October 3, 2024, State SARB Meeting Agenda

California State School Attendance Review Board
Notice of Public Virtual Meeting

October 3, 2024
9:30 a.m.–12:25 p.m.
Location to attend in person: 1430 N Street, Suite 4101, Sacramento, CA 95814

Agenda

The following members of the State SARB will be remotely attending the meeting:

Eric Acda, California School Resource Officers' Association; Luke Anderson, Placer County Office of Education; Terry Anderson, Firebaugh-Las Deltas Unified School District; Elizabeth Bahn, San Jose Unified School District; Ahmad Bahrami, Fresno County Department of Behavioral Health; Bryan Campoy, Kern High School District; Ann-Maura Cervantes, Clovis Unified School District; Angela Chandler, Los Angeles County Office Education; Hedy Chang, Attendance Works; Jane Claar, Sacramento County Delinquency Prevention Commission; Nyeisha DeWitt, Oakland Natives Give Back; Laura Faer, California Department of Justice; Sherman Garnett, California Association of Supervisors of Child Welfare and Attendance; Josh Godinez, California Association of School Counselors; Jennifer Gomez-Trejo, Student Support Services Solutions, Inc.; Brian Gonzales, Kings County Office of Education; Sheri Hanni, Butte County Office Education; Susann Hazen, Real Journey Academies; Cecelia Leong, Attendance Works; Christy Miro, Self; Tracie Neal, Probation Department, Shasta County; Monica Pacini, West Contra Costa Unified School District; Melissa Parrett, Nevada County Superintendent of Schools Office; Lisa Salazar, City of Los Angeles, Youth Development Department; Tracy Schmidt, San Diego County Office of Education; Alisha Schoen, Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office; Robert Schussel, Self; Erin Thuston, Department of Social Services; George Weaver, Brotherhood Crusade; Mike Winters, Moorpark Unified School District.

Agenda times are approximate and are provided for convenience only.

9:30 a.m.

Call to Order: Opening Remarks by Jacie Ragland, Educational Education Administrator, Whole Child Division, California Department of Education (CDE)

• Roll Call—CDE Representative
• Overview of Agenda
• Approval of October 19, 2023, Meeting Minutes

9:50 a.m.

General overview of meeting procedures by Jacie Ragland, Educational Education Administrator, Whole Child Division, CDE

• Meeting format
• Annual recommendations to State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond
• Model SARB Recognition: program and process

10 a.m.

High level overview of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act for governance of State SARB meetings by Tom Prouty, Deputy General Counsel, Legal, Audits, and Charters Branch, CDE

• Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act Guide 2024 (PDF) from the California Attorney General's Office
• California Government Code sections 11120–11132 , provides updates on the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act
• Copy emailed to State SARB Members with Acknowledgment of Receipt form

10:25 a.m.

Overview of recent chronic absenteeism data and facilitation of questions and answers by Cindy Kazanis, Division Director, Analysis, Measurement, and Accountability Reporting Division, CDE

11:10 a.m.

Update on legislative items relevant to school attendance by Marissa Vismara, Legislative Representative, Government Affairs Division, CDE

11:25 a.m.

Jacie Ragland, Education Administrator, Whole Child Division, CDE will facilitate the presentation and review of new business items to and from State SARB members

• State SARB member announcements and information sharing, including, but not limited to:
  
  
  • Sharing of model SARB promising practices
  • updates on any recent or upcoming workshops
  • updates on any recent or upcoming conferences
  • updates on any recent or upcoming training opportunities
    
    
• Approval of remaining proposed meeting dates
  
  
  • Thursday, October 24, 2024
  • Thursday, November 21, 2024
  • Thursday December 12, 2024

11:55 a.m.

During this time, members of the public will be invited to speak for a maximum of three minutes each

12:10 p.m.

Closing Remarks and Adjournment

Reasonable Accommodations will be provided for any individual with a disability

Pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, any individual with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to attend or participate in this meeting may request assistance by contacting the Educational Options Office at least ten business days in advance of the scheduled meeting date.