WEBVTT 00:00:19.853 --> 00:00:21.588 WELCOME TO THE SENATE EDUCATION 00:00:21.654 --> 00:00:23.089 COMMITTEE HEARING. THERE ARE 00:00:23.156 --> 00:00:24.657 FOUR BILLS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. 00:00:24.724 --> 00:00:26.993 AB 1581 BY ASSEMBLY MEMBER 00:00:27.060 --> 00:00:29.963 RAMOS. AB 1969 BY ASSEMBLY 00:00:30.029 --> 00:00:33.233 MEMBER BONTA. SB 549 BY SENATOR 00:00:33.299 --> 00:00:36.336 ALLEN AND SB 632 BY SENATOR 00:00:36.403 --> 00:00:37.837 ARAGON. WE ARE HEARING THESE 00:00:37.904 --> 00:00:41.474 BILLS PURSUANT TO SENATE RULE 00:00:41.541 --> 00:00:42.876 29.10, BECAUSE THEY WERE 00:00:42.942 --> 00:00:43.977 SUBSTANTIALLY AMENDED AFTER 00:00:44.043 --> 00:00:45.779 THEY WERE INITIALLY HEARD. 00:00:45.845 --> 00:00:47.080 WITNESSES ARE ASKED TO LIMIT 00:00:47.147 --> 00:00:48.415 THEIR TESTIMONY TO TWO MINUTES 00:00:48.481 --> 00:00:50.417 TO ENSURE THE COMMITTEE IS ABLE 00:00:50.483 --> 00:00:52.218 TO COMPLETE TODAY'S AGENDA IN A 00:00:52.285 --> 00:00:56.189 TIMELY FASHION. SEEING AS WE DO 00:00:56.256 --> 00:00:58.825 NOT HAVE A QUORUM, WE'LL BEGIN 00:00:58.892 --> 00:01:00.560 AS A SUBCOMMITTEE WITH THE 00:01:00.627 --> 00:01:01.995 FIRST BILL, AND I SEE THAT WE 00:01:02.061 --> 00:01:03.463 HAVE ASSEMBLYMEMBER BONTA HERE 00:01:03.530 --> 00:01:06.266 TO PRESENT AB 1969. SO, 00:01:06.332 --> 00:01:06.966 ASSEMBLYMEMBER, YOU CAN BEGIN 00:01:07.033 --> 00:01:09.502 WHEN YOU'RE READY. THANK YOU SO 00:01:09.569 --> 00:01:11.304 MUCH AND GOOD EVENING, CHAIR 00:01:11.371 --> 00:01:12.872 AND MEMBERS. I AM PLEASED TODAY 00:01:12.939 --> 00:01:15.608 TO PRESENT AB 1969, THE. IT 00:01:15.675 --> 00:01:18.511 TAKES A VILLAGE ACT OF 2026. WE 00:01:18.578 --> 00:01:19.846 OFTEN SAY THAT IT TAKES A 00:01:19.913 --> 00:01:21.047 VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD, BUT 00:01:21.114 --> 00:01:22.816 TOO OFTEN THE PROGRAMS AND 00:01:22.882 --> 00:01:24.284 SYSTEMS SERVING OUR CHILDREN 00:01:24.350 --> 00:01:25.652 AND FAMILIES ARE NOT STRUCTURED 00:01:25.718 --> 00:01:27.520 TO FUNCTION TOGETHER, AND AS 00:01:27.587 --> 00:01:29.622 ONE. CALIFORNIA HAS MADE 00:01:29.689 --> 00:01:31.090 HISTORIC INVESTMENTS IN OUR 00:01:31.157 --> 00:01:32.192 CHILDREN FROM EARLY LEARNING 00:01:32.258 --> 00:01:33.626 AND EXPANDED LEARNING 00:01:33.693 --> 00:01:35.061 OPPORTUNITIES TO BEHAVIORAL 00:01:35.128 --> 00:01:36.863 HEALTH, SCHOOL MEALS AND 00:01:36.930 --> 00:01:38.665 COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. THIS YEAR, 00:01:38.731 --> 00:01:40.500 CALIFORNIA TOOK ANOTHER MAJOR 00:01:40.567 --> 00:01:42.602 STEP BY COMMITTING $1 BILLION 00:01:42.669 --> 00:01:44.771 IN ONGOING PROPOSITION 98 00:01:44.838 --> 00:01:45.905 FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE 00:01:45.972 --> 00:01:47.273 CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF 00:01:47.340 --> 00:01:48.741 COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. THIS 00:01:48.808 --> 00:01:50.176 INVESTMENT RECOGNIZES SOMETHING 00:01:50.243 --> 00:01:51.644 WE HAVE KNOWN ALL ALONG. 00:01:51.711 --> 00:01:53.580 SCHOOLS ARE MORE THAN PLACES 00:01:53.646 --> 00:01:55.248 WHERE CHILDREN LEARN. THEY ARE 00:01:55.315 --> 00:01:56.683 TRUSTED COMMUNITY HUBS WHERE 00:01:56.749 --> 00:01:58.117 FAMILIES CAN CONNECT TO THE 00:01:58.184 --> 00:01:59.486 ACADEMIC HEALTH, BEHAVIORAL 00:01:59.552 --> 00:02:01.688 HEALTH AND OTHER SUPPORTS THEY 00:02:01.754 --> 00:02:04.958 NEED TO BE ABLE TO THRIVE. AB 00:02:05.024 --> 00:02:06.025 1969 BUILDS ON CALIFORNIA 00:02:06.092 --> 00:02:07.827 COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INVESTMENT BY 00:02:07.894 --> 00:02:08.461 STRENGTHENING THE PARTNERSHIPS 00:02:08.528 --> 00:02:09.696 AND COORDINATION NECESSARY TO 00:02:09.762 --> 00:02:12.165 MAKE THAT INVESTMENT SUCCESSFUL 00:02:12.232 --> 00:02:14.334 OVER THE LONG TERM. PROMISE 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:16.102 NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH I 00:02:16.169 --> 00:02:17.504 FERVENTLY BELIEVE IN, ARE PLACE 00:02:17.570 --> 00:02:19.005 BASED, CRADLE TO CAREER 00:02:19.072 --> 00:02:19.706 PARTNERSHIPS THAT BRING 00:02:19.772 --> 00:02:20.940 TOGETHER SCHOOL, COMMUNITY 00:02:21.007 --> 00:02:22.942 BASED ORGANIZATIONS, FAMILIES, 00:02:23.009 --> 00:02:24.377 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, HEALTH 00:02:24.444 --> 00:02:26.212 PROVIDERS, AND OTHER PARTNERS 00:02:26.279 --> 00:02:27.981 AROUND A SHARED GOAL IMPROVING 00:02:28.047 --> 00:02:29.782 OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN AND 00:02:29.849 --> 00:02:30.917 MAKING SURE THAT THEIR FAMILIES 00:02:30.984 --> 00:02:32.685 ARE STRONG IN A COMMUNITY THAT 00:02:32.752 --> 00:02:34.420 CAN HOLD THEM. THESE 00:02:34.487 --> 00:02:35.522 PARTNERSHIPS ENHANCE OUR 00:02:35.588 --> 00:02:37.290 EFFORTS WITH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS 00:02:37.357 --> 00:02:38.791 AND ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY 00:02:38.858 --> 00:02:40.627 SCHOOLS ARE NOT JUST ONE SINGLE 00:02:40.693 --> 00:02:41.794 PLACE WHERE CHILDREN ARE ABLE 00:02:41.861 --> 00:02:44.197 TO THRIVE, BUT OUR WHOLE 00:02:44.264 --> 00:02:45.231 COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING OUR 00:02:45.298 --> 00:02:47.800 CHILDREN. AB 1969 RECOGNIZES 00:02:47.867 --> 00:02:49.969 PROMISE NEIGHBORHOODS LEAD 00:02:50.036 --> 00:02:51.371 ORGANIZATIONS AS COOPERATING 00:02:51.437 --> 00:02:52.472 AGENCIES THAT CAN PARTNER WITH 00:02:52.539 --> 00:02:54.274 LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCIES AND 00:02:54.340 --> 00:02:55.708 COMMUNITY SCHOOLS TO COORDINATE 00:02:55.775 --> 00:02:57.510 SERVICES AND SUPPORTS. THE BILL 00:02:57.577 --> 00:02:59.712 ALSO CLARIFIES THAT AN LEA MAY 00:02:59.779 --> 00:03:01.514 USE EXISTING COMMUNITY SCHOOLS 00:03:01.581 --> 00:03:02.615 ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING TO SERVE 00:03:02.682 --> 00:03:05.385 AS A NETWORK LEAD FOR MULTIPLE 00:03:05.451 --> 00:03:07.253 ELIGIBLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL SITES 00:03:07.320 --> 00:03:08.655 LOCATED WITHIN A PROMISE 00:03:08.721 --> 00:03:10.089 NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS IMPORTANT 00:03:10.156 --> 00:03:11.858 BECAUSE EFFECTIVE PLACE BASED 00:03:11.925 --> 00:03:12.992 