2025
LEGAL
San Francisco Chronicle: Massive $4B sexual abuse settlement sends ‘tremors’ through California schools (4/8)
BUDGET
NBC Bay Area: How schools are impacted in Newsom's budget proposal (1/13)
KOGO News San Diego: Interview with CSBA President Bettye Lusk (1/7)
NBC Bay Area: State budget’s potential impact on schools (1/6)
KCBS/CBS Radio: Interview with CSBA President Bettye Lusk (1/6)
LEGISLATION
KTVU Fox 2: 2025 brings new school laws in California (1/7)
LEADERSHIP
2024
ADVOCACY
Mountain News: Rim school board meeting addresses challenges and good news (3/20)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Santa Cruz Sentinel: AI has become the latest digital threat (8/13)
CalMatters: California's two biggest school districts botched AI deals. Here are lessons from their mistakes (8/6)
ASSESSMENTS
Post News Group: California students make progress in key academic areas, but challenges remain (10/21)
CELLPHONES
The Associated Press: California becomes latest state to restrict student smartphone use at school (9/24)
Los Angeles Times: California orders schools to restrict cellphone use amid student distractions, anxiety (9/24)
Silicon Valley.com: California bill requiring schools to limit cellphone use awaits Governor's signature (8/30)
Los Angeles Times: Will students really get off cellphones? California's Phone-Free Schools Act, explained (8/30)
KTVU Fox 2: California lawmakers back bipartisan bill to limit smartphones at school (8/29)
KTLA 5: California schools may be required to restrict students' smartphone use on campus (8/29)
The Sacramento Bee: California legislators want school districts to limit, prohibit smartphone use in schools (8/29)
Fox News: Cellphone bans in some states' public schools take effect as experts point out pros and cons (8/25)
EdSource: Cellphone bans becoming more common in California schools (8/21)
NBC Bay Area: Banning phones in class (8/13)
KQED: Newsom urges schools to restrict phones in class. Many Bay Area campuses already do (8/13)
KQED FM: Cellphones in schools (8/13)
The Mercury News: Bay Area schools remain split on Newsom’s call for smartphone ban in schools (7/7)
CONDITIONS OF CHILDREN
USA Today: One school district stopped suspending kids for minor misbehavior. Here’s what happened (4/4)
ELECTION
EdSource: Lack of candidates means many Californians won’t vote for school board (10/22)
FACILITIES
Politico: Another school bond on the ropes (10/31)
KQED: These two Bay Area school bonds could help build teacher housing (10/28)
CalMatters: Does a proposed $10 billion bond favor richer California school districts? (7/2)
LEADERSHIP
The San Diego Union-Tribune: Solana Beach’s Debra Schade named President-elect of California School Boards Association (12/23)
GOLDEN AWARDS
SDNews: Grossmont Union High School District program captures award (12/29)
Fontana Herald News: Summit High School receives Golden Bell Award (12/20)
Winters Express: Apilado receives CSBA Golden Quill Award (10/25)
The Press Enterprise: Inland Empire schools win awards for innovative programs (1/2)
GOVERNANCE
EdSource: California School Boards Association names new president (12/10)
Sunny 98.1: Living better in San Diego — California School Boards Association brings annual conference to Anaheim (12/6)
Stocktonia: Chronic absenteeism an issue for SUSD board of trustees (8/24)
EdSource: What effective school boards get right (8/9)
LEGAL
Northern California Record: Appeals court: California law letting sex abuse victims sue school districts over decades old claims is constitutional (8/12)
LEGISLATION
Los Angeles Times: California’s new high school requirement: Balance a checkbook, manage credit, avoid scams (6/27)
The Sacramento Bee: Newsom wants to limit phones in schools. Which Sacramento-area districts already do? (6/18)
Lake County News: State legislative committee OKs school district fiscal health bill (4/19)
PROPOSTION 2
CNBC Los Angeles: Prop 2 would authorize $10B to build schools, colleges (10/28)
PROPOSITION 98 LAWSUIT
FOX San Francisco: California School Boards Association sues state (9/27)
KCBS-AM San Francisco: CSBA Proposition 98 lawsuit against state (9/27)
The Mercury News: California School Boards Association sues state over ‘unconstitutional’ budget revisions (9/27)
KNX-AM Los Angeles: CSBA files lawsuit over Prop. 98 budget maneuver (9/27)
