSE
LOCATED IN MORE URBAN AREAS.
JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF SCHOOL
DISTRICT I REPRESENT HAS GONE
WITHOUT A SCHOOL NURSE FOR FOUR
YEARS. SCHOOLS ARE FORCED TO
HIRE A TWO HOUR HEALTH CLERK IN
PLACE OF A MORE QUALIFIED HEALTH
CARE PROFESSIONAL. AS A RESULT,
THE REALITY FOR SO MANY OF OUR
STUDENTS MEANS GOING WITHOUT A
SCHOOL NURSE. THIS LEAVES SCHOOL
STAFF WITHOUT MEDICAL TRAINING.
AS THE ONES APPLYING BAND AIDS
DISPENSING MEDICATIONS, MANAGING
ALLERGIES, ASTHMA MONITORING
BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS. AND HOW DO
YOU HANDLE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY?
WITH OUR STUDENTS FACING
UNPRECEDENTED INCREASES IN
MEDICAL HEALTH OR EXCUSING
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, AND THE
RISE IN TYPE ONE DIABETES. WE
NEED MORE HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONALS ON OUR CAMPUSES
FOR OUR CHILDREN. AND THIS BILL
HELPS US GET THERE WITH ME TODAY
TO OFFER SUPPORTING TESTIMONY IS
SCOTLAND'S SUPERINTENDENT FOR
NEVADA COUNTY. THANK YOU. CHAIR
AND MEMBERS AS ASSEMBLYWOMAN
DOLLY JUST HAD MY NAME IS SCOTT
LAMB, THE NEVADA COUNTY
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. I
HAVE BEEN IN NEVADA COUNTY
EDUCATION FOR 31 YEARS, 22 YEARS
AS A SUPERINTENDENT. I OVERSEE
10,500 STUDENTS IN NINE
DISTRICTS AND SIX INDEPENDENT
CHARTER SCHOOLS. OVER THE PAST
FIVE YEARS, I'VE SEEN AN
ALARMING DECLINE IN THE NUMBER
OF RNS AVAILABLE FOR SCHOOLS.
AND WITH COVID. THIS GREATLY
ACCELERATED THAT PROCESS. MOST
OF OUR NURSES WERE BURNED OUT.
OVERWORKED UM AND
UNDERAPPRECIATED DURING COVID.
SADLY UM, AND WITH US AFTER THE
22 AFTER I'M SORRY FOR THE 21 22
SCHOOL YEAR, 50% OF THEM RETIRED
, RESIGNED OR JUST CHANGE
CAREERS ALTOGETHER. CURRENTLY WE
HAVE SEVEN RNS FOR OUR COUNTY
THAT SERVES SEVEN DISTRICTS AND
FIVE CHARTERS. THAT MEANS TWO
DISTRICTS AND ONE CHARTER SCHOOL
STILL DO NOT HAVE A REGISTERED
NURSE. THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING
LIKE A HEALTH CLERK, PRINCIPAL
SERVING AS THE HEALTH AIDE, UH,
THE NURSE BECAUSE I MEAN, SORRY,
NOT THE NURSE SECRETARY TEACHER
CUSTODIAN. WHOEVER UM, IT'S ALL
HANDS ON DECK. ONE DISTRICT JUST
FOUND THEIR NURSE YESTERDAY AND
THEY'VE BEEN SEARCHING SINCE MAY
OF LAST YEAR. WITH THAT, AS YOU
HEARD MY COLLEAGUE IN SIERRA
COUNTY, WHICH NEIGHBORED US IS
IN YEAR FOUR WITHOUT A NURSE.
HE'S FOUND MANY LVMH'S. HE'S
FOUND NURSES FROM NEVADA, BUT
NONE OF THOSE PAST THE CRITERIA
REQUIRED IN CALIFORNIA TO ALLOW
HIM TO PAY FOR A NURSE. WITH
SIMPLY PUT. WE CAN'T FIND ENOUGH
RNS TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS, AND
THAT BECOMES A SAFETY ISSUE FOR
OUR KIDS. I BELIEVE A B 17 22
GOES A LONG WAY TO HELP US SOLVE
THIS ISSUE BY PUTTING L V N S IN
OUR DISTRICTS CAN HIRE THESE
PEOPLE. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF L V.
N S IN OUR COUNTY AND MY
COLLEAGUES IN NEIGHBORING
COUNTIES DO AS WELL. OUR COUNTY
OFFICES COULD THEN HIRE THE RNS
TO OVERSEE THEM, AND I THINK
THAT WOULD WORK OUT VERY NICELY.