PARTNERSHIPS REQUIRE 00:03:13.059 --> 00:03:14.427 SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE TO 00:03:14.494 --> 00:03:15.862 COORDINATE SERVICES ACROSS 00:03:15.929 --> 00:03:17.297 SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY 00:03:17.363 --> 00:03:18.398 ORGANIZATIONS, AND PUBLIC 00:03:18.464 --> 00:03:19.832 SYSTEMS. THIS WORK IS DEEPLY 00:03:19.899 --> 00:03:21.601 PERSONAL TO ME. IT HAS BEEN MY 00:03:21.668 --> 00:03:24.170 LIFE'S WORK. I STARTED DOING 00:03:24.237 --> 00:03:25.305 CRADLE TO CAREER WORK WHEN I 00:03:25.371 --> 00:03:27.407 WAS FIRST OUT OF COLLEGE IN 21, 00:03:27.473 --> 00:03:29.175 AND CERTAINLY IT IS DEAR TO ME 00:03:29.242 --> 00:03:30.343 BECAUSE I KNOW ALL TOO WELL 00:03:30.410 --> 00:03:32.178 THAT IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO 00:03:32.245 --> 00:03:33.246 RAISE A STRONG CHILD, AS 00:03:33.313 --> 00:03:35.548 HAPPENED FOR ME. AB 1969 HELPS 00:03:35.615 --> 00:03:37.116 ENSURE THAT CALIFORNIA'S 00:03:37.183 --> 00:03:38.184 HISTORIC INVESTMENTS IN OUR 00:03:38.251 --> 00:03:39.919 CHILDREN ARE SUPPORTED BY THE 00:03:39.986 --> 00:03:41.387 VILLAGE NECESSARY TO MAKE THEM 00:03:41.454 --> 00:03:42.822 SUCCESSFUL. I RESPECTFULLY 00:03:42.889 --> 00:03:44.357 REQUEST YOUR AYE VOTE AT THE 00:03:44.424 --> 00:03:48.628 APPROPRIATE TIME. THANK YOU FOR 00:03:48.695 --> 00:03:50.430 YOUR PRESENTATION. I'M SAYING 00:03:50.496 --> 00:03:51.831 IS YOU DON'T HAVE WITNESSES 00:03:51.898 --> 00:03:53.299 HERE. WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO ME. 00:03:53.366 --> 00:03:54.834 TOS WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO 00:03:54.901 --> 00:03:57.370 REGISTER THEIR SUPPORT? THANK 00:03:57.437 --> 00:04:00.173 YOU SO MUCH, ASSEMBLYMEMBER AND 00:04:00.239 --> 00:04:02.308 SENATORS. I'M PROUD TO SAY AS 00:04:02.375 --> 00:04:03.776 SPONSORS END CHILD POVERTY IS 00:04:03.843 --> 00:04:05.912 IN STRONG SUPPORT. ALSO ALSO 00:04:05.979 --> 00:04:07.747 ADDING IN HAYWARD PROMISE 00:04:07.814 --> 00:04:09.916 NEIGHBORHOOD MISSION, ECONOMIC 00:04:09.983 --> 00:04:11.684 DEVELOPMENT AGENCY IN SAN 00:04:11.751 --> 00:04:13.820 FRANCISCO AS WELL AS MARIN 00:04:13.886 --> 00:04:14.821 PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE 00:04:14.887 --> 00:04:15.822 STRIVE TOGETHER NETWORK. THANK 00:04:15.888 --> 00:04:19.258 YOU. TIFFANY MOORLACH ON BEHALF 00:04:19.325 --> 00:04:21.060 OF CFT, A UNION OF EDUCATORS 00:04:21.127 --> 00:04:22.395 AND CLASSIFIED PROFESSIONALS 00:04:22.462 --> 00:04:24.664 AND SUPPORT. THANK YOU. GREAT. 00:04:24.731 --> 00:04:26.399 THANK YOU SO MUCH. SEEING AS WE 00:04:26.466 --> 00:04:27.634 NOW HAVE A QUORUM, I'M GOING TO 00:04:27.700 --> 00:04:29.569 GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE COMMITTEE 00:04:29.636 --> 00:04:31.838 REGISTER OR CALL THE ROLL 00:04:31.904 --> 00:04:32.939 SECRETARY. IF YOU COULD CALL 00:04:33.006 --> 00:04:35.108 THE ROLL SENATORS. PEREZ. PEREZ 00:04:35.174 --> 00:04:36.943 HERE. OCHOA. BOGUE. CHITTO. 00:04:37.010 --> 00:04:38.978 BOGUE HERE. CABALDON. CABALDON 00:04:39.045 --> 00:04:44.784 HERE. CHOI. CORTESE. GONZALEZ. 00:04:44.851 --> 00:04:48.755 GONZALEZ HERE. REYES. AND WE 00:04:48.821 --> 00:04:50.556 HAVE A QUORUM. WE'LL NOW SHIFT 00:04:50.623 --> 00:04:52.325 OVER TO ANYONE HERE TO REGISTER 00:04:52.392 --> 00:04:54.193 THEIR OPPOSITION. DO YOU HAVE 00:04:54.260 --> 00:04:55.595 ANYONE HERE TO REGISTER THEIR 00:04:55.662 --> 00:04:56.396 OPPOSITION? SEEING NOBODY 00:04:56.462 --> 00:04:57.797 GETTING UP, WE'LL TURN IT BACK 00:04:57.864 --> 00:04:58.898 TO THE COMMITTEE. DO WE HAVE 00:04:58.965 --> 00:05:00.700 ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM 00:05:00.767 --> 00:05:03.102 COMMITTEE MEMBERS? WE HAVE A 00:05:03.169 --> 00:05:05.638 MOTION FROM SENATOR GONZALEZ. 00:05:05.705 --> 00:05:07.140 SEEING NO ONE ELSE. I'LL TURN 00:05:07.206 --> 00:05:08.574 IT BACK TO YOU, ASSEMBLYMEMBER 00:05:08.641 --> 00:05:09.709 BONTA. WELL, I WANT TO THANK 00:05:09.776 --> 00:05:11.444 THE CHAIR FOR AND COMMITTEE 00:05:11.511 --> 00:05:14.280 MEMBERS FOR YOUR BELIEF IN 00:05:14.347 --> 00:05:15.415 PROMISE NEIGHBORHOODS AND 00:05:15.481 --> 00:05:16.849 COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, AND 00:05:16.916 --> 00:05:17.917 RECOGNIZING THE BEAUTIFUL NEXUS 00:05:17.984 --> 00:05:19.352 THAT HAPPENS WHEN WE COME 00:05:19.419 --> 00:05:21.120 TOGETHER ON BEHALF OF OUR 00:05:21.187 --> 00:05:22.221 CHILDREN. WITH THAT, I 00:05:22.288 --> 00:05:23.056 RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR AYE 00:05:23.122 --> 00:05:26.559 VOTE. THANK YOU, ASSEMBLY 00:05:26.626 --> 00:05:27.927 MEMBER. AND THE RECOMMENDATION 00:05:27.994 --> 00:05:30.163 FOR THIS BILL IS AN AYE VOTE. 00:05:30.229 --> 00:05:31.230 SECRETARY, CAN YOU CALL THE 00:05:31.297 --> 00:05:32.632 ROLL, PLEASE? WE HAVE A MOTION 00:05:32.699 --> 00:05:34.901 FROM SENATOR GONZALEZ, AND THAT 00:05:34.967 --> 00:05:37.437 MOTION IS TO BE RETURNED TO THE 00:05:37.503 --> 00:05:43.943 SENATE FLOOR FOR CONSIDERATION. 00:05:44.010 --> 00:05:47.113 SENATORS PEREZ. AYE. PEREZ. AYE. 00:05:47.180 --> 00:05:49.215 AYE. CABALDON. CABALDON. AYE. 00:05:49.282 --> 00:05:52.685 CHOI. ORTEZ. GONZALEZ. GONZALEZ. 00:05:52.752 --> 00:05:56.656 AYE. REYES. GREAT. AND WE WILL 00:05:56.723 --> 00:05:57.857 PUT THAT BILL ON CALL. THANK 00:05:57.924 --> 00:06:01.828 YOU SO MUCH, ASSEMBLY MEMBER. 