FOX Monterey: California School Boards Association sues State (9/27)
EdSource: School boards association lawsuit claims provision in California budget deal is unconstitutional (9/26)
CalMatters: K-12 funding is guaranteed in California’s budget. School boards say Newsom jeopardized it (9/26)
Politico Pro: School boards sue California over latest education budget (9/26)
STAFFING
ABC San Diego: Staff cuts at local school districts (3/15)
WORKFORCE HOUSING
Noozhawk: Online panel considers workforce housing on school district property (9/28)
CalMatters: California is giving schools more homework: Build housing for teachers (8/13)
The Orange County Register: How OC schools could factor into a state plan to increase housing for teachers (8/5)
EdSource: California wants to accelerate schools’ efforts to build 2.3 million units of housing (7/31)
KQED: California schools keep losing teachers. The state wants to help build homes for them (7/30)
Santa Barbara Independent: Lompoc Unified School District pursuing workforce housing (5/17)
BUDGET
XEWT-TV San Diego Tijuana: Interview with CSBA President Albert Gonzalez (7/3)
Radio Bilingüe: The fight for school funding (7/2)
Spectrum 1 News Los Angeles: What California’s new budget deal means for its public schools (7/2)
CBS LA: How California's budget deal is impacting schools (7/2)
EdSource: Budget would require districts to post plans to educate kids in emergencies (7/2)
KNX AM: Interview with CSBA President Albert Gonzalez (7/1)
KMET 1490 AM/Soulivity TV: Interview with CSBA President Albert Gonzalez (6/30)
KCBS San Francisco: Interview with CSBA President Albert Gonzalez (6/30)
KQED: How will California's budget deficit impact schools? (6/11)
San Jose Spotlight: Santa Clara County could lose millions if Newsom changes law (6/4)
K-12 Dive: Newsom, union reach budget compromise after proposed cuts spark resistance (5/30)
The Mercury News: The details behind California teachers’ compromise with Gov. Newsom over education funding (5/30)
EdSource: Gov. Newsom, school groups settle funding fight, with some more money coming as IOUs (5/29)
Politico: Gavin Newsom and teachers union resolve their budget beef (5/28)
CalMatters, commentary: California’s budget deficit revives state’s everlasting battle over school funding (5/21)
EdSource: Teachers, school boards threaten to sure over Gov. Newsom’s fix to revenue shortfall (5/18)
The Mercury News: Educators call Gov. Gavin Newsom’s slash to school funding ‘unconstitutional’ (5/18)
Fox 40 Sacramento: Concerns over proposed state education cuts (5/16)
KPBS San Diego: Interview with CSBA PIO Troy Flint (5/16)
KPBS TV: Education budget cuts (5/16)
KMET LA/Soulivity: Preserve Prop 98 effort with CSBA’s Troy Flint (5/16)
Spectrum News: California’s budget impact on schools (5/14)
CBS Los Angeles: Interview with CSBA PIO Troy Flint (5/14)
KPAY Chico: Interview with CSBA PIO Troy Flint (5/14)
Santa Barbara News-Press Radio: Interview with CSBA PIO Troy Flint (5/13)
KUHL Ventura - Santa Maria: Interview with CSBA PIO Troy Flint (5/13)
KNBC LA: Interview with CSBA PIO Troy Flint(5/10)
The Mercury News: Newsom says state has $27 billion budget shortfall, but it can be balanced without raising taxes (5/10)
EdSource: Newsom again pledges to spare cuts for TK-12 and community colleges, but not for CSU and UC (5/10)
2023
AEC
Audacy: California School Boards Association hosts annual educational conference and trade show (12/4)
Fox 40: Helping students with trauma (12/4)
Spectrum News 1: Interview with CSBA Communications Chief Troy Flint (12/4)
Fox 40: Finding ways to increase student and educator success in the classroom (12/4)
KPBS: Students join statewide education leadership conference looking for school solutions (12/1)
EdSource: Students will participate in California School Boards Association conference, seeking solutions (12/1)
NBC Los Angeles: Still feeling the impact of COVID on schools (12/1)
Del Mar Times: Solana Beach schools trustee named Vice President of state association (12/1)
Fox40: California School Boards Association's member discusses the ever-adapting landscape of education in California (11/30)
NBC Bay Area: Education conference comes to San Francisco (11/30)
KCBS San Francisco: Interview with CSBA Communications Chief Troy Flint (11/28)
Santa Barbara News-Press Radio: Interview with CSBA Communications Chief Troy Flint (11/27)
GOLDEN AWARDS
