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December 2008
 | The U.S. Capitol and its nearby office buildings in Washington, D.C., will be the site of the “Day on the Hill,” when participants in NSBA’s Federal Relations Network Conference will cap three days of federal education policy briefings with visits to their elected representatives and staffs. |
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19 December 2008 - The California School Boards Association’s Education Legal Alliance and the Association of California School Administrators were granted a preliminary injunction today in Sacramento Superior Court regarding their lawsuit against the State Board of Education.
17 December 2008 - School districts are getting caught up in the statewide freeze on infrastructure funding that has been ordered. Funding for more than 2,000 projects is affected, covering health, transportation and higher education as well as K-12 education. In K-12 alone, 912 projects are affected.
10 December 2008 - The new legislative session had just gotten under way Dec. 1 when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger reminded legislators of the daunting task they face in the days and weeks ahead by calling two special sessions.
10 December 2008 - In a major legal victory for schools, a San Diego Superior Court judge ruled Dec. 4 that the Legislature’s practice of budgeting $1,000 for each of the current 38 mandated programs applicable to schools and indefinitely deferring payment on the balance due on claims is unconstitutional.
In California School News
The Legislative Analyst’s Office is projecting a decline of $1.5 billion in property taxes for school districts over the next three years.
FRN will be less than two weeks after President Barack Obama’s inauguration, giving conferees an inside look at the shaping of federal education policy in the new administration and the new Congress.
Paul H. Chatman is president of the California School Boards Association.
Wednesday, Jan. 7, is the deadline to submit nominations and biographical sketch forms for prospective members and incumbent members of CSBA’s Delegate Assembly.
In a time of revenue shortfalls and midyear budget cuts, it’s more important than ever for school districts and county offices of education to have accurate, up-to-date information on the state budget
Eighty-six school districts placed general obligation bonds on the Nov. 4 ballot, including two districts that each put two measures before the voters.
The project was one of the first completed under the California Playground Compliance Program, a partnership between NPCG and CSBA.
Superintendents and school board members who purchase it will have 24-hour access to the content for a six-month period.
'Link to Learning' will be published three times a year, in November, March and July.
A Dec. 19 hearing in Sacramento Superior Court may determine whether the temporary injunction against the State Board of Education’s controversial mandate that all California eighth-graders be tested in Algebra I will be extended.