>> WE'LL NOW COME TO ORDER.
THE
TIME IS 2:02 PM.
WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
[ CALLING ROLL ]
>> FOUR PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPROVAL
OF THE AGENDA.
THE AGENDA WILL
BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO
OBJECTION.
LET ME JUST MAKE A
NOTE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS
IS UNFORTUNATELY NOT ABLE TO
JOIN US.
HE IS STILL IN JURY
DUTY.
HE IS EXCUSED FOR TODAY.
THE PUBLIC OPEN PERIOD.
CONDUCTED EFFICIENTLY AND IN A
MANNER IN WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO
CONDUCT NECESSARY BUSINESS.
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS MEETING
IS 20 MINUTES.
EACH SPEAKER WILL
HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I'LL
CALL ON EACH SPEAKER ON THE
ORDER THEY PREREGISTERED ON THE
COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
IF YOU ARE
WATCHING OR LISTENING, AND HAVE
NOT REGISTERED BUT WOULD STILL
LIKE TO, YOU CAN STILL HEAD UP
TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER THE
END OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
TODAY.
OR YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT
THE LINK ON TODAY'S AGENDA TO
PREREGISTER FOR TODAY'S PUBLIC
COMMENT.
YOU WILL HEAR AN
AUTOMATI PROMPT IF YOU HAVE
BEEN UNMUTED.
THAT'LL BE YOUR
CUE THAT YOU MUST PRESS STAR 6
AND THEN BEGIN SPEAKING.
PLEASE
BEGIN BY STATING YOUR NAME, AND
THE ITEM THAT YOU ARE
ADDRESSING.
AND PLEASE REMEMBER
THAT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD
RELATE TO AN ITEM ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
DURING YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT, YOU WILL HEAR A CHIME.
THAT CHIME IS NOTED THAT THERE
IS TEN SECONDS LEFT OF THE TWO
MINUTES PROVIDED TO YOU TODAY.
PLEASE LISTEN FOR THAT CHIME AND
MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO WRAP UP
YOUR COMMENTS.
ONCE YOU HAVE
COMPLETED YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT,
WE ASK THAT YOU STAY ON THE LINE
AND CONTINUE FOLLOWING THE
PUBLIC MEETING THROUGH THE
CHANNEL OR THE LISTENING OPTIONS
LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW OPEN.
AS A
REMINDER, YOU WILL BE UNMUTED
AND HEAR A PROMPT FROM ME THAT
YOU'VE BEEN UNMUTED AND YOU NEED
TO PRESS STAR 6 BEFORE YOU BEGIN
SPEAKING.
THE FIRST SPEAK OR MY
LIST IS MELODY MCMILLAN.
WELCOME, MELODY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZCEZ.
AND FELLOW
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY COMMENTS
TODAY ARE ABOUT SEATTLE PROMISE.
THANK YOU FOR THIS TUNE TO
SPEAK.
MY NAME IS MELODY
MCMILLAN AND I AM THE SENIOR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR SEATTLE
PROMISE AT SEATTLE COLLEGESFUL
SEATTLE COLLEGES VICE CHANCE
LERBUT THEELMAN HAS ALREADY
SUBMITTED COMMENTS FROM THE REC
TEAM DESIGNED TO GROW AND REFINE
THE SEATTLE PROMISE PROGRAM.
I
ALSO WANT TO ADD MY COMMENTS AND
APPRECIATION FOR BEING A PART OF
THE SEATTLE PROMISE REC PROCESS
THIS LAST YEAR.
THANKS TO THE
WORK OF THE COUNCIL, THE CITY OF
SEATTLE, SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
AND PUBLIC COLLEGES.
WE ARE
CENTERING EQUITY IN OUR
PROGRAMMING TO INVEST IN AND
SUPPORT STUDENT SUCCESS.
SEATTLE
COLLEGE'S VISION IS TO BE
RECOGNIZED AS AN EXEMPLARY
LEARNING INSTITUTION THAT
TRANSFORMS LIVES, PROMOTES
EQUALITY, EQUITY AND ENRICHES
THE COMMUNE.
THE PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT IN THE REC PROCESS
AND THE SUPPORT OF CITY COUNCIL
ESSENTIAL AS WE CONTINUE TO
APPROVE THE SEATTLE PROMISE
PROGRAM TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
SEATTLE STUDENTS.
THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS WILL COME LATER
TODAY AND YOUR SUPPORT OF THEM
WILL HELP US TO RECOGNIZE THAT
VISION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONTINUED SUPPORT TO ENRICH OUR
COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU, MELODY FOR CALLING
IN TODAY.
AND THANK YOU TO
SEATTLE COLLEGES.
OKAY.
I DON'T
HAVE ANYONE ELSE ON MY LIST SIGN
UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND I
WILL APPRECIATE IT IF IT COULD
BE CONFIRMED THAT THAT IS THE
CASE.
>> CONFIRMED.
THERE ARE NO OTHER
PUBLIC COMMENTS REGISTERED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I
APPRECIATE IT.
WITH THAT BEING
SAID, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE
ONTO OTHER ITEMS OF BUSINESS ON
OUR AGENDA.
MIXTURE UP ARE
ENEMIES ONE AND TWO.
WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ ITEMS ONE AND
TWO INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEMS ONE AND TWO.
APPOINTMENTS ZON 868, AND 01869.
MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE
ETHICS
COMMISSION
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE REALLY
APPRECIATE IT.
WE ARE JOINED BY
MICHELLE CHEN OF THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNSEL PRESIDENT
GONZCEZ.
MY NAME IS MICHELLE
CHEN.
I AM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
LEGAL COUNCIL.
AND I AM HAPPY TO
BE HERE TODAY.
AND THANK YOU FOR
THE COMMITTEE'S CONSIDERATION OF
THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT.
OF
ZACHARY JONES AND KRISTEN HAWES
TO THE SEATTLE ETHICS AND
ELECTIONS COMMISSION.
WE ARE
VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE
CANDIDATES' PUBLIC AND CIVIC
ENTER IN SERVING ON THIS VERY,
VERY IMPORTANT COMMISSION.
AND
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I DO WANT
TO ALLOW THE CANDIDATES TO
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.
AND THIS
WILL FILL THE TWO VACANCIES THAT
THE MAYOR HAS ON THE COMMISSION.
AND AGAIN THANK YOU TO COUNCIL
MEMBERS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
AND FOR YOUR FUTURE CONFIRMATION
TO APPOINTMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
WHY DON'T WE
GO AHEAD AND START WITH ZACH?
SO
ZACH, IF YOU COULD JUST STATE
YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD HERE.
AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
YOURSELF AND WHY YOU'RE
INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE
COMMISSION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
GOOD
AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS ZACHARY
JONES.
AND I'M CURRENTLY AN
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH
THE WASHINGTON STATE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE.
AS A LIFELONG
SEATTLEITE, SETTING ASIDE JUST A
FEW EAST COAST DETOURS OVER THE
YEARS, I AM VERY HONORED BY THE
MAYOR'S NOMINATION TO SERVE ON
THE COMMISSION.
THE COMMISSION
PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN
ASSURING TRANSPARENCY,
ACCOUNTABILITY, IN SEATTLE
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNMENT.
IF
CONFIRMED, I LOOK FORWARD TO
PROMOTING THOSE VALUES IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH MY FELLOW
COMMISSIONERS, THE COMMISSION
STAFF, THIS COUNCIL, AND THE
MANY STAKEHOLDERS IN CITY
GOVERNMENT AND THE BROADER
COMMUNITY.
THIS IS A UNIQUE
MUNICIPAL ELECTION YEAR, COMING
AT WHAT WE HOPE WILL PROVE THE
TAIL END OF THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC.
IN THAT CONTEXT, I SEE
TO NEAR-TERM OPPORTUNITIES FOR
THE COMMISSION TO LEVERAGE ITS
ROLE IN STARTING TO THE CITY'S
ELECTION CODE.
THE COMMISSION'S
RECENTLY ADOPTED EMERGENCY RULE
ALLOWING CAMPAIGNS TO POST
DEMOCRACY VOUCHER REPLACEMENT
FORMS ONLINE IS, IN MY VIEW, A
GREAT EXAMPLE OF SUCH A MEASURE.
AS THE LEAD ASSISTANT ATTORNEY
GENERAL ON THE TEAM DEFENDING
GOVERNOR INSLEE'S EMERGENCY
RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC, I AM
EAGER AND I THINK
WELL-POSITIONED TO HELP THE
COMMISSION FIND SOLUTIONS TO THE
CHALLENGES COVID-19 CONTINUES TO
POSE TO CAMPAIGNS AND VOTERS
ALIKE.
IT IS CRITICAL THAT THE
COMMISSION CONTINUE TO REMOVE
BARRIERS TO FULL AND EQUAL
ELECTORAL PARTICIPATION BY OUR
CITY'S MOST MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES.
THIS WOULD BE MY
NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AS A
COMMISSIONER.
AND IT IS
ESPECIALLY URGENT IN THE MIDST
OF A PANDEMIC THAT IS
DISPROPORTIONATELY HARMING
PEOPLE OF COLOR.
FOR EXAMPLE,
ALTHOUGH PARTICIPATION IN THE
PIONEERING DEMOCRACY VOUCHER
PROGRAM NEARLY DOUBLED FROM 2017
TO 2019, IT REMAINED
DISPROPORTIONATELY UTILIZED BY
WHITE, WEALTHY, AND OLDER
SEATTLEITES.
IT IS, I THINK,
ESSENTIAL TO ADDRESS THOSE
DISPARITIES IN THE CITY'S
SIGNATURE ELECTION PROGRAM.
I AM
DEEPLY COMMITTED TO THAT GOAL.
AND MORE BROADLY TO PING
EQUITY IN THE COMMITTEE'S WORK.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE,
FOR EXAMPLE, I SUED THE PREVIOUS
FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION
REPEATEDLY.
CHALLENGING ACTIONS
THAT IN OUR OFFICE'S VIEW
UNLAWFULLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST
PEOPLE OF COLOR, LGBTQ
AMERICANS, AND OTHER GROUPS.
I
AM MOST PROUD OF MY WORK ON THE
CASE CHALLENGING THE PUBLIC
CHARGE LAW, WHICH JEOPARDIZED
THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF
MILLIONS SOLELY WAYSED ON THEIR
RECEIPT OF MINIMAL PUBLIC
BENEFIT.
INCLUDING FOOD, HOUSING
OR HEALTHCARE.
BEFORE JOINING
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, I
WAS A TRIAL ATTORNEY IN THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS
DIVISION IN THE VOTING SECTION.
I WORKED CLOSELY WITH STATE,
ELECTION AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR
ADMINISTRATORS.
WHEN I WAS IN
PRIVATE PRACTICE, I HAD THE TUNE
TO WORK ON A VARIETY OF
ELECTION-RELATED MATTERS.
INCLUDING RECOUNTS AND ELECTION
CONTEXT, CHALLENGES TO RACIAL
AND ELECTION GERRYMANDERS IN
OTHER STATES AND POLITICAL
ELECTIONS FOR WASHINGTON STATE
AND LOCAL CAMPAIGNS.
I ALSO HAD
AN ACTIVE PRO BONO PRACTICE,
PARTNERING WITH THE EQUAL
JUSTICE INITIATIVE IN
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, TO
REPRESENT INDIGENT.
SEEING THAT
SYSTEMIC AND OVERT RACISM THAT
MY CLIENTS EXPERIENCED SHAPED ME
PROFOUNDLY AS A LAWYER.
DEEPENING MY RESOLVE TO
ERADICATE DISCRIMINATION IN THE
LEGAL SYSTEM, AND IMPROVE ACCESS
TO JUSTICE.
IT WOULD GUIDE MY
SERVICE AS A COMMISSIONER.
THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
INTRODUCE MYSELF TODAY.
AND I
WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> THANK YOU.
ZACHARY.
FOR THAT
INTRODUCTION.
REALLY, REALLY
APPRECIATE IT.
AND YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO STEP UP AND SERVE
IN THIS CAPACITY.
AS A FORMER
ETHICS AND ELECTIONS
COMMISSIONER MYSELF, I CAN TELL
THAT YOU THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF
WORK IN THAT COMMISSION.
AND I
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE
BEFORE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
DEMOCRACY VOUCHER PROGRAM AND
MANY OF THE LAWS THAT I HAVE
PERSONALLY SPONSORED TO REFORM
OUR LOCAL ELECTIONS.
SO THERE'S
A LOT MORE WORK ON THE PLATE OF
THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION.
I
APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO
SERVE IN THIS ADDITIONAL
CAPACITY.
COLLEAGUES IF YOU WANT
TO OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS
YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE, MR. JONES.
NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVING
OVER TO KRISTEN HAWES.
FOR AN
INTRODUCTION AND AN OPPORTUNITY
TO ASK HER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZCEZ.
CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
>> YES.
>> GREAT.
AND THANKS ALSO TO THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.
I AM ALSO ENTHUSED ABOUT THE
PROSPECT OF SERVING THE CITY AS
A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION.
LIKE
ZACH I AM A NATIVE SEATTLEITE.
SO SEEING THE CITY CHANGE
CONSIDERABLY OVER THE COURSE OF
MY TIME HERE AND ALSO RECOGNIZE
THAT ACCESS TO ELECTIONS,
EQUITY, AND REPRESENTATION ARE
CRITICAL AS THE CITY MOVED FOR A
IN ITS GOVERNANCE OVERALL BUT
PARTICULARLY IN THE POSTCOVID
ERA.
MY BACKGROUND IS A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT.
I AM AN ATTORNEY,
PARTNER AT SUMMIT LAW GROUP.
SPECIALIZING IN COMMERCIAL REAL
ESTATE.
SO I DO A LOT OF WORK
WITH CLIENTS OF ALL SIZES IN
THAT ARENA BOTH IN THE CITY AND
OUTSIDE OF IT.
I COME TO YOU,
THE COMMISSION, WITH LEGAL
TRAINING AND A LEGAL BACKGROUND.
BUT ALSO AS PART OF, PERHAPS,
THE CITIZEN VOLUNTEER IN TERMS
OF SOMEONE WHO HAS A
LONGSTANDING INTEREST IN
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS.
AND A
SPECIFIC INTEREST IN ACCESS TO
JUSTICE ISSUES.
AS MR. JONES
INDICATED, HE HAS SERVED
PREVIOUSLY IN THE PRO BONO AND
ACCESS ARENAS WITH RESPECT TO
HIS CAREER AT DOJ.
I PREVIOUSLY
WAS A PUBLIC DEFENDER.
SO I HAVE
A SENSE OF DIFFICULTIES FACED BY
MANY IN TERMS OF THEIR
EXPERIENCE OF AT LEAST OUR LEGAL
SYSTEM.
AND THE DIFFICULTIES
INHERENT IN PROVIDING EVERYONE
WITH ACCESS AND REPRESENTATION.
I HAVE BEEN A REAL ESTATE
ATTORNEY.
AND HAVE SEEN AS I
MENTIONED, THE CITY CHANGE, THE
CHALLENGES THAT THE CITY FACES.
AND I THINK IN TERMS OF
ADEQUATELY ADDRESSING THOSE
CHALLENGES, THE WORK OF THE
COMMISSION WILL BE CRUCIAL
RESPECT TO ENHANCING
REPRESENTATION.
I DID HAVE AN
EXTENSION CONVERSATION WITH LANE
BARNETT ABOUT THIS.
AND THE WORK
OF THE COMMISSION, AND MOVING
THOSE PRIORITIES FORWARD.
AND
LOOK FORWARD TO SERVE AND ASSIST
IN THAT CAPACITY.
WITH RESPECT
TO VOLUNTEERING, I AM A MOTHER
OF THREE.
NOW I HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY SINCE THEY ARE MORE
SELF-SUFFICIENT.
THE OPPORTUNITY
IS THERE TO DO MORE WITH MY
PUBLIC SERVICE.
SO I WOULD
GREATLY APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITY I
LOVE IN THIS CAPACITY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR KRISTEN?
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA, PLEASE.
OH, ON MUTE.
>> I WAS, LIKE, OH, NO, MY
COMPUTER IS FREEZING.
GOOD
AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
YOUR INTEREST IN SERVING.
COUNCIL MEMBER -- EXCUSE ME,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZCEZ AND I
HAD THE CHANCE TO REALLY BE THE
FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO
USE THESE DEMOCRACY VOUCHERS.
SO
I THINK THEY ARE GREAT FOR
STAFF.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO WORK WITH ALL OF
YOU OVERALL THE WAY IN WHICH WE
CAN MAKE ELECTIONS MORE
TRANSPARENT AND ACCESSIBLE.
AND
VOTING MORE ACCESSIBLE.
I GUESS
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE
IS DO EITHER OF YOU -- OR DO WE
HAPPEN TO KNOW THE EXISTING
BOARD MEMBERS, WHICH BOARD
MEMBERS HAVE EXPERIENCED RUNNING
ELECTIONS BEFORE?
OR
RUNNING CAMPAIGNS.
MY QUESTION
COMES FROM BOTH WANTING TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE A COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL
JUSTICE AS YOU CLEARLY DO.
BUT
ALSO WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE LIFT UP THE LIVED EXPERIENCE
OF FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN TRYING TO
GET MORE PEOPLE ACTIVELY ENGAGED
IN INITIATIVES.
AND VOTING.
SO
CAN YOU SPEAK WITH A LITTLE TO
THAT IF YOU HAVE IT OR IF YOU
HAPPEN TO KNOW OTHER
COMMISSIONERS WHO BRING THAT
LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
19 SPEAK TO THE OTHER
COMMISSIONERS' EXPERIENCE.
I
WOULDN'T SAY I'VE EVER RUN AN
ELECTION.
BUT OUR ROLE WAS TO
LEAD TEAMS OF OBSERVERS AND
ELECTION MONITORS FROM WITHIN
DOJ AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES
ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY.
SO I'VE
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE,
KIND OF MONITORING GENERAL
PROCEDURES WITH DETAILED
MONITORING PARAMETERS.
AND
SPECIFICALLY WITH A FOCUS ON
ENSURING LANGUAGE ACCESS.
SO
I'VE OBSERVED IN-PERSON
ELECTIONS, OF COURSE, AND OUR
OWN BY-MAIL ELECTIONS.
CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, TEXAS.
A
WIDE RANGE OF JURISDICTIONS.
AND
I FOUND THAT TO BE ONE OF THE
MOST REWARDING PARTS OF THE JOB.
NO KNOCK ON BY-MAIL VOTING WHICH
HAS TREMENDOUS BENEFITS.
BUT
THERE IS JUST SOMETHING KIND OF
MAGICAL ABOUT BEING IN THE
POLLING PLACE AND SEEING ALL
THESE DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM
DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE COMING
TOGETHER AND EXERCISING THIS
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT.
AND THINGS
WENT WRONG ON ALMOST EVERY
ELECTION.
BUT NOTHING TO THE
POINT THAT IT WAS -- SHOOK THE
FOUNDATIONS OF OUR DEMOCRACY.
SO
THAT WAS A TREMENDOUSLY
REWARDING EXPERIENCE AND I THINK
GAVE ME A PERSPECTIVE FOR
ELECTION ADMINISTRATION.
I HOPE
THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
>> I ALSO DO NOT HAVE EXPERIENCE
RUNNING ELECTIONS PER SE.
I
VOLUNTEERED AND WORKED FOR
CANDIDATES IN VA
JURISDICTIONS.
WHEN WE LIVED IN
WESTERN NEW YORK.
AND MORE
RECENTLY IN SEATTLE.
BUT I HAVE
NOT RUN AN ELECTION TO YOUR
QUESTION.
>> THAT'S FAIR.
AND I HAVEN'T
RUN MANY ELECTIONS EITHER.
I DID
BEFORE RUNNING FOR OFFICE.
HELPED TO WRITE AN INITIATIVE.
I
WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU BOTH AS YOU
GET ONTO THESE COMMISSIONS, AS
YOU'RE CONSIDERING ISSUES TO TRY
TO DO SOME OUTREACH TO PEOPLE
WHO ARE RUNNING CAMPAIGNS OR
RUNNING INITIATIVES, TO GET
DIRECT FEEDBACK.
THE SMALLEST
THING CAN BE AN IMPEDIMENT TO
MAKING SURE THAT DIVERSE
CANDIDATES GET THEIR WORD OUT OR
THAT VOTER PARTICIPATION CAN BE
EXPANDED.
SO RECOGNIZING
WORKGROUPS OR ROUNDTABLES TO
PULL THAT LIVED EXPERIENCE IN
WOULD BE I THINK A GREAT
ADDITION TO THE EXPERIENCE
YOU'RE BRINGING.
>> I HAD A GENERAL QUESTION
ABOUT TECHNOLOGY.
AND HOW THAT
PLAYS INTO OUR LOCAL ELECTIONS
IN PARTICULAR UNDER THE
DEMOCRACY VOUCHER PROGRAM.
I
WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING
SORT OF YOUR PERSPECTIVES ON
INNOVATION AND ON THE SORT OF
TECHNOLOGY, IN ANYTHING ELSE,
PARTICULARLY IN THE CONTEXT OF
COVID AND THE REALITIES OF COVID
AND HOW THAT WILL CONTINUE TO
IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY.
FOR A GOOD
PORTION OF THE REST OF THE YEAR.
JUST TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT SORT OF YOUR -- I GUESS
PRINCIPLES OR EXPERIENCES WITH
HOW TO UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY IN THE
BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
IN THE
CONTEXT OF OUR LOCAL ELECTIONS.
>> I THINK WITH RESPECT TO THE
DEMOCRACY VOUCHERS, I'VE NOTICED
IN LOOKING AT THE WEBSITE OVER
THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL
ELECTIONS, IT HAS BEEN BROADENED
TO INCLUDE ACCESS VIA THE
INFORMATION PROVIDED THERE.
I
THINK THE POTENTIAL STRUGGLE OR
ISSUE -- AND FRANKLY, THIS HAS
BEEN HIGHLIGHTED BY COVID.
AND
THE VACCINE ROLLOUT.
PEOPLE'S
ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY IS NOT
CONSISTENT.
NOR IS IT EQUITABLE.
SO IF WE HAVE THE MAIL-IN
DEMOCRACY VOUCHERS, THE
RESOURCES AVAILABLE ONLINE.
I
THINK ONE OF THE THINGS TO THE
COMMISSION WILL BE WORKING IN
THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO ENSURE
THAT TECHNOLOGY IS PERHAPS
ENHANCED AND APPROVED.
BUT ALSO
IN THE PROCESS OF FOCUSING ON
TECHNOLOGY, WE DON'T ICK NOR THE
FACT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
HAVE ACCESS VIA THAT MEANS.
OR
THAT THAT ADVICE MAY BE LIMITED.
SO PROCEEDING, I ENVISION IT
PROCEEDING ALONG PARALLEL PATHS
TO PARTICIPATION IN BOTH OF
THOSE, OR VIA BOTH OF THOSE
MEANS.
>> YEAH, AND I ECHO MS. HAWES'S
COMMENTS.
THE PARADOX OF
ELECTION ADMINISTRATION IS THE
MORE SECURE ELECTIONS ARE PAPER
BALLOTS HAS OPPOSED TO
ELECTRONIC MACHINES HOOKED UP TO
THE INTERNET.
I DON'T KNOW
INTERPRET YOUR QUESTION AS
RELATED TO ELECTION
ADMINISTRATION, PER SE WHICH IS
KIND OF OUTSIDE THE PER VIEW OF
THE COMMISSION ITSELF.
BUT WITH
RESPECT TO DEMOCRACY VOUCHERS, I
THINK THERE ARE TREMENDOUS
STUDENTS TO UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY
IN WAYS THAT HELP EXPAND THE
PROGRAM.
I MENTIONED THE
DISPARITIES IN RACE AND
SOCIOECONOMIC WEALTH.
THERE ARE
ALSO TREMENDOUS DISPARITIES IN
AGE IN TERMS OF THE UTILIZATION
OF THE DEMOCRACY VOUCHER
PROGRAM.
VOTERS UNDER 30
PARTICIPATED ONLY 3% OF THEM
TURNED INTO A DEMOCRACY VOUCHER.
OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU'RE DEALING
WITH, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE
MILLENNIAL GENERATION, CAN KIND
OF TECHNOLOGICAL UTILIZATION YOU
CAN DO, WHETHER IT'S SOCIAL
MEDIA OR OTHER INTERNET
PROMOTION, IS LIKELY TO YIELD
MORE BENEFIT.
SO I NEED TO
DO MORE RESEARCH TO SEE WHAT THE
COMBHIGZ AND ITS STAFF HAVE
ALREADY DONE TO PROMOTE THE
PROGRAM ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
I
CERTAINLY KNOW CAMPAIGNS
ACTIVELY DO SO.
BUT I THINK
THAT'S CERTAINLY WORTH EXPLORING
AS A STRATEGY TO GENERATE MORE
EXCITING AND PARTICIPATION AMONG
SEATTLE'S YOUNGER VOTERS.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
I WOULD
ALSO JUST -- I HAVEN'T HEARD
EITHER OF YOU TALK ABOUT THIS
DIRECTLY AND WANT YOU TO
ENCOURAGE YOU TO AS SOON TO BE
COMMISSIONERS TO NOT FORGET
ABOUT PERMANENT RESIDENTS.
AND
THAT PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE TO
LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS AND
THE NUMBERS THERE ARE DISMAL IN
TERMS OF USAGE.
AND IN LARGE
PART, IT'S BECAUSE A LITTLE
CUMBERSOME GET FOLKS WHO ASK FOR
THE VOUCHERS AND KNOW THAT
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO ASK FOR THE
VOUCHERS.
AND THAT'S AN AREA
WHERE I THINK THE COMMISSION CAN
DO THICK THINGS TO IMPROVE.
THAT
WOULD REALLY CREATE MORE
EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO SUCH A
HISTORIC, ONE OF A KIND PROGRAM
IN OUR COUNTRY.
I WOULD
ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER
LIFTING UP THAT PARTICULAR
ACCESS FOR THIS PROGRAM.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR POINTING
THAT OUT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
NOT SEE ANYTHING
HANDS RAISED.
MICHELLE, DO YOU
HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD?
>> I DON'T.
TORN SAY THAT WE ARE
SO GRATEFUL FOR THE SERVICE OF
THESE TWO CANDIDATES WHO ARE
QUALIFIED AND OBVIOUSLY HAVE A
PERSONAL PASSION TO SEE SEATTLE
HAVE THE VERY BEST AND
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED DEMOCRACY
VOUCHER PROGRAM AS WELL AS
ACCESS TO COMMUNITY AND MAKING
SURE THAT OUR ELECTIONS ARE RUN
AS TRANSPARENTLY AND FAIRLY AS
POSSIBLE.
SO THANK YOU, COUNSEL
PRESIDENT GONZCEZ AND MEMBERS,
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR
CONFIRMATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M GONNA
GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER, I MOVE THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION
OF APPOINTMENTS 1868 AND 1869.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT'S BEEN
MOVED AND SECONDED.
TO RECOMMEND
CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENTS.
ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
HEARING NO
ADDITIONAL COMMENT, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLLE ON
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
THAT THE APPOINTMENTS BE
CONFIRMED?
[ CALLING ROLL ]
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH THE MOTION
CARRIES.
AND THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE
APPOINTMENTS BE CONFIRMED WILL
BE SENT TO THE APRIL 19th CITY
COUNCIL MEETING.
YOU ALL ARE
WELCOME TO TUNE INTO THE
MEETING.
BUT YOU ARE NOT
REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE FULL
COUNCIL MEETING ON APRIL 19th AT
2:00.
AND I EXPECT THERE WILL
NOT BE ANY ISSUES WITH THE FINAL
VOTE AND CONFIRMATION.
BUT FOR
NOW, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK
YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO
SERVE THE CITY.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AM
THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM THREE
INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY.
I'M
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEXT
AGENDA ITEM.
AND AS WE ALL KNOW,
I'M SURE THAT WE ARE ALL FANS OF
THE LEVY THAT WAS ADMINISTERED
BY KING COUNTY.
HAD WHEN IT WAS
FIRST PLACED ON THE BALLOT, I
WAS AN EARLY ENDORSER OF THIS
REALLY IMPORTANT LEVY THAT
SERVES SO MANY OF OUR FAMILIES
AND KIDS.
SO WE ARE PRETTY
UNIQUE COMPARED TO MANY OTHER
JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
IN THAT WE AS BOTH THE CITY AND
THE COUNTY ARE WILLING TO TAX
OURSELVES IN ADDITION TO THE
TAXES THAT WE PAY THAT FUND OUR
PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO SUPPORT REALLY
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT CHILDHOOD
DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION-BASED
INTERVENTIONS AND STRATEGY
STRATEGIES.
GOING TO PROVIDE US WITH A
BRIEFING ON THE BEST STARTS FOR
KIDS LEVY RENEWAL EFFORTS THAT
ARE UNDERWAY OVER AT THE KING
COUNTY COUNCIL.
SO I JUST WANT
TO AGAIN ECHO MY THANKS TO KING
COUNTY EXECUTIVE DARRYL
CONSTANTINE FOR THE TREMENDOUS
WORK THAT THEY DID IN GETTING
THIS PASSED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AND YOU FOR ALL THE AMAZING
ADMINISTRATION THAT WE'VE DONE
HERE.
SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND
HAND IT OVER TO YOU TO INTRODUCE
YOURSELF AND WALK US THROUGH
YOUR PRESENTATION.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SHEILA CAPPISTANI FOR THE
RECORD.
AND I HAVE A VERY LARGE
POWERPOINT.
HOPEFULLY YOU ALL
WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE
INFORMATION.
BUT REALLY I JUST
WANT TO GO OVER SOME OF THE
HIGHER LEVEL INFORMATION.
I
BELIEVE IT IS BEING SHARED BY
YOU ALL.
>> I THINK LEE HAS IT AND IT
STARTING TO SHARE IT NOW.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> THIS IS A WONDERFUL EXERCISE
FOR ME.
I KIND OF HAVE CO
ISSUES.
THIS IS WONDERFUL.
NEXT
SLIDE.
NO SLIDE.
>> THERE WE GO.
>> WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I ALWAYS LOVE TO SHOW THIS SLIDE
WHEN I AM DOING PRESENTATIONS
BECAUSE THIS GUIDES EVERYTHING
THAT WE DO WITH ACCESS FOR KIDS.
AND IT'S BECOME A PART OF THE
COUNTY'S MISSION AND VISION FOR
ITSELF IN GENERAL AS WE TALK
ABOUT THIS.
WE STARTED OFF WITH
A REALLY LONG VISION STATEMENT.
AND OVER THE FIRST YEAR AS THE
LEVY ADVANCES FORWARD, WE KEPT
HEARING HAPPY, HEALTHY, SAFE,
AND THRIVING.
SO ALL OF OUR
BABIES OR CHILDREN, YOUTH, YOUNG
ADULTS, PARENT, FAMILIES AND
COMMUNE.
NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
SO OUR CURRENT LEVY.
I
WANTED TO GO OVER TO LET YOU
KNOW WHAT THE FRAMEWORK IS AS WE
MOVE INTO WHAT OUR RENEWAL LOOK
LOOKS LIKE.
WITH THE FIRST LEVY
PROCEEDS, SINCE IT WAS THE FIRST
TIME THIS LEVY WAS PASSED, WE
KNEW WE WOULD START COLLECTIONS
IN JANUARY, 2016.
BUT WITHOUT
HAVING TO APPROVE THE
CLEMENTATION PLAN.
SO WITH THE
FIRST WORK IN COLLECTIONS, SOME
OF THOSE STARTED A YOUTH AND
FAMILY HOMELESS PREVENTION
PROJECT WITH ABOUT $20 MILLION.
AND THAT WAS TO BE SPREAD OUT
OVER THE SIX YEARS.
WITH THE
REMAINING AMOUNT, THIS IS HOW
THE FUNDS WERE DIVIDED.
SO 50%
OF THE LEVY WENT TOWARD WHAT WE
CALL INVESTING EARLY IN OUR
PRENATAL TO FIVE.
35% WENT TO
SUSTAINING AGAIN BY THE 24th.
WE
KNEW FROM THE RESEARCH AND WHAT
OUR COMMUNITY TOLD US THAT
GETTING THAT DEEP INVESTMENT IN
THE EARLIEST PART WAS GOING TO
BE THE WAY THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE
THE HEALTHIEST FOUNDATION FOR
OUR CHILDREN.
BUT WE ALSO
UNDERSTOOD THAT IF WE DID NOT
SAY THE THINGS WE IN THOSE EARLY
YEARS, CHILDREN COULD LOSE
GROUND.
10% TO WRAPPING
COMMUNITIES AROUND OUR KIDS.
COMMUNITIES MATTER.
WE HAVE A
PROGRAM CALLED OPPORTUNITY IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SEATTLE
FOUNDATION AND THAT WAS 10% OF
THIS LEVY.
AND 5% GOING TOWARD
DATA AND EVALUATION.
NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
I'M NOT GONNA GO DEEPLY
INTO THIS BUT WANTED TO SHOW THE
FULL INITIATIVE.
WE HAVE A
THEORETICALLY FRAMEWORK THAT IS
NRNTH EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
THIS FRAMEWORK IS ONE THAT WE
PUT TOGETHER BASED ON BOTH
SCIENCE AND RESEARCH THAT WE
KNEW ABOUT -- AROUND WHAT WAS
PERSON ABOUT SERVING CHILDREN
AND YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND FROM THE
EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND
PARTNERSHIP THAT WE DID.
WE PUT
THOSE TWO BODIES OF KNOWLEDGE
TOGETHER AND CAME UP WITH A
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK.
ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS SAYS IS
THAT IF WE INCREASE THE GOOD AND
DECREASE THE BAD, WE'LL GET TO
HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT AND WELL
BEING FOR OUR CHILDREN.
SO
INCREASING PROMOTIVE AND
PROTECTIVE FACTORS, REDUCING
RISK FACTORS WOULD ALLOW US TO
GET TO THIS HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT.
IF YOU COULD ACTUALLY MAP ALL OF
THE STRATEGIES I'M GONNA TALK
ABOUT NEXT TO ONE OF THESE DOT
POINTS ON THIS LIST.
SO IT
BRINGS TOGETHER THE FULL
INITIATIVE.
NEXT SLIDE.
IN OUR
PRE TO 5 INVESTMENT, THEY REALLY
FOCUS ON THESE AS OVERALL
STRATEGIES.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING
AT IS BABIES WITH FAMILIES AT
THE CENTER.
AND THE NEXT CIRCLE
OUT IS HOW DO WE CREATE
COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND PEER
SUPPORT AROUND NEW PARENTS AND
NEW LITTLE ONES.
AND THE NEXT
ONE OUT, WHO ELSE SPENDS TIME
WITH OUR CHILDREN BESIDES
PARENTS?
OUR CHILDCARE
PROVIDERS.
AND THEN OTHER
PROVIDERS WHO COME IN CONTACT
úWITH CHILDREN AT THIS POINT.
AND
THEN THE BIGGEST CIRC CELL
COMING OUT TO OUR SYSTEM.
WHAT
KIND OF SUPPORTS CAN WE PROVIDE
THE SYSTEM WITH THAT FAMILIES
HAVE TO MOVE WITHIN.
WE'RE
LOOKING AT PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICES.
HOME-BASED SERVICES
FOR NEW FAMILIES.
DEVELOPMENTAL
HEALTH.
SERVICES.
AND REALLY
IDENTIFY PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE
EXPERIENCING SOME DELAYS.
WE
ALSO INVESTED IN OUR EARLY
SUPPORT SYSTEM.
COMMUNITY-BASED
PARENTING AND PEER SUPPORT.
AND
THAT NEXT CIRCLE, CHILDCARE
IMPLEMENTATION AND WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT, INCREMENTAL HEALTH.
REALLY ABOUT CREATING A SYSTEM
SO PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THEY CAN GO
WHEN THEY NEED ASSISTANCE.
NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE.
OUR FIVE TO
24 INVESTMENTS ARE REALLY
GROUPED AROUND THIS --
STRATEGIES.
AND I WON'T READ
EVERYTHING ON THIS SLIDE, BUT
THEY CLUSTER AROUND YOUTH
DEVELOPMENT.
SCHOOL
PARTNERSHIPS.
FAMILY AND
COMMUNITY CONNECTION.
AND
TRANSITIONS TO ADULTHOOD.
FOR
ALL OF OUR KIDS, THESE ARE THE
LETTERS.
THEN WE HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN OUR
STRATEGIES AROUND DIRECT
SERVICES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO
ARE CAUGHT UP IN THE SYSTEM.
AND
SOME FUNDING FOR SOME WORK TO
CHANGE THE SYSTEM THAT IS
ACTUALLY PUTTING OUR CHILDREN
INTO THIS PERIL.
NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
MEASURING SUCCESS IS AN
ESSENTIAL PART IS ALSO TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE MEASURING AND
ACHIEVING THE OUTCOMES THAT WE
SET OUT TO ACHIEVE.
AND WE'RE
USING A NATIONAL-BASED MODEL.
ESSENTIALLY WE ARE ASKING THREE
QUESTIONS FOR ALL OF OUR
PROGRAMS.
HOW MUCH DO WE DO, HOW
WELL KID WE DO IT, AND ANYBODY
BETTER OFF?
WE'VE CHECKED DATA.
WE'RE ASKING THE DATA FOR ALL
THE WE HAVE.
SECONDARY CARTERS
WHICH ARE MORE IMMEDIATE.
THIS
HEADLINE CARTER MAY NOT BE ABLE
TO SEE FOR ANOTHER FEW YEARS.
BUT THE SECONDARY CARTERS.
AND
THEN WE HAVE PERFORMANCE
MEASURES FOR EVERY ORGANIZATION
THAT WE CONTRACT WITH.
WE HAVE
FUNDED AND ARE PARTNERING WITH
360-PLUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO
ADMINISTER 654 PROGRAMS.
WE'RE
PROVIDED OR OUR COMMUNITY
CONSULTANTS HAVE PROVIDED ABOUT
7,000 HOURS FOR OUR COMMUNE
PARTNERS.
WITH OUR ASSISTANCE
SUPPORT, WE'VE TRAINED 24,000
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, CHILDCARE
PROVIDERS AND HEALTH WORKERS.
WHEN YOU INCLUDE COMMUNITIES OF
OPPORTUNITY IN THESE NUMBERS,
AND THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO
HAVE ATTENDED THEIR LEADERSHIP
WORKSHOPS, THIS NUMBER GOES UP
TO SIGNIFICANTLY ALMOST 200,000
LEADERS AND PROVIDERS IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
AND THEN JUST TO TALK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CERTIFICATES
AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE, WE HAVE
A LOT OF PROGRAM PARTNERS AND
PROGRAMS IN SEATTLE.
80-PLUS
PARTNERS THAT WE FUNDED AND
85-PLUS PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE
FUNDED THROUGH BSK.
OUR SEATTLE
PARTNERS ARE FUNDED IN NEARLY
EVERY ONE OF THE KIDS BEST
STRATEGY AREAS.
AND A LOT OF
THIS WORK HAS STARTED
PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CITY'S
DEAL AND WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
SO PROPOSED LEVY.
THERE'S SEVERAL ASPECTS TO THIS
THEY WANTED TO GO OVER.
WE
REALLY WANT TO MAINTAIN WHAT
WE'RE DOING.
AND WE ALSO KNOW
THAT WE'RE JUST IN THE BEGINNING
OF GETTING THOSE RESULTS.
SO
MUCH WORK WENT INTO FIGURING OUT
WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AND
HAVING A COMMUNITY DESIGNED
STRATEGY COME THROUGH.
SO WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
MAINTAIN THAT GOOD WORK THAT OUR
COMMUNITIES HAVE DONE TO HELP
US.
SO KEEPING THE FRAMEWORK OF
INVESTING EARLY, SUSTAINING THE
GAME, OUR OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM
AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION.
WE
ALSO WANT TO BUILD UPON WHAT
WE'RE DOING.
SO WE HEARD VERY
CLEARLY FROM OUR COMMUNITIES
THAT WE NEEDED TO DEEPEN OUR
INVESTMENT IN OUR SCHOOL-AGED
CHILDREN AND IN OUR YOUTH AND
YOUNG ADULTS.
SO WE'RE PROPOSING
A DEEPENING INVESTMENT IN
PROGRAMS THAT WILL FOCUS ON FIVE
TO 12 YEAR-OLDS.
DEEPEN OUR
INVESTMENT IN SCHOOL-BASED
HEALTH CENTERS.
AND DEEPEN OUR
INVESTMENT.
SO THOSE YOUNG
FOLKS, 18 TO 24, WHO MAY HAVE
HAD A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING
THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO
OFFERING ALTERNATE EDUCATION AND
HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION AND ON
THE SECONDARY AND POSTSECONDARY
AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT.
FINALLY
WE PROPOSED A NEW INVESTMENT IN
CHILDCARE.
THIS WOULD CREATE A
NEW CHILDCARE SUBSIDY PROGRAM
FOR KING COUNTY TO MAKE
CHILDCARE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR
3,000 LOW-INCOME CHILDREN AND
THEIR FAMILIES.
THE PROGRAM
WOULD BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH
THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND WITH THE
STATE AS WE ALL -- AND THE FEDS
AS WELL, AS EVERYONE IS PAYING
ATTENTION RIGHT NOW TO CHILDCARE
AND WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING.
SO
THAT WE LEVERAGE THIS TO REALLY
ASSURE THAT ALL OF OUR FAMILIES
HAVE THE ACCESS THAT THEY NEED
TO CHILDCARE.
WE'LL ALSO BE
ESTABLISHING A NEW CHILDCARE
WAGE PROJECT.
THAT LOOKS AT
SUPPLEMENTING THE WAGE OF
CHILDCARE WORKERS.
WE KNOW THAT CHILDCARE WORKERS
ARE SOME OF
THE MOST UNDERPAID WORKERS IN
OUR COUNTY.
THEY TEND TOWARD
BEING WOMEN AND TEN TOWARD BEING
MEN OF COLOR.
THIS REALLY HELPS
US PUSH FORWARD OUR EQUITY
COMMITMENT.
THOSE PROPOSALS WERE
BASED ON WHAT THE EXECUTIVE
TRANSMITTED.
THAT HAS BEEN
APPROVED BY THE REGIONAL POLICY
COUNCIL.
AND APPROVED BY THE
WHOLE KING COUNTY COUNSEL.
SO
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
GOING FOR A FINAL VOTE TO
ELECTRONIC COUNCIL.
THERE WAS AN
SEAMED THAT WAS ACCEPTED IN BOTH
COMMITTEESES THAT CAME THROUGH
RPC THAT WOULD TAKE SOME OF THE
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE SOMEWHAT
EXTRA.
SO A COUPLE OF FRIENDS
TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TRANSMIT THE
ECONOMIC FORECAST, IT WOULD BE
ABOUT $800 MILLION.
THE NEW
FORECAST SAYS IT WILL BE ABOUT
$872 MILLION WONDERFUL SOME OF
THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDS NOW WE'LL
BE ADDING TO CAPITAL PROJECTS SO
FOLKS WHO ARE RUNNING
YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS,
CHILDCARE, HOUSING WOULD HAVE
ACCESS TO BOTH NEW BUILDINGS.
FUNDING.
AND IMPROVEMENTS ON THE
CURRENT FUNDING.
NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER
AMENDMENTS THAT CAME THROUGH BUT
THAT'S THE BIGGEST ONE WITHIN
THE FRAMEWORK.
WE ALSO HAVE THE
DATA WHERE WE WILL BE PROVIDING
DATA BY ZIP CODE.
SO THIS IS A
SICK-YEAR PROPERTY TAX LEVY.
ON
THE AT $0.19 PER THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
WHICH IS PRETTY AVERAGE
IN A KING COUNTY HOME.
IT'S
ABOUT $1,400 PER HOMEOWNER.
AND
THE ECONOMIC PROJECTED REVENUE
WENT FROM $811 MILLION FROM
AUGUST TO $872 MILLION IN MARCH.
THAT MAY BE IT.
OKAY.
THANK
YOU.
>> VERY, VERY QUICK AND
EFFICIENT.
THANK YOU, SHEILA.
CLEANINGS, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
I KNOW SOME OF YOU
SERVE ON THE REGIONAL POLICY
COMMITTEE SOCHLT THIS IS
PROBABLY -- LOOKS VERY FAMILIAR
TO YOU ALL.
BUT I DID WANT TO
GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH
IN.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS
RAISED.
SHE'LLA, I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
I
THINK IT'LL HELP TO INFORM THE
PUBLIC CONVERSATION AND THE
DECISION-MAKING ON THE
RESOLUTION THAT WE'RE GONNA
CONSIDER MOMENTARILY TO SUPPORT
THE BEST ARTS FOR KIDS LEVY
EFFORTS AT KING COUNTY.
SO I
APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY.
I'M ESPECIALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR
RENEWED CHECKIVE FOCUS ON
CHILDCARE CAPACITY.
BOTH FROM
THE CHILDCARE PROVIDER
PERSPECTIVE AND ALSO FROM THE
FACILITIES.
AND I'M PARTICULARLY
EXCITED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ADDRESS SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT
IMPACTS TO OUR CHILDCARE NETWORK
SYSTEM BOTH IN HOME-BASED
CHILDCARE AND IN CENTER-BASED
CHILDCARE.
IT WAS AN ISSUE
BEFORE COVID.
AND IT'S BECOME
EVEN WORSE NOW DURING COVID.
IT'S GONNA TAKE US A WHILE FOR
US TO RECOVER.
BUT IT IS PERHAPS
A UNIQUE MOMENT IN TIME TO BE
ABLE TO LEVERAGE ALL OF THESE
DOLLARS.
REGIONALLY AND
FEDERALLY TO REALLY MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
WHICH IS GONNA BE A
KEY STRATEGY FOR US IN TERMS OF
ECONOMIC RECOVERY, AND ALSO JUST
THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR OUR
KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES.
>> YES, THANK YOU.
>> COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
THIS BEFORE WE SAY GOODBYE TO
SHEILA HERE?
ALL RIGHT.
LOOKS LIKE IT WAS EASY.
WE
APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP AS
WELL.
THANKS SO UCH.
>> OKAY, FOLKS.
WE ARE GONNA GO
AHEAD AND MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 4.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR,
REGULATION 32002.
RENEWAL OF
KING COUNTY LEVY.
DISCUSSION AND
POSSIBLE VOTE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE HAD
THIS RESOLUTION BEFORE THE
COMMUNITY TODAY.
WE JUST HEARD
ABOUT ALL THE GREAT WORK AND
SIGNIFICANT ACCESS TO CHILDCARE
FOR CHILDREN UNDER FIVE.
THIS OF
COURSE IS IN ADDITION TO MANY
OTHER SERVICES THAT WILL
CONTINUE TO BUILD STRONG
CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR REGION.
SO THIS RESOLUTION IS DESIGNED
TO LIFT UP AND SUPPORT THE
EFFORTS OF THE BEST ART FOR KIDS
RENEWAL AND AFFIRM THE CITY'S
SUPPORT FOR KING COUNTY'S
EFFORTS IN TERMS OF THIS RENEWAL
THAT WILL COME BEFORE VOTERS
VERY SOON.
SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD
AND HAND IT OVER TO BRIAN
GOODNIGHT WHO IS GONNA WALK US
THROUGH THE RESOLUTION.
AND
WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND
COMMENTS AND I DO FEEL W
VOTE TO RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF
THIS RESOLUTION.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
SINCE YOU JUST RECEIVED
THE PRESENTATION FROM -- ON THE
PROPOSED REALLY NEWLY OF THE
LEVY, I'M GONNA SPEND NO TIME TO
BACKGROUND AND WE'LL JUST
BRIEFLY RUN THROUGH THE
RESOLUTIONS' RECITAL.
THE FIRST
SIX RECITALS PROVIDED THE CITY'S
INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION
SUPPORTS.
THE SEATTLE PRESCHOOL
PROGRAM LEVY.
THE CITY
RECOGNIZES THAT DESPITE THESE
VALUABLE INVESTMENTS, WIDESPREAD
EDUCATIONAL INEQUITIES STILL
EXIST WITHIN SEATTLE.
THE NEXT
IS FOCUSED ON SELECTION AND
RECOGNITION THAT PARTNERSHIP
WITH OTHERS, INCLUDING STUDENTS,
FAMILY, EDUCATORS,
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS,
CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS AND
GOVERNMENTAL PARTNERS IS
ESSENTIAL TO SUPPORTING THE
DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF THE
CITY'S CHILDREN AND YOUTH.
THE
FOLLOWING NINE RECITALS DESCRIBE
THE EXISTING LEVY THAT WAS
APPROVED IN 2015.
AND THE
PROPOSED RENEWAL LEVY THROUGH
2027.
OVER THE NEXT FOUR
REVITALS, THE RESOLUTION
ADDRESSES THE CITY'S HISTORY OF
PROVIDING SUBSIDIES.
AND THE WAY
THE CITY HAS RESPONDED BY
INCREASING ASSISTANCE TO
FAMILIES AND WITH PROVIDERS.
AND
THE FINAL FIVE RECITALS TOUCH ON
THE CITY AND COUNTY'S PAST
COLLABORATION.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
FUTURE COLLABORATION WITH THE
PROGRAMS IN THE PROPOSED RENEWAL
PACKAGE.
AND THE RECOGNITION
THAT A CONTINUATION OF
INVESTMENTS THROUGH A RENEWED
BEST ARTS FOR KIDS LEVY WILL
BENEFIT RESIDENTS OF BOTH THE
CITY AND THE COMMUNITY.
AND
LASTLY, THE LEGISLATION RESOLVES
WITH THE MAYOR AND THE CITY
COUNCIL'S SUPPORT FOR RENEWAL OF
LEVY FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING
PREVENTION AND EARLY
INTERVENTION STRATEGIES TO
IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL
BEING A CHILDREN, YOUTH,
FAMILIES.
AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE
ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY.
>> GREAT, THANKS SO MUCH, BRIAN.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON THE RESOLUTION?
IT'S
PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD, VERY
SIMPLE, CONSISTENT WITH OUR
ETHICS AND ELECTIONS RULES WE
HAVE CUSTOMARILY IN THE PAST
PASSED RESOLUTIONS IN SUPPORT OF
PARTICULAR LEVY RENEWALS.
WHEN
IT IS IN OUR INTEREST TO DO SO..
SO WE'LL BE HAPPY TO HEAR ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT FOLKS
MIGHT HAVE ON THE RESOLUTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU.
MADAME PRESIDENT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING
THIS FORWARD TODAY.
I'M EXCITED
TO VOTE FOR THIS.
I JUST WANT TO
EMPHASIZE MY SUPPORT.
WE HAD A
REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION AT THE
COUNTY'S REGIONAL POLICY
COMMITTEE WHERE I HAD THE TUNE
TO SIT ON THAT COMMITY AND TALK
AND DELIBERATE ABOUT THE BEST
ARTS FOR KIDS POLICY.
I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE
INCREDIBLE WORK THAT WENT INTO
THIS.
AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT
THE COMMITMENT TO EQUITY THAT IS
EMBEDDED IN THE POLICY.
ALSO THE
WORK OF OIR, AND SPECIFICALLY
THE WORK OF CHILDCARE RESOURCES
AND CHILDREN YOUTH ADVISORY
BOARD WHO PROVIDED QUITE A BIT
OF INPUT OVER THE LAST FEW
MONTHS.
AND I THINK THIS IS A
PACKAGE THAT WE CAN ALL BE
REALLY PROUD OF THAT.
WE'RE
GONNA BE ABLE TO, WITH FINGERS
CROSSED, BE ABLE TO
MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS FOR NOT ONLY
IMPROVING ACCESS TO CHILDCARE
BUT LOOKING AT WAGES AND
INSTABILITY FOR CHILDCARE
WORKERS.
OVER 1,400 CHILDCARE
WORKERS IN OUR COUNTY.
A
SINGULAR OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND
ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY CARE AND
INVEST IN THE WORKFORCE AT A
TIME WHEN CHILDCARE IS
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO OUR
ECONOMIC RECOVERY FROM COVID.
I'LL BE STRONGLY SUPPORTING THIS
RESOLUTION AND LOOK FORWARD TO
MORE KITCHENINGS ACROSS OUR
COUNTY AS WE HOPE TO IMPLEMENT
THE POTENTIAL CHALLENGES.
CHANGES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK
YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THE
ORIGINAL POLICY COMMITTEE.
I
KNOW THIS WAS A BIG LIFT.
AN
PERSON ONE.
BUT A VERY BIG LIFT.
AND THANKS FOR ACKNOWLEDGING
AWFUL THE FOLKS WHO PLAYED AN
IMPORTANT ROLE IN GETTING THE
PACKAGE TO THIS PARTICULAR
PLACE.
SEEING THERE ARE NO OTHER
COMMENT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD
AND CALL THE ROLL.
I'M CAN GOING
TO MOVE IT FIRST.
AND THAT'S FOR
A SECOND.
THEN WE'LL TAKE A
VOTE.
I NOW MOVE THAT THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND THE ADOPTION
OF RESOLUTION 32002.
IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
TO RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF THE
RESOLUTION.
THERE ARE ANY FINAL
COMMENTS?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
THAT THE COMMISSION AGREED TO?
[ CALLING ROLL ]
>> FOUR IN SUPPORT, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU.
THE COMMITTEE WILL
RECOMMEND THAT THE RESOLUTION BE
SENT FOR APPROVAL.
OKAY.
LAST
AGENDA ITEM.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM FIVE
INTO THE RECORD?
>> NUMBER FIVE, SEATTLE COMMENT
AND DISCUSSION.
>> I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AN
TUNE FOR US TO HEAR THIS
BRIEFING IS JUST A BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION.
WE'RE JOINED TODAY
BY OUR DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND EARLY LEARNING TEAM MEMBERS.
THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE A
PRESENTATION TODAY ABOUT SEATTLE
PROMISE.
BUT IN PARTICULAR ABOUT
THE RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT
ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT CAME FROM THAT RACIAL
EQUITY TOOLKIT.
THAT I HAVE THE
PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING THIS
PARTICULAR SUBJECT AS PART OF MY
SUPPORT OF THE SEATTLE PROMISE
PROGRAM.
AND I'M REALLY THRILLED
THAT SEATTLE COLLEGES AND OUR
TEAM MEMBERS OVER AT GILL WERE
ALSO REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF DOING
THIS RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT AND
TOOK IT VERY SERIOUSLY.
AND DID
AIL OF WORK OVER THE PAST --
GOSH IT FEELS LIKE TWO YEARS NOW
AT THIS POINT.
TO BRING US THIS
SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO I'M
EXCITED TO LEARN MORE.
ABOUT
THIS.
AND TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM
YOU ALSO.
I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER
TO DIRECTOR CHAPELLE FOR
INTRODUCTIONS AND THE
PRESENTATION.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
THANK
YOU, COUNSEL PRESIDENT.
AND GOOD
AFTERNOON OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS
AS WELL.
HAPPY TO BE HERE.
THANK
YOU FOR HAVING US.
I WILL -- AND
I KNOW TIME IS NOT OUR BEST
FRIEND TODAY.
AS YOU JUST
MENTIONED, WHAT I'LL DO IS JUST
DIVE IN.
I'LL INTRODUCE DANA
HARRISON.
SHE'S OUR DIRECTOR.
CASE WELL HOPE SECONDARY
DIRECTOR.
AND DR. FAHARDO, OUR
DATA EVALUATION DIRECTOR AS
WELL.
THEY'LL BE HERE.
AND
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, ARE WE GONNA
HAVE THE SLIDE UP?
>> YES.
DEE, DO YOU WANT TO
SHARE THAT?
>> THANK YOU.
OKAY, YES.
THANK YOU FOR THIS.
SO YOU CAN
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
ALL RIGHT.
SO TODAY, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT, WHAT WE'LL BE DOING,
WE'LL BE SHARING AN UPDATE ON
THE SEATTLE PROMISE ENROLLMENT
DATA.
WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE SOME
OUTCOME DATA FROM THE 2018
COHORT.
AS WELL WE'RE GONNA
PRESENT THE RESULT ABOUT THE
SEATTLE PROMISE RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLKIT.
AND THE LAST TIME WE
WERE HERE, WE PRESENTED TO THE
COMMITTEE ABOUT THE PROMISE
PROGRAM BACK IN DECEMBER.
AND
COUNCIL, YOU ALL HAD ENDORSED
OUR STEPS.
FLEXIBILITY
LEGISLATION THEN.
WHICH GAVE OUR
PROMISE DOLLARS THE FLEXIBILITY
TO REQUEST PART-TIME LABORS AND
RECEIVE PROMISE OF SUPPORT FOR
UP TO THREE YEARS.
SO THAT WAS
IN RESPONSE TO OUR COVID-19
IMPACT.
TO THEIR LEARNING.
NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE.
HERE AT DEAL, WE
DO EVERYTHING -- OR SHOULD I SAY
EVERYTHING WE DO HERE AT DEAL IS
ROOTED IN RESULTS.
AND THE
RESULTS WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE.
WHAT
YOU'LL HEAR TODAY CONNECTS TO
OUR FOURTH DEPARTMENTAL RESULT
RIGHT THERE.
AND THAT IS THAT
REALLY ALL SEATTLE STUDENTS
OBTAIN A POSTSECONDARY DEGREE,
CREDENTIAL OR SOME TYPE OF
CERTIFICATE.
AND WITH THAT, I'M
GONNA HAND IT OFF TO MY TEAM
JUST TO GUIDE YOU THROUGH
TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
>> CAN WE HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE?
ONE MORE TIME.
OKAY.
JUST AS A REMINDER, THE GOAL FOR
SEATTLE PROMISE IS THAT ALL
STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO AND
OPPORTUNITIES EVEN AT THE MOST
SPECIFIC CREDENTIAL OR DEGREE.
BUT SPECIFICALLY WE HAVE THREE
OUTCOMES.
ONE IS SEATTLE
PROMISE, CREDENTIAL OR DEGREE OR
TRANSFER.
NUMBER TWO IS SEATTLE
PROMISE DELIVERS HIGH-QUALITY
SERVICES.
AND CLEARS PATHWAYS TO
SUCCESS.
AND THE THIRD OUTCOME
IS TUNE AFTER CLOSE.
AND
HERE IS THE SEATTLE PROMISE
PROGRAM MODEL.
IT HAS THREE
COMPONENTS.
THE PREPARATION
PHASE.
WHERE SENIORS ARE
ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THE
SEATTLE PROMISE.
AND OUTREACH
SPECIALISTS WITH THE HOPE THAT
THEY ARE PREPARED AND
KNOWLEDGEABLE AND SUPPORT THEM
TO ENSURE THAT THEY ENROLL AS A
SEATTLE PROMISE STUDENT IN THE
FALL.
THEY HAVE SPECIALISTS
QUARTERLY TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE
CONNECTED TO RESOURCES AND ALSO
HAVE OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE NEW
OPPORTUNITY PROMISE INTERNSHIP.
ULTIMATELY WITH THE GOAL THAT
THEY GET THEIR DEGREE.
THE NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> AND JUST AS ANOTHER KIND OF
CONTEXT-SETTER, IN 2008, SOUTH
SEATTLE COLLEGES LAUNCHED THE
13th YEAR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
IN 2017, MAYOR DURKIN SIGNED THE
EXECUTIVE PROMISE ORDER.
AND IN
2019, THE SEATTLE PROMISE
PROGRAM OFFICIALLY BEGAN AS
SEATTLE PROMISE.
IN 2020, THAT
LEVY FUNDED SEATTLE PROMISE.
IT
WAS ELIGIBLE FOR ALL SEATTLE
GRADUATES FROM 17 HIGH SCHOOLS
IN SEATTLE.
YOU KNOW WHERE THE
NAME OF THE PROGRAM WAS, THE
FUND SOURCE, THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN
WHICH WE'RE ELIGIBLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE SEATTLE
PROMISE PROGRAM.
IN PARTICULAR
THE GREEN IS FOCUSED ON THE HIGH
SCHOOL CLASS OF 2018.
AND THAT
IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE
DEEP DIVE OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH
CLASS OF 2018.
TO UNDERSTAND
THEIR EXPERIENCE IN SEATTLE
PROMISE.
SO WE'RE ALSO CLOSELY
MONITORING THAT CLASSROOM 2019.
AND THE CLASS OF 2020.
AND THEN
WE'LL DIVE INTO WHAT TO EXPECT
FOR THE CLASS OF 2021.
THIS
COMING FALL.
LAST WE SPOKE,
IN THE FALL, THERE WERE 846
STUDENTS AT SEATTLE PROMISE.
FIRST OR SECOND YEAR STUDENTS.
YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS WINTER WE HAD 668
STUDENTS RETURN FOR THE WINTER
OF 2020.
THERE WERE REMOTE
LEARNING SUPPORTS PROVIDED FOR
OUR STUDENTS.
WE ALSO HAD 2,100
PROMPT APPLICATIONS FOR OUR HIGH
SCHOOL CLASS OF 2021.
THIS
CLASS, THEY'RE EXPECTED TO
COMPLETE APPLICATIONS,
PARTICIPATE IN THE ACADEMY, THEY
HAVE TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH
SCHOOL AND PARTICIPATE IN A
SUMMER PROGRAM BEFORE THEY
ENROLL IN THE FALL AS A SEATTLE
PROMISE SCHOLAR.
NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
I MENTIONED THERE WERE
668 PROMISE SCHOLARS ENROLLED.
THAT IS AN 80% RETENTION FROM
FALL TO WINNER.
AND I ALSO SHOW
THAT FIRST-YEAR AND SECOND-YEAR
BREAKDOWN WE COHORT.
WE HAVE IN
2020 THERE WERE 699 FIRST-YEAR
STUDENTS.
AND 565 STUDENTS
RETURN.
THAT'S ABOUT A 79%
RETENTION RATE.
AND IT'S BEEN A
LITTLE RETENTION PATTERN
EXPERIENCED BY A SUCCESS-YEAR
STUDENTS.
WE DO NOT HAVE DATA
FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR OR
PART-TIME STUDENTS.
WE'RE
WORKING WITH OUR SEATTLE COLLEGE
PARTNERS TO ENSURE THAT WE GET
THAT DATA.
WE CAN EXPECT THAT
DATA IN MAY.
AND ALSO IN SPRING.
WE TYPICALLY GET THIS DATA FROM
OUR PARTNERS IN SUMMERTIME.
SO
WE EXPECT AN UPDATE IN THE
SUMMER FOR SPRING DATA.
COUNCIL
MEMBER.
>> GO AHEAD, COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I SEE
JUST THE AGGREGATED DATA COMMENT
HERE.
JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM,
ARE WE ABLE TO GET THIS
AGGREGATED DATA IN THE LATINO
CATEGORY?
AND ALSO IN THE ATI
CATEGORY?
>> SO AT DEAL, WE ENCOURAGE --
WE HAVE MULTIPLE.
PLATFORMS
WHERE WE GIVE DATA.
EARLY
LEARNING, SPS, AND THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC COLLEGE DATA PLATFORMS.
THE LAST I SPOKE WITH SEATTLE
COLLEGES, THEY WERE CREATING A
WORKGROUP.
THERE WASN'T THAT
MANY DIFFERENCES WITHIN THE
GROUPS WHEN I STARTED THIS.
THAT
LOCAL SPECIFICITY WAS BEING
COLLECTED BY THE CITY COLLEGES.
ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY ARE
RESPONDING TO THE TECHNICAL
BOARD.
SO THEY MAIN HAVE THE
DATA SYSTEMS TO BE ABLE TO CHECK
THE LEVEL OF DATA THAT WE WERE.
>> THE DATA THAT WE'RE
EXPECTING, MAY 2021, WILL OR
WILL NOT HAVE DATA FOR LATINX
AND A, IT I POPULATIONS
AGGRAVATED?
>> OUR HOPE IS WE WILL.
BUT IT'S
-- IT'LL BE DISAGGREGATED BY THE
WAY SEATTLE COLLEGES DECIDES TO
GIVE THE DATA.
>> OKAY.
AND WHEN WE GET THE
REPORT IN MAY OF 2021, THAT
DECISION WILL BE MADE CLEAR?
SO
THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND?
THE
CONFERENCE DATA COLLECTION?
>> YEP.
>> THANK YOU.
GREAT QUESTION.
AND WE'LL ALSO GET
PART-TIME STATUS INFORMATION IN
MAY.
SO HERE IS A TABLE,
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON HERE.
SO
I'M GONNA TAKE A FEW SECONDS TO
KIND OF EXPLAIN IT.
WE'RE
LOOKING AT ALL THE COHORT DATA
FROM 2018, 2019, 2020 AND 2021.
THIS COHORT DATA ALLOWS US TO
TRACK TRENDS OVER EACH OF THESE
AS WE GET DATA.
2018 IS THE
FIRST FULL COLETTER WHERE WE
HAVE COMPLETE TWO-YEAR DATA FOR
THE PROGRAM.
IN 2019, WE WILL
ALSO HAVE A FULL SET OF DATA.
BUT THAT WILL BE UNTIL SUMMER.
AND IN 2020, WHICH IS WHAT I
JUST SPOKE ABOUT, IS THAT ONE OF
OUR MORE RECENT AND LARGEST
PROMISE STUDENTS.
AND IN 2021
RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT A PLACE WHERE
WE'VE COLLECTED OVER
APPLICATIONS.
AND THIS IS THE
LARGEST APPLICATION TO DATE.
AND
WE EXPECT A LARGER ENROLLMENT
THIS COMING FALL.
YOU'LL
NOTICE THAT THEY'RE DOING THE
TEXT ON SCREEN.
THIS IS WHERE WE
CLASS OUR FALL RETENTION
NUMBERS.
2016 HAD A 61%
RETENTION FROM FALL TO FALL.
TO
DATE WE HAVE 29% OF THE STUDENTS
THAT STARTED HAVE COMPLETED
THEIR DEGREE.
THIS IS AS OF
SUMMER.
SO WE STILL EXPECT ONCE
WE GET NEW DATA IN MAY, WE'LL
UPDATE.
I ALSO.
TO LIST THE
COHORT 29 TEAM.
WE HAVE 26
STUDENTS WHO HAVE FINISHED THEIR
DEGREE EARLY.
THIS IS ONE WE
WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE IF I GET
AN OPPORTUNITY.
THE OTHER REASON
WE LOOK AT THE DATA THIS WAY, IT
ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT PREVIOUS
COVERTS.
IF YOUR RETENTION
NUMBER IS GOING UP OR GOING
DOWN.
WITHIN THE 2020 COLETTER,
THE 21% IS LOWER THAN IN THE
PREVIOUS TWO COHORT COHORTS.
SO THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT WE'LL WANT TO
MONITOR AND DIVE DEEPER AS WE
GET MORE DATA AND LEARN MORE
INFORMATION.
NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
WE KNOW THAT THE 2018
COLETTER IS THE ONLY ONE THAT
HAS TWO COHORTS WORTH OF DATA.
SO THIS IS WORTH EXPLORING.
THE
INSIGHT COMMITTEE HAS DUG INTO
THESE NUMBERS TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE
ENROLLMENT, THE PREPARATION AND
THE COMPLETION.
HERE WHAT WE
FOUND WHEN WE LOOKED AT
ENROLLMENT BY RACE AND GENDER,
THE COHORT WHO HAS 76% STUDENTS
OF COLOR, THE LARGEST GROUP WERE
BLACK MALES WITHIN THE LARGEST
RACE AND GENDER GROUP THAT
REPRESENTED 15% OF THE COHORT.
AND THE COHORT WAS PRETTY
BALANCED WITHIN THE JESHD
BREAKDOWN.
GENDER BREAKDOWN.
THE
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
TO
UNDERSTAND HOW OUR STUDENTS WERE
ENTERING THE SEATTLE COLLEGE
SYSTEM, WE LOOKED AT HOW MANY
STUDENTS THAT WERE REQUIRING
DEVELOP COURSES.
AND WE FOUND
OVER 63% OF STUDENTS THAT
ENTERED WERE TAKING A MATH OR
READING OR WRITING DEVELOPMENT
COURSE.
THE LARGEST GROUP TAKING
DEVELOPMENTAL CORES WERE BLACK
AND LATINX STUDENTS.
IN
PARTICULAR THE MALES.
WHEN WE
FOUND 70% OF BLACK AND LATINO
NEEDS WERE EXPERIENCING.
ASIAN
AND WHITE STUDENTS WERE LESS
LIKELY TO TAKE ON THE COURSES
IS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO
HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE
PERSISTENCE FROM FALL, YEAR ONE,
ALL THE WAY TO SPRING YEAR TWO.
AND WE FOUND THAT HALF OF THE 20
COHORT REMAINED IN SEATTLE
PROMISE FOR THE FULL THREE-YEAR
PROGRAM.
YOU CAN START TO SEE
THAT WITHIN EACH SUPPORTER THAT
PASSED, REAT THE SAME TIME
NUMBERS WERE DIFFERENT BY RACIAL
GROUP.
THE LATINX GROUP FEATURED
THE STRONGEST.
AND LATINX GROUPS
WERE LEFT WITHIN TWO YEARS IN
COMPARED TO THE ASIAN GROUP THAT
EXPERIENCED 89 SUPPORTERS OF THE
SAME.
>> THE OTHER THING THAT WE
LOOKED AT WERE COMPLETION RATES.
WE FOUND 24% OF COMMON SCHOLARS
COMPLETED THEIR RESEARCH BETWEEN
TWO YEARS.
AS YOU SAW IN THE
PREPARATION AND THE PERSISTENCE,
THIS ACTUALLY IMPACTS THE
COMPLETION.
WHERE WE NOTICED
RACIAL DISPARITIES BETWEEN THE
COMPLETION DEGREE.
ASIANS WERE
MORE LIKELY TO EARN A DEGREE
WITHIN TWO YEARS.
DEVELOPMENTAL
COURSES PLAYS A ROLE.
SO THE
OTHER THING WE DID WERE LOOKING
AT THE DATA.
WE HAD TO JUST
COMPARE NATIONALLY.
HOW DOES
THAT COMPARE LOCALLY.
AND HOW
DOES THAT COMPARE WITH THE
SEATTLE COLLEGES THAT ARE
FULL-TIME?
WE LOOKED AT THE FALL
TO FALL RETENTION.
A TWO-YEAR,
24% COMPLETION RATE.
WE LOOKED
AT COMPARISON GROUPS THAT HAD
SIMILAR PROMISE PROGRAMS THAT
HAD ADVISING SUCCESS SUPPORT.
AND WE FOUND SEATTLE PROMISE
PERFORMED BETTER BUT TRAILED THE
PROGRAMS IN THE FALL TO FALL
RETECH.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
TWO-YEAR COMPLETION RATE, WE SAW
THAT IT WAS PRETTY COMPARABLE TO
EVEN MORE STATUS PROGRAMS.
AND
ALSO MORE RECENT PROGRAMS LIKE
SAN DIEGO PROMISE.
>> OKAY, SO TO SUMMARIZE, I JUST
WANT TO BRING BACK TO THE GROUP,
THIS IS ONLY ONE FULL TWO-YEAR
COHORT ANALYSIS.
2019 WILL HAVE
DATA THIS SUMMER THAT WE'LL BE
ABLE TO TAKE ANOTHER DEEP DIVE
TO LOOK AT TRENDS.
I DO WANT TO
ADD THAT COVID-19 WILL IMPACT
STUDENT ANALYSIS.
AND THE 2018
PROGRAM TO 2020 PROGRAM GROWTH,
WE'LL ARE TO PROVIDE MORE
CONTEXT.
SO THE ENROLLMENT,
DEMOGRAPHICS MAY SHIFT AND
YOU'LL WANT TO MONITOR THAT
I DO ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN
TRIPLED.
AND BASED ON WHAT WE'RE
SEEING, WE EXPECT THE ENROLLMENT
TO BE GROWING.
AND WITH
THAT, I WILL PASS IT OFF TO DANA
HARRISON.
>> THANK YOU.
BEFORE WE GET TO
DANA, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE FIRST PART OF THE
PRESENTATION?
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
AND GOOD
AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
I'M GONNA
SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT ANALYSIS
AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT
CAME FROM THE TEAM.
YOU CAN GO
AHEAD AND ADVANCE TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
AND ONE THING I'LL JUST
REMIND YOU OF AS WE START, I'LL
SAY THIS ONCE MORE BEFORE WE
FINISH IS THAT THE DATA THAT YOU
JUST SAW, THE 2018 COHORT DATA
WAS NOT AT THE END OF APRIL FOR
THE RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT TEAM
TO REVIEW.
THEY DONE HAVE ACCESS
TO AWFUL THE SAME INFORMATION
THAT WE DO TODAY.
SO WE CONTINUE
TO BUILD OUR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT
HOW AND WHAT TO DO WITH PROGRAM
IMPLEMENTATION DATA TO DATE.
SO
JUST A QUICK REMINDER OF WHAT
THE RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT
ANALYSIS IS AND DOES.
I THINK
YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR FROM OUR
TIMES BEFORE YOU IN THE PAST AND
WHAT YOU KNOW OF OUR DIRECTOR,
DEAL IS VERY COMMITTED TO THE
GOALS OF THE RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE INITIATIVE.
AND THAT
INCLUDES THE STATE'S RACIAL
EQUITY TOOLKIT.
BETWEEN OUR
PROGRAMATIC AND POLICY DECISIONS
ALONG THE WAY.
SO WE WORK TO
MINIMIZE HARM AND MAXIMIZE THE
BENEFIT FOR SEATTLE'S COMMUNITY
WAS COLOR.
WE QUEUE EARLY ON
THAT WITH THE SEATTLE PROMISE
PROGRAM BEING IN ITS INFANCY,
THAT WE NEEDED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF AN EARLY OPPORTUNITY TO
ANALYZE THE INITIAL PROGRAM
DESIGN TO MAKE SURE THAT IT
WOULD CONTINUE TO BE IN A
POSITION TO ACHIEVE OUR RACIALLY
EQUITABLE OUTCOMECOMES.
SO A TEAM
WAS CONVENED TO CONDUCT THIS
ANALYSIS.
THAT INCLUDED 19
MEMBERS THAT REPRESENTED CITY
PERSPECTIVES, COLLEGE PARTNER
PERSPECTIVES AND THE VOICES OF
MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL.
THEY BEGAN THEIR WORK IN
NOVEMBER OF 2019.
CONCLUDED
IN 2020.
GETTING PERSPECTIVE
FROM PARTICIPANTS AND COMMUNITY
MEMBERS ALONG THE WAY.
IN THEIR
WORK, THEY ANALYZED THREE
DIFFERENT AREAS AND CONSIDERED
THREE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS WHICH
I'LL DETAIL IN JUST A MOMENT.
ALL OF WHICH HAD THE POTENTIAL
TO IMPACT THE EQUITY OF THE
PROGRAM AND ITS DELIVERY
OUTCOMES.
AND AT THE CONCLUSION
OF THEIR WORK, THE TEAM
SUBMITTED A SET OF
RECOMMENDATIONS TO DEAL'S WORK
CONSIDERATION.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD
AND ADVANCE, PLEASE.
THOSE
THREE AREAS OF ANALYSIS INCLUDED
ELIGIBILITY EXPANSION.
CONTINUOUS ENROLLMENT.
AND
PROGRAM SUPPORT SERVICES.
AND ON
THE SLIDE THAT YOU SEE, YOU SEE
THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS
CONSIDERED IN EACH OF THOSE
AREAS.
FOR ELIGIBILITY
EXPANSION, WE LOOKED AT THE
INCLUSION OF TUNES, CHARTER
SCHOOL GRADUATES, NONTRADITIONAL
DIPLOMA RECIPIENTS AND STUDENTS
PICKING UP GED'S.
IN TERMS OF
CONTINUOUS ENROLLMENT, THE TEAM
LOOKED AT PART-TIME ENROLLMENT,
AND THE IMPACTS OF SAT'S, A
QUALIFIER FOR FINANCIAL AID.
ON THE PROGRAM SUPPORT
SERVICES, I WON'T READ EVERY
SINGLE ONE TO YOU.
YOU'LL HAVE A
CHANCE TO LOOK AT THEM AGAIN IN
THE REPORT THAT YOU RECEIVED.
BUT HERE, THERE WERE THE MOST
ELEMENTS THAT WE WERE
CONSIDERING KNOWING FROM OUR
EXPERIENCE TO DATE AS WELL AS
OUR RESEARCH INTO OTHER PROMISE
PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
HOW
CRITICAL THAT REFERENCE PROGRAM
SUPPORT IS TO STUDENTS' SUCCESS
AND COMPLETION.
OF THOSE 14
ELEMENTS, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT
THREE OF THEM, OPPORTUNITIES,
CHATTER SCHOOLS, AND PART-TIME
ENROLLMENT, WERE REQUIRED OR
CALLED OUT FOR REVIEW IN THE
LEVY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AND
FIVE WERE IDENTIFIED AS
PARTICULAR INTERESTS TO THE
COUNCIL OR SPECIFIC COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
YOU CAN ADVANCE,
PLEASE.
SO HERE IS A VERY BRIEF
SNAPSHOT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT DEAL RECEIVED.
AND IN
TOTAL, YOU'LL SEE ON THE FAR
RIGHT-HAND SIDE THAT THE TEAM
IDENTIFIED SIX ITEMS AS
HIGH-PRIORITY ACTIONS.
AND TWO
AS MEDIUM.
AND THE REMAINDER AS
WELL.
IN THEIR PRIORITIZATION,
THE TEAM TOOK INTO
CONSIDERATION, THE NEED TO
IDENTIFY THE PRIVATE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT OF THE PROMISED RACIAL
EQUITY TOOLKIT TEAM, AS WELL AS
THE OVERALL IMPACT ON THE
PROGRAM.
AND THE ABILITY TO
IMPLEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS IN A
TIMELY MANNER.
KNOWING THAT SOME
OF THESE WOULD TAKE MORE
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT THAN
OTHERS.
THE ITEMS ELEVATED
FOR ACTION INCLUDED EXPANDING
PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY, ADDRESSING
STUDENT PREPARATION AND THE NEED
FOR DEVELOPMENTAL COURSE WORK.
AS WELL AS INCREASING THE
AFFORDABILITY OF THE PROGRAM.
WE'RE GONNA GO INTO SOME OF
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IN MORE
DETAIL IN JUST A MOMENT.
BUT
BEFORE I DO, I JUST WANT TO
GROUND US IN THE TIMELINE AND
VARIOUS CONVERSATIONS THAT
HAPPENED AROUND THE SET OF
RECOMMENDATION
RECOMMENDATIONS.
PLEASE KEEP IN
MIND THAT THE TEAM DIDN'T HAVE
ACCESS TO AWFUL THE DATA YOU
WERE ABLE TO SEE AROUND THE 2018
COHORT.
AND THEY DID HAVE SOME
ACCESS BUT NOT TO THE SAME
ROBUST LEVEL THAT WE'VE BEEN
ABLE TO EVALUATE WITH OUR
STAKEHOLDERS SINCE THEN.
AND IN
ADDITION OBVIOUSLY IS THE BULK
OF THE WORK HAPPENING DURING THE
PANDEMIC.
SO THAT HAD SOME
IMPLICATIONS FOR WHAT AND HOW
THEY DID THEIR WORK.
SO SINCE
RECEIVING THE RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM THE TEAM IN EARLY DECEMBER,
DEAL HAS BEEN ENGAGED WITH OUR
COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
REVIEWING DATA SHARED
BY DR. FAHARDO JUST A MOMENT
AGO, AND OTHER IMPLEMENTATIONS.
IN OUR CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT
THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR,
WE DEFINITELY HAVE TAKEN INTO
CONSIDERATION THE IMPACT OF THE
PANDEMIC ON PROMISE STUDENTS'
EXPERIENCES AS WELL AS THE
BUDGET RESOURCE.
AND AS WE MOVE
INTO QUARTER TWO, WE ANTICIPATE
FURTHER ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR CITY
LEADERS AS WE'RE DOING TODAY
WITH YOU ALL AS WELL AS MANY
MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IN THE
MONTHS AHEAD.
AND ALL OF THAT
WILL HOPEFULLY GIVE US A COB
COLLUSION BY THE END OF THE
SECONDARY CONCLUSION BY THEN OF
THE SECOND QUARTER BY ACTIONS
WE'LL BE ABLE TO PURSUE IN THE
21/22 ACADEMIC YEAR.
SO HERE IS
SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU JUST SAW IN
TERMS OF THE SUMMARY.
THE
ADDITION HERE IS THE CITY IS
DLSHTING HOW TO PURPOSE FEDERAL
COVID RELIEF AND REC
RESOURCES.
AND AT DEAL WE
DEFINITELY BELIEVE THAT
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AND
AFFORDABILITY ARE PART OF
ECONOMIC RECOVERY.
AND WE
ADVERTENTLY PUT FORWARD SOME OF
THE ORIGINATIONS FOR USE OF
FEDERAL RESOURCES.
AND THOSE ARE
FIVE THAT YOU SEE FLAGGED HERE.
SO I'LL JUST BRIEFLY CALL OUT IN
TERMS OF OUR ADVOCACY FOR
FEDERAL RESOURCES, TO SUPPORT
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE'RE
NAMING THE PATH TO REGAIN
ELIGIBILITY AS A POSSIBLE
ACTION.
ACTION TO SUPPORT
ACADEMIC PREPARATION, COURSE
WORK, COVERING COLLEGE FEES FOR
STUDENTS WITH INCOME CRITERIA
MEETING.
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU SEE THERE.
THE PRIORITIZATION OF TUITION
SUPPORT, AND STUDENT SUPPORT
STAFF RATIOS.
HERE IN TERMS OF
TUITION SUPPORT, THE RENT
TEENAGERS HOW SHOULD TUITION
SUPPORT BE PRIORITIZED IF MORE
STUDENTS ENROLL IN SEATTLE
PROMISE THAN THERE IS FUNDING
ALLOCATED?
AS WE GO OVER THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THIS
LEVY, WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF
FORWARD-THINKING AND PLANNING
FOR WHAT WE ANTICIPATE AS
STUDENT PARTICIPATION WOULD BE.
I WILL NAME THAT JUST THIS PAST
FALL, WE WELCOMED OUR LARGEST
CLASS OF STUDENTS TO DATE.
AND
DEFINITELY EXCEEDED OUR
PROJECTED ENROLLMENT.
AND ALSO
TO BE SHARED, WE GOT THE LARGEST
NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS TO DATE
FOR THE CURRENT SENIOR CLASS.
AND IF OUR TRENDS CONTINUE, THAT
WILL PUT US OVER A PROJECTED
RULING NEXT FALL AS WELL.
BUT
THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM TO HAVE.
IT MEANS THAT STUDENTS ARE
INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAM.
STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE SEEING
THE BENEFITS AND SPREADING THE
WORD.
AND WE'RE REALLY
STARTING TO DEVELOP A COLLEGE
LEARNING CULTURE IN OUR CITY,
WHICH ARE ALL GREAT THINGS.
SO
IN TERMS OF THE RECOMMENDATION
RECEIVED, THE TEAM HAS INDICATED
THAT YOU ALL AND OUR COLLEGE
PARTNERS CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THIS CLOSELY.
THEY'VE NAMED IT
AS A PRIORITY MEDIUM.
AND THE
TIMELINE, IT COULD START AS
EARLY AS THIS FALL.
THE TRICKY
PART OF TIMELINE ON THIS ONE IS
THAT WE ALMOST HAVE TO BE A YEAR
AHEAD.
WHERE WE'RE NOTIFYING
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF THE
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.
AND THIS
IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE
ANTICIPATE.
THE NEXT ACTION
THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING OR
SEEKING THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS
TO SUPPORT IS AROUND ACADEMIC
PREPARATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL
COURSE WORK.
HERE ARE THE
QUESTION ANSWERED WAS AS A
SYSTEM, HOW CAN WE REDUCE THE
NEED FOR STUDENTS TO TAKE
DEVELOPMENTAL COURSE WORK?
WE'RE
SEEING HIGH PERCENTAGES OF OUR
STUDENTS OF COLOR ENROLLING IN
THESE PARTICULAR COURSES.
AND
WHILE THE SEATTLE PROMISE DOES
FUND THEIR PARTICIPATION IN MOST
COURSES, IT DOESN'T COUNT TOWARD
THEIR PROGRAM COMPLETION.
SO
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE 90
CREDIT LIMIT AND THEIR ABILITY
TO ACHIEVE THEIR EDUCATIONAL
GOALS WITHIN THE TWO-YEAR
TIMELINE, WE NEED TO TAKE
DEVELOPMENTAL, THE NEED TO TAKE
DEVELOPMENTAL COURSES CERTAINLY
HAS AN IMPACT ON THAT.
HERE THE
RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT TEAM
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED AS A HIGH
PRIORITY THAT WE DEVELOP A
SYSTEMIC PLAN ACROSS
INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS.
TO
THINK ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS THIS
CHALLENGE.
IT'S CERTAINLY NOT
SOMETHING THAT DEVELOPS JUST IN
A SINGLE YEAR.
IT HAS LONG-TERM
RAMIFICATION
RAMIFICATIONS.
AND HERE OUR
LWELL, C HAS HAD MANY
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS.
IT WAS
A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THEM.
THEY
ARE VERY INTERESTED IN REDUCING
THE NEED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
COURSE WORK SO WE CAN SUPPORT
STUDENTS AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF
PROGRAM MODELS THAT ALLOW THEM
TO DO MORE THAN ONE CREDIT
EARNING OPPORTUNITIES AT A TIME.
SOME IMMEDIATE ACTIONS THAT
WE'RE EXPLORING AND WAYS TO
ADDRESS THIS ALONGSIDE AND IN
COLLABORATION WITH OUR
INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS AT
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE
COLLEGES, THINKING ABOUT THE
READINESS ACADEMY, AND THE
SUMMER BRIDGE EXPERIENCE.
PARTICULARLY FOR THE 2021 CLASS
WHO WAS COMING OUT OF THEIR
SENIOR YEAR NOW.
HOPING TO
ENROLL IN PROMISE IN THE FALL.
WE'RE LOOKING TO INTERACT WITH
SOME OPPORTUNITIES SO THEY BEGIN
THEIR FALL EXPERIENCE AND COURSE
WORK TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO LEARN FROM
DIFFERENT PROGRAMS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND BEST PRACTICES THAT
WE KNOW AND WHICH THE COLLEGE
HAS BEEN EXPLORING AROUND FIRST
QUARTER CLASSES TO ADAPT TO
BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF
STUDENTS WHO WERE ENROLLING
THESE TYPES OF COURSES.
THAT
MIGHT INCLUDE SOME COREQUISITE
REMEDIATION OR SPECIFIC COURSE
PATHWAYS, PARTICULARLY AROUND
MATH FOR STUDENTS ENTERING INTO
THIS TYPE OF COURSE.
AND ALSO
THINKING ABOUT HOW WE SUPPORT
STUDENTS ONCE THEY'RE ENROLLED
INTO SUCCESS AND COMPLETION.
AND
THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS
IN THAT SUPPORT SERVICES.
GO
AHEAD.
THIS RECOMMENDATION
AROUND STAFF SUPPORT RATIOS, THE
QUESTION CONSIDERED WAS SHOULD
STUDENT SUPPORT STAFF RATIOS BE
MODIFIED?
SO AS A REMINDER, THE
CURRENT PROGRAM MODEL PUTS ONE
OUTREACH SPECIALIST, WHICH ARE
OUR HIGH SCHOOL SUPPORT
PERSONNEL, TO ABOUT 300 HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS.
AND ONE
RETENTION SPECIALIST.
WHICH ARE
OUR PERSONNEL AT THE COLLEGE
LEVEL TO 100 PROMISE SCHOLARS.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS AN INITIAL
PROGRAM DESIGN BASED ON THE BEST
AVAILABLE INFORMATION AT THE
TIME.
AND HERE THE TOOLKIT TEAM
RECOMMENDED THAT WE CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THIS AT A MEDIUM
PRIORITY.
AND HERE WHILE WE KNOW
THAT THE PROMISE IS DESIGNED AS
A UNIVERSAL ACCESS PROGRAM, WE
ALSO KNOW THAT PROMISE STUDENTS
HAVE UNIQUE NEEDS.
THIS ALSO
INCLUDES MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE
RESPONSIVE TO THE FEEDBACK THAT
WE'RE HEARING FROM STUDENTS
ALONG THE WAY ABOUT THE TYPES
AND METHODS THAT ARE MOST
HELPFUL TO THEM.
AND LEARNING
FROM SUCCESSFUL PROMISE MODELS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND SOMETIMES
IN OUR OWN REGION.
THERE WAS A
STUDY JUST LAST SUMMER THAT
INDICATED THAT PROMISE PROGRAMS
ARE HAVING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
OF SUCCESS IN TERMS OF
COMPLETION RATES FOR
PARTICIPATING STUDENTS.
IS THAT
BECAUSE OF THE TYPES OF SUPPORTS
THAT THEY CONTRIBUTE.
WHETHER
THAT BE THROUGH STAFF SUPPORT
MODELS OR ALSO THROUGH
COORDINATED STUDENT EXPERIENCES
AND PEER MENTORSHIP EXPERIENCES
TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE CONNECTED
RELATIONSHIPS TO HELP THEM
PERSIST.
GO AHEAD AND
ADVANCE, PLEASE.
SO COLLEGE FEES
HERE FOR THOSE THAT MIGHT BE
LESS FAMILIAR, IN ADDITION TO
TUITION COSTS, THERE ARE ALSO
TYPICALLY CALLED ENROLLMENT FEES
THAT COME UP FOR STUDENTS EACH
QUARTER.
THAT THEY'RE ENROLLING
IN COLLEGE COURSE WORK.
SO HERE
THE TEAM CONSIDERED THE QUESTION
SHOULD COLLEGE FEES BE COVERED
UNDER THE SEATTLE PROMISE?
AND THE RECOMMENDATION CAME OUT
AS A MEDIUM PRIORITY.
THAT YOU
FIGURE OUT HOW TO COVER THE
MANDATORY AND GENERAL FEES FOR
INCOME QUALIFYING STUDENTS.
SO
CURRENTLY THE EQUITY SCHOLARSHIP
THAT'S OFFERED THROUGH THE
SEATTLE PROMISE IS FOR STUDENTS
WHO HAVE A ZERO FEE, WHICH IS
THE FAMILY CONTRIBUTION BASED ON
THEIR FINANCIAL AID PACKAGE.
AND FOR STUDENTS THAT
QUALIFIED, THEY RECEIVE UP TO
$1,500 FOR YEAR THAT THEY CAN
USE FLEXIBLY TO COVER WHATEVER
IT IS THAT HELPS THEM PERSIST IN
THEIR EDUCATIONAL PURSUITS.
BUT
FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE AN INCOME
ABOVE THAT CONTRIBUTION LEVEL,
WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE THROUGH
THE SEATTLE PROMISE MODEL A
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THAT.
SO
THIS RECOMMENDATION WOULD EXPAND
THE ELIGIBILITY TO INCLUDE
STUDENTS WHO UP TO $1,000 FDFC.
AND ROUNDING THIS OUT, SO HERE,
THE PATH TO ELIGIBILITY IS A
QUESTION THAT WAS CONSIDERED BY
THE RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT TEAM.
WAS SHOULD A FORMAL PATHWAY TO
RETAIN ELIGIBILITY BE DEVELOPED
FOR STUDENTSES?
AND WILL
RECOMMENDATION WAS YES.
COMING
IN AS A HIGH PRIORITY.
THERE ARE
A SERIES OF MILESTONES THAT
STUDENTS MEET ALONG THE WAY.
AND
WE TEND TO SEE FROM OUR INITIAL
APPLICANT POOL ALL THE WAY TO
COMPLETION DROPS ALONG THE WAY
FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
WE DO KNOW
THAT CONTINUOUS FULL-TIME
ENROLLMENT IS COORDINATED TO
HIGHER COMPLETION RATES.
THERE
ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT
WOULD BENEFIT FROM AN
OPPORTUNITY TO REGAIN
ELIGIBILITY BECAUSE OF
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT COME UP.
AND
THIS YEAR ESPECIALLY, COVID WE
KNOW HAS HAD A PRETTY WIDE
IMPACT ON STUDENTS' ABILITY TO
MAINTAIN ELIGIBILITY.
EVEN WITH
THE ALLOWANCE OF THE
MODIFICATIONS THAT WE MADE LAST
FALL THERE ARE MANY STUDENTS
THAT MIGHT BENEFIT FROM A PATH
BACK INTO THE PROGRAM.
SO THEY
CAN CONTINUE PURSUING THEIR
EDUCATIONAL GOAL.
AND HERE
WE WOULD NEED TO WORK CLOSELY
WITH OUR COLLEGE PARTNERS TO
DEVELOP WHAT THAT PATHWAY LOOKS
LIKE.
AND ALL THE PARAMETERS
THAT COME WITH IT.
BUT THAT
COULD START AS EARLY AS THIS
FALL FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE NEAR
THE END OF THEIR PROGRAM.
AND
WITH THAT, I FEEL LIKE I JUST
TALKED A LOT.
I'M SURE THERE ARE
LOTS OF QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY.
SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO
DWAYNE FROM NEXT STEP.
BUT ALSO
WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
REALY APPRECIATE THAT.
I AM
HAPPY TO SORT OF -- IF ANY
COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY
QUESTION, YOU'RE WELCOME TO
RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE ZOOM
FEATURE.
I KNOW WE ARE
CONTINUING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE CHAIR OF OUR BUDGET
COMMITTEE.
AND I KNOW SHE AND I
HAVE BEEN HAVING AIL OF
CONVERSATIONS FROM THE
EXECUTIVE.
AND CONTINUING TO
HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN THE
FINANCE AND RULING COMMITTEE.
PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO
PUTTING DOLLAR ALLS TO EACH ONE
OF THESE PROPOSED PRIORITIES.
LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A
DEEPER DIVE INTO THESE
PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATIONS AS WE
KICK OFF THE CONVERSATIONS IN
THE FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE.
>> SO AS YOU SEE, BASICALLY WE
HAVE HAD SOME INTEREST FROM OUR
WELL, WELL, C IN EXPLORING THE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU'VE
SEEN.
SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE
REMEDIATION AND PREVENTION AND
SUPPORT.
WHILE BEING ENGAGED
MORE SO IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL
COARSE WORK COMPONENT.
SO WHAT
DEAL IS GONNA BE DOING, WE'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO EVALUATE
MULTIPLE SOURCES OR POINTS OF
DATA.
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS,
IMPLEMENTATION DATA TO DATE, OUR
STAFF AND STUDENT FEEDBACK.
THE IMPACT OF COVID.
WE'RE GONNA
ALSO SEEK ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
AS YOU KINDA WERE MENTIONING
FROM THE FEDERAL FUNDS RELEASED.
THE CITY FUNDS, THE INTERNAL
PARTNER FUNDS.
COLLEGES AND
PHILANTHROPY.
WE'RE GONNA
CONTINUE CONSULTING WITH OUR
WELL, WELL, C AND SMALL GROUPS.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE
TREAT STARTING THIS MONTH.
AND
REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR
TIMELINES IS LIKE WE'RE HAVING A
TREAT RIGHT NOW IN APRIL.
AND
THEN WE KNOW THERE'LL BE SOME
UPCOMING DECISIONS AROUND THE
FEDERAL RELIEF PACKAGE VOTE.
AND
THEN THINKING ABOUT THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET.
AND WE'RE
GONNA CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD
AS NOTED.
I THINK THAT'S IT.
OH, YES. SO THANK YOU.
THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT.
WE CAN'T FORGET TO THANK
YOU.
SO JUST WANTED TO REALLY
TAKE TIME AND THANK YOU ALL FOR
GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT HERE.
WE ALSO ARE
APPRECIATIVE OR SHOULD I SAY I'M
APPRECIATIVE OF THOSE THAT SPOKE
TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE
WORK YOU'VE DONE.
AND WE WANT TO
CONTINUE IN OUR COLLABORATIVE
APPROACH.
>> GREAT.
THANKS SO MUCH.
WE'LL
CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION,
PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO
THOSE HIGH PRIORITY AREAS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE FINANCE
AND HOUSING COMMITTEE.
LOOK
FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION.
AND COLLEAGUES, THERE ARE ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
VERY RICH PRESENTATION.
AS
USUAL.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
HARD WORK ON THE PRESENTATION.
AND ON THE RACIAL EQUITY
TOOLQUIT ANALYSIS.
TOOLKIT
ANALYSIS.
IT'S KIND OF AMAZING
TO THINK THAT IT TOOK A YEAR AND
A HALF TO DEVELOP.
A LOT OF
REALLY GOOD INFORMATION IN
THERE.
REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF
YOUR EFFORTS.
AND THE
COOPERATING OF SEATTLE COLLEGES
AND SO MANY OTHER PARTNERS.
WHO
WERE VERY WILLING AND RECEPTIVE
OF THE OPPORTUNITY.
JUST WANTED
TO PLAY-MAKE SURE THERE WEREN'T
ANY KIND OF CONSEQUENCES AS A
RESULT OF A UNIVERSAL PROMISE
PROGRAM.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE
ALL OF THE PARTNERSHIP.
OKAY.
FOLKS.
IS THERE ANY
FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE
THE COMMITTEE?
HEARING
NOTHING FURTHER BUSINESS, THAT
DOES CONCLUDE OUR MEETING FOR
TODAY.
AND OUR MEETING IS NOW
ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
WE GET TO ENJOY SOME SUNSHINE.
TAKE CARE.