State’s windfall boosts school funding, allows Prop. 98 settlement

David Shreve, senior committee direcotr of Education for the National Conference of State Legislatures, was preaching to the choir when he delivered this succinct assessment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: "It stinks." Addressing attendees at CSBA's Legislative Action Conference on May 7, Shreve said a national conference study of the impact of NCLB documented the extensive "collateral damage" caused by the punitive and inadequately funded federal mandate.

Exit exam requirement upheld for class of 2006

The state Supreme Court on May 24 upheld the legality of requiring seniors in the class of 2006 to pass the California High School Exit Exam in order to graduate.

Building balance and vocabulary: Curriculum Institute speakers to show how to draw out each student’s best

CSBA’s Curriculum Institute will feature speakers specializing in a spectrum of student needs.

Delegate Assembly hears about local control, funding forecasts

Local educators’ lobbying on behalf of public schoolchildren is paying off at the state level, but much work remains to be done there and in Washington, D.C.

Delegates decline position on Preschool for All

Good news changes Legislative Action agenda

The association’s legislative conference gave participants the opportunity to hear from national education and policy experts, get up-to-the-minute political updates from CSBA legislative advocates and meet with colleagues from neighboring regions and elsewhere in the state.

IRS gives GASB 45 Solutions clients important tax break

The IRS Private Letter Ruling is believed to be the first of its kind for a multiple-employer trust program established for school districts and other public agencies exclusively to fund and pay post-retirement health care obligations.

Same growth now required of all student groups

Previously, student subgroups were required to make only 80 percent of the school’s target for growth.

Vantage Point: We simply must change the conversation on school funding

Luan B. Rivera is president of the California School Boards Association.

Bond would give school construction a boost

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