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May 2010
 | CSBA President Frank Pugh presents U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, right, with a letter expressing the association's support for her legislation promoting preschool initiatives while CSBA Vice President Mary Boger looks on. The meeting took place in the President's Room at the U.S. Capitol during CSBA's recent Federal Issues Council trip to Washington, D.C. |
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25 May 2010 - CSBA staff and key Sacramento insiders provided detailed analyses of the fiscal challenges facing the state’s public schools.
20 May 2010 - Robles-Wong, et al. v. State of California asks the court to declare the current school funding system unconstitutional because it is not aligned with the goals the state requires of schools, is not based on the actual costs of providing the required education, and does not give all students an equal opportunity to learn to the same high standards.
18 May 2010 - The MOU commits participating LEAs to adopting common core standards, data-based evaluations of teachers and "alternative compensation schemes."
17 May 2010 - The May Revision, released by Governor Schwarzenegger today, proposes to balance a $19.1 billion General Fund deficit without raising taxes.
11 May 2010 - Local educational agencies must commit to participate by May 21.
4 May 2010 - After winning at the trial court level in 2008, CSBA’s Education Legal Alliance has now also prevailed against the State Board of Education’s appeal over the issue of requiring all eighth-grade students to be tested in Algebra I skills.
In California School News
CSBA’s Federal Issues Council was in Washington, D.C., in March for an intensive round of learning and lobbying on national education policy.
Frank Pugh is president of the California School Boards Association.
CSBA’s Federal Issues Council communicates concerns over the Obama administration’s priorities for K-12 school reform to the White House and Congress.
CSBA discusses reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act with the authors of two bills currently in Congress.
A long-sought meeting with Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, furthered the Federal Issues Council’s ongoing efforts to build alliances with a variety of nongovernmental organizations in the nation’s capital.
Briefing materials on topics discussed during the FIC's meetings in Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Department of Education outlines four ways to intervene in persistently underperforming schools.
Consultant Rick Miller and Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor will share their perspectives on the state's ongoing fiscal crisis and its effects on public schools.
CSBA and the Summer Meal Program Coalition work to increase the number of children fed during the months they are out of school.
The Celebrating Educational Opportunities for Students of All Cultures Conference was held in Phoenix, Arizona.
The Schools Targeted Energy Program helps schools make quick fixes that can reduce utility costs