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January 2012
 | CSBA Executive Director Vernon Billy asks panelists at the State of the State General Session Dec. 3 to weigh in on the fiscal outlook for 2012. |
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24 January 2012 - Supporters say that Senate Bill 81 represents a more equitable way to spread the budget-cut pain across all districts and county offices.
24 January 2012 - Gov. Jerry Brown invited CSBA President Jill Wynns and the rest of the Executive Committee to his office Jan. 20 to hear their concerns about his tax proposal.
10 January 2012 - California voters could be key to closing an anticipated $9.2 billion gap in the 2012-13 budget under a proposal by Gov. Jerry Brown, but such a tax measure may not yield the $6.9 billion the governor is counting on, the state’s non-partisan Legislative Analyst said Monday.
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More than 4,000 K-12 public school leaders and supporters filled the San Diego Convention Center for CSBA’s Annual Education Conference and Trade Show last month to learn and share insights on effective strategies to advance student achievement and effective school governance in the face of historic challenges.
Gov. Jerry Brown’s Department of Finance announced on Dec. 13 that revenues were $2.2 billion less than lawmakers anticipated when they approved the budget in June. This represents a more optimistic estimate of the state’s fiscal health than the Legislative Analyst predicted in November and is based on more up-to-date revenues.
'The principle that we can and we will do more with less has become absurd. The state budget passed last summer is unworkable, ridiculous and unconstitutional.'
Composed of 270 delegates selected within CSBA’s 21 geographic regions, the Delegate Assembly elects officers, revises and approves the association’s Policy Platform, and ensures that CSBA continues to represent the interests of school board members and the children those boards serve.
Veteran San Francisco Unified School District board member Jill Wynns succeeds Newport-Mesa Unified School District board member Martha Fluor as CSBA’s new president.
General session speaker Jamie Vollmer exposed the half-truths and misleading statistics determined to “annihilate the emotional and intellectual ties that bind the American people to their public schools,” and Salman Khan mesmerized the audience with the story of his Web-based video curriculum.
Speakers at State of the State—the General Session on the final day of CSBA’s Annual Education Conference and Trade Show—delivered “a candid look at the complex issues that are sure to impact public education in 2012.”