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August 2011       

Stephanie Farland

CSBA Senior Policy Consultant Stephanie Farland urges school governance teams to carefully review new charter school regulations in a “This Just In” video blog— a “vlog”—that can be watched at www.youtube.com/csbavideo.

In California School News


Charters: Rules released for renewals, revocations

California’s State Board of Education approved two separate sets of charter regulations last month, one for renewals and subsequent appeals and the other for revocations and appeals.

CSBA addresses ‘troubling’ state budget details

Provisions of AB 114 could limit districts’ ability to lay off certificated personnel or even require districts to rescind existing layoffs, according to a CSBA analysis.

Vantage point: Wishful thinking doesn’t help kids

The best thing that one can say about the recently completed budget process is that it could have been a lot worse.

Plan now for Back-to-School and AEC

Aug. 14 is the deadline for early bird registration for CSBA’s Annual Education Conference and Trade Show in San Diego Dec. 1–3.

New CSBA webinar series under way

Follow CSBA's new complimentary webinar series on policy and legal issues called Education Insights @ CSBA.

Hajela succeeds Hamilton as CSBA’s legal counsel

A familiar face returns to CSBA as general counsel and director of the Education Legal Alliance.

Problems plague School Improvement Grant program

School districts interested in applying for the next round of School Improvement Grants will have to wait until problems with the overall program are ironed out.

Nominations due soon for CSBA legislative awards

The nomination period closes Sept. 2 for CSBA’s 25th annual Legislative Awards Program.

District serves up healthy meals—and savings

Premier is able to offer school districts a full array of offerings through U.S. Communities in a partnership with CSBA’s district services.

$14 million in grants go to 35 school health centers

The grants of up to $500,000 will go toward constructing and/or equipping school-based health centers.

Deadline for whooping cough vaccine delayed

Students have one month after school starts to get vaccinated.