you the committee. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Recording in progress. Good afternoon, everyone. The ad hoc committee. Alameda County together for all Shall come to order. Let's call the roll. Supervisor Marcus. Present. Supervisor Fortuna Robas. Present. We have a quorum. Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome again to our Alameda County together for all. Add Hawk Committee. This is our third monthly meeting. and just as a refresher this ad hoc committee. This is our third monthly meeting and just as a refresher, this ad hoc committee is focused on coordinating a proactive response to protect support and uplift our communities that are impacted by federal policies and budgets during this time. So we want to work together to ensure that we are all informed, prepared, and coordinated in protecting our critical health programs, social services, and our constitutional rights. So as we get started, I do want to acknowledge that every single day we are hearing threats about our safety net, threats to our most vulnerable communities, and it's creating some real fear as well as uncertainty out there. And in fact, a chilling effect. I was just reminded that many of our laws have not even changed yet. There is a chilling effect in terms of how people are going about their daily lives. And so we want to make sure that we're using our space together to share accurate information and really prepare together. There are real impacts. And in fact, just this week, we've heard a slew of new information, everything from today's memo regarding how federal funding may be impacted in our school systems because of diversity or equity programs. We've also heard about dramatic cuts, including here in our region, to health and human services, the Center for Disease Control, Agriculture. This is all impacting our health services, our food security, our safety net. And so we will continue to use this space to share updates. I also want to acknowledge because I think many of us on the board are talking especially to our healthcare, mental healthcare, and other social service providers who are still waiting to hear what the impact will be on Medicare and Medicaid. So there's still a lot that needs to be decided. But again, we want to make sure that through this ad hoc committee as well as through the board's budget process that we are just embarking upon, that we have a space to really focus on again, accurate information being informed, being prepared, and very importantly being proactive in how we coordinate together. So while future meetings might focus on other topics today, we're focusing on education, and we do have a great set of speakers who are joining us today. That includes Emily Bock-Dissilva, who is the Director of Policy at CJ Lake. Emily, you may know because she joins us every Monday afternoon for our PAL committee as our federal lobbyist providing us very important updates and information. We also have with us Dr. Ingrid Lenai's Roberson, Chief Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction at the California Department of Education. And we have Dr. Nicole Pierce Davis who's the Chief of Whole Child Programs, what a great title at the Alameda County Office of Education. And we also have Jennifer Brohardt with us who is the Board President at Oakland Unified School District. So just briefly before we get started, our presentations are going to focus on how leaders in California are standing with all our young people to advance equity and education, particularly in response to the challenges posed by the current federal administration's policies and budget decisions. So their presentations will shed light on the resilience of California's education system and its commitment to inclusive, equitable education for all of our students, regardless of background. The work being done at the state and local levels to ensure that issues like mental health, social emotional support, and school funding are prioritized, particularly during this time of national political turmoil or chaos is some of us call it. And finally, collaborative efforts to advocate for policies that protect our most vulnerable student populations and promote a holistic, whole child approach to education. So I look forward to the discussion today. And before we hear from our first presenter, Vice Chair Mark has, do you have any opening remarks you'd like to share? Thank you, Chair, for tonight a bath. I think you capture the sentiment basically how we're all feeling right now. Just really honored to be a part of this committee. I want to thank your staff and the clerk and everyone that worked hard to make this meeting possible. It is our goal to hold it on a monthly basis for continuity. Please check both of our social media accounts on occasion. There will have to be adjustments, but our commitment to the public is to offer accurate and timely information. I think we're both an alignment. Should something extremely urgent come up, there is flexibility to call a special meeting. So just want to reassure the public that we're here in partnership with all of you. And as we're receiving unfortunate information, it is our goal to provide timely accurate information and also to come up with how the county is going to respond to minimize the harm and the impacts that many of us are feeling right now. So look forward to this discussion and just want to thank all of our educational partners. I know sometimes these meetings can be challenging for people to participate live. So we encourage people to share the video. So it's going to be relevant information for people to go back and review at a later date. And I believe you also have a website. Is that accurate? Yes, we do have a website for Act for All. You can go to my district five supervisor page and find a link to it. And we'll share the actual address later today. Yeah, so just thank you again looking forward to the conversation and just know that we're here dedicated to, we're committed to serving all of our residents and ensuring that they have accurate information and just know that we're doing everything we possibly can to minimize any of the negative impacts. Thank you. Thank you, supervisor Marquez. So without further ado, we have just one item for this meeting and we will go ahead and call in our first speaker who is joining us on Zoom. Thank you for joining us again Emily. Absolutely good afternoon supervisors. So I will you know try and give an update on kind of where things stand in some of the Trump administration's actions on education, a little bit of background on the department and then potential barriers to enacting the administration's education agenda. First of all, as you all know, on March 20th, President Trump issued an executive order, basically directing Secretary McMahon to take all necessary steps to close the Department of Education. And this was, and basically