00:06:01.894 --> 00:06:04.363 GREAT. AND I SEE THAT WE HAVE 00:06:04.430 --> 00:06:06.532 ASSEMBLY MEMBER RAMOS HERE TO 00:06:06.599 --> 00:06:09.402 PRESENT. AB 1581 ASSEMBLY 00:06:09.469 --> 00:06:20.480 MEMBER RAMOS. AND YOU CAN BEGIN 00:06:20.546 --> 00:06:21.814 WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. THANK 00:06:21.881 --> 00:06:24.150 YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND SENATORS 00:06:24.217 --> 00:06:25.918 AB 1581 WOULD REQUIRE THE 00:06:25.985 --> 00:06:27.320 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO 00:06:27.386 --> 00:06:29.122 REPORT STATEWIDE OUTCOME DATA 00:06:29.188 --> 00:06:30.256 FOR NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS IN 00:06:30.323 --> 00:06:33.726 OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Dð FEDERAL 00:06:33.793 --> 00:06:35.128 GUIDELINES. CALIFORNIA'S 00:06:35.194 --> 00:06:36.996 UNDERCOUNTING ALMOST 90% OF ITS 00:06:37.063 --> 00:06:40.199 NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS. THIS 00:06:40.266 --> 00:06:40.900 MISCLASSIFICATION MAKES IT 00:06:40.967 --> 00:06:43.436 DIFFICULT TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES 00:06:43.503 --> 00:06:44.837 EFFECTIVELY OR TAILOR 00:06:44.904 --> 00:06:46.639 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO 00:06:46.706 --> 00:06:48.407 SPECIFIC CULTURAL AND ACADEMIC 00:06:48.474 --> 00:06:51.177 NEEDS. BY REQUIRING THIS REPORT, 00:06:51.244 --> 00:06:53.112 WE CAN UTILIZE IMPORTANT 00:06:53.179 --> 00:06:54.981 METRICS SUCH AS GRADUATION 00:06:55.047 --> 00:06:57.483 RATES, SUSPENSION RATES, AND AN 00:06:57.550 --> 00:06:59.619 INCLUSIVE COUNT OF NATIVE 00:06:59.685 --> 00:07:00.753 STUDENTS, WHICH COULD HELP 00:07:00.820 --> 00:07:03.589 INFORM POLICY DECISIONS. THIS 00:07:03.656 --> 00:07:05.057 INCLUSIVE COUNT WOULD ENSURE WE 00:07:05.124 --> 00:07:07.360 ARE IDENTIFYING ALL STUDENTS 00:07:07.426 --> 00:07:10.062 WHO IDENTIFY AS NATIVE AMERICAN. 00:07:10.129 --> 00:07:11.831 FAR TOO LONG, NATIVE AMERICAN 00:07:11.898 --> 00:07:13.332 STUDENTS HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED, 00:07:13.399 --> 00:07:15.168 AND WITH THIS BILL, WE CAN MOVE 00:07:15.234 --> 00:07:16.636 FORWARD IN FINDING A WAY IN 00:07:16.702 --> 00:07:18.738 WHICH WE CAN ENSURE WE ARE 00:07:18.805 --> 00:07:20.506 REPORTING MEANINGFUL DATA TO 00:07:20.573 --> 00:07:22.675 HELP THOSE STUDENTS SUCCEED. 00:07:22.742 --> 00:07:25.144 WITH ME TO TESTIFY TODAY IN 00:07:25.211 --> 00:07:26.712 SUPPORT IS CHAD MAYES, 00:07:26.779 --> 00:07:28.047 REPRESENTING THE BILL'S SPONSOR, 00:07:28.114 --> 00:07:30.950 THE SAPULPA BAND OF LUISENO 00:07:31.017 --> 00:07:35.621 INDIANS. MADAM? YES, MADAM 00:07:35.688 --> 00:07:37.356 CHAIR AND SENATORS CHAD MAYES 00:07:37.423 --> 00:07:38.491 HERE ON BEHALF OF THE SOBOBA 00:07:38.558 --> 00:07:40.092 BAND OF LUISENO INDIANS, PROUD 00:07:40.159 --> 00:07:43.196 SPONSOR OF AB 1581. THIS BILL 00:07:43.262 --> 00:07:44.664 IS ABOUT SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE. 00:07:44.730 --> 00:07:45.598 MAKING SURE WE HAVE ACCURATE 00:07:45.665 --> 00:07:46.799 DATA ON NATIVE AMERICAN 00:07:46.866 --> 00:07:48.234 STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE'VE 00:07:48.301 --> 00:07:49.202 PROVIDED TESTIMONY TO THIS 00:07:49.268 --> 00:07:51.504 COMMITTEE BEFORE WE 00:07:51.571 --> 00:07:55.074 RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. 00:07:55.141 --> 00:07:56.542 THANK YOU. WE'LL SEE IF WE HAVE 00:07:56.609 --> 00:07:58.077 ANYONE ELSE HERE TO REGISTER 00:07:58.144 --> 00:07:59.378 SUPPORT. DO WE HAVE ANY METAS 00:07:59.445 --> 00:08:01.881 HERE? SEEING NO ONE GETTING UP, 00:08:01.948 --> 00:08:03.382 WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO ANYONE 00:08:03.449 --> 00:08:05.218 HERE TO REGISTER THEIR 00:08:05.284 --> 00:08:07.286 OPPOSITION. SEEING NO ONE 00:08:07.353 --> 00:08:08.754 RISING, WE'LL TURN IT BACK TO 00:08:08.821 --> 00:08:09.789 THE COMMITTEE. DO WE HAVE 00:08:09.856 --> 00:08:10.923 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM 00:08:10.990 --> 00:08:13.426 COMMITTEE MEMBERS? WE HAVE A 00:08:13.492 --> 00:08:15.628 MOTION FROM SENATOR GONZALEZ. 00:08:15.695 --> 00:08:16.996 I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU, 00:08:17.063 --> 00:08:18.497 ASSEMBLYMEMBER RAMOS, TO CLOSE. 00:08:18.564 --> 00:08:19.932 THANK YOU. AND REQUEST YOUR 00:08:19.999 --> 00:08:22.435 VOTE. THANK YOU. AND MY 00:08:22.501 --> 00:08:24.203 RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS BILL IS 00:08:24.270 --> 00:08:27.173 AN AYE. AND WE HAVE A MOTION 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:28.474 FROM SENATOR GONZALEZ. THAT 00:08:28.541 --> 00:08:30.276 MOTION IS. MEASURE TO BE 00:08:30.343 --> 00:08:31.377 RETURNED TO THE SENATE FLOOR 00:08:31.444 --> 00:08:33.045 FOR CONSIDERATION. SECRETARY, 00:08:33.112 --> 00:08:35.748 CAN YOU CALL THE ROLL? SENATORS. 00:08:35.815 --> 00:08:40.786 PEREZ. PEREZ. AYE. AYE. 00:08:40.853 --> 00:08:43.656 CABALDON. CABALDON. AYE. CHOI. 00:08:43.723 --> 00:08:46.492 CORTEZ. CORTESE. AYE. GONZALEZ. 00:08:46.559 --> 00:08:50.863 GONZALEZ. AYE. REYES. GREAT. 00:08:50.930 --> 00:08:52.465 AND WE WILL PUT THAT BILL ON 00:08:52.531 --> 00:08:53.566 CALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, 00:08:53.633 --> 00:08:54.600 ASSEMBLY MEMBER. THANK YOU SO 00:08:54.667 --> 00:09:10.783 MUCH. 00:09:15.054 --> 00:09:16.422 WE'LL GO AHEAD AND LIFT 00:09:16.489 --> 00:09:23.930 CALLS ON AB 1969. ON AB 1969. 00:09:23.996 --> 00:09:25.798 BONTA VOTE IS FOUR EYES, NO 00:09:25.865 --> 00:09:26.999 NO'S WITH THE CHAIR AND VICE 00:09:27.066 --> 00:09:31.938 CHAIR VOTING AYE. SENATORS CHOI 00:09:32.004 --> 00:09:35.841 CORTEZ, YOU'RE ON ON FILE ITEM 00:09:35.908 --> 00:09:41.280 TWO AB 1969. CORTEZ. AYE. REYES. 00:09:41.347 --> 00:09:43.449 OKAY, GREAT. AND WE WILL PUT 00:09:43.516 --> 00:09:45.384 THAT BILL BACK ON CALL. WE CAN 00:09:45.451 --> 00:09:46.819 TAKE A SHORT RECESS, AND WE'LL 00:09:46.886 --> 00:09:48.821 GO AHEAD AND WE'LL TAKE A SHORT 00:09:48.888 --> 00:09:50.656 RECESS WHILE WE WAIT FOR MORE 00:09:50.723 --> 00:10:01.100 AUTHORS TO ARRIVE. 00:10:01.167 --> 00:10:01.500 SENATOR 00:10:01.567 --> 00:10:03.636 ALLEN HAS ARRIVED. HE DOES NOT 00:10:03.703 --> 00:10:06.172 HAVE THE PONY WITH HIM, AND HE 00:10:06.238 --> 00:10:09.075 IS HERE TO PRESENT SB 549. SO, 00:10:09.141 --> 00:10:10.176 SENATOR ALLEN, YOU CAN BEGIN 00:10:10.242 --> 00:10:11.610 WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. WELL, 00:10:11.677 --> 00:10:12.645 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 00:10:12.712 --> 00:10:14.480 APPRECIATE IT. THANKS FOR 00:10:14.547 --> 00:10:16.315 GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO 00:10:16.382 --> 00:10:18.150 PRESENT SB 549, WHICH WILL 00:10:18.217 --> 00:10:19.452 ALLOW TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN 00:10:19.518 --> 00:10:21.620 STUDENTS TO ATTEND WHAT ARE 00:10:21.687 --> 00:10:22.888 CALLED HERITAGE SCHOOLS. THESE 00:10:22.955 --> 00:10:24.490 ARE OUT OF SCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT 00:10:24.557 --> 00:10:25.558 OFFER ACTIVITIES AND LEARNING 00:10:25.624 --> 00:10:26.726 ON CULTURE AND TRADITION AND 00:10:26.792 --> 00:10:28.294 LANGUAGE. MANY STUDENTS ATTEND 00:10:28.361 --> 00:10:29.662 THEM AS AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM 00:10:29.729 --> 00:10:31.664 OR ON THE WEEKENDS. NOW, THE 00:10:31.731 --> 00:10:33.232 MINIMUM AGE TO PARTICIPATE IN 00:10:33.299 --> 00:10:35.401 SUCH A PROGRAM IS FOUR YEARS 00:10:35.468 --> 00:10:36.869 AND NINE MONTHS. SINCE MOST 00:10:36.936 --> 00:10:37.870 STUDENTS BEGIN KINDERGARTEN AS 00:10:37.937 --> 00:10:40.439 THEY APPROACH FIVE YEARS OLD IN 00:10:40.506 --> 00:10:41.774 2021. AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, THE 00:10:41.841 --> 00:10:42.942 STATE INSTITUTED THE UNIVERSAL 00:10:43.009 --> 00:10:44.377 TK PROGRAM SO THAT ALL FOUR 00:10:44.443 --> 00:10:45.978 YEAR OLDS ARE NOW GUARANTEED 00:10:46.045 --> 00:10:47.947 FREE ACCESS TO TK OUT OF PUBLIC 00:10:48.014 --> 00:10:49.782 SCHOOL. AND WHICH IS A 00:10:49.849 --> 00:10:51.150 WONDERFUL THING. MY FAMILY 00:10:51.217 --> 00:10:52.351 CERTAINLY AVAIL OURSELVES OF IT, 00:10:52.418 --> 00:10:56.922 AND IT'S BEEN GREAT. BUT AS A 00:10:56.989 --> 00:10:58.758 RESULT, I THINK CREATED A 00:10:58.824 --> 00:11:00.926 CHALLENGE IN THIS AREA THAT I 00:11:00.993 --> 00:11:03.462 DON'T THINK WAS ANTICIPATED. TK 00:11:03.529 --> 00:11:04.830 STUDENTS ARE NOW SCHOOL 00:11:04.897 --> 00:11:05.531 CHILDREN, BUT THEY'RE STILL 00:11:05.598 --> 00:11:07.033 PROHIBITED FROM ATTENDING A 00:11:07.099 --> 00:11:09.201 HERITAGE SCHOOL PROGRAM. SO WE 00:11:09.268 --> 00:11:10.970 WE WE'VE CERTAINLY SEEN LOTS 00:11:11.037 --> 00:11:12.772 AND LOTS OF GOOD EVIDENCE 00:11:12.838 --> 00:11:14.907 SUGGESTING THE BENEFITS OF 00:11:14.974 --> 00:11:16.409 ATTENDING AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, 00:11:16.475 --> 00:11:20.312 EVEN IN ADULTHOOD. THAT LAST 00:11:20.379 --> 00:11:21.747 ONE REPORT BY THE PUBLIC POLICY 00:11:21.814 --> 00:11:22.381 INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA FOUND 00:11:22.448 --> 00:11:23.949 THAT PARENTS MAY BASE THEIR 00:11:24.016 --> 00:11:25.084 DECISION TO ENROLL THEIR KID IN 00:11:25.151 --> 00:11:27.019 TK BASED ON THE AVAILABILITY OF 00:11:27.086 --> 00:11:28.621 AFTERCARE. BECAUSE WE KNOW MOST 00:11:28.687 --> 00:11:31.157 PROGRAMS ARE ONLY A FEW HOURS A 00:11:31.223 --> 00:11:34.693 DAY. YOU KNOW, JUST TO GIVE YOU 00:11:34.760 --> 00:11:37.229 AN AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE 00:11:37.296 --> 00:11:38.497 PROBLEM, BETH SHALOM, WHICH IS 00:11:38.564 --> 00:11:40.499 A SYNAGOGUE LOCATED IN SANTA 00:11:40.566 --> 00:11:41.901 MONICA, OPERATES ONE OF THESE 00:11:41.967 --> 00:11:43.035 PROGRAMS. THEY'VE RECEIVED HIGH 00:11:43.102 --> 00:11:44.603 INTEREST FROM PARENTS WHO WANT 00:11:44.670 --> 00:11:46.238 TO ENROLL THEIR TK CHILD IN THE 00:11:46.305 --> 00:11:47.440 PROGRAM. BUT THE SYNAGOGUE THEN 00:11:47.506 --> 00:11:49.175 HAS TO TURN THOSE FAMILIES AWAY 00:11:49.241 --> 00:11:50.242 DUE TO THE MINIMUM AGE 00:11:50.309 --> 00:11:52.378 REQUIREMENTS. SO THE BILL, THIS 00:11:52.445 --> 00:11:53.779 BILL OFFERS A VERY SIMPLE 00:11:53.846 --> 00:11:56.115 SOLUTION, ALLOWING TK STUDENTS 00:11:56.182 --> 00:11:57.383 TO ATTEND THESE KINDS OF 00:11:57.450 --> 00:11:59.018 PROGRAMS. THE BILL THEN UPDATES 00:11:59.085 --> 00:11:59.852 THE EXISTING NOTICE THAT 00:11:59.919 --> 00:12:01.053 PARENTS ALREADY RECEIVE TO 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:02.721 ENSURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE THAT 00:12:02.788 --> 00:12:03.689 THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 00:12:03.756 --> 00:12:04.957 DOES NOT ACTIVELY MONITOR THE 00:12:05.024 --> 00:12:06.425 PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES AND 00:12:06.492 --> 00:12:08.561 CURRICULUM, BUT IT ALLOWS FOR 00:12:08.627 --> 00:12:10.729 THESE MEANINGFUL AFTER SCHOOL 00:12:10.796 --> 00:12:13.232 PROGRAMS TO CONTINUE FOR TK 00:12:13.299 --> 00:12:15.401 STUDENTS. AND WITH THAT, I 00:12:15.468 --> 00:12:18.671 RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR MY VOTE. 00:12:18.737 --> 00:12:20.439 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 00:12:20.506 --> 00:12:22.975 SEEING AS YOU DO NOT HAVE 00:12:23.042 --> 00:12:23.843 WITNESSES, WE'LL SEE IF WE HAVE 00:12:23.909 --> 00:12:26.979 ME TOOS HERE IN SUPPORT. ANY ME 00:12:27.046 --> 00:12:28.781 TOOS SEEING NO ONE RISING WILL 00:12:28.848 --> 00:12:30.049 TURN IT TO OPPOSITION. DO WE 00:12:30.116 --> 00:12:32.485 HAVE ANY OPPOSITION? SEEING 00:12:32.551 --> 00:12:33.786 NONE RISING, WE'LL TURN IT BACK 00:12:33.853 --> 00:12:35.454 TO THE COMMITTEE. DO WE HAVE 00:12:35.521 --> 00:12:36.555 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM 00:12:36.622 --> 00:12:40.292 COMMITTEE MEMBERS? WE HAVE A 00:12:40.359 --> 00:12:42.761 MOTION FROM SENATOR OCHOA. BOGH 00:12:42.828 --> 00:12:43.929 SENATOR ALLEN, I WILL TURN IT 00:12:43.996 --> 00:12:45.764 OVER TO YOU TO CLOSE. YEAH, 00:12:45.831 --> 00:12:46.866 JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK 00:12:46.932 --> 00:12:47.900 OF THE COMMITTEE AND THE 00:12:47.967 --> 00:12:49.001 COOPERATION. THIS WAS SOMETHING 00:12:49.068 --> 00:12:50.736 THAT I JUST BECAME AWARE OF 00:12:50.803 --> 00:12:51.837 RECENTLY. THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN 00:12:51.904 --> 00:12:52.972 THIS SITUATION. BUT IT'S A THIS 00:12:53.038 --> 00:12:54.773 WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR A 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:56.041 LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS AROUND 00:12:56.108 --> 00:12:58.277 THE STATE. AND RESPECTFULLY, I. 00:12:58.344 --> 00:13:00.813 ALL RIGHTY. THANK YOU. SO WE 00:13:00.880 --> 00:13:02.214 HAVE A MOTION FROM SENATOR 00:13:02.281 --> 00:13:04.350 OCHOA, AND THAT MOTION IS THAT 00:13:04.416 --> 00:13:06.185 THE ASSEMBLY AMENDMENTS BE 00:13:06.252 --> 00:13:07.686 CONCURRED IN. SECRETARY, CAN 00:13:07.753 --> 00:13:10.122 YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL 00:13:10.189 --> 00:13:11.190 SENATORS. PEREZ. PEREZ. AYE, 00:13:11.257 --> 00:13:14.493 OTTO. BOGUE. AYE. BALDWIN. 00:13:14.560 --> 00:13:16.929 BALDWIN. AYE. CHOI. CORTEZ. 00:13:16.996 --> 00:13:19.298 CORTEZ. I. GONZALEZ. GONZALEZ. 00:13:19.365 --> 00:13:22.935 AYE. REYES. GREAT. AND WE WILL 00:13:23.002 --> 00:13:24.136 PUT THAT BILL ON CALL. THANK 00:13:24.203 --> 00:13:25.304 YOU SO MUCH, SENATOR ALLEN. 