The Downey Patriot: Downey Unified earns Golden Bell Award for excellence in education (12/21)
Visalia Times Delta: Visalia Unified School District battles back after years of infighting (12/6)
Fox Fresno: Visalia Unified board receives Golden Gavel (12/5)
Culver City Crossroads: CCUSD’s ethnic studies program recognized at California School Boards Association event (12/4)
KSBW8: Salinas-based program aimed at helping teens honored by state (12/4)
NBC Yuma/NBC Palm Springs: The Academies of Coachella Valley High School wins Golden Bell Award for CTE (12/4)
MNT San Francisco: San Mateo COE wins Golden Bell Award for environmental literacy (12/3)
ABC Monterey: Bob Hoover Academy receives Golden Bell Award (12/2)
BUDGET
EdSource: Newsom’s big bet on fixing California's poorest schools and narrowing achievement gaps (2/16)
EdSource: Will arts education cuts in proposed California budget have a big impact? (1/31)
Los Angeles Times: Newsom budget includes naloxone for middle and high schools while largely avoiding cuts (1/11)
EdSource: California schools, community colleges to face slight drop in funding, first in a decade (1/10)
Politico Pro: Why California schools aren’t sweating deficit projections (1/9)
CYBERSECURITY (NEWS COVERAGE)
KFROG 95.1: Assembly Bill 1023 will enhance cybersecurity for TK-12 schools (7/11)
KCRA 3: Assemblymember promotes bill to strengthen schools’ cybersecurity after Elk Grove Unified breach (6/26)
CBS Sacramento: California bill aims to expand cybersecurity protections to schools (6/26)
KCRA 3: School cybersecurity bill press conference preview (6/26)
KMIR-TV (Palm Springs): As cyber attacks continue to increase worldwide, California education officials met earlier today to discuss an upcoming cybersecurity bill (6/23)
KQCA-TV: Cybersecurity in schools (6/23)
KTXL: Improving Cybersecurity in California Schools (6/23)
KTVU-TV: Pushing to improve Cybersecurity in California School (6/23)
KTTV--TV (Los Angeles): CA bill aims to expand cybersecurity in school (6/23)
CYBERSECURITY (NEWS INTERVIEWS)
Spectrum 1 News: Strengthening cybersecurity in schools (8/9)
Sunny 98.1: Assembly Bill 1023 will enhance cybersecurity for TK-12 schools (7/11)
KOGO-AM (AUDIO): Cybersecurity bill aims to protect schools across California — interview with CSBA’s Troy Flint (6/26)
Fox 40: Cybersecurity bill aims to protect schools across California — interview with CSBA’s Troy Flint (6/23)
KPBS-FM (AUDIO): State leaders holding a press conference to push a pending law to increase cybersecurity in K-12 education (6/23)
KPBS-TV (San Diego): Cybersecurity bill aims to protect schools across California — interview with CSBA’s Troy Flint (6/23)
KGTV-TV (San Diego): State bill protects school districts from cybersecurity threats — interview with CSBA’s Troy Flint (6/23)
DISTRICTS/BOARDS
San Francisco Chronicle: OUSD strike: Close on pay, but far apart on these other issues (5/5)
Associated Press: Los Angeles school strike ends, but no deal announced (3/23)
EDUCATION WORKFORCE HOUSING
The Daily Journal: Redwood City School District studies teacher housing (12/28)
Education Week: More districts are building housing for teachers. Here’s what to know (11/22)
ENROLLMENT
ABC 10: California is seeing a decline in student enrollment. Here are the most affected districts in the Sacramento region (6/14)
FUNDING
EdSource: Many California districts yet to spend federal COVID relief despite deep, widespread learning loss (6/14)
EdSource: Two dozen views on LCFF: Is California's funding law working and what could improve it? (5/9)
GOVERNANCE
EdSource: Threats, stress and politics pushing school superintendents out the door (12/4)
Capitol Weekly: Education policy — the role of school boards (11/14)
ABC 10: School boards and politics (8/28)
CapRadio: Do Sacramento County school boards reflect student diversity? Here’s the breakdown. (3/2)
Ramona Sentinel: Ramona school board representative speaks up for her classmates (2/7)
LEGAL
Medill on The Hill: Supreme Court weighs whether government officials are censoring the public in violation of the First Amendment on social media accounts (10/31)
The 74: Tweeting or governing? Supreme Court tries to draw lines in school board case (10/31)
The San Diego Union-Tribune: A Scripps Ranch church hosted a controversial LGBTQ talk at a pulic school. Could the school say no? (2/27)