leave education oversight to the states. And this followed through on a campaign promise that he had made throughout the campaign. You mentioned a memo that was issued today and kind of the actions that keep coming. And in addition to that executive order from March 20th, there were probably four EOs issued from January 20th on. One was requiring the department to submit a plan to eliminate federal support for a legal and discriminatory treatment in indoctrination. And that had to be done 90 days. We still have about 30 days for that. That's for DOD, ED, HHS, and DOJ to provide a plan to the White House. We're going to expect that soon. There was also an EO directing the department to issue guidance to states on using federal formula funds to support school choice for K through 12 students. And that had to be done within 60 days. And I think we just saw a letter to states in the last several days. So that makes sense. It fits in because I think that EO was issued January 29th. There was another one requiring Ed and DOJ to issue joint guidance to federally funded schools on ending discriminatory and illegal preferences, including DEI and affirmative action policies. That's supposed to be within 120 days from January 21st when that EO came out. And then there was another one directing the agency to report on its civil and criminal authorities to curb anti-symmetism, including recommendations for higher ed institutions. We've seen letters to universities announcing cancellation of grants, et cetera. And those, and that guidance was to be done within 60 days. So again, it makes sense that we're kind of seeing these gradually coming out. You know, one of the big things that President Trump said is that SBA would now manage student loans. So they would move that from education over to SBA. I think one of the concerns is SBA is a small agency similar to ed and they may not have the people necessary to actually manage those student loans. So it's somewhat kind of TBD on how that will work. Again, on March 11th, the Department of Add initiated a RIF, a reduction in force, affecting about 50% of its more than 4,000 workers. The agency closed most of its civil rights regional offices, and President Trump had said he plans to shift some special ed responsibilities from the Department of Ed over to HHS. Of course, we are seeing legal challenges. There was a group of mostly democratic leds states, including California, that challenged, um, those staff cuts, um, education groups have sued over cuts to, uh, teacher diversity related grants and cuts were temporarily lost. Um, you know, I think one of the things that we've been talking about as well as kind of what limits on authority are there for the Department of Ed. I think in general kind of the federal funding is only about 10% on average of what state spend as it relates to education. Ed does not establish new schools or create curricular. They do not set enrollment and graduation requirements. They do not define state education standards and they do not evaluate whether states are beating those standards, but the agency does conduct a national assessment. The annual budget, you know, that's one of the things we've been talking about is, you know, could there be potential cuts? Discussionary funding to support disadvantaged elementary and secondary school students in low income college students. It received about 79.1 billion in FY 24. Manitary funding that supports student loan subsidies. That's the net cost of those subsidies. They vary each year. So again, they oversee a wide range of education programs, Title 1, great system local ed agencies for elementary and secondary school students from low income households. They administer grants to support higher ed institutions and disadvantaged students. Administrars grants for career technical and adult ed programs and community colleges. Administrars grants for individual disabilities and their families. They manage the aid programs for higher ed and then enforce civil rights laws and federally funded schools and they investigate violations. Again, I mentioned that federal funding generally accounts for about 10% of all education funding. I think right now, like we're seeing so much of what's coming out from the administration. Supervisor, you mentioned, you know, there's been no change in laws yet, but there's a chilling effect. And with the Department of Ed, the administration cannot, you know, laterally close the entire education department because it was established by law. And so congressional action would be needed to abolish most offices, functions, or programs specified in law, including the Office for Civil Rights and the Federal Student Aid Office. And this also applies to some education programs under other agencies. You know, again, we said this would need 60 votes in the Senate. And so you would need some Democrats to support this. There is some talk of Republicans trying to include some of this in their reconciliation package, so then they wouldn't need Democrats. I don't know how real that is because you have to be very specific in what can actually go Siliation Bill. And so, um, terminating Department of Ed, it may be difficult to do that. So I just wanted to mention that. Um, also I know that, um, Secretary McMahon met with a number of House Democrats yesterday. I want to say 75 House Democrats wrote her a letter and said, you know, we want to know what is going on. So she sat down with maybe 10 or 12 yesterday and she said she continued to do that moving forward. And she did make clear in that meeting that, you know, she does not have the authority to unilaterally shut her the Department of Education that Congress would need to do that. But I think in the meantime, a lot of the concern is if you are having these reductions in force and you don't have the employees there, the staff necessary there to actually administer the programs, it could slow things down that way. So still, again, a lot that is not known. Again, you would need support from Democrats, House Republicans, as we've been talking about, have a slim majority, and swing district know, swing district members would need to take politically, politically risky vote. Senate health chair, Bill Cassidy, has said he would introduce legislation, basically, to accomplish President Trump's order, so to shutter the department. But again, in terms of like timing and how that moves, and if it can move in the Senate, it remains to be seen. So I think what we will see is, you know, Republicans could try to cut the department's discretionary spending through the annual appropriations process. Again, those typically need Democrat support. We are very delayed in the FY26 appropriations process. We still haven't seen the President's budget request. We've heard we could see kind of a skinny budget, like an outline of what they're thinking later this month. We wouldn't see a full