I BELIEVE IT. IT'S CRITICAL THAT
THIS PASSES THAT WE CAN DO THIS
, UH, SIMPLY PUT TO TAKE CARE OF
OUR KIDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH ANY, UH, ARE THERE
WITNESSES AND SUPPORT OF THE
BILL, SAYING NONE ANY PUBLIC
COMMENTS AND SUPPORT OF THE BILL
C NONE. ANY WITNESSES AND
OPPOSITION TO THE BILL, PLEASE
COME FORWARD. YOU HAVE A CHOICE
OF EITHER AT THE TABLE OR AT THE
MICROPHONE IS FINE, AND I WANT
TO LEAVE ANGELA REID ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL NURSES
ORGANIZATION, AND WE ARE NOT IN
OPPOSITION BUT WANTED TO WANT
FIRST THANK THE COMMITTEE STAFF
AND THINK THE MEMBER STAFF THE
OTHER STAFF FOR THE TREMENDOUS
WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE TO ADDRESS
THE CONCERNS OF SCHOOL
CREDENTIAL SCHOOL NURSES.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK DONE.
MANY OF OUR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN
ADDRESSED, AND WE LOOK FORWARD
TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE
AUTHOR AND WITH THE COMMITTEE.
TO ADDRESS THOSE THOSE OTHER
KIND OF THE REMAINING ISSUES
THAT THAT EXISTS, BUT JUST JUST
WANTED TO CLARIFY BECAUSE I KNOW
THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT
OUR POSITION, AND WE DO NOT HAVE
A FORMAL POSITION STILL
REVIEWING THE AMENDMENTS, BUT
WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING WITH
EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ANY FOR, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
AND OPPOSITION OR ANY TWEENERS.
SEEING NONE. BRING IT BACK TO
THE COMMITTEE. MR LEE. HMM UM, I
WOULDN'T SAY THAT. YOU KNOW, I
UNDERSTAND THE GOAL YOU'RE
TRYING TO DO, AND IT IS A REAL
CRISIS TO NOT HAVE A NURSING FOR
YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR FOUR
YEARS. I'M NOT THERE ON THE
BILL. RIGHT NOW. I KNOW THERE'S
BEEN A LOT OF LESS OR ACTUALLY
QUICK TURNAROUND. I DON'T WANT
TO SEE LAST BOOK, QUICK
TURNAROUND ON LANGUAGE. I DO
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING VERY
FLEXIBLE AND FIGURING OUT THE
RIGHT PATH ON THIS ONE. I JUST
HAD A COUPLE UM I JUST HAD A
COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND
QUESTIONS. COMMENTS ABOUT IT IS
THAT, UM, I KNOW RIGHT NOW,
THERE ISN'T A SUNSET OR ANYTHING
IN THERE. BUT I DO THINK IT
WOULD BE PRUDENT TO HAVE SOME
SORT OF REPORTING BACK. I DON'T
NECESSARILY ADVOCATING FOR
SUNSET. BUT TO SAY THAT MAYBE
WHEN YOU HAVE THIS PROGRAM,
MAYBE TO REPORT BACK AND SAY
THIS IS WORKING OR ISN'T
WORKING. MY SECOND THING IS ALSO
ABOUT, UM I THINK WE SHOULD
OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE HIGHEST, UM,
STANDARD OF HEALTH CARE AND CARE
AVAILABLE AT OUR SCHOOL SITES
RIGHT NOW. THIS BILL WOULD APPLY
TO ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, NOT
JUST THE ROYAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
TALKING ABOUT I DON'T WANT US TO
HAVE THIS SITUATION WHERE WHICH
A LOT OF SCHOOLS EVEN IN MY
METROPOLIS IN AREAS BEAR
DISTRICTS. THEY'RE HAVING THEIR
BUDGET CRISES. I WOULDN'T WANT A
SITUATION IN WHICH THEY KIND OF
OPT TO SAY, OH, WE'LL HIRE
SOMEONE WHO'S YOU KNOW SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT CREDENTIALS COULD BE
CHEAPER FOR US. UM IN AN ERA
WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE,
TOO. SO MAYBE CONSIDERING MAYBE
DIRECTION MAYBE FOR YOU WANT TO
GO? IS WEYBRIDGE TAILORING MORE
FOR RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS? I
KNOW THERE'S MEDIUM SIZED
DISTRICT INSTEAD OF JUST SMALL
DISTRICTS, BUT ESPECIALLY MINE
WHERE THEY'RE LARGE SCHOOL
DISTRICT. I DON'T WANT THIS ALSO
THINK LET'S GO CHASE THE BOTTOM.