Napa Valley Register: California State Board of Education sued by school boards association for Mayacamas charter school decision (1/13)
LEGISLATION
Politico: Newsom to fine schools that ban books over race, sexual orientation (9/25)
Los Angeles Times: LGBTQ textbook bill signed into law amid growing culture wars (9/25)
ABC 10: California's new law barring book bans, explained (9/26)
2022
CSBA AEC 2022
KPBS-TV: (San Diego #26) - Coverage of Press Conference (12/1)
KPBS-FM: (San Diego #26) - Coverage of Press Conference (12/1)
BOARD MEETINGS
COVID-19
The Sacramento Bee, commentary: COVID wreaked havoc on California schools and students. Here’s how they can recover (12/23)
NBC Bay Area: Math, reading scores fell sharply during COVID-19 pandemic: Report (9/1)
Government Technology: California schools mostly on track with COVID relief spending (7/25)
EdSource: Analysis of COVID funding reveals California districts have spent little so far to address learning loss (7/15)
EdSource: Severe driver shortage leaves some California kids waiting at the school bus stop (3/4)
Politico: California official: Schools can return to remote learning due to staff shortages (1/13)
ENROLLMENT
Los Angeles Times: California kindergarten saw big enrollment drop during pandemic. What’s happening now? (9/27)
NBC 7 San Diego: San Diego Unified enrollment down from last year, state down for fifth year (1/12)
FACILITIES
EdSource: California school organizations urge veto of latest bill to remove lead in school water (9/15)
FUNDING
CalMatters: Problems plague California school district data system, putting funding at risk (9/13)
The Mercury News: California public schools receive record funding under state budget (7/2)
EdSource: Billions more for California schools, colleges under Newsom's revised budget (5/13)
San Francisco Chronicle: California schools to receive $635 million in grants to provide needy students with ‘wraparound’ support services (5/13)
San Francisco Chronicle: Schools ‘nearing their breaking point’ as Bay Area districts grapple with staffing, testing and masking challenges (1/11)
A Virtual Q&A - PTAs And School Booster Club Spending (1/26)
TRANSPORTATION
School Transportation News: California budget provides ‘historic’ funding to school transportation, questions remain (8/5)
Los Angeles Times: California is richer than ever. Why is it last in the nation for school bus access? (6/22)
Market Watch: School districts and hospitals are wading into the housing business and even becoming landlords to attract workers (6/21)
School Transportation News: Efforts to fully fund California student transportation advance (4/28)
STAFFING
CalMatters: Back to school: California Republicans bet big on local board races (8/17)
The Christian Science Monitor: New California law: Let teens sleep in on school days (8/17)
ELECTIONS
Spectrum News 1: Parenting to Politics: California parents campaign for school board (11/2)
The Sacramento Bee: These Sacramento-area parents were fed up with COVID closures. Now they’re running for office (9/28)
Antelope Valley Press: Bill package would reform special elections (8/29)
Courthouse News Services: California lawmakers set to tighten recall election rules (8/25)
CalMatters: Frustration spurs California parents to run for school boards (8/18)
POLITICS
San Francisco Chronicle: From critical race theory bans to anti-LGBTQ rules: Will conservatives transform California schools (8/22)
LEGISLATION
EdSource: Governor vetoes full-day and mandatory kindergarten bills (9/26)
NUTRITION
EdSource: LAUSD, CSBA and others call on Newsom to veto bill requiring schools to buy mostly US-grown food (8/31)
MEDIA
December 1: Spectrum News 1 (Los Angeles)
September 21: The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento)
September 13: THE FAN 97.9 (San Diego)
September 13: ALT 94.9 (San Diego)
September 13: 98.1 SUNNY (San Diego)
September 13: 96.5 KYXY (San Diego)
September 13: 103.7 KSON (San Diego)
September 13: KFRG (Los Angeles)
September 5: ABC 10 (Sacramento)
September 1: CBS Evening News (Nationwide)
August 31: CBS (San Diego)
August 24: SPECTRUM 1 NEWS (Los Angeles)
August 18: KXTV-TV (Sacramento)
August 18: KPAY-FM (Chico)
August 17: KCRA (Sacramento)
August 17: KQCA-TV (Sacramento)
August 17: KKFX-TV (Santa Barbara)
August 16: KSMA-AM (Los Angeles)
August 16: KSMA-AM (Los Angeles)
August 15: KPBS-FM (San Diego)