budget request until May. That may give us more of an understanding of where the administration wants to go because it usually sets priorities in the president's budget. The House did adopt its budget plan in February that proposed 330 billion in cuts overseen by the House Education and Workforce Committee, and policy changes could include modifying income-based student loan repayment options and Pell grants. But again, we're a far away away from a budget resolution moving forward. The Senate just kind of came up with their new plan and a number of House folks have said they're not on board. So again, that's going to take some time before we even know what the instructions are to committees to cut. So, and I mean, I know you all know this, but you know, project 2025, as we've been seeing, you know, in a number of policy areas, it did propose the department's closure and called for eliminating head start and moving civil rights responsibilities to DOJ. So, you know, when you look at that, you can see where they're getting a lot of the ideas. Again, still a lot to that needs to happen. We are seeing, as I mentioned previously, kind of that the agencies trying to implement some of the EOs that have already come out. But again, it will take a change in statute to officially close the Department of Ed. That's kind of, that's what I have. I'm happy to answer any questions, but that's kind of the bigger, more general picture on the Department of Ed and what the admin has done thus far. Thanks so much for that update, Emily. Very helpful. Supervisor Marc has any questions? Thank you, Emily, for the update. Can you repeat the impact on the workforce? I believe you said there's already been people laid off. Can you repeat that number, please? Yeah, I want to say the Department of Ed, you know, in January, it was like it 4,000 people. That's in general. It's a smaller agency. But on March 11th, they initiated a reduction in force and about that was about 50% of the workforce. So they're down to about 2000 right now. Okay. And then what is the messaging that we're giving to young people in high school that are pursuing higher ed and looking at applying for financial aid? I think for now, the process is still the same. Like that has not changed, right? And I think that's so much of what we have been saying. It's like you hear about these eos and you get really nervous because you think something has happened, something has changed, and it hasn't yet. So I would say, keep doing what you're doing. Apply like you normally would. And I'm sure we will hear more from the agencies as kind of the restructuring, if the restructuring takes place and what that looks like. And then in your experience, are you seeing any counties kind of combat this negative misinformation in terms of there's an executive order that's been issued but this is the reality in terms of Congress has to act. Do you see anyone messaging and kind of setting the record straight so to speak? Do you see any jurisdiction that's responding in a matter that's helpful to the public? I don't know that I have. I mean, I think that's part of like our job, right? Is as we're talking to you guys and we're trying to explain, you know, there's just a process. But I think part of this is like, and I mean, we've talked about the flooding the gates, right? There's so much coming out. And so it's really hard for an individual county to be able to see it all digest it all and say, okay, hold up. And so I think that's kind of our job and during PAL, we're talking about it. We're saying let's take a wait and see the approach. Yes, there is a chilling effect, but nothing has happened yet. But to your point, you know, our folks kind of sang that across the board, I don't know that they are. I don't know that they are because it's hard, right? Like people are scared. And so, you know, again, it's kind of you're having to kind of way through what what the announcements are and then what the implementation actually is. And again, just you're having to kind of wait through what the announcements are and then what the implementation actually is. And again, just the idea that yes, you may want to, you know, they may want to shutter the Department of Education, but you're going to need, Congress can only do that. So those are the kind of things and I apologize. I see a It's okay, we love seeing young women. But those are the kind of things and I apologize. I see it. It's okay. We let them win. But those are the types of things. And we'll keep trying to let you guys know kind of, you know, what's real and what's not. Okay. And that's a great reminder to let the public know that Palace also taken up these issues. So thank you for that reminder. Thank you for your great work and nice to see your young guy there. All right. Thank you so much, Emily. And we definitely are looking forward to hearing the rest of our presenters. I think where we are hearing some more definitive information is with some of our healthcare and behavioral healthcare organizations, both agencies and service providers, some actual contract cancellations. And so in some parts of the federal government's actions, we are seeing some very direct and real impacts. But as we talk about education today, I want to bring up our next speaker, and that's Dr. Ingrid Lenez-Zroverson, who is the Chief Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction at the State of California Department of Education. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you, Chair and Vice Vice Chair for the invitation. It's really good to be here, especially as someone who worked at the Oakland Unified School District for a few years, as well as the Alameda County Office of Education, so it's really home for me. And as you are asking Vice Chair, the prior speaker about definitive statements being made, I'm proud to say that our state superintendent has been making those kinds of statements. So for example, on January 31st, he did issue a letter to the field around continuing title nine protections on February 3rd. He issued another letter to the field, all of our schools, all of our districts around staying focused on moving the needle for our students. On March 20th, he issued another letter to the field as we were hearing all of these executive orders and dear colleague letters. And then what I'm gonna be focusing on is work that just happened yesterday around undocumented students. But I wanna say say that our state superintendent and the California Department of Education is being very clear in its messaging. We are saying we need to stay focused on moving the needle for our students. And just to reiterate what the prior speaker said, federal law has not changed. Executive orders and dear colleague letters and memos are not changes. It takes a congressional act and a congressional act alone. So what we like to say to the field is that once Congress passes, once