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November 2011
 | CSBA Region 6 Director Priscilla Cox addresses a press conference at a Sacramento school last month, one of several regional Education Coalition events planned to dramatize the effects of years of state budget cuts and deferred funding. |
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22 November 2011 - CSBA’s Cash Reserve Program provides a way for districts and county offices to deal with deferred state payments and to manage cash flow problems that arise when payments are delayed.
15 November 2011 - Tight timelines, challenging requirements and “jaw-dropping” cost estimates all figured in the State Board’s consideration last week of the conditional waivers the Obama administration is offering from key provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
15 November 2011 - Nearly a dozen California communities last week demonstrated their willingness to tax themselves to support local K-12 schools, approving six of seven bond measures and five of seven parcel taxes that will cumulatively provide about $700 million for schools.
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Several schools around California opened their doors to press conferences last month, inviting local media to hear from area representatives of the Education Coalition about the impacts of three years of budget cuts and fiscal threats that continue to grow.
Plans are being finalized for CSBA’s Annual Education Conference and Trade Show, which runs Dec. 1-3 at the San Diego Convention Center.
That school accountability is once again a part of the headlines in California is not a surprise. But how it got there, at least this time, is a bit of a surprise.
Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, is the deadline to submit nominations and candidate biographical sketch forms for prospective members and incumbent members of CSBA’s Delegate Assembly.
There is no charge to CSBA members for the webcast, but registration is required.
Seven members of the California State Board of Education nominated by Gov. Jerry Brown were confirmed by the state Senate in September.
The new guide, written with guidance from members of CSBA’s School Health Advisory Committee, has a particular focus on preventing bullying and harassment.
On Oct. 9, Gov. Jerry Brown dispensed with the last of nearly 900 bills sent to him in the waning days of this year’s legislative session, including these bills on which CSBA was lobbying.