00:13:25.371 --> 00:13:27.106 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I 00:13:27.173 --> 00:13:28.474 THINK WE NOW HAVE SENATOR 00:13:28.541 --> 00:13:32.077 ARAGON HERE TO PRESENT SB 632. 00:13:32.144 --> 00:13:34.513 SENATOR, YOU CAN BEGIN WHENEVER 00:13:34.580 --> 00:13:39.685 YOU'RE READY. WELL, THANK YOU, 00:13:39.752 --> 00:13:40.953 MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE 00:13:41.020 --> 00:13:41.987 EDUCATION COMMITTEE FOR THE 00:13:42.054 --> 00:13:44.356 OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT SB 632. 00:13:44.423 --> 00:13:45.758 THIS BILL WILL ALLOW PART TIME 00:13:45.824 --> 00:13:46.525 COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS 00:13:46.592 --> 00:13:48.594 ENROLLED IN NINE UNITS TO 00:13:48.661 --> 00:13:49.728 QUALIFY FOR THE CALIFORNIA 00:13:49.795 --> 00:13:52.331 COLLEGE PROMISE PROGRAM. UNDER 00:13:52.398 --> 00:13:53.432 CURRENT LAW, THE CALIFORNIA 00:13:53.499 --> 00:13:54.400 COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE 00:13:54.466 --> 00:13:56.569 AUTHORIZED TO WAIVE TUITION 00:13:56.635 --> 00:13:57.836 FEES THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA 00:13:57.903 --> 00:13:59.471 COLLEGE PROMISE PROGRAM. THIS 00:13:59.538 --> 00:14:00.539 INITIATIVE AIMS TO INCREASE 00:14:00.606 --> 00:14:02.675 ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION BY 00:14:02.741 --> 00:14:04.109 PROVIDING FINANCIAL RELIEF TO 00:14:04.176 --> 00:14:06.645 ELIGIBLE STUDENTS. THE COLLEGE 00:14:06.712 --> 00:14:07.780 PROMISE PROGRAM CAN MANIFEST AS 00:14:07.846 --> 00:14:09.348 A FEE WAIVER THAT COVERS THE 00:14:09.415 --> 00:14:10.616 TUITION COSTS FOR QUALIFYING 00:14:10.683 --> 00:14:12.718 STUDENTS FOR UP TO TWO ACADEMIC 00:14:12.785 --> 00:14:13.819 YEARS AFTER THE WAIVER IS 00:14:13.886 --> 00:14:15.621 GRANTED. CURRENTLY, TO QUALIFY 00:14:15.688 --> 00:14:17.590 FOR THIS FEE WAIVER, STUDENTS 00:14:17.656 --> 00:14:20.059 MUST MEET SPECIFIED CRITERIA. 00:14:20.125 --> 00:14:21.527 THEY MUST BE ENROLLED IN 12 OR 00:14:21.594 --> 00:14:23.128 MORE UNITS OF COURSEWORK, AND 00:14:23.195 --> 00:14:24.663 THEY MUST BE. FIRST TIME 00:14:24.730 --> 00:14:25.698 COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE RETURNING 00:14:25.764 --> 00:14:27.566 COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS. THE 00:14:27.633 --> 00:14:28.968 CURRENT CRITERIA FOR THE 00:14:29.034 --> 00:14:30.035 CALIFORNIA COLLEGE PROMISE 00:14:30.102 --> 00:14:31.837 PROGRAM LEAVES A SIGNIFICANT 00:14:31.904 --> 00:14:32.871 MAJORITY OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE 00:14:32.938 --> 00:14:34.707 STUDENTS INELIGIBLE FOR THE 00:14:34.773 --> 00:14:37.243 CURRENT TUITION FEE WAIVER. 00:14:37.309 --> 00:14:38.677 PART TIME STUDENTS WHO OFTEN 00:14:38.744 --> 00:14:40.479 FACE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT 00:14:40.546 --> 00:14:41.981 CHALLENGES WORKING PART TIME OR 00:14:42.047 --> 00:14:43.716 HAVING OTHER CHALLENGES THAT 00:14:43.782 --> 00:14:45.351 MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO 00:14:45.417 --> 00:14:47.319 ENROLL IN MORE THAN 12 OR MORE 00:14:47.386 --> 00:14:49.822 UNITS ARE PARTICULARLY AFFECTED 00:14:49.888 --> 00:14:51.690 BY THE CURRENT CRITERIA. MANY 00:14:51.757 --> 00:14:52.791 STUDENTS CHOOSE PART TIME 00:14:52.858 --> 00:14:54.159 ENROLLMENT TO MAINTAIN 00:14:54.226 --> 00:14:55.728 FLEXIBILITY FOR WORK, TO CARE 00:14:55.794 --> 00:14:57.730 FOR THEIR FAMILIES, OR TO MEET 00:14:57.796 --> 00:14:59.565 OTHER UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES, AND 00:14:59.632 --> 00:15:01.233 THE RESTRICTIONS ON ELIGIBILITY 00:15:01.300 --> 00:15:04.637 TO FULL TIME STUDENTS ONLY 00:15:04.703 --> 00:15:06.405 RESULTS IN MISSING A VITAL 00:15:06.472 --> 00:15:07.873 OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THE MOST 00:15:07.940 --> 00:15:08.941 UNDERSERVED STUDENTS IN OUR 00:15:09.008 --> 00:15:11.810 STATE. SB 632 WILL MAKE THE 00:15:11.877 --> 00:15:13.212 CALIFORNIA COLLEGE PROMISE 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:14.313 ACCESSIBLE TO PART TIME 00:15:14.380 --> 00:15:15.748 COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS BY 00:15:15.814 --> 00:15:16.749 ALLOWING THE CALIFORNIA 00:15:16.815 --> 00:15:17.683 COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO WAIVE 00:15:17.750 --> 00:15:20.753 FEES FOR ALL STUDENTS, 00:15:20.819 --> 00:15:21.754 REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY'RE 00:15:21.820 --> 00:15:23.756 ENROLLED PART TIME OR FULL TIME, 00:15:23.822 --> 00:15:24.790 EXPANDING THE PROMISE OF THE 00:15:24.857 --> 00:15:26.358 PROMISE PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT 00:15:26.425 --> 00:15:27.426 MORE STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO 00:15:27.493 --> 00:15:28.794 CRITICAL RESOURCES THEY NEED TO 00:15:28.861 --> 00:15:30.262 SUCCEED IN HIGHER EDUCATION. 00:15:30.329 --> 00:15:31.697 WITH ME TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT 00:15:31.764 --> 00:15:33.098 IS TIFFANY MOK WITH THE 00:15:33.165 --> 00:15:34.466 CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF 00:15:34.533 --> 00:15:36.001 TEACHERS AND MARK MCDONALD, 00:15:36.068 --> 00:15:37.002 REPRESENTING THE LOS ANGELES 00:15:37.069 --> 00:15:38.804 COLLEGE FACULTY GUILD. AFT 00:15:38.871 --> 00:15:42.574 LOCAL 1540. I THANK YOU, CHAIR 00:15:42.641 --> 00:15:44.943 AND MEMBERS MARK MCDONALD, ON 00:15:45.010 --> 00:15:46.378 BEHALF OF THE LOS ANGELES 00:15:46.445 --> 00:15:48.314 COLLEGE FACULTY GUILD, AS WELL 00:15:48.380 --> 00:15:50.382 AS THE LOS ANGELES AND SAN 00:15:50.449 --> 00:15:52.151 DIEGO AND FOOTHILL DE ANZA 00:15:52.217 --> 00:15:53.552 COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT IN 00:15:53.619 --> 00:15:58.257 SUPPORT OF SB 632. THE VAST 00:15:58.324 --> 00:15:59.291 MAJORITY OF STUDENTS THAT 00:15:59.358 --> 00:16:00.759 ATTEND COMMUNITY COLLEGES 00:16:00.826 --> 00:16:03.962 ATTEND PART TIME. STUDENTS 00:16:04.029 --> 00:16:05.831 OFTENTIMES MUST BALANCE 00:16:05.898 --> 00:16:08.000 WORKLOADS AND FAMILY, AND COULD 00:16:08.067 --> 00:16:09.868 BE PUT IN A SITUATION WHERE 00:16:09.935 --> 00:16:11.503 THEY ARE WHERE THEY ARE 00:16:11.570 --> 00:16:14.139 PRECLUDED FROM ATTENDING FULL 00:16:14.206 --> 00:16:17.009 TIME. YET DUE TO THEIR WORKLOAD 00:16:17.076 --> 00:16:18.377 AND THE AMOUNT OF INCOME THAT 00:16:18.444 --> 00:16:21.814 THEY MAKE MAY BE NOT QUALIFIED 00:16:21.880 --> 00:16:24.483 FOR THE INCOME BASED FEE WAIVER, 00:16:24.550 --> 00:16:27.052 THESE STUDENTS ARE STILL LOW 00:16:27.119 --> 00:16:28.654 INCOME. THEY ARE SUPPORTING 00:16:28.721 --> 00:16:30.622 THEIR FAMILIES WHILE TRYING TO 00:16:30.689 --> 00:16:33.158 BALANCE WORK AND EDUCATION. 