the president signs and once the court upholds, then law has changed. Until then, we are staying focused on moving the needle for our students. And so I want to talk about what we're doing, the State Superintendent and the California Department of Ed, to stand up for justice and to stand out in joy. And those two things are very important at this time for us as the state of California. So one area that we're very committed to is around our undocumented students. And in our California Constitution, as well as the federal level in 1982 through Plylar versus the Department of Education, that our students have a right to a free public education regardless of immigration status. So that is both in our Constitution and it has been upheld federally by the Supreme Court. So what does that mean? Well right now we know that we're hearing about threats around deportation. And so yesterday just to give you an example of how CDE and our state superintendent is showing up at this time. Yesterday morning, along with Senate Majority Leader Gonzales, we unveiled SB48, and it limits the presence of ICE agents on campus. And this is incredibly important. I like to remind people this is not just about our students who come from mixed status families. This is about all students. You're going to be hearing from Alameda County Office of Ed whole child that if we are having community schools this sense of safety this sense of belonging is important for every student But also they are a community so when you are thinking about that playground when you are thinking about the hallways when you are thinking about the hallways, when you are thinking about the classrooms and the wonderful learning activities that are happening, these are their peers, these are their friends. And so to have these kinds of threats, that threatens the learning environment. So this is not harmful just for a select view. It is harmful to all. So SB 48, as I said, is looking to prevent access for ICE agents on our school campus unless they have a judicial warrant. And I wanna be really clear, that's different than an administrative warrant. So unless an ICE agent has a judicial warrant, we are trying to prevent access to our school campus. Again, to preserve that sense of safety and that sense of belonging that is necessary for learning. It also prevents school staff from disclosing records to ISO agents. And so, again, without a judicial warrant, staff, leaders would not be able to disclose any of those records. And to give you a sense of what we're talking about in our great state of California, half of our nearly six million students are members of immigrant families. Half. One out of five are in mixed status families. And that means one or more parent is undocumented. But understand that 93% of those children are US citizens. So this is a critical issue for us. It is an issue of justice. Also for us in the state of California, we fund on attendance, not on enrollment. And so this also jeopardizes the fiscal solvency of our districts and our schools to deliver the kind of programming that we want. And so that is how we're standing up for justice during these times. But I also want to talk about joy because we have to remember that. We have real students and as we saw with our prior speaker, her son is in a school, right, trying to learn with his friends. And so one of the things that we're also trying to do is to lift up joy. So we are promoting dual language immersion programs. Because in this great state, we have over 100 languages in our public education system. The top one being Spanish at over 80% as well as Vietnamese, nearly 2% Mandarin at nearly 2% and that is something to celebrate. That is something to embrace. That is something for us to leverage for student learning and for them as they move in this connected global society that we value. So this is a core value for the state of California. Already we have over a thousand, about a thousand seventy-five dual language immersion programs in the state of California we're trying to get to a goal of sixteen hundred by twenty thirty. Here in Alameda County you have a variety of dual language immersion programs. I believe Oakland right now is at eight. Actually, the executive director in a colon night was just on our webinar yesterday. And so that's how we're standing out in joy. So yesterday morning, we were unveiling SB 48. And by the afternoon, we were having a dual language immersion webinar for the field so that we can really promote a language and the culture, the richness that we have across the state. And so for us, that's how we are staying focused. That is the message that we are delivering. And these are our actions. We are trying to model what it means to move the needle and to stay focused on our students. So I'll stop there. Thank you so much for that wonderful and reaffirming presentation. Supervisor Marquez and in comments or questions. Just thrilled to hear the response from you and our superintendent. Thank you for that. What's the best way for the public to stay engaged with your office is an Instagram, Facebook newsletters, all of the above. Can you please just share with us what's the best way to access this important information work you're doing? Most definitely. So we are across all social media channels. We also have a website dedicated to our response to all of these federal executive orders and dear colleague letters. Another way that I would really say is to support SB 48 that we're trying to maintain the safety at our schools. These should not be sites for ICE agents again unless they have a judicial warrant. So we are really trying to maintain that sense of safety and belonging. So please write to your representatives at the state level to support SB48. We think this is absolutely critical to our school communities right now. And we do even have an urgency clause on that. So we are hoping that it will not need the full legislative cycle that they will vote on it immediately. So I would really urge folks to really reach out in that way around SB48. Thank you for that. And we'll also make a recommendation to Pell. I know you said on Pell as well. But thank you for that advice. Absolutely. We want to make sure we are on record as a county supporting SB 48. And thank you, Dr. to both you and superintendant, Tony Thurman. Obviously, California is a very large state. We have a very diverse student population and it actually gives me a lot of hope, despite what is a lot of chaos, a lot of fear and uncertainty that you and your department are leading as you shared, staying focused on moving the needle for our students, standing up for justice, making sure that our students are safe when they are in school, and also standing up for joy. Someone recently told me that joy is a form of resistance in this time, and I think it's very important to remember, especially as we work with our students and our young people. We want them, especially as they are young, they are learning not only to develop their brains to enjoy learning, but also to make sure that they're actually taking some joy in that learning process and also taking some joy in life and not living in fear that could be the case if we are not as adults and as leaders really working to proactively share information and share resources. So definitely appreciate your work. Thank you for the invitation. Thank you. Okay. And our next presenter, we're really thrilled that we have a number of presenters who are working with our students at every level of government. Next we have Dr. Nicole Pierce Davis who is chief of whole child programs at the Alameda County Office of Education. What a privilege to be here. Just hearing you say joy, resistance, that's what we believe in and hold child. So thank you so much. It feels so privileged to be here with such great speakers and just for setting up this presentation. So thank you. 