YOU KNOW, A DOLLAR THAT COULD BE
CHEAPER. UM, AND I KNOW YOU'RE
ALSO THEN WORKING ON LANGUAGE
THAT WILL CLARIFY THAT THE
SUPERVISION WILL BE A SHALL BE
INSTEAD OF A MAYBE, AND THAT I
THINK GOES A LONG WAY TO ADDRESS
SOME CONCERNS. SO JUST FOR NOW,
I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP
WORKING ON THE BILL. AND YOU
KNOW, I WANT TO LOOK AT THE BILL
WHEN IT GETS TO THE FLOOR TO SO
I COULD CHANGE MY VOTE AS WELL.
BUT FOR TODAY, I JUST WANNA LET
YOU KNOW THAT I'M NOT THERE YET
ON THE BILL, UM, BUT I DO WANT
TO SEE HOW WE PROGRESSES. IT
GETS TO THE FLOOR TO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS CARILLO DO REPRESENT
SOME RURAL AREAS, AND I KNOW THE
CHALLENGE IN TRYING TO PROVIDE
INCENTIVES. Tð FEEL THOSE
POSITIONS. IT'S DIFFICULT. HIS
SALARY IS REALLY NOT AN
INCENTIVE. I THINK THAT THIS
WILL ACTUALLY ALLEVIATE THE
ISSUE. I WILL SUPPORT THE BILL.
I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP,
AND IT'S JUST AN EFFORT TO HAVE
THE BARE NECESSITIES THAT SOME
SCHOOL DISTRICTS NEED
DESPERATELY. UM, I THINK THAT
AGAIN, THIS COULD BE AN
INCENTIVE TO ATTRACT SOMEONE
THAT IT'S LOOKING FOR. NOT THE
SALARY AGAIN BECAUSE NO, THAT'S
THAT'S NOT VERY ATTRACTIVE,
UNFORTUNATELY, BUT BEING ABLE TO
SERVE RURAL AREAS, I THINK
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE I
NEED TO DO AND THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING THAT UP. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ADVICE
EURODOLLAR BEFORE, UM. LIKE TO
GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO
CLOSE I WANT TO UH, A FEW
COMMENTS, NUMBER NUMBER ONE. UM,
I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE
EXISTING LAW ALLOWS FOR L V N S
TO, UH. TO SERVE IN, AND, UH, IN
THE PLACE OF A SCHOOL NURSE IF
THEY ARE SUPERVISED BY A
REGISTERED NURSE. THIS WILL THIS
WILL HAVE THAT CHANGE EXISTING
LAW TO MAKE THIS THAT AN OPTION?
YES. SO IN OUR SMALL ARE SMALLER
COUNTIES. YOU CAN HAVE AN RN
SCHOOL NURSE. OVERSEEN BEING THE
NURSE OF RECORD. FOR YOUR SCHOOL
SITES. SO IF YOU WERE ABLE TO
HIRE AN AN L V N FOR ONE OF YOUR
SCHOOL TO SCHOOL SITES THAN YOUR
, UM COUNTY OFFICE OF ED WOULD
HAVE THE RN OVER THAT. OKAY, AS
A. SO THAT YOU STILL HAVE THAT
REQUIREMENT? YOU'RE JUST NOT
REQUIRING IT ON EVERY SINGLE ONE
OF YOUR SCHOOL LOCATIONS. OKAY
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO WE ARE
EXPANDING OPTIONS? YES, WELL,
VIENS CURRENTLY ALVIN'S CAN, UM
SERVE WITH WITH THE SUPER UNDER
THE SUPERVISION OF A RESTAURANT
NURSE. WE'RE EXPANDING IT FOR
OTHER ELIA'S, WHETHER A COUNTY
OFFICE OF EDUCATION OR A
NEIGHBORING, UH, SCHOOL
DISTRICT. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THAT THAT IS CLARIFIED
ALSO, UM UM. I WANTED TO SHARE
THAT. YOU KNOW, I HAD A TOWN
HALL AND IN MY DISTRICT AND EL
SEGUNDO AND, UH, THERE WAS A
REGISTERED NURSE WHO, UH,
APPROACHED ME OR ACTUALLY RAISED
THE CONCERN ABOUT YOUR BILL. UH
DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND I
WANTED TO SHARE WITH THIS SCHOOL
NURSES. UH ASSOCIATION
REPRESENTATIVE AS WELL AS ANYONE
THAT MAY BE LISTENING OR
WATCHING IS THAT YOU KNOW, WE
CERTAINLY, UH YOU KNOW, RESPECT
THE, UH THE REGISTERED NURSES.
