Legislators to unveil bill package aimed at ending 30 years of stagnant student achievement and helping school districts close achievement gaps
Legislators and school boards association send “SOS for Student Achievement” with bills to close California’s accountability gap and provide state-level support needed for local success
Sacramento, CA — Today, March 17, Assemblymember and Education Committee Chair Darshana Patel, Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi, and Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom, along with the California School Boards Association (CSBA), will host a press event unveiling a bill package to transform state operations and provide greater support for school districts striving to close the achievement gap.
WHAT: Unveiling of SOS for Student Achievement: Close the state accountability gap Legislative Package
WHO:
• Assemblymember Darshana Patel
• Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom
• Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi
• Dr. Debra Schade, President, CSBA
• Vernon M. Billy, CEO & Executive Director, CSBA
• Local educators
WHEN: Tuesday, March 17 | 1 p.m.
WHERE: California State Capitol, 1315 10th St. Sacramento, CA 95814, Room 317
WHY: Currently, fewer than four in 10 California students are proficient in math, and only about half meet English language arts standards. For some student groups, proficiency rates remain between 20 and 30 percent. While school districts and county offices of education are held solely responsible for closing achievement gaps, the state controls major policy and funding decisions, and its systems remain fragmented and inconsistent. This creates a massive accountability gap: local leaders are expected to deliver positive student outcomes, but the state is not held accountable for whether its own policies, budgets and agencies are aligned to or effective in supporting local success.
CSBA’s four-bill legislative package encourages the state to create the conditions for local success by strengthening and aligning its own systems, policies, budgets, reports and support structures to help local educational agencies (LEAs) close achievement gaps.
"SOS for Student Achievement" Legislative Package summary
CSBA campaign overview
CSBA leaders will be available for interviews in person. Please contact tflint@csba.org to coordinate post-conference interviews with speakers.
CSBA is a nonprofit association representing nearly 1,000 PreK-12 school districts
and county offices of education throughout California.
www.csba.org