August 15: KPBS-FM (San Diego)
May 18: KCRA (Sacramento)
May 18: FOX40 (Sacramento)
May 18: KCRA (Sacramento)
February 26: KSON (San Diego)
February 24: KCBS-TV (Los Angeles)
February 23, 2022: EdSource
February 16, 2022: The Daily Californian
February 15, 2022: The Mercury News
February 15, 2022: KTVU-TV Fox 2 (San Francisco)
January 18, 2022: KZST (Sonoma County)
January 14, 2022: KSWB-TV (San Diego #29)
January 13, 2022: KNTV (San Francisco #6)
January 13, 2022: KCBS-TV (Los Angeles #2)
January 12, 2022: KCRA-TV (Sacramento)
January 12, 2022: KCBS-AM (San Francisco #4)
January 12, 2022: CBS-13 KYMA-TV (Sacramento)
January 11, 2022: CBS 8 (San Diego)
January 11, 2022: KGO 810 (San Francisco)
January 11, 2022: KGO TV (San Francisco #6)
January 11, 2022: KSMA-AM (Ventura - Santa Monica)
2021
KFRG-FM (Los Angeles / San Diego) (3/9/21)
KCAL-TV (Los Angeles) (3/7/21)
Harrison's Reality Check (National) (3/7/21)
KBAK-TV (Bakersfield) (3/7/21)
KUSI-TV (San Diego) (3/6/21)
KIDE-FM (Eureka) (3/5/21)
KTXL-TV (Sacramento) (3/5/21)
Public Policy Institute of California (3/4/21)
KNX-AM (Los Angeles) (3/4/21)
KRCR-TV (Redding) (3/4/21)
KPAY-FM (Chico) (3/4/21)
KNBC-TV (Los Angeles) (3/3/21)
KTLA-TV (Los Angeles) (3/3/21)
KOGO-AM (San Diego) (3/3/21)
Fox Business (National) (3/3/21)
KGO-AM (San Francisco) (3/2/21)
KABC-AM (Los Angeles) (3/2/21)
KTVU-TV (San Francisco) (3/2/21)
KQCA-TV (Sacramento) (3/2/21)
KKFX-TV (Santa Barbara) (3/2/21)
KTXL-TV (Sacramento) (3/2/21)
KRON (Los Angeles) (3/1/21)
Cap Radio (Sacramento) (3/1/21)
KUSI-TV (San Diego) (3/1/21)
KFBK-AM (Sacramento) (3/1/21)
KFRG-FM (Los Angeles) (3/1/21)
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KNX-AM (Los Angeles) (1/8/21)
2020
ABC (Sacramento) (9/16/2020)
KCBS (Long Beach) (9/15/2020)
FOX (San Diego) (9/14/2020)
RADIO SANTISIMO (Sacramento) (07/21/2020)
KSWB (San Diego) (07/20/2020)
KTXL (Sacramento) (07/20/2020)
KFI-AM (Los Angeles) (07/19/2020)
KUAN (San Diego) (07/17/2020)
KXTV (Sacramento) (07/17/2020)
KSWB (San Diego) (07/17/2020)
KCOY (Santa Barbara) (07/17/2020)
KMEX (Los Angeles) (07/16/2020)
KSTS (San Francisco) (07/16/2020)
KMIR (Palm Springs) (07/14/2020)
KERO-ABC (Bakersfield) (07/14/2020)
KFMB (San Diego) (07/13/2020)
KTLA (Los Angeles) (07/10/2020)
KPIX (San Francisco) (07/10/2020)
KGO-AM (San Francisco) (07/10/2020)
KFMB (San Diego) (07/09/2020)
KTVU (San Francisco) (07/09/2020)
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KNBC (Los Angeles) (07/09/2020)
KUSI (San Diego) (07/08/2020)
KTVU (San Diego) (07/08/2020)
KNBC (Los Angeles) (07/08/2020)
KMIR-TV (Palm Springs) (06/15/2020)
KXTV-TV (Sacramento) (06/15/2020)
ABC 10 News (San Diego) (06/12/2020)
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KTXL-TV (Sacramento) (05/18/2020)
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KNBC-TV (Los Angeles) (05/14/2020)
KSTS-TV (San Francisco) (05/13/2020)
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KOGO-AM (San Diego) (05/11/2020)
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KTVU-TV (San Francisco) (05/11/2020)
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KMIR-TV (Palm Springs) (05/07/2020)
KXTV-TV (Sacramento) (05/06/2020)
KTXL-TV (Sacramento) (05/05/2020)
KFMB-TV (San Diego) (05/05/2020)
KOGO-AM (San Diego) (05/05/2020)
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KGO-TV (San Francisco) (05/03/2020)
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KFBK-AM (Sacramento) (05/01/2020)
KTVU-TV (San Francisco) (05/01/2020)
2019
ACHIEVEMENT
The Sacramento Bee: California’s education challenge: Preparing students for jobs in a rapidly-changing world (4/21/19)
CHARTER SCHOOLS
EdSource: California's charter schools face uncertain future under new state law (9/10/19)
EdSource: Gov. Newsom proposes tighter rules on charter school enrollment (5/16/19)
CALmatters : Guest commentary: California must reform charter schools. Here’s how (5/6/19)
by CSBA President Emma Turner
San Mateo Daily Journal: Divisions form on California charter school policy bills (4/24/19)
San Diego Union-Tribune: California charter schools should follow transparency laws, attorney general says (1/4/19)
FACILITIES
EdSource:$13 billion state bond for school construction targeted for 2020 California ballot (6/20/19)
FUNDING
See also CSBA’s Full and Fair Funding Initiative
