Government Affairs Program Assignments

Government Affairs Division

Elly Garner, Director

egarner@cde.ca.gov
916-319-0821

Legislative Affairs Office

Alma Barreras, Legislative Representative

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

• Adult Education
• Assessments
• Career and Technical Education (CTE)
• Charter Schools
• Compensation/Merit Pay
• Educator Credentialing/Preparation
• Emergency/Disaster Relief
• English Learners
  • Migrant and Bilingual Education
• Higher Education/College Readiness
  • Concurrent Enrollment/Dual Enrollment
  • UC Regents and CSU Trustees
• Induction/BTSA
• Nutrition
• Professional Learning/Staff Development & Recruitment
• Safe Schools

Jonathon Howard, Legislative Representative

jhoward@cde.ca.gov
916-319-0544

• Accountability
  • California School Dashboard
  • Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP)
  • School Accountability Report Card (SARC)
• Average Daily Attendance (ADA)
  • Instructional Time
• Classified Employees/Paraprofessionals
  • Labor
• Curriculum Standards, Frameworks and Instructional Resources
• Data
  • CSIS & CALPADS
  • P20 Data System
• Early Learning and Care
• Facilities
• Public School Employees/PERS & STRS
• School Choice
  • District of Choice/Open Enrollment

Bryan Sapp, Legislative Representative

bsapp@cde.ca.gov
916-319-0676

• After School Programs
• Civil Rights/Desegregation
  • Gender Equity/Title IX
  • Uniform Complaint Procedures (UCP)
• Community Schools
• Education Options/At Risk & Foster Youth
  • Continuation & Court Schools
  • Drop-out Prevention/Expulsion Policies
  • Chronic Absenteeism
  • Truancy/SARBs
• Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF)
• Omnibus Bill
• Parent Engagement
• School Climate
  • Social Emotional Learning
• Special Education/State Special Schools
  • SMAA, LEA Billing
• Student Health Wellness/Mental Health
  • School Nurses & Mental Health Professionals
• Taxes

Michelle Giese, Policy Analyst

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

• American Indian Education
• Athletics/CA Interscholastic Federation
• CDE Administrative Governance
• Counseling/Guidance
• General Government
• Legislative Reports
• State Board of Education Waivers
• Williams Act

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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
  • Uniform Complaint Procedures (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

Fiscal Policy Office

Amy Tang-Paterno, Education Fiscal Policy Consultant

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

Daniel Merwin, Education Fiscal Policy Consultant

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

• Budget
• School Finance
  • Adequacy
  • Apportionments
  • Average Daily Attendance (ADA):
    • Concurrent Enrollment/Dual Enrollment
    • Emergency/Disaster Relief
    • Instructional Time
    • Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF)
    • Lottery
    • Mandates
    • Property Taxes (ERAF)
    • Proposition 98
    • Vouchers
• School Management
  • Audits
  • Business Services
  • District Reorganization
  • Fiscal Management (FCMAT)
  • Local School Boards
  • School Administrators
• Transportation

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