The Court Reporters Board of California approved its 2024–2028 strategic plan on a motion from a board member, with the chair directing staff to convert the approved goals into a detailed action plan.

Board members spent the bulk of the item reviewing language, numerical counts and the ordering of priorities in the draft. Staff said that, once approved, it will “meet with solid staff to develop an action plan by breaking down each objective into smaller action items, including who is responsible, for the completion and when it is to be accomplished.”

The board discussed specific edits and clarifications. Miss Brewer asked staff to confirm licensee counts and to update a paragraph listing “5,580 licensees and 210 registered court reporting firms,” noting elsewhere she had seen 213 firms and asking staff to bring the figure up to date. Members debated wording under outreach goals about the transcript reimbursement fund, with several board members suggesting the language be changed from “address” to wording such as “increase awareness and inclusivity of the transcript reimbursement fund.”

Board members also discussed whether some goals should be prioritized or reordered for the staff action plan. Several members suggested identifying high-priority items to be moved to the top of the implementation timeline rather than reordering the published list, and staff said the listed items generally “carry the same weight” but that members could flag items for higher priority when the action plan is drafted.

On administrative items, board members clarified that online renewal is already being implemented as part of a system migration off legacy software. Miss Fenner confirmed staff will bring additional implementation details to the action plan stage.

Motion and vote: a member moved approval of the 2024–2028 strategic plan as amended; the motion was seconded and the board carried the motion in a roll call vote. The chair directed staff to draft the action plan and to return recommended codified text where required.

The board moved on to the next agenda item after instructing staff to prepare the action plan and finalize the edited draft for the record.