EdSource: School boards group committed to tax plan despite legislative setback (9/24/19)
Los Angeles Daily News, editorial: There could be dueling 2020 multi-billion dollar tax hikes on 2020 ballot (9/9/19)
Politico: California school leaders float $11B tax hike on companies, top earners (7/18/19)
EdSource: Gov. Newsom’s state budget resolves 3 California school boards’ lawsuits (7/9/19)
The Sacramento Bee: ‘Starvation diet’ for schools protested by California teachers, officials, students at Capitol (5/22/19)
Monterey Herald: Monterey Peninsula delegation heads to Sacramento for school funding (5/22/19)
Berkeleysider: Berkeley teachers to rally in Sacramento Wednesday; district says keep kids home (5/21/19)
Los Angeles Times: Commentary: Fighting for students, rallying for public schools (5/20/19)
EdSource: Majority of California voters favor tax increase on millionaires to fund schools, poll finds (5/20/19)
Santa Rosa Press-Democrat: County Superintendent Column: Our students deserve more (4/21/19)
Santa Clarita Valley Signal: Trending down, enrollment puts pinch on school budgets statewide (4/1/19)
EdSource: California’s K-12 enrollment drops again, charter schools see increase (3/28/19)
EdSource: Many California schools have police but no counselors, ACLU report finds (3/10/19)
GOVERNANCE
Fox 40: Newsom signs bill banning school suspensions for 'willful defiance' (9/10/19)
CALmatters: Later school bells, alternative testing: California lawmakers try again on quashed K-12 bills (4/18/19)
Public News Service: Education groups call for oversight of California state tax credits (4/17/19)
The Sacramento Bee: Who are 2019’s California Influencers and what can you expect from them? (Includes: CSBA CEO & Executive Director Vernon M. Billy)
EdSource: Renewed push underway to expand California's ban on some suspensions (2/27/19)
CBS: Lawmakers again pushing for later school start time (2/18/19)
Palo Alto Online: Governor names Stanford professor as state education board president (2/12/19)
San Mateo Daily Journal: Legislators dig in on Gov. Newsom’s budget proposal (1/12/2019)
San Diego Union-Tribune: Local school board members to lead statewide association (1/10/2019)
Palo Alto Online: Governor names Stanford professor as state education board president (2/12/2019)
CBS Sacramento: Lawmakers again pushing for later school start time (2/18/2019)
EdSource: Renewed push underway to expand California's ban on some suspensions (2/27/2019)
HIGHER EDUCATION
The Sacramento Bee: What one thing could make college more affordable? It’s not just lowering tuition (6/30/19)
PENSIONS
The Sacramento Bee: Gavin Newsom’s budget aims to spare California schools from some pension pain (6/12/2019)
K-12 Daily: Are pension costs creating a new school fiscal crisis? (5/1/2019)
EdSource: Gov. Newsom proposes to chip away at mountain of pension liability and ease school districts' burden (1/27/2019)
CALmatters: It didn’t fix the L.A. teacher strike, but Newsom’s pension idea would help schools, anyway (1/13/2019)
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Education Week: National School Boards Association Pushes for Federal Special Education Law Overhaul (3/5/2019)
The Sacramento Bee: Special education enrollment in California is up. No one can say exactly why (1/21/2019)
TEACHERS
The Sacramento Bee: ‘The root cause of teacher strikes is found not in Oakland or Los Angeles, but in Sacramento’ (6/3/2019)
The Sacramento Bee: Commentary: It’s not a surprise teachers are striking. It’s a surprise they didn’t happen sooner (5/26/2019)
LA School Report, commentary: California school board members to state lawmakers: Don’t make it harder to attract and recruit diverse, talented teachers (5/15/2019)
The Nation: The Oakland Teachers’ Strike Revealed California’s Education Crisis (3/18/2019)
CALmatters: ‘Lock the door and throw away the key’: As strike looms, LAUSD asks Newsom to intercede (1/11/2019)
California Healthline: Is striking for school nurses the way to go? (2/20/2019)
CNBC: California's housing affordability crisis looms over the state's problems with teachers (1/17/2019)
2018
Los Angeles Sentinel: Second Black and first Afro-Latino to lead CA Department of Education (12/18/2018)
San Mateo Daily Journal: Commentary, a commitment to equitable outcomes for all students (12/12/2018)
Daily Californian: Berkeley school district approves policy to expand access to free menstrual products (12/3/218)
