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September 2013
 | Ann Luc and son Aaron stop for breakfast on the first day of school at Maeloa Beitzel Elementary in the Elk Grove Unified School District, one of 10 districts receiving S.D. Bechtel, Jr. grants to pilot implementation of the Common Core State Standards in math for K-8 students. |
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24 September 2013 - Two of the most significant and hotly contested education bills debated during the last days of the legislative session were Assembly Bill 375—which CSBA strongly opposes—and AB 484, which we support. Both were awaiting the governor’s decision at press time.
17 September 2013 - Two measures of deep concern moved to Gov. Jerry Brown. CSBA opposes Assembly Bill 375 (by Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo) on the teacher dismissal process and Senate Bill 344 (by Alex Padilla, D-Pacoima) on requirements related to the Local Control and Accountability Plans.
11 September 2013 - The state’s new Local Control Funding Formula dominated yesterday’s annual Back-to-School Webcast, with CSBA’s in-house experts and guest panelists shedding light on what State Board of Education member Sue Burr called “a seismic shift”—not just in how schools are funded but also in local flexibility and accountability.
11 September 2013 - Some of California’s leading education law firms—Premier-level CSBA Business Affiliates—are partnering with CSBA to bring their expertise to members in a three-part webcast series under the auspices of the Business Affiliates Program.
In California School News
Questions about the state's Local Control Funding Formula abound, so CSBA is launching a statewide effort to keep governance teams informed about how the new system impacts them.
The 2013-14 school year begins with promising results from the California High School Exit Exam, even while State Testing and Reporting results fell slightly and more schools than ever suffer under federal accountability measures.
Here we are into another school year—it’s exciting to see the buses and parents dropping their children off at school, eagerly anticipating what the future holds.
The big news wasn’t that scores on California’s annual Standardized Testing and Reporting assessments slipped by a fraction of a percentage point between the 2011-12 and 2012-13 school years, although after a decade of steady gains the decline is certainly cause for concern.
CSBA Legislative Advocate Andrea Ball and Teri Burns, senior director for Policy and Programs, recapped highlights of the regional input sessions on the CSBA blog in posts on Aug. 9 and 21.
Some of California’s leading education law firms—Premier-level CSBA Business Affiliates—are partnering with CSBA to bring their expertise to members in a three