jiang, ms. tom, ms. stewart, ms. moffitt, dr. rossi, ms. norton, ms. wynns kapalua ms. g. seven ayes. >> thank you. [applause] the next item is the revision of board rules and procedures prp 9150 and pra 9000, to correct student board members to be moved to student delegates in said. it has been moved to april 10th. the committee report was made a resolution already. >> good evening. mike davis, the director of office it -- of equity in charter schools per this is the proposal, the revision of board rules and procedures of the student board members to correct all references to student board members to read a "student delegates" instead. this was taken up by the legislation committee on march 21st. afforded to the board with a positive recommendation by general consent of the committee. >> thank you. there are no public speaker cards for this. any comment from the board? seeing none, roll call, please. >> missed than -- ms. zang. miss tom. ms. stewart. ms. mendoza. dr. rossi. ms. norton. ms. wynns. and ms. ji. seven ayes. >> itemi. this one will be 106-8a1. >> [unintelligib

zhang, ms tom? thank you. president yee: please join me for the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance, to the flag, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. president yee: so the first item is the approval of the board minutes. a first and second for the special meeting board minutes of may 1, 2012. commissioner: 2nd. president yee: any changes? roll call, please. secretary: [reading roll] five ayes. president yee: presentations to the board of education, superintendent's report. superintendent garcia? superintendent garcia: thank you. unfortunately, tonight is the board meeting from hell, which all of us hate going through, because every year, it does not make sense that we are put in a position with the may 15 deadline, and for some weird reason, it always seems to be the week that is the teacher appreciation week in the state of california, and we are involved in giving out layoffs. that is just an absurd state that we live in. that really goes to the heart of our communi

ms. maxine waters, ranking member on the subcommittee and i want to extend congratulations to senator harry reid and senator tom corbin. and i also want to just say a moment for the bipartisan relationships that have developed on this bill, this is how we move bills forward. this is how we've got to move the country forward and this is what the american people are looking to us to do. this is not a democratic or republican congress, it is a congress of the american people. and the progress of this flood insurance bill is indicative of that fact. with that, i yield back. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from illinois. mrs. biggert: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself the balance my time. mr. speaker, as i mentioned earlier, this bill is the 17th short-term extension of the national flood insurance program. our colleagues in the senate have assured us that in june they will take up a version of a long-term nfip re-authorization and reform bill. i am confident that this will be our last short-term extension. h.r. 5740 with the senate amendment extends the program fo