Business Meeting

AGENDA

Business Meeting
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Blue Anchor Building
1400 10th Street
Conference Room #202
Sacramento, CA

The Commission will consider agenda items I-IV at approximately 12:30 p.m. The precise time will vary depending upon the testimony of witnesses and will be determined at the discretion of the chair. Members of the public will have an opportunity to make comments about Commission agenda items during the meeting.

1. Business Meeting Minutes from September 25, 2012
    
2. Subcommittee Reports/Project Selection 
    
3. Implementation Activity
    
4. Reports from Bureau of State Audits

PUBLIC NOTICE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 9, 2012

For additional information contact:
Stuart Drown, Executive Director
(916) 445-2125

Notice of Meeting

On Tuesday, October 23, 2012, the Little Hoover Commission will conduct a public hearing on higher education in California. The hearing will begin at 9 a.m. in Room 2040 at the State Capitol in Sacramento.

The Little Hoover Commission is reviewing California’s higher education system. In this hearing, the Commissioners will explore proposals to operate the system more efficiently, the state’s role in fostering alliances between regional education institutions and performance-based funding.

The Commission will hear first about new approaches to expand higher education opportunities from a senior research fellow with the Center for Studies in Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley. The Commission will also be given an overview of The Long Beach Promise Program from representatives from each participating institution: an assistant to the superintendent of the Long Beach Unified School District; the superintendent and president of the Long Beach Community College; and the president of California State University, Long Beach. The Long Beach panelists have been asked to discuss key elements of the program and how they could be applied on a statewide basis. The Commission also will be given the opportunity to learn about performance-based funding from the president of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, along with a senior policy specialist from the National Conference of State Legislatures.

There will be an opportunity for public comment at the end of the hearing. The Commission also encourages written comments. Immediately following the hearing, the Commission will hold a business meeting in the Blue Anchor Building at 1400 10th Street, Conference Room #202, Sacramento. An additional teleconference location accessible to the public during the business meeting will be at the University of Nevada, Reno, Lawlor Event Center, 1500 North Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada.

All public notices for meetings are on the Commission’s Web site, www.lhc.ca.gov. If you need reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact Stuart Drown at (916) 445- 2125 or littlehoover@lhc.ca.gov by Tuesday, October 16, 2012.