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I'm going to go to the bathroom. I'm going to go to the bathroom. I'm going to go to the bathroom. I'm going to go to the bathroom. I'm going to go to the bathroom. I'm going to go to the other side. I'm going to go to the other side. I'm going to go to the other side. I'm going to go to the other side. I'm going to go to the other side. I'm going to go to the other side. I'm going to go to the other side. I'm going to go to the other side. I'm going to go to the other side. I'm going to go to the other side. Thank you. So we've had, thank you so much for your patience. We've had a lot of questions coming directly to Alameda County Office of Education. Things like do we need to stop doing equity work? Should we remove references to diversity or DEI on our website? How much funding do we receive? Is funding going to be a challenge? Is my job secure? And so just like what's already been stated today, we want to remind people next time that we really want to reround in who we are, who our values were before this administration, and who we are, and who our, what our values will be after this administration. So between stimulus and response, there's a space. In that space is our power to choose our response, in our response lies our growth and freedom, and we really took a moment as a county office to reground ourselves in this value. Also keeping in mind, in doing so, we're reminded of our vision at Alameda County Office of Education. We innovate to address the pervasive issues obstructing the well-being of all students in Alameda County. We equip the most vulnerable students and those who serve them with the tools to thrive, erasing them from predetermination of failure for children from communities of violence or poverty. And so again, we are reminding ourselves of both our vision and our mission to equip the most vulnerable students and those who serve them with the tools to thrive. That has not changed nor will it change over the course of the next few years. Our priorities are centering our priority student populations differentiating supports for the most struggling and systems, and maximizing resources and minimizing pain points. And we do that by creating a culture of innovation. We can't create a culture of innovation and fear. And so, again, as part of the balance of combating the chilling effect, we made sure that we reminded ourselves of our mission and vision, and then we looked at what is the current context, some of which has been discussed today. So I'll move through these next few slides quickly. Again, I just spoke about that. So in order to not go beyond the laws, we wanted to be very clear on what those laws were. So we saw the executive orders which we've already gotten a summary of today so I won't go through those again. We've seen the dear colleague letters. We've seen the attacks on DEI and immigration and as well as fiscal targeting for agencies that support these issues and so In order to not go to the chilling effect and go beyond what the laws are asking us to do We want to be really sure that we listened to both our state partners at the CDE and we were mind all of our staff All the way from superintendant to teacher in the classroom to para to volunteer to parent of exactly what our charge is. In California education is a fundamental right. Artichold we establish the importance of education for the rights and liberties of people and it guarantees a free public school system for all children in the state. And in fact, in California, what we see from some of the orders is that they say they want us to stop doing illegal. Legal diversity equity inclusion work. Well, in California, not only is it legal, it's mandated. We have to protect our students, and therefore we need to move forward with a lot of the initiatives that I'm going to talk about in a second. So again, these are two letters that came out that created a little bit of fear within our system. One is the February 14th, dear colleague letter. And the second one is about dismantling the United States Department of Ed. In the first year colleague letter, we're reminded by Tony Thurman that it is not a law, it is just a letter. We're also reminded that there is a legally mandated pathway to attempt to revoke federal funds, but a colleague letter is not. The existing law is already prohibit discrimination in preferential treatment in public schools, including on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, or immigration status, religion, disability, and gender, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation. These laws already exist, and we continue to abide by them. In the second letter was an executive order, again, not law. Congress alone holds the authority to close the department that Congress created. So we are taking heed from our California Department of Education and we are encouraging our leaders within Alameda County to make sure that they are continuing their steadfast focus on what is working in their school communities. Again towards trying to eliminate the predetermination of outcomes based off of things like socioeconomic status, race, gender, and so on. We're doing this in partnership as well. This is a joint response from Alameda County's Superintendent of Schools and the Sheriff. Reaffirming our unwavering commitments to ensure that all youth, regardless of skin color, gender, sexuality, immigration status, and neighborhood, continue to have equitable access to education in a safe and supportive environment. We're also supporting districts in this fight. We have, we're helping to develop resources, as the one you see here from New Haven, Unified School District, resources for assisting immigrant students and families. We are holding our early care and education planning council here in Alameda County is planning an immigration information session where they're gonna receive their red