Member advocacy materials

• Key messages: Governor and legislators create local crises for public schools (6-18-09)
• Fast Facts: California has fewer state employees per capita (6-18-09)
• Fast Facts: California is NOT a high tax state (6-18-09) 
• Fast Facts: California's schools are UNDER administered (6-18-09) 
• Fast Facts: California's students lack support services (6-18-09) 
• Fast Facts: California's student-teacher ratio is very high (6-18-09)
• Fast Facts: ARRA Funding (6-18-09)  
• Activities list
• California State Senators listing
• California State Assembly Members listing

CSBA Budget Resources

• Budget update: Budget Conference Committee approves $3.2 billion in education cuts
• Budget update:  Voter anger sets state for action (5-21-09)
• August Certificated Layoff Window (May 2009)
• Legislature approves a budget: Schools facing major reductions: Analysis from CSBA's Governmental Relations Department
• Budget Alert - Call to Action 
• ELA update: Certificated layoffs (UPDATED: 01-13-09)
• ELA update: Guidlines for lobbying (UPDATED: 2-26-08)
• ‘Colossal budget gap’ puts state ‘on the edge’
• Budget imbroglio takes new twists and turns: Analysis from CSBA’s Governmental Relations Department
• Budget woes worsen as new year begins     

Education Coalition resources

• Education Coalition Web site ProtectOurStudents.org

CSBA members take action

CSBA members are utilizing the above sample advocacy materials to educate the public about the negative impacts of Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget.  Below are some of the news stories, opinion editorials, video clips and letters-to-the-editor generated by CSBA members through their advocacy efforts.  CSBA applauds its members for taking a proactive role in helping get our message out to the public.

• Mary Haffner, Board President, Ventura USD, Op-ed:  Removing politics and bureaucracy from education system (6-12-09)
• CSBA Region 1 Director Bob Berkowitz, Del Norte County USD: Op-ed:  Overhaul our state constitution, The Daily Triplicate, (5-28-09)
• CSBA Region 3 Delegate Cindi Clinton, Novato USD; San Rafael Schools Supt. Michael Watenpaugh; Reed Union SD Supt. Christine Carter; and Tamalpais Union HSD Board Member Ruth Dell, Op-ed: Reforms to fix state's budget crisis - Marin Independent Journal (1-28-09)
• Supt. Trudy Tuttle Arriaga, Ventura USD, Op-ed:  16,856 great reasons education funding matters in Ventura (1-24-09)
• Record of resolutions 
• John (Jack) W. Bedell, Director, CCBE President, Article: Rebuttal: public school funding (10-5-08)