00:16:33.225 --> 00:16:35.361 THIS BILL PROVIDES AN OPTION TO 00:16:35.427 --> 00:16:37.196 THE LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE 00:16:37.262 --> 00:16:38.897 DISTRICTS TO WAIVE PART OR ALL 00:16:38.964 --> 00:16:41.100 OF THE FEES FOR THOSE STUDENTS, 00:16:41.166 --> 00:16:42.501 AND I WOULD URGE YOUR SUPPORT 00:16:42.568 --> 00:16:43.936 FOR THIS IMPORTANT BILL. THANK 00:16:44.002 --> 00:16:49.007 YOU. TIFFANY. MARK, ON BEHALF 00:16:49.074 --> 00:16:51.510 OF CFTA UNION OF EDUCATORS AND 00:16:51.577 --> 00:16:53.345 CLASSIFIED PROFESSIONALS, CFD 00:16:53.412 --> 00:16:54.947 FACULTY HAVE LONG RECOGNIZED 00:16:55.013 --> 00:16:56.615 THAT THE AFFORDABILITY OF 00:16:56.682 --> 00:16:57.983 COLLEGE IS A FACTOR IN HELPING 00:16:58.050 --> 00:17:00.185 STUDENTS GRADUATE BY ALLOWING 00:17:00.252 --> 00:17:01.587 DISTRICTS TO. THE ABILITY TO 00:17:01.653 --> 00:17:03.489 OFFER STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING 00:17:03.555 --> 00:17:05.758 SIX UNITS A FINANCIAL INCENTIVE 00:17:05.824 --> 00:17:08.060 TO TAKE NINE UNITS. OUR FACULTY 00:17:08.127 --> 00:17:09.495 HOPES TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO 00:17:09.561 --> 00:17:10.963 FURTHER THEIR EDUCATIONAL 00:17:11.029 --> 00:17:12.765 JOURNEY ON A TIMELINE THAT 00:17:12.831 --> 00:17:14.166 ACCOMMODATES THEIR LIFE 00:17:14.233 --> 00:17:15.267 RESPONSIBILITIES. THANK YOU SO 00:17:15.334 --> 00:17:19.705 MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 00:17:19.772 --> 00:17:20.706 PRESENTATION. WE'LL NOW HEAR 00:17:20.773 --> 00:17:22.641 FROM ME IN SUPPORT. IF ANYBODY 00:17:22.708 --> 00:17:23.942 WOULD LIKE TO USE THE MIC AT 00:17:24.009 --> 00:17:27.179 THE RAILING. YES. WITH END 00:17:27.246 --> 00:17:28.947 CHILD POVERTY CALIFORNIA IN 00:17:29.014 --> 00:17:30.382 SUPPORT. ALSO, AS A PROUD 00:17:30.449 --> 00:17:31.483 FORMER PCC LANCER COULD HAVE 00:17:31.550 --> 00:17:33.652 USED THIS BILL. THANK YOU. 00:17:33.719 --> 00:17:36.121 THANK YOU WILL NOW HEAR FROM 00:17:36.188 --> 00:17:37.356 OPPOSITION. DO WE HAVE ANYONE 00:17:37.423 --> 00:17:39.758 HERE TO REGISTER OPPOSITION? 00:17:39.825 --> 00:17:41.627 SEEING NO ONE RISING, I WILL 00:17:41.693 --> 00:17:42.995 TURN IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. 00:17:43.061 --> 00:17:44.496 DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR 00:17:44.563 --> 00:17:45.531 COMMENTS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS, 00:17:45.597 --> 00:17:47.065 SENATOR BALDWIN? YEAH, THANK 00:17:47.132 --> 00:17:49.168 YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I REMAIN 00:17:49.234 --> 00:17:50.936 OPPOSED TO THIS BILL. I'VE 00:17:51.003 --> 00:17:52.104 SPOKEN TO THE AUTHOR ABOUT IT. 00:17:52.171 --> 00:17:54.206 I THINK THE COMMITTEE IS AWARE 00:17:54.273 --> 00:17:55.641 I SERVED AS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S 00:17:55.707 --> 00:17:56.642 APPOINTEE. I ACTUALLY STILL 00:17:56.708 --> 00:17:58.510 SERVE ON THE NATIONAL COLLEGE 00:17:58.577 --> 00:17:59.511 PROMISE BOARD. I'VE DEVOTED A 00:17:59.578 --> 00:18:01.513 LOT OF MY CAREER TO THE COLLEGE 00:18:01.580 --> 00:18:03.549 PROMISE AND THE FULL TIME 00:18:03.615 --> 00:18:05.684 NATURE OF THE OF THAT PROMISE 00:18:05.751 --> 00:18:08.187 IS AN ESSENTIAL DESIGN ELEMENT. 00:18:08.253 --> 00:18:10.689 AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE THE THE 00:18:10.756 --> 00:18:12.524 THE NUDGE FROM 12 THE 00:18:12.591 --> 00:18:14.326 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 12 UNITS OF 00:18:14.393 --> 00:18:16.895 OF ENROLLMENT AND NINE UNITS IN 00:18:16.962 --> 00:18:19.031 TERMS OF COMPLETION RATES, THAT 00:18:19.097 --> 00:18:21.867 NUDGE BETWEEN 12 AND 9 IS THE 00:18:21.934 --> 00:18:23.202 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMPLETING 00:18:23.268 --> 00:18:25.771 AT ALL. FOR THE VAST MAJORITY 00:18:25.838 --> 00:18:26.905 OF STUDENTS, COMPLETION RATES 00:18:26.972 --> 00:18:28.774 AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE THE 00:18:28.841 --> 00:18:30.175 HIGHEST CORRELATE OF. ANY 00:18:30.242 --> 00:18:31.610 FACTOR IS PART TIME VERSUS FULL 00:18:31.677 --> 00:18:33.946 TIME ENROLLMENT. THE COMMUNITY 00:18:34.012 --> 00:18:35.314 COLLEGE COMPLETION RATES FOR 00:18:35.380 --> 00:18:36.748 PART TIME STUDENTS ARE 00:18:36.815 --> 00:18:39.184 EXTREMELY LOW, AND FOR FULL 00:18:39.251 --> 00:18:40.285 TIME STUDENTS, THEY'RE THEY'RE 00:18:40.352 --> 00:18:41.687 THEY'RE THEY'RE PRETTY DARN 00:18:41.753 --> 00:18:44.590 GOOD. AND SO THE POINT AS THE 00:18:44.656 --> 00:18:45.624 COLLEGE PROMISE PROGRAM HAS 00:18:45.691 --> 00:18:46.758 BEEN DESIGNED, IT'S BEEN 00:18:46.825 --> 00:18:48.927 DESIGNED TO ASSURE THAT THAT IT 00:18:48.994 --> 00:18:51.763 RECOGNIZES THAT NUDGE AND, AND 00:18:51.830 --> 00:18:54.666 IT'S TO MAKE A TO MAKE NOT 00:18:54.733 --> 00:18:56.535 COMPLETING A DEGREE CHEAPER IS 00:18:56.602 --> 00:18:58.070 NOT IN THE STUDENT'S INTEREST. 00:18:58.136 --> 00:18:59.004 YOU REALLY, IT'S REALLY 00:18:59.071 --> 00:19:00.806 IMPORTANT THAT THAT DESIGN 00:19:00.873 --> 00:19:02.574 NUDGE REMAIN. SO I DIDN'T 00:19:02.641 --> 00:19:04.109 SUPPORT THE BILL IN ITS WITH 00:19:04.176 --> 00:19:05.878 ITS PRIOR AUTHOR OR WHEN IT WAS 00:19:05.944 --> 00:19:07.112 ON THE SUSPENSE FILE AND DIDN'T 00:19:07.179 --> 00:19:08.814 MAKE IT OUT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 00:19:08.881 --> 00:19:10.082 I CONTINUE TO TO FEEL THAT WAY. 00:19:10.148 --> 00:19:11.884 I UNDERSTAND THE REASON FOR IT. 00:19:11.950 --> 00:19:12.951 APPRECIATE THE AUTHOR'S WORK ON 00:19:13.018 --> 00:19:14.887 THIS, BUT. BUT I THINK IT IS. 00:19:14.953 --> 00:19:16.088 WE OFTEN FORGET THE THE PURPOSE 00:19:16.154 --> 00:19:17.823 HERE, THE EQUITY PURPOSE HERE 00:19:17.890 --> 00:19:18.991 IS TO ASSURE THAT STUDENTS 00:19:19.057 --> 00:19:20.993 COMPLETE AND EARN A DEGREE OR 00:19:21.059 --> 00:19:23.795 CERTIFICATE OR TRANSFER AND. 00:19:23.862 --> 00:19:25.297 AND OUR POLICIES NEED TO 00:19:25.364 --> 00:19:27.132 UNDERGIRD THAT BASED ON THE 00:19:27.199 --> 00:19:28.500 EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS WHAT WORKS. 