Scoping Out the Current Educational Equity Landscape with Nina Boyd

08/11/23 • 36 min

Is California doing a better job of getting resources that turn into opportunities and access for students into the right places? Are major investments in new initiatives helping to move the needle for those furthest from opportunity? How are schools navigating the current climate of rising divisiveness?
For this first episode of our new season, we wanted to gain the perspective of someone who has had her finger on the pulse of school business and resource equity for a long time, both from a local and a statewide perspective – and that led us to none other than Nina Boyd, Deputy Superintendent for Operations, Government and Community Partnerships, for the Orange County Department of Education (OCDE). Nina is a school business official, administrator and statewide leader who has seen a lot transpire during her nearly 40 years in public education – and she is still on the frontlines impacting change.
Nina shares insight and perspectives related to:

How she sees us having gone both forward and backward with regard to advancing equity, including recent pushback about what is taught in schools;
The importance of educational administrators and leaders continuing to be authentic in the spaces they serve and using their voices to correct misinformation;
The evolving role of Chief Business Officers in inviting more diverse perspectives into the dialogue about school issues; and more.

How she sees us having gone both forward and backward with regard to advancing equity, including recent pushback about what is taught in schools;
The importance of educational administrators and leaders continuing to be authentic in the spaces they serve and using their voices to correct misinformation;
The evolving role of Chief Business Officers in inviting more diverse perspectives into the dialogue about school issues; and more.

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A Conversation with Mike Fine, CEO of FCMAT

Mike Fine, CEO of the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team’s (FCMAT), joins CASBO President Tina Douglas and President Elect Eric Dill for an informative discussion on fiscal responsibility in school business.
Fine joined FCMAT in 2015 as the agency’s chief administrative officer and became chief executive officer in, 2017. Previously, he served as interim superintendent and deputy superintendent of business services and governmental relations at the Riverside Unified School District, the assistant superintendent at Newport-Mesa USD and as a financial administrator in accounting and indirect budgets at Hughes Aircraft Company and General Dynamics Corporation. Holding degrees in accounting and public administration from Cal Poly Pomona and California Baptist University, he has a long history in governmental relations and working closely with policymakers in Sacramento on behalf of California’s K-12 students.
Established in 1991 through the passage of AB 1200, FCMAT's primary mission is to help California’s local TK-14 educational agencies identify, prevent and resolve financial, operational and data management challenges by providing management assistance and professional learning opportunities. For more information, visit https://www.fcmat.org/.