Ed Source: New California coalition agrees on next steps to improve schools, student achievement (11/15/2018)
School Transportation News: California Association of School Transportation officials management forum (10/19/2018)
Education Dive: Pediatricians: Lenient California law regarding water testing endangers children (9/27/2018)
EdSource: Gaps in California law requiring schools to test for lead could leave children at risk (9/25/2018)
Cloverdale Reveille: Commentary, Navigating responsible drug regulation (9/24/2018)
Los Angeles Times: California Gov. Jerry Brown rejects bill to prohibit schools from starting before 8:30 a.m. (9/21/2018)
Pasadena Star News: Governor Brown signs area senator's suicide prevention legislation (9/13/2018)
San Francisco Chronicle: Should school start later? Sleepy kids, logistics at odds (9/12/2018)
EdSource: Both sides lobbying California governor on bill to delay school start time for teens (9/8/2018)
New York Times: California teenagers could sleep later under school start bill
(9/7/2018)
Santa Clarita Valley Signal: Changes proposed
(9/6/2018)
School Transportation News: Calif. state legislature passes bill to start school later
(9/5/2018)
The Sacramento Bee: Schools would start later under bill sent to California governor
(9/4/2018)
CALmatters: Last stop: On these 2018 California bills, it’s the governor’s call
(9/4/2018)
The Fresno Bee: Clovis Unified is already buying guns. Here’s where the money comes from (8/29/2018)
Red Bluff Daily News: Commentary, Board calls on legislature to better fund schools (8/28/2018)
K-12 Daily: Brown’s signature may end for-profit charters in CA
(8/27/2018)
California Newswire: Legislature approves McCarty measure to Ban for-profit charters (8/24/2018)
Los Angeles Times: Commentary: A quiet and important fight is brewing over how much must be spent on California's schools (8/20/2018)
Associated Press: California's school boards sue over education funding law (8/15/2018)
San Francisco Chronicle: As California schools wait for state bond money, districts fume at sluggish payouts (8/14/2018)
San Francisco Chronicle: Few California school districts have tested water for lead, even though it’s free
(8/13/2018)
California Health Line: The pluses and minuses of allowing medical marijuana at school (8/7/2018)
EdSource: After quarter century of rapid expansion, charter school growth slowing in California (8/16/2018)
K-12 Daily: New law streamlines credentialing of out-of-state teachers
(7/25/2018)
CALmatters: California teacher pension debt swamps school budgets (7/23/2018)
CALmatters: Don’t like your kid’s school district? Transferring could become easier—if they’re being bullied
(7/23/2018)
K-12 Daily: Opposing sides find agreement on charter transparency (7/23/2018)
Del Mar Times: Parents return to DMUSD board to ask for assault weapons ban in district resolution (7/12//18)
Santa Clarita Signal: Districts work to address policy for immigrants
(7/12//18)
Riverside Press-Enterprise: High school ethnic studies would be required in California under Riverside lawmaker’s bill (6/8/2018)
CSBA President Mike Walsh on Capital Public Radio (6/7/2018)
EdSource: From cradle to career: Newsom's vision for education reform in California (6/7/2018)
EdSource: Marshall Tuck and Tony Thurmond to square off in runoff for California schools chief (6/7/2018)
EdSource: California governor’s race: Dems agree on child care, higher spending; differ on districts rejecting charters based on financial impact (5/31/2018)
K-12 Daily: Analysis: opportunity to fight funding adequacy slips away (5/15/2018)
San Francisco Chronicle: Commentary, Supporting school libraries a real no-brainer
( 5/15/2018)
LA School Report: Gavin Newsom answers questions on education, children’s issues before Los Angeles forum for gubernatorial candidates (5/15/2018)
K-12 Daily: Bill takes another swing at promoting cultural expression (5/10/2018)
San Francisco Chronicle: California’s next governor will have plenty of school work (5/3/2018)
Pasadena Now: Suicide prevention legislation aimed at public, charter, and private schools passes California Senate (5/3/2018)
K-12 Daily: Face-off over testing flexibility looms (4/25/2018)
EdSource: African-American students would get extra aid under California’s K-12 funding formula in proposal before Legislature (4/17/2018)
