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CSBA's Annual Conference and Trade Show

Exhibition space is in high demand for CSBA's Annual Education Conference and Trade Show, coming to San Francisco Nov. 29-Dec. 1. AEC is an unparalleled opportunity for personal contact between exhibitors and the key decision-makers in California's K-12 education community.

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Good news on parcel tax elections, deferrals comes out of AEC

5 December 2012 - CSBA is a sponsor of Senate Constitutional Amendment 3, authored by state Sen. Mark Leno.

CSBA’s ‘wonderful’ Annual Conference informs and inspires

5 December 2012 - The attendance numbers made it clear that despite difficult economic times, members of governance teams understand the value of CSBA’s three-day conference.

New CSBA officers and directors take office

5 December 2012 - Cindy Marks, Modesto City Schools District Board of Education in Region 8, took office as CSBA’s president.

CSBA kicks off Stand Up For Education: Your help needed

5 December 2012 - School board members, administrators, teachers, parents, students and others are encouraged to share their personal stories about why they believe in public schools and Stand Up For Education.

CSBA, NSBA ramp up drive to oppose automatic federal funding cuts

20 November 2012 - CSBA and other advocates for public education are urging governance teams to tell Congress to act now to avoid the automatic and devastating cuts to virtually every federal program under the Budget Control Act of 2011, also known as sequestration.

CSBA at the table in talks on Brown’s weighted student funding formula

20 November 2012 - CSBA joined dozens of other education officials invited to the table this month to provide input on a new funding model for schools based on a weighted student formula.

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Learning opportunities abound at AEC Pavilion

Returning to the Pavilion area at CSBA’s Annual Education Conference and Trade Show are popular informal training sessions that answer questions, introduce innovative solutions, and preview CSBA products and services.

Focus on fluency for EL students

California schools, working to help non-native English speakers progress more rapidly toward proficiency, will find help at several of CSBA’s Annual Education Conference and Trade Show presentations in San Francisco Nov. 29-Dec. 1.

Vantage point: It’s the budget, stupid!

Do we ever talk about anything else except the budget? During the more than 30 years I have been involved in public education in California, we have never had adequate funding for our schools.

Call for nominations for Delegate Assembly

Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, is the deadline to submit nominations and candidate biographical sketch forms for prospective members and incumbent members of CSBA’s Delegate Assembly.

Forecast Webcast is Jan. 17

CSBA Executive Director Vernon M. Billy will moderate a panel discussion of education and economic issues following the election.