Government Affairs Program Assignments

Government Affairs Division

Amy Tang-Paterno, Division Director

atangpaterno@cde.ca.gov
916-261-3431

Legislative Affairs Office

Blake Johnson, Legislative Representative

bjohnson@cde.ca.gov
916-206-1551

• Accountability
  • California School Dashboard
  • Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP)
  • School Accountability Report Card (SARC)
• American Indian Education
• Assessments
• Charter Schools
• Community Schools
• Curriculum Standards, Frameworks and Instructional Resources
• Education Options
  • Chronic Absenteeism
  • Continuation & Court Schools
  • Drop-out Prevention/Expulsion Policies
  • School Choice/District of Choice
  • Truancy
• Family Engagement
• Foster Youth & Homeless Youth
• Nutrition
• Retirement Systems
  • California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)
  • California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS)
• Safe Schools
• School Climate

Sara Noceto, Legislative Representative

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

• Adult Education
• Career and Technical Education (CTE)
• Early Education
  • Child care
• Facilities
• Higher Education/College Readiness
  • Concurrent Enrollment/Dual Enrollment
  • University of California (UC) Regents and California State University (CSU) Trustees
• School Finance
  • Average Daily Attendance (ADA)
  • Instructional Time
  • Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF)
• State Special Schools
• Student Health & Wellness
  • Health Education
  • School Nurses
• Transportation

Michelle Warshaw, Legislative Representative

mwarshaw@cde.ca.gov
916-203-8124

• Athletics/California Interscholastic Federation (CIF)
• California Department of Education Administrative Governance
• Classified Employees/Paraprofessionals
• Data
  • California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS)
• Education Equity Issues
  • Gender Equity/Title IX
  • Uniform Complaint Procedures (UCP)
• Education Technology/Digital Divide
• Educators
  • Credentialing/Teacher Preparation
  • Professional Development & Learning
  • Recruitment
• Expanded Learning
  • Before- and After-School Programs
• General Government
• Mental Health
• Multilingual, Bilingual Education, & Migrant Education
• School Management
  • District Reorganization
  • Local School Boards
  • School Administrators
• Special Education
  • School-based Medi-Cal Administrative Activities (SMAA)
  • Local education agency Medi-Cal Billing Option Programs (LEA BOP)
• Williams Act

Mason Diab, Policy Analyst

mdiab@cde.ca.gov

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

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Federal Policy Office

Joseph Saenz, Federal Policy Liaison

jsaenz@cde.ca.gov
916-591-6391

• 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

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)
  • 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

Daniel Merwin, Education Fiscal Policy Consultant

dmerwin@cde.ca.gov
916-591-4025

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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