cards, they're being reminded of hotlines like the ACILEP hotline, so that if they have questions, they know exactly who to go to to get answers, because our districts, while they have large legal teams, some of our family networks, our family child care centers, don't necessarily have that same backing. And so we want to make sure they also have the tools to know how to support and protect their children. We're also creating resources ourselves with the LGBTQ plus handbook that really outlines what are the laws, what are our responsibilities, and how do we protect our students here in California. And we also have our interagency coordinating council and leadership team that is working with the county probation, health, behavioral health, and first five to all create coordinated responses. For school staff, we're reminding them that under California law, school officials are not required to allow immigration agents to enter schools without a judicial warrant. We are also reminding them of everything we just heard from the CDE around every student having the right to attend public school and to say free from discrimination, harassment, violence, intimidation, and bullying. We are also reminded that we do not collect immigration status and we are providing the CDE hotline for any issues that they might have. For families, we're providing the most up-to-date contact information so that they know who to contact when they need help. We're providing family preparedness plans in English right now they're available in English Spanish and Chinese so that families can be prepared. And sometimes just being prepared helps us have a sense of that safety that we need to be able to move forward. We're also saving key, we're reminding them to save key phone numbers in case there are any issues and really being understanding of their rights and those where those red cards come back into play. That's where the immigrant legal resource center becomes really important and we're distributing those flyers as well. At ACO we again we're modeling staying steadfast to our values that were pre-administration and remain post-emerstration. So when we have a large body of research showing that our BIPOC teachers have a strong influence on BIPOC students, we are going to continue to recruit BIPOC teachers to continue to teach in our intern residency and CTE programs because we know that is what disrupts the predetermination of student outcomes when it comes to academic achievement. We also know we have state guidance calling for more culturally linguistically responsive pedagogy. That's what the CLRP stands for for those who don't know. And so we have an entire department within Whole Child named culturally linguistically responsive pedagogy, where in fact, we have a network for dual language immersion principles to provide that additional support to keep this great work going. Because we know that students who are multilingual, that is a blessing to our state, and we don't want to use deficit language, such as English language learners, when we know we should all be learning multiple languages. And in fact, in the state of California, we know that's a huge asset. Finally, we do remind all of our constituents that the funding for ACOE and specifically from federal funding is only about 5%. So our work will continue regardless of what happens with Department of Ed or Department of Ed funding. For districts, it's a little bit different. They do receive a little bit more, but I do want to take into account here. It's only about 6.8% after the SR funds and a lot of those were at influx of funds that came from COVID. So while our districts are hurting a little bit more, they were already in a decline in terms of federal funding just based off of the reduction of sort of COVID emergency funds that were coming from the federal government. So finally I just want to say we're going to keep doing the work, that's not going to change. And we're happy to answer any questions, but again it feels like an honor to be with you all today and know that we're not alone in continuing this work. We're standing with California with the state of California and the CDE as well as you and we'll continue to do it. So thank you so much for having me. Thank you so much for the presentation. Supervisor Marquez, any questions or comments? Yes. Thank you so much. I'm learning a lot. I really appreciate all the presenters sharing their expertise. You shared a lot of vital information specifically to the Family Preparedness Plan. Is there a landing page on your website or how can the community access that information? Yes, so acle.org, all of this is available on our website. You can also contact, I almost want to give my own personal email. If anybody has any questions, they're able to contact looking at our website, which department they can reach out to, whether it's early learning, whether it is just family resources, we can make sure we, that's all available. Great. And then are there any type of virtual meetings, workshops, this is all very helpful information, but not everyone is key to know what's going on at the county meetings. So how is this information being disseminated to all of the school districts? Is there opportunities for workshops, virtual meetings, just to inform the public of this? Yes, we highly encourage all families to reach out to their individual districts. All 18 districts are having a slightly different response, but almost every district has come up with some resource, some support that's all based off of some of the work. But again, we've all done four years ago that now we're sort of repeating. So I highly encourage them to do that. I would also say we have an immigration information session coming up very soon at ACOE, particularly for our child daycare centers or family child care centers. There are also a ton of resources in the community and so if community members just need help even figuring out how to access that, we encourage them to reach out to us via email or call the office and we can direct them in the right direction. Wonderful. And then I also just want to acknowledge and commend the tremendous work around the interagency coordination council leadership. It's a lot of key stakeholders and departments here and just would encourage everyone within this coalition to remember that we do have a social services committee as well as a public protection. I am the Chair Public Protection Supervisor Vartanana Bass serves on the social services committee and then Supervisor Tam and Mylier on Health. So if there's anything that requires coordination with our offices, please see those three committees as a resource to partner and actually implement and affect positive policies for the benefit of our young people. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, yes. Very helpful information. Great resources. Let me at the end of the presentations, I'll share our act for all website, and we will really work to make sure that we have links to the State Department of Education website, and I'll share that at the end of the meeting. The County Office of Education website, OUSD, Hayward, Uward, USD. There's a lot of great resources and trainings and so we'll continue to make sure we have a hub online that's accessible for folks. That's good. Thanks. Okay. So our next speaker and thank you for being with us during Spring Break is the president of the Oakland Unified School District, Jennifer Brohard. Thanks again for being here. Thank you. I've never spoken before. Last time I was, Trump was ex, I don't know, I think doing as executive orders, I was in the classroom. So it's very different being on this end of it. But I do want to thank, again, we rely heavily on the support from CVE and from ACOE, so I think working together with those two agencies has really been helpful for us. I think, you know, I started off with something a little different, but I do want to ground it and enjoy. And at this time of the year, these are our honor roll celebrations. I went last week to the Latino Students Honor Roll Association and it was packed at Fremont. And the parents were clicking away in their cameras and students were performing, and they gave the students a stole that said that Latino Students Association on it, and they did a walk through the audience. And it was just, it was such an incredible experience. And I know that we have our Arab American celebrations coming up, our Black students celebration coming up. And then one of my favorites, it's a small one but the Asian Pacific Islander one. And you have a chance to go to them. They're totally, it's what we do the work for. So I wanted to ground that because I think for Oakland for our district that, again, I think it's really important to ground ourselves in knowing that these are executive orders and that they're not laws. And I think we constantly have to remind ourselves of them. And when this thing came out today, of course, there was this panic and it was like, wait a minute, it's an executive order. I also want to stress too for us that we went through the financial piece of it, and we are funded at about 5% of our income. So we started to think about that, okay, that, that, you know, put it in some order. I think the things that most concern many of us are IDEA funding, which, as we know, is not fully funded at what it's supposed to be anyway. So we really rely on that money and that will have a big effect on our LCFF money. I think the other thing is for us, I think it's Title III, the Child Nutrition Services, and one thing I would give a huge hats off to the governor that we have universal lunches, and I think that has made a huge difference for our students who, I mean, everybody gets the lunch everybody, you know, so there's no stigma to it. So I think keeping that, those two things, funding for disabled students and child nutrition services is really critical. I think as you know, Oakland has one of its main goals is to have a diverse workforce. And we have many possibilities for our community members to become teachers, whether they're coming out of high schools. We have pathways for that. We have our parent educators are becoming special education teachers through pipelines. So I think to make sure that that funding continues to fund be funded because it really does, I think, our other speakers have spoken. It matters that your teachers come from your community. And I've had the privilege of teaching in schools where the teachers grew up in that community, and it's extremely impactful. I think for our newcomer students, one thing we're also looking at is maintaining our online programs, which we have it so true and so we have a K-12. And I know earlier this year there was some talk of cutting that, and I think with the community action and teachers, we were able to save that program. And I think that's important, as I think some speakers were speaking earlier, that, you you know, as parents, you know, fear ice raids that we have something where your students can be safe and still be in school. So to be able to move into that online learning I think is really important for us. We also, we are sanctuary like the rest of the county. And we've just recently worked on a resolution to include LGBTQ and trans students who are also under attack. So again, I think this is really where we're going with our work. I think we are focusing ourselves in maintaining what we're doing. I think it's really important, you know what she said, to really that maintain the things that we have for our students and build on those. So I think that's where all U.S.D. is right now. If you have any questions or anything. Thank you so much. Anything for me, Supervisor Marquez? No, just thank you for your commitment to the students and families, your passion, heart, show. So thank you for your service and for being here during spring break. Thank you. Great. Yes, there are tremendous resources and it's also just really good to see how our local school districts can partner with the county, Office of Education and the State Department of Education to really support our families as well as our young people. So having heard those presentations, let's go to public comment. No speakers. All right. Well we'll make this efficient. We know everyone is incredibly busy and also has families to attend to. So, I'm going to share a few of my takeaways and next steps here. Again, this is our third act for all meeting. The first meeting focus on a range of issues and included organizers and advocates from some of our most vulnerable communities. So we heard from the immigrant and refugee community, the LGBTQ community, the reproductive justice community. And I'm really proud to share that myself and Supervisor Mark has were able to move forward that February 6 recommendation in a relatively short amount of time. And so the first action out of this committee was a $3.5 million allocation which has been approved. So our public defenders immigration unit is staffing up and hiring more staff that can ensure that if any immigrants in Alameda County are going through the criminal legal process, the or deport deportation proceeding that they will have a right to council. And then we also made sure that we contributed half of one year's budget to support three anchor organizations that are part of broader coalitions that are working on rapid response and know your rights, legal resources as well as community education and organizing out in the community. So that I believe is a significant accomplishment in a short amount of time when the Federal Administration has been in for less than 100 days. Our last meeting in March focused on data collection and retention. So we're somewhat familiar with data sharing policies and we know that there's a lot more that we could potentially