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March
 | Home-to-school transportation funding -- targeted for elimination at midyear by the state budget -- is safe for now, but the compromise solution hasn't pleased everyone. See CSBA President Jill Wynns' commentary and a news story inside. |
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27 March 2012 - In a historic—possibly unprecedented—meeting March 26, Gov. Jerry Brown engaged in a spirited discussion with CSBA’s entire Board of Directors on education funding as Brown sought the association’s support for his voter initiative to raise state revenues.
27 March 2012 - The Cities Counties Schools Partnership Board of Directors last week agreed to propose a set of principles to help community agencies work together to create systemic change.
20 March 2012 - In merging with the governor, the CFT is dropping its own measure, nicknamed “the millionaires tax,” which included an ongoing increase on taxable annual incomes above $1 million.
20 March 2012 - CSBA’s Education Legal Alliance has won a major legal victory in its longstanding battle over “statewide benefit charter” schools.
20 March 2012 - In a controversial decision in support of the district’s strategic plan goals, the San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education voted Feb. 28 to ignore the traditional last-in, first-out priority for layoffs and spare—or “skip”—14 of their highest-poverty schools from layoffs.
13 March 2012 - The Education Coalition hosted press conferences in Sacramento and the Bay Area March 13 to underscore their opposition to the governor’s 2012-13 budget proposals and their demand for new revenue to compensate schools for $20 billion in cuts over the last four years.
6 March 2012 - CSBA’s Legislative Action Conference, which normally follows the Delegate Assembly meeting in Sacramento each May, will instead unfold throughout the state this year, targeting legislators in their local district offices at crucial decision-making junctures.
6 March 2012 - The Santa Barbara County Education Office speaks out about the steady erosion of resources for the state’s public schools.
6 March 2012 - For the first time since educators began taking steps to manage the obesity epidemic, results of the physical fitness test given to California children in school each spring show the obesity rate is slowing down compared to previous decades.
28 February 2012 - Three measures dealing with school funding have serious, committed backing and so require serious consideration by public school advocates throughout California.
28 February 2012 - Santa Clara County Office of Education trustee Leon Beauchman, who chaired the Alternative Education Task Force for the California County Boards of Education, presented recommendations for preserving essential juvenile community and court school programs during a special Feb. 23 panel discussion at the state Capitol.
In California School News
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At a March 28 hearing in San Francisco Superior Court, CSBA’s Education Legal Alliance and other plaintiffs in a 2011 lawsuit will press their challenge to the state’s calculations of what it owes schools under Proposition 98.
During a recent swing through Southern California, Executive Director Vernon M. Billy heard local concerns and spread the word about CSBA’s work on behalf of public education.
While many districts expressed their deep gratitude and appreciation for our data runs that showed the disparity of the transportation cut, we have also heard expressions of concern from some districts that the bill will result in a cut that is larger than if SB 81 had not been introduced.
Ballots for this year’s CSBA Delegate Assembly elections were mailed to school districts and county offices of education Wednesday, Feb. 1.
Keith Bray joined CSBA as general counsel last November, providing legal counsel to CSBA leadership, management and member districts.
Thanks to some nimble advocacy by CSBA and other members of the education community, funding that helps get students to school has been spared from the chopping block, at least through the 2013-14 school year.
As assistant executive director for governmental relations, Dennis Meyers is a key member of CSBA’s political and legislative strategic team.
Parent Empowerment Act regulations, transitional kindergarten, student fees, and student health and wellness are just a few of the major education issues that CSBA’s Policy Services Department addresses in “2011 Policies in Review."
CSBA’s 2012 Annual Education Conference and Trade Show will be held in San Francisco Nov. 29 to Dec. 1.