1. State Issues Committee:

Beth Asmus, Chair

Steve Arena, Northern Rep

JoAnn Bernard, Southern Rep

Jacque Bradley, Member

Margie Carrington, Member

Tim Bonnel, Consultant

Craig Yamamoto, Consultant

2. Sub-Committees

a. Publications Review: Barbara Brown (Sierra) & Erica Garcia (Los Angeles Pierce) Steve Arena and Jeremy Villar (Los Angeles City)

i. Volunteers needed for Fund Your Future

b. CSAC Meeting Reps:

i. CSAC Grant A & E Work Group – Craig Yamamoto & Pat Maga

ii. CSAC Commission Meetings – Beth Asmus, Karen Micalizio, Susan Jones, Craig Yamamoto

iii. Stakeholder Meetings

iv. EdFund Board Meetings

v. Cash For College – Beth Asmus & Karen Micalizio

3. CCCSFAAA Advocacy

a. Assembly Higher Ed Committee Chaired by Liu

i. Karen provided testimony on behalf of CCCSFAAA - January 2006

b. AB 1532 CCCSFAAA White Paper

i. Authored by Karen Micalizio – February 2006

c. LAO – EdFund & CSAC

i. Authored by Beth Asmus, Susan Jones, Karen Micalizio, Craig Yamamoto – Coming Soon February 2006

4. Updates

a. AB 982 Implementation at CCC

a. Health Services Association report

5. Upcoming Events

a. Day At The Capitol – March 28, 2006 Tuesday

a. Joint Meeting between CASFAA and CCCSFAAA

b. Commissioner’s Meetings

a. Next meeting – Karen and Beth – February 23-24, 2006

b. Two upcoming appointments

i. CCC Segmental Rep Nominee – Audrey Yamagata-Noji
(Mt. San Antonio College)

ii. EdFund Board Nominee – Pat Hurley

6. Watch List for State Bills

Bill	Brief Description	Date Last Action	Status	Author
AB 358	Cal Grant Program – Independent Award Increase Formula	01/04/2006	Held in Senate	Liu
AB 476	Assumption Program of Loans for Education (APLE)	02/02/2006	Passed Assembly Referred to Senate	Baca
AB 840	Cal Grant Transfer Entitlement Program - CCC	02/02/2006	Passed with URGENCY from Assembly to Senate	Arambula Liu
AB 1315	Cal Grant B Awards- Access Costs Indexing	02/02/2006	Passed in Assembly Referred to Senate	Liu
AB 1350	Transfer Enrollment Fee Reimbursement of CCC	01/19/2006	Held in Assembly	Cogdill
AB 1399	Cal Grant Eligibility for Children of Active Duty Military (National Guard) Cal Grant competitive preference	02/02/2006	Passed Assembly Referred to Senate	Garcia
AB 1532	Cal Grants: Foster Youth	01/30/2006	Passed Assembly Referred to Senate	Bass Liu
AB 1800	2006-2007 Budget	01/23/2006	Referred to Committee on Budget	Laird
SB 160	California Dream Act – AB 540 Financial Aid	01/31/2006	Held in Assembly	Cedillo
SB 531	Cal Grant – CAHSEE	01/31/2006	Passed Assembly Referred to Senate	Ortiz

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