do in terms of best practices in only collecting and retaining information that we actually need and ensuring that none of our communities are vulnerable because of that information. With this meeting on education, some of our takeaways include making sure that our county goes on record supporting SB 48. Thank you to our superintendent Thurmond and all of the team at the state level for moving that forward to ensure that our schools are not places where families or students will be fearful of ice. So I'll bring that to our PAL committee so that we can officially go on record. And then there are just incredible resources available at every level. So our local school districts have a lot of resources as well as the county in the state. And I really want to lift this up because our schools are really making sure that there are resources to be prepared as well as informed. and also to have legal resources or other resources in the event that there could be an ice enforcement action. So. is informed and also to have legal resources or other resources in the event that there could be an ICE enforcement action. So there is a rapid response hotline here in Alameda County. There is also one for the State Department of Immigration Enforcement and I'm going to share some resources so that we have them. And these are going to be website resources. Firstly, I'll share that we do have an Act for All webpage. I'll share that information and we'll really try to make sure it is a hub. And that webpage is district5.acgov.org. Slash, Act, Hyphen, For, for hyphen all. So within that we'll make sure we're linking to various resources. And I also want to share the county's website. That's acoe.org. That's the Alameda County Office of Education. There's a number of resources there. The State Education Department also has a number of resources that is cd.ca.gov. And then finally, there are a number of events that I do want to share. We do have following up our last act for all meeting in March. We do have on April 12th from 10 to 4 p.m. in Oakland and this is available on my social media. It is a privacy self-defense workshop and immigration resource fair and that is an Oakland. We do encourage people to register because there's a maximum of 150 people. We also want to share that the coalition that's leading our rapid response and know your rights work. That's the Alameda County United in Defense of Immigrant Rights. Coalition, they have their meeting on Wednesday, April 9th, at 5 p.m. as they relaunch their efforts. So please reach out to my office if you would like to attend. And our email address is dist5 at acgov.org. And then finally, there are a couple of immigrant rights and ambassador trainings. The first one is April 6. That is in Berkeley sponsored by the East Bay Sanctuary organization together with Le Penicultural Center. That information is also on my social media. So again, I know this is a lot of information. I'll make sure that we update our Act for All webpage so that you have all of that together. And then finally, I do want to acknowledge this is really a time where the federal administration is creating a lot of chaos, fear, uncertainty. There actually have been a number of contract cancellations that are very concerning. So we will be working together with our broader partners and stakeholders to look at what those budget gaps are and how we can potentially all come together to ensure access to services. And here I think my big takeaway from this meeting with our educators who are so skilled working with young people. I just really appreciated all three of you really standing upon accurate information, which is that we're getting letters, we're getting executive orders. When you learn what the legislative process is, in our country, at the federal level, it does take an act of Congress to do things like dismantle the Department of Education or to dramatically reduce some of the budgets that we all rely on. And so we have to make sure that we continue to advocate and organize so that all of our federal representatives do what's right by our young people and by all of our people. And I really loved hearing from our allies who are with us today, our speakers who with us today in terms of standing up for justice and standing up for joy, especially as we work with students and young people. It is so important to remember how resilient young people are, how establishing learning and joy early on will be such a critical element of becoming a resilient adult. So thank you so much for sharing that message. And I know I personally look forward to myself in my office sharing that message because one of the ways that we can resist a lot of what's coming at us is not only through accurate information being prepared and being coordinated, but it's also about finding those moments of joy, especially with our young people, because we want them to grow up knowing how resilient we are as humans, and how connected, and joyful, and being able to love each other. That is going to be the antidote that will help us get through the next four years. So thank you to our speakers. Supervisor Marquez. Thank you. This was a very inspiring afternoon. I learned a lot and have a deep level respect for all of you. Thank you for doing the heavy lifting, setting the record straight and reminding us to stay present, be focused, and live and joy. So thank you so much for reminding us of that. And thank you for gathering all that wonderful information. I think we've also made significant progress with meeting with philanthropy partners to secure additional funding. I don't know what the total value is right now, but that number continues to increase. So just really excited about this partnership and also just be clear like we're leading these efforts but also very thankful to our colleagues because we can't do this work alone. We need everyone's support to make these funding recommendations. So please, we have a chance. Give a thank you to the other supervisors because they've been instrumental and us being able to advance this work. So thank you and I look forward to future discussions and I think in the future we should definitely update the agenda and include your website since it has so much vital information. So thank you again to your team for coordinating this wonderful presentation. Thank you supervisor Mark has and you are always wonderful at making sure that our community can engage. So thanks for lifting that up throughout this meeting. And lastly, do we have any speakers who wish to speak on items not on the agenda? Okay. Great. So we will definitely make sure we share the video, we share information. This was a very productive and informative conversation and huge appreciation to everyone who participated because your work is really vital to our community and our future with your work with young people. Thank you. The meeting's adjourned. Recording stopped.