00:19:28.567 --> 00:19:32.104 SO THANKS, MADAM CHAIR. THANK 00:19:32.170 --> 00:19:33.472 YOU. SENATOR, ARE THERE ANY 00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:37.142 OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 00:19:37.209 --> 00:19:39.411 SEEING NONE, I WANTED TO JUST 00:19:39.478 --> 00:19:41.113 MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. AS 00:19:41.179 --> 00:19:42.247 YOU KNOW, SOMEONE THAT'S DONE 00:19:42.314 --> 00:19:45.083 WORK IN THIS SPACE AS WELL. I 00:19:45.150 --> 00:19:47.553 AND I KNOW SENATOR OR ASSEMBLY 00:19:47.619 --> 00:19:49.121 MEMBER AARON'S INTRODUCED THIS 00:19:49.187 --> 00:19:51.256 BILL LAST YEAR, AND I 00:19:51.323 --> 00:19:51.924 APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE BRINGING 00:19:51.990 --> 00:19:53.358 IT BACK THIS YEAR. SENATOR. 00:19:53.425 --> 00:19:55.661 AGAIN, I, I THINK THE POINTS 00:19:55.727 --> 00:19:57.696 THAT SENATOR CABALDON RAISED 00:19:57.763 --> 00:19:59.231 ARE OBVIOUSLY FAIR POINTS THAT 00:19:59.298 --> 00:20:01.233 WE WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF. RIGHT. 00:20:01.300 --> 00:20:02.668 ENCOURAGING MORE OF OUR 00:20:02.734 --> 00:20:04.870 STUDENTS TO BE FULL TIME IS 00:20:04.937 --> 00:20:07.406 VERY KEY IN HELPING THEM TO 00:20:07.472 --> 00:20:08.440 COMPLETE THEIR TWO YEAR DEGREE 00:20:08.507 --> 00:20:10.909 IN A TIMELY MANNER. WE KNOW 00:20:10.976 --> 00:20:12.811 THAT MOST COMMUNITY COLLEGE 00:20:12.878 --> 00:20:14.346 STUDENTS DO NOT GRADUATE EVEN 00:20:14.413 --> 00:20:16.748 IN SIX YEARS, AND IT IS A 00:20:16.815 --> 00:20:18.350 NUMBER THAT WE HAVE CONTINUED 00:20:18.417 --> 00:20:19.718 TO WORK ON, MANY OF US IN THE 00:20:19.785 --> 00:20:21.553 HIGHER EDUCATION SPACE FOR A 00:20:21.620 --> 00:20:24.289 VERY LONG TIME NOW, FOR DECADES. 00:20:24.356 --> 00:20:27.859 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, RECOGNIZE 00:20:27.926 --> 00:20:29.494 THAT THERE ARE SO MANY STUDENTS 00:20:29.561 --> 00:20:31.129 THAT ARE NOT FULLY ENROLLED, 00:20:31.196 --> 00:20:33.098 THAT HAVE THE FULL 12 UNITS, 00:20:33.165 --> 00:20:34.967 THAT MANY OF THEM ARE NOT ABLE 00:20:35.033 --> 00:20:36.535 TO ACCESS THIS COLLEGE PROMISE 00:20:36.602 --> 00:20:37.636 BENEFIT. THAT'S PART OF THE 00:20:37.703 --> 00:20:39.438 REASON WHY I APPRECIATE YOU 00:20:39.504 --> 00:20:40.505 TAKING THE AMENDMENT THAT WE 00:20:40.572 --> 00:20:41.974 ALSO GAVE TO ASSEMBLY MEMBER 00:20:42.040 --> 00:20:43.709 AARON'S LAST YEAR, TO 00:20:43.775 --> 00:20:44.910 COMMUNICATE TO STUDENTS TO MAKE 00:20:44.977 --> 00:20:47.713 SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT A 00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:50.215 FULL COURSE, A UNIT COURSE 00:20:50.282 --> 00:20:52.784 LOOKS LIKE, AND THAT THAT IS 12 00:20:52.851 --> 00:20:55.253 UNITS. AND COMPLETING IN A 00:20:55.320 --> 00:20:57.089 TIMELY MANNER WOULD REQUIRE ONE 00:20:57.155 --> 00:20:58.757 TO ENROLL IN A FULL COURSE OF 00:20:58.824 --> 00:21:00.592 UNITS, 12 UNITS FOR TWO FOR TWO 00:21:00.659 --> 00:21:02.794 YEARS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO 00:21:02.861 --> 00:21:03.895 COMPLETE THEIR ASSOCIATE'S 00:21:03.962 --> 00:21:06.765 DEGREE. I, YOU KNOW, SHOULD 00:21:06.832 --> 00:21:09.401 THIS BILL BE SIGNED? I THINK 00:21:09.468 --> 00:21:11.103 FOR ME, WHAT WILL BE MOST 00:21:11.169 --> 00:21:12.404 IMPORTANT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT 00:21:12.471 --> 00:21:14.006 WE'RE MONITORING THE POTENTIAL 00:21:14.072 --> 00:21:15.841 IMPACTS THAT THIS HAS ON 00:21:15.907 --> 00:21:16.975 COMPLETION RATES. I KNOW WE'VE 00:21:17.042 --> 00:21:19.011 HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE 00:21:19.077 --> 00:21:19.911 COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, 00:21:19.978 --> 00:21:21.913 BOTH IN MY ROLE HERE AS WELL AS 00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:24.783 BEFORE I CAME TO THIS BODY 00:21:24.850 --> 00:21:26.284 ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF US 00:21:26.351 --> 00:21:27.319 IMPROVING COLLEGE COMPLETION 00:21:27.386 --> 00:21:28.920 RATES AND TRANSFER RATES FOR 00:21:28.987 --> 00:21:30.522 OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE 00:21:30.589 --> 00:21:31.089 INSTITUTIONS. IT'S SOMETHING 00:21:31.156 --> 00:21:32.524 THAT WE'VE STRUGGLED WITH FOR 00:21:32.591 --> 00:21:35.027 MANY YEARS, AND IT IS SOMETHING 00:21:35.093 --> 00:21:36.294 THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO 00:21:36.361 --> 00:21:39.164 CONTINUE TO WORK ON. SO I AM 00:21:39.231 --> 00:21:40.999 HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE BILL TODAY, 00:21:41.066 --> 00:21:42.300 BUT THIS IS ONE THAT WE'LL HAVE 00:21:42.367 --> 00:21:44.002 TO CLOSELY MONITOR. WANT TO 00:21:44.069 --> 00:21:45.170 MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS 00:21:45.237 --> 00:21:47.506 HAVE MORE ACCESS TO FINANCIAL 00:21:47.572 --> 00:21:49.608 AID, AND OBVIOUSLY LOWERING THE 00:21:49.675 --> 00:21:52.177 COST TO ACCESSING THAT DEGREE, 00:21:52.244 --> 00:21:53.278 BUT MAKING SURE THEY'RE 00:21:53.345 --> 00:21:54.579 COMPLETING IN A TIMELY MANNER 00:21:54.646 --> 00:21:56.148 SO THEY ACTUALLY ACHIEVE THEIR 00:21:56.214 --> 00:21:57.649 EDUCATIONAL DREAMS, WHICH IS 00:21:57.716 --> 00:21:58.984 GETTING THEIR ASSOCIATE'S 00:21:59.051 --> 00:22:00.452 DEGREE AND THEIR BACHELOR'S. AT 00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:02.220 THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK IS 00:22:02.287 --> 00:22:04.056 THE ULTIMATE GOAL THAT WE ALL 00:22:04.122 --> 00:22:06.091 SHARE AND WANT. I WILL NOW TURN 00:22:06.158 --> 00:22:07.259 IT OVER TO YOU TO CLOSE 00:22:07.325 --> 00:22:08.627 ASSEMBLY MEMBER OR SENATOR. OH, 00:22:08.694 --> 00:22:10.228 SORRY. OH MY GOSH, I'M ALL OVER 00:22:10.295 --> 00:22:12.197 THE PLACE TODAY. WELL, THANK 00:22:12.264 --> 00:22:13.465 YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, 00:22:13.532 --> 00:22:14.433 SENATOR CABALDON, FOR THOSE 00:22:14.499 --> 00:22:16.601 COMMENTS. I THINK I SHARE, I 00:22:16.668 --> 00:22:18.036 THINK THE GOAL OF MAKING SURE 00:22:18.103 --> 00:22:21.373 THAT STUDENTS COMPLETE THEIR 00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:23.108 DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS 00:22:23.175 --> 00:22:24.810 AND THEY'RE ON A PATH TO A 00:22:24.876 --> 00:22:25.911 CAREER, OR THEY'RE ON THEIR 00:22:25.977 --> 00:22:27.212 PATH TO A FOUR YEAR INSTITUTION. 