Government Affairs Program Assignments

Government Affairs Division

Amy Tang-Paterno, Division Director

atangpaterno@cde.ca.gov
916-322-6630

Legislative Affairs Office

Blake Johnson, Legislative Representative

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

• Accountability
  • California School Dashboard
  • Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP)
  • School Accountability Report Card (SARC)
• Adult Education
• American Indian Education
• Assessments
• Career and Technical Education (CTE)
• Charter Schools
• Community Schools
• Curriculum Standards, Frameworks and Instructional Resources
• Education Options
  • Continuation & Court Schools
  • Drop-out Prevention/Expulsion Policies
  • Chronic Absenteeism
  • Truancy/School Attendance Review Boards (SARBs)
• Educator Credentialing/Preparation
• Employment/Human Resources (HR)
  • Public School Employees
    • California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)
    • California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS)
  • Classified Employees/Paraprofessionals: Labor
  • Compensation/Merit Pay
• Foster Youth & Homeless Youth
• Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF)
• Nutrition
• Omnibus Bill
• Parent Engagement
• Professional Learning/Staff Development & Recruitment
• Safe Schools
• Teacher Induction
• School Climate
• Taxes

Michelle Warshaw, Policy Analyst

mwarshaw@cde.ca.gov
916-319-0638

• After School Programs
• Athletics/California Interscholastic Federation (CIF)
• Average Daily Attendance (ADA)
  • Instructional Time
• California Department of Education Administrative Governance
• Data
  • California School Information Services (CSIS)
  • California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS)
  • P20 Data System
• Education Equity Issues
  • Gender Equity/Title IX
  • Uniform Complaint Procedures (UCP)
• Education Technology/Digital Divide
• General Government
• Multilingual, Bilingual Education, & Migrant Education
• Legislative Reports
• School Choice
  • District of Choice/Open Enrollment
• Special Education
  • School-based Medi-Cal Administrative Activities (SMAA)
  • Local education agency Medi-Cal Billing Option Programs (LEA BOP)
• State Board of Education Waivers
• State Special Schools
• Student Health & Wellness
  • School Nurses & Mental Health Professionals
• Williams Act

Sara Noceto, Education Fiscal Policy Consultant

snoceto@cde.ca.gov

• Early Learning and Care
• Emergency/Disaster Relief
• Facilities
• Higher Education/College Readiness
  • Concurrent Enrollment/Dual Enrollment
  • University of California (UC) Regents and California State University (CSU) Trustees

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Federal Policy Office

Joseph Saenz, Federal Policy Liaison

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

• Civil Rights/Desegregation
  • Gender Equity/Title IX
  • UCP
• 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
• Emergency/Disaster Relief

Robyn Altamirano, Education Programs Assistant

raltamirano@cde.ca.gov
916-591-6244

Amber Hiris, Education Programs Assistant

ahiris@cde.ca.gov
916-591-4943

• 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
    • Reporting and Allowable Uses Technical Support
    • 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

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Fiscal Policy Office

Daniel Merwin, Education Fiscal Policy Consultant

dmerwin@cde.ca.gov
916-319-0658

Sara Noceto, Education Fiscal Policy Consultant

snoceto@cde.ca.gov

• Budget
• School Finance
  • Adequacy
  • Apportionments
  • ADA:
    • Concurrent Enrollment/Dual Enrollment
    • Emergency/Disaster Relief
    • Instructional Time
    • LCFF
    • Lottery
    • Mandates
    • Property Taxes/Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund (ERAF)
    • Proposition 98
    • Vouchers
• School Management
  • Audits
  • Business Services
  • District Reorganization
  • Fiscal Management
  • Local School Boards
  • School Administrators
• Transportation

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