Santa Clarita Signal: California gives schools direction to respond to immigration enforcement (4/5/2018)
EdSource: LA Unified board must seek more public input into new superintendent search (4/5/2018)
Monterey County Weekly: High-need schools countywide are taking a hard stance on a lack of funding (4/4/2018)
East Bay Times: Albany: School district urging residents to lobby state for more funds (4/3/2018)
Riverside Press-Enterprise: Riverside school board president elected to statewide board (4/3/2018)
Napa Valley Register: News from NVUSD (3/27/2018)
Santa Clarita Signal: Sulphur Springs Board considering resolution calling for fair funding of public schools (3/27/2018)
Mojave Daily Star: School boards ask state for 'full and fair funding for public education' (3/27/2018)
Mt. Shasta News: Mt. Shasta school district to survey parents on school security (3/22/2018)
Livermore Independent: Resolution asks state to raise school funding (3/16/2018)
Pasadena Now: Senator Portantino’s student suicide prevention bill passes Senate education committee (3/16/2018)
Fox 40: Student Considers Legal Action to Bring Religious Discussion into Science Class (3/9/2018)
Livermore Independent: Assemblywoman Baker named 2017 CSBA Legislator of the Year (3/9/2018)
Bloomberg: California's $83 Billion of bond debt isn't enough for some (3/6/2018)
West Sonoma Gazette: West Sonoma County High School board to call for more state spending on education (3/6/2018)
Gridley Herald: Cannabis addressed in Gridley schools board policy (3/2/2018)
San Diego Union-Tribune: School shooting, threats shine light on mental health (3/1/2018)
K-12 Daily: Ed. coalition seeks more money for schools (2/28/2018)
Rancho Santa Fe Review: San Dieguito board works toward more effective governance (2/28/2018)
Livermore Independent: PUSD urges state to increase school revenue (2/26/2018)
Lodi-News Sentinel: Lodi Unified board calls for more funding for public schools (2/26/2018)
Monterey Herald: MPUSD Teacher Recruitment Fair seems promising despite California teacher shortage crisis (2/26/2018)
Los Angeles Times: Burbank board urges state legislature to provide more funding (2/20/2018)
Manteca Bulletin: District pushing for more realistic state funding (2/20/2018)
Ventura County Star: Editorial, Time for a new narrative on teaching (2/20/2018)
KALW: What's behind the country's public education funding crisis? (2/22/2018)
Ventura County Star: Editorial, Time for a new narrative on teaching (2/17/2018)
Ed Source: Countdown to expand ban on ‘willful defiance’ suspensions in California schools (2/15/2018)
San Diego Union-Tribune: Commentary, Back to School: School district budgets (2/15/2018)
Camarillo Acorn: New policy aimed at keeping campuses safe (2/16/2018)
Northern California Record: Appellate court rules how California's legislative branch can fund education mandates (2/12/2018)
Ventura County Star: Ventura County and California work to deal with shortage of credentialed teachers (2/9/2018)
Learning Policy Institute: Understaffed and underprepared: California districts report ongoing teacher shortages (2/6/2018)
Santa Clarita Signal: Saugus Board considering resolution calling for fair funding of public schools (2/6/2018)
Benicia Herald: BUSD trustees to vote on resolution requesting more money for California public schools
(1/30/2018)
Ukiah Daily News: Commentary, Planning and budgeting challenges of the LCAP (1/29/2018)
Gilroy Dispatch: California schools are underfunded compared to U.S.
(1/26/2018)
Orange County Register: Placentia-Yorba Linda district asking state to fund schools better
(1/26/2018)
East Bay Times: Piedmont school board gives initial OK to policies on sexual harassment, hate speech (1/26/2018)
Fairfield Republic: School board group says up to $40B more needed annually for quality education (1/23/2018)
Orange County Register: Placentia-Yorba Linda district asking state to fund schools better (1/25/2018)
EdSource: State must improve the California School Dashboard, not move the goalposts (1/18/2018)
Santa Clarita Signal: Brown’s budget projects increase in K-12, higher education spending (1/12/2018)
Santa Clarita Signal: Castaic Board considering resolution calling for fair funding for public schools (1/11/2018)
EdSource: Gov. Brown proposes ambitious education agenda in his final state budget (1/9/2018)