00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:28.880 AND I'LL JUST NOTE WHAT THE 00:22:28.947 --> 00:22:30.682 CHAIR DID MENTION, WHICH IS 00:22:30.749 --> 00:22:33.652 PART OF THE BILL, DOES INCLUDE, 00:22:33.719 --> 00:22:34.953 AS A CONDITION OF RECEIVING 00:22:35.020 --> 00:22:36.021 FUNDING, THAT A WRITTEN 00:22:36.088 --> 00:22:37.489 NOTIFICATION IS PROVIDED TO A 00:22:37.556 --> 00:22:39.624 STUDENT, ONE ABOUT THE 00:22:39.691 --> 00:22:41.460 CONDITIONS OF BEING A PROMISE 00:22:41.526 --> 00:22:43.195 SCHOLAR, AS WELL AS A 00:22:43.261 --> 00:22:44.262 DESCRIPTION OF THE UNITS THE 00:22:44.329 --> 00:22:45.831 STUDENT NEEDS TO COMPLETE PER 00:22:45.897 --> 00:22:47.299 SEMESTER OR THE QUARTER 00:22:47.365 --> 00:22:48.400 QUARTERLY EQUIVALENT. THE 00:22:48.467 --> 00:22:49.735 NUMBER OF SEMESTER UNITS 00:22:49.801 --> 00:22:51.136 STUDENT NEEDS TO COMPLETE PER 00:22:51.203 --> 00:22:53.338 ACADEMIC YEAR TO COMPLETE AN 00:22:53.405 --> 00:22:54.406 ASSOCIATE DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE 00:22:54.473 --> 00:22:55.907 PROGRAM SO THEY'RE AWARE OF 00:22:55.974 --> 00:22:57.375 WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR THEM TO 00:22:57.442 --> 00:22:59.211 TO BE ON TRACK TO COMPLETE THE 00:22:59.277 --> 00:23:00.979 DEGREE. AND I AGREE WITH THE 00:23:01.046 --> 00:23:01.980 CHAIR THAT, YOU KNOW, 00:23:02.047 --> 00:23:04.516 MONITORING THIS AND SEEING HOW, 00:23:04.583 --> 00:23:05.717 YOU KNOW, HOW OUR COMPLETION 00:23:05.784 --> 00:23:08.353 RATES GOING, IF THIS IS SIGNED 00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:09.488 INTO LAW, I THINK IS AN 00:23:09.554 --> 00:23:10.622 IMPORTANT METRIC WE SHOULD LOOK 00:23:10.689 --> 00:23:12.491 AT AND CONSIDER IF WE NEED TO 00:23:12.557 --> 00:23:14.359 MAKE CHANGES IF THIS BILL IS 00:23:14.426 --> 00:23:15.560 SIGNED INTO LAW. BUT AT THE END 00:23:15.627 --> 00:23:17.362 OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, 00:23:17.429 --> 00:23:18.530 RECOGNIZING THAT NOT EVERY 00:23:18.597 --> 00:23:21.066 STUDENT CAN DO FULL 12 OR MORE 00:23:21.133 --> 00:23:22.801 COURSE UNITS PER SEMESTER 00:23:22.868 --> 00:23:26.438 BECAUSE OF WORK OR CAREGIVING 00:23:26.505 --> 00:23:27.506 RESPONSIBILITIES OR OTHER 00:23:27.572 --> 00:23:29.007 CHALLENGES, MAKING SURE THAT 00:23:29.074 --> 00:23:30.175 THERE'S A FLEXIBILITY FOR THEM 00:23:30.242 --> 00:23:31.710 TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS 00:23:31.777 --> 00:23:32.944 PROGRAM, AND ALSO HELPING THE 00:23:33.011 --> 00:23:33.745 COMMUNITY COLLEGES INCREASE IN 00:23:33.812 --> 00:23:35.814 THEIR ENROLLMENT AS WELL. I 00:23:35.881 --> 00:23:37.315 THINK IS ANOTHER COMPONENT OF 00:23:37.382 --> 00:23:39.718 THIS. I THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR 00:23:39.785 --> 00:23:40.752 THE THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION I 00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:44.456 RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR. THANK YOU. 00:23:44.523 --> 00:23:47.459 AND DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE 00:23:47.526 --> 00:23:49.895 A MOTION FROM SENATOR CHOI. AND 00:23:49.961 --> 00:23:51.296 THAT MOTION IS THAT THE 00:23:51.363 --> 00:23:52.364 ASSEMBLY AMENDMENTS BE 00:23:52.430 --> 00:23:53.532 CONCURRED IN. SECRETARY, CAN 00:23:53.598 --> 00:23:55.500 YOU CALL THE ROLL SENATORS 00:23:55.567 --> 00:24:02.808 PEREZ. PEREZ. AYE. NÓ. CABALDON. 00:24:02.874 --> 00:24:05.310 CABALDON. NØ. CHOI. CHOI. AYE. 00:24:05.377 --> 00:24:08.613 CORTEZ. CORTESE. AYE. GONZALEZ. 00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:11.049 GONZALEZ. AYE. REYES. REYES. 00:24:11.116 --> 00:24:16.621 AYE. AND THAT BILL IS OUT FIVE 00:24:16.688 --> 00:24:18.023 TWO. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SENATOR. 00:24:18.089 --> 00:24:22.227 AGAIN, WE WILL NOW LIFT THE 00:24:22.294 --> 00:24:24.763 CALL FOR THE OTHER BILLS. 00:24:24.830 --> 00:24:26.565 SECRETARY, IF YOU CAN CALL THE 00:24:26.631 --> 00:24:29.835 ROLL. WHILE ITEM ONE, AB 1581. 00:24:29.901 --> 00:24:32.370 RAMOS. MOTION IS MEASURE BE 00:24:32.437 --> 00:24:33.138 RETURNED TO THE SENATE FLOOR 00:24:33.205 --> 00:24:35.240 FOR CONSIDERATION. CURRENT VOTE 00:24:35.307 --> 00:24:36.641 IS FIVE EYES, NO NO'S WITH THE 00:24:36.708 --> 00:24:38.844 CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR VOTING AYE. 00:24:38.910 --> 00:24:42.781 SENATORS CHOI CHOI AYE. REYES 00:24:42.848 --> 00:24:47.252 REYES. AYE. SENATOR. THAT BILL 00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:51.823 IS OUT. 705, ITEM 2AB, 1969 00:24:51.890 --> 00:24:53.491 BONTA MOTION. IS THAT THE 00:24:53.558 --> 00:24:54.559 MEASURE BE RETURNED TO THE 00:24:54.626 --> 00:24:56.094 SENATE FLOOR FOR CONSIDERATION 00:24:56.161 --> 00:24:57.829 AND VOTE IS FIVE EYES AND NO 00:24:57.896 --> 00:24:58.997 NO'S WITH THE CHAIR AND VICE 00:24:59.064 --> 00:25:01.499 CHAIR VOTING AYE. SENATORS CHOI 00:25:01.566 --> 00:25:05.437 CHOI AYE. REYES REYES AYE SEVEN 00:25:05.503 --> 00:25:09.207 ZERO. THAT BILL IS OUT. 705, 00:25:09.274 --> 00:25:12.077 ITEM THREE, SB 549. THE MOTION 00:25:12.143 --> 00:25:13.812 IS THAT ASSEMBLY AMENDMENTS BE 00:25:13.879 --> 00:25:15.180 CONCURRED IN CURRENT VOTE IS 00:25:15.247 --> 00:25:16.448 FIVE EYES AND NO NO'S, WITH THE 00:25:16.514 --> 00:25:18.450 CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR VOTING AYE. 00:25:18.516 --> 00:25:22.020 SENATORS CHOI WHICH ONE? FILE 00:25:22.087 --> 00:25:27.058 ITEM THREE. SB 549. CHOI AYE. 00:25:27.125 --> 00:25:30.328 REYES REYES AYE. THAT BILL IS 00:25:30.395 --> 00:25:32.330 OUT SEVEN ZERO. ALL RIGHTY. 00:25:32.397 --> 00:25:34.099 THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS FOR 00:25:34.165 --> 00:25:37.002 TODAY AGENDA. THANK YOU SO MUCH 00:25:37.068 --> 00:25:38.770 FOR ALL PARTICIPATING. THIS 00:25:38.837 --> 00:25:55.287 MEETING IS ADJOURNED.