The New AB86 Workgroup

The AB86 website now lists the new members of the Workgroup.

Reminder:  The Work Group does the nitty-gritty work.  The Cabinet is the Big Boss.

What's happening in there?

There was no official announcement about this change.  There was no email sent to those of us on the email list.  There is nothing in their November Newsletter.   There was no explanation or announcement of why or how the change was made.

Perhaps the Cabinet, the "Decider," had very good reasons for making these changes.

They did not choose, however, to share them.

They did not choose transparency.

I find that troubling.

Here, in any case, is the information on the AB86 Website:

AB 86 Work Group

The AB 86 Work Group, established by the AB 86 Cabinet, has twelve members, four representing adult education programs in school districts and four representing adult education programs in community colleges. Four staff members, two from the CCCCO and two from the CDE, are also in the Work group. This Work Group will develop a comprehensive Request for Application to fund planning and implementation grants.

If you have comments or questions for the Work Group, we encourage you to use the orange “feedback” button to the left of the page so that your feedback can be properly reviewed.

Below is a listing of the AB 86 Work Group Members:

Name	Organization
John Stanskas	Academic Senate for California Community Colleges
Mike Reese	Association of California Community College Administrators
Rocky Bettar	Association of California School Administrators
	Association of Chief Business Officials*
Cynthia Parulan-Colfer	California Adult Education Administration Association
	California Association of School Business Officials*
Rirchard Hansen	California Community College Independents
S. Craig Justice	California Community Colleges Chief Instructional Officers
Chris Nelson	California Council for Adult Education
Kathy Davis	California Council for Adult Education
	California County Superintendents Educational Services Association*
Jack Carroll	California Federation of Teachers
Teri Burns	California School Boards Association
Tristan Brown	California School Employees Association
Wendy Plew	California Teachers Association
Bob Harper	Campbell Adult and Community Education
Debra Jones	CCCCO Dean, Career Education Practices
Neil Kelly	CCCCO Specialist, Career Education Practices
Carmen Martinez-Calderon	CDE  Coordinated Student Support and Adult Education Division
Shadidi Sai-Maat	CDE Coordinated Student Support and Adult Education Division
Lynette Nyaggah	Community College Association
	Community College League of California*
Kris Fertel	Faculty Association of California Community Colleges
Andrea Rodriguez	LAUSD Division of Adult and Career Education
Candace Lee	LAUSD, Division of Adult and Career Education
Joanne Durkee	Mt. Diablo Adult and Career Education
Donna Burns	Mt. San Antonio College
Greg Schulz	North Orange County Community College District
Erica Leblanc	Santa Monica College
	United Teachers of Los Angeles*

*This organization has not yet named a participant.

You can read another post on this topic here.

In that post, I describe what some of these organizations do.