LEG CON PARTICIPANT HOMEPAGE | DAY 1 | LEGISLATOR VISITS
12:00 – 1:00 pm: Mixers
The lunchtime mixers are a structured opportunity to meet and interact with other delegates from across California.
- Mixer 1: Interactive Group Discussion – Attendees will be given a variety of legislative statements to debate and discuss.
- Mixer 2: Practice Legislator Meeting – Leaders will share some tips on conducting a meeting with your legislator followed by an opportunity for attendees to practice.
- Mixer 3: An Advocate? Who me? – Attendees will have the opportunity to share what they have done or hope to do in PTA advocacy.
- Mixer 4: Legislation Lingo Trivia – Test your knowledge of legislative terms and acronyms.
- Mixer 5: What Issues Matter to You? – Attendees will get the opportunity to share with key State leaders about what issues are important to their PTA membership.
2:00 – 4:00 pm: Session 3
Click here to view the video from Session 3
Key Policy Leaders
- Facilitator: Sherry Skelly Griffith, Executive Director, California State PTA
- Anthony Rendon, Speaker of the California State Assembly
- Toni Atkins, California State Senate President Pro Tempore
- Scott Wilk, California Senate Republican Leader
- Patrick O’Donnell, Chair of Assembly Education Committee
- Click here to view Patrick O’Donnell’s video presentation
- Connie Leyva, Chair of Senate Education Committee
- Kevin Kiley, Vice Chair of Assembly Education Committee
Caucus Panel
- Moderator: Carol Kocivar, Advocate, California State PTA
- Senator Maria Elena Durazo, Chair, Latino Caucus
- Senator Steven Bradford, Chair, Chair, African American Caucus
- Senator Richard Pan, Chair, Chair, API Caucus
- Assembly Member Jessie Gabriel, Chair, Jewish Caucus
- Assembly Member Cristina Garcia, Chair, Women’s Caucus
- Assembly Member Evan Low, Chair, LGBTQ Caucus
Accompanying documents:
6:00 – 8:00 pm: Session 4
Budget Panel
Click here to view the Budget Panel video
- Moderator: John Fensterwald, Editor at Large, EdSource
- Kevin Gordon, Capitol Advisors Group, President
- Jessica Holmes, Assistant Budget Project Manager, Department of Finance
- Click here to view the slides on Promoting Equity: The 2021 Governor’s Budget
- Chris Hoene, Executive Director, California Budget and Policy Center
Appropriations Panel
Click here to view the Appropriation Panel video
- Moderator: John Fensterwald, Editor at Large, EdSource
- Senator Anthony Portantino, Chair, Senate Appropriations
- Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, Chair, Assembly Appropriations
Accompanying documents: