County officials told OCFS there are about 850 kids on Westchester's CCAP wait list; OCFS staff said the program opened this month and that staff will pull slots month-by-month, while counties requested meetings to simplify recertification and paperwork.

The subcommittee reviewed CSU plans to reallocate enrollment funding and asked whether one‑time funds should bridge capacity shortfalls at overtaxed campuses; UC requested start‑up (one‑time or ongoing) funds to launch four health‑professional programs projected to add about 120 graduates a year to underserved regions.

Hendry County Schools officials told a town hall the Digital Academy of Florida (DAOF) has cut its enrollment from about 7,069 to 5,611 to remove inactive accounts, and reported roughly 10-percentage-point gains in proficiency while preparing PM2 data for a state board review on Jan. 21.

Austin ISD staff presented a draft consolidation and boundary-change plan that would affect Barker Woods Elementary. Superintendent Matías said the proposal responds to enrollment declines, misaligned feeder patterns and program continuity; parents, teachers and local business owners asked the district to share its underlying data, consider keeping