WE THIS IS NOT IN ANY WAY, YOU
KNOW, TRYING TO THREATEN, UH,
RAISE ANY SCOPE OF PRACTICE
DISPUTES BETWEEN REGISTERED
NURSES AND LICENSED VOCATIONAL
NURSES. UM. BUT AS AS YOU
INDICATED, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE
YOU'RE TRYING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM
HERE. THERE ARE SCHOOLS THAT
THERE ARE TOO MANY SCHOOL
DISTRICTS LIKE THEY JUST CAN'T
FIND ENOUGH REGISTERED NURSES.
AND SO YOU KNOW, I I'M ALL ABOUT
EXPANDING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE,
YOU KNOW, TRYING TO, UH, TAKE A
PRACTICAL APPROACH. I THINK THIS
IS A UM. YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY
REASONABLE PROPOSAL AND JUST TO
CLARIFY, UH TO MR LEE'S CONCERN
, ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT
THAT YOU'RE TAKING IS THAT THEY
WILL HAVE THIS OPTION TO HIRE AN
L V. N ONLY IF THEY'RE UNABLE TO
HIRE A REGISTERED NURSE, AND SO
WE SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO MAKE
SURE THAT THERE WAS AN
AMENDMENT. SO THAT THIS COULD
NOT BE USED OR ABUSED, YOU KNOW,
TO ALLOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO
HIRE A CHEAPER EL VIENE RATHER
THAN AN L R. END. THIS IS ONLY
IF THEY'RE UNABLE TO FILL THE
POSITION OF THE R N UM AND SO
WITH THAT I SHARE WITH LIKE
CLOTHES. YEAH I THINK I THINK
JUST TO JUST TO CLARIFY TO THAT
. YOU KNOW, THE BEST DATA WE
HAVE RIGHT NOW IS WHAT WE HAVE
ONE NURSE FOR EVERY 2500
STUDENTS. RIGHT NOW AND A
NATIONAL STANDARD, WHICH IS A
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NURSES.
THEIR STANDARD IS ONE FOR EVERY
750. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT INTO
PERSPECTIVE THAT IT ISN'T JUST
YOU KNOW MY DISTRICT OR MY RULE.
AREAS AND I THINK I'M COMING
FROM A YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, FROM
A PLACE OF WHO SOMEONE WHO'S
BEEN ON SCHOOL BOARD, AND THEN
IT'S A CHALLENGE TO HIRE AS WE
KNOW TEACHERS EVERY LEVEL RIGHT
NOW AND JUST I'M A RULE
EDUCATION ADVOCATE. I WANT MY I
WANT MY KIDS IN MY RURAL AREAS
HAVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED AND SO
FOR A SUPERINTENDENT TO SAY IT'S
TAKING FOUR YEARS. FOUR YEARS IS
A LONG TIME. WHAT IF YOU HAVE A
CHILD WITH TYPE ONE DIABETES? MY
GODSON HAS TYPE ONE DIABETES AND
EVERYDAY. HIS MOM WAS CHECKING
HIS LEVELS ON HER PHONE AND YOU
DON'T HAVE A NURSE. IT'S SO THIS
THAT'S WHERE IT COMES FROM
PASSION, SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF
YOUR HELP IN GETTING US TO WHERE
WE CAN BE. AND THANK YOU, SCOTT
FOR DRIVING DOWN. SO, UM, I
RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY VOTE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM WE NEED
A MOTION. SECOND HOOVER MAKES
THE MOTION SECONDED BY MR
CARILLO. UM SECRETARY POLICE
CALLED THE RAW ITEM 28 B 17 22.
THE MOTION IS DUE PASS AS
AMENDED TO APPROPRIATIONS MERCY
CHEE CHEE I DOLLY! DOLLY I WANT
CARILLO. OH, I HOOVER HOOVER. I
LI PLEASE. LEE, NOT VOTING.
LOOK, MCCARTY QUIRK-SILVA
QUIRK-SILVA. AYE. I VOTES, THE
BILL IS OUT. ALRIGHT I BELIEVE
THAT CONCLUDES. OH YES, WE HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO PEOPLE TO ADD
ON TO IT. OKAY SO I WILL ADJOURN
THE HEARING AND GIVE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS TO ADD
ON, UH. THIS HEARING IS
ADJOURNED AND, UH COMMITTEE
MEMBERS LIKE TO ADD ON THE
SECRETARY WILL CALL. THE BELLS.
CONSENT. MCCARTY. ITEM ONE.
MAYBE 2 49. THE MOTION IS DUE
PASSES. AMENDED TO
APPROPRIATIONS THE CHAIR VOTING
I. HOOVER HOOVER, NOT VOTING.
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THANK YOU. WE'RE DONE.