Government Affairs Program Assignments

Government Affairs Division

Vacant, Division Director

Legislative Affairs Office

Marissa Vismara, Legislative Representative

mvismara@cde.ca.gov
916-639-2378

• Athletics/P.E.
• American Indian Education
• Curriculum and Instruction
  • Content
  • Standards/Frameworks
  • Graduation Requirements
• Employment Issues
  • Collective Bargaining
  • STRS/PERS
• Foster Youth & Homeless Youth
• Health/CYBHI
  • Drug/Alcohol Abuse Prevention
  • LEA Billing
  • Mental Health
• Instructional Materials
• Literacy
• Nutrition
• Special Education
• State Special Schools
• Teachers/Administrators/Classified Employees
  • Credentialing/CTC
  • Evaluation
  • Fingerprinting
  • Professional Development
  • Recruitment & Retention
  • Seniority/Probation
  • Suspension & Dismissal

Vacant, Legislative Representative

• A-G Requirements
• Assessment and Accountability
• Dual Enrollment
• Educational Technology
  • CALPADS
  • Data Privacy
  • Online Learning
• Emergency Response
• Facilities & Environmental Issues
  • Bonds
  • Deferred Maintenance
  • State Allocation Board (SAB)/OPSC
• Higher Education/College Readiness
  • Concurrent Enrollment/Dual Enrollment
  • University of California (UC) Regents and California State University (CSU) Trustees
• Home-to-School Transportation
• Independent Study
• Libraries
• Local Governance
  • District Reorganization
  • COEs
  • FCMAT/Fiscal Oversight
• School Finance
  • Prop 98
  • LCFF
  • Parcel Taxes
  • Pupil Fees
• State Governance
  • SBE
  • SPI/CDE
  • Mandate Commission

Jessica Marquez, Legislative Representative

jmarquez@cde.ca.gov
916-319-0521

• Adult Education
• Alternative education
  • Community Day School
  • Juvenile Justice Schools
• Career Technical Education (CTE)
• Charter Schools
• Early Care & Education
  • Preschool
  • TK/Kindergarten
• English Learners
  • Migrant Education
• Expanded Learning
  • After School  & Summer Programs
• Immigration
• Omnibus Bills
• Parent Education
• School Choice
  • Districts of Choice
  • Home Schooling
• School Climate & School Safety
  • Civil Rights/Pupil Rights
  • School Policing
  • School Safety Plans
  • Discipline
• Transfer Options

Erin Adkisson, Policy Analyst

eadkisson@cde.ca.gov

• Legislative Reports
• Omnibus Bill
• State Board of Education Waivers

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Federal Policy Office

Natasha Middleton, Federal Policy Liaison

nmiddleton@cde.ca.gov
916-319-0570

• Civil Rights/Desegregation
  • Gender Equity/Title IX
  • UCP
• Emergency/Disaster Relief
• Federal Accountability
• Federal Budget
• Federal Issues
  • Child Care and Development Block Grant
  • Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
  • Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
  • Perkins Act
  • Public Charge
  • Waivers
• Federal Legislation

Stimulus Office

Vacant, Education Programs Consultant

• K–12 COVID-19 Federal Stimulus Funds (Governor’s Emergency Education Relief [GEER], Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief [ESSER] I, ESSER II, ESSER III)
  • Capital Expenditure Pre-Approval Review
  • ESSER III Maintenance of Equity (MOEquity)
  • ESSER III LEA Safe Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services Plan
  • ESSER III LEA Expenditure Plan
  • Federal Policy Support
  • Reporting and Allowable Uses
  • Technical Support

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Fiscal Policy Office

Vacant, Education Fiscal Policy Administrator

Shazleen Khan, Education Fiscal Policy Assistant

skhan@cde.ca.gov
916-639-3197

• Audits
• Budget
• Emergency/Disaster Relief
• Gann Limit
• Regulations
• School Finance
  • Adequacy
  • Apportionments
  • Concurrent Enrollment/Dual Enrollment
  • Mandates
  • Property Taxes/Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund (ERAF)
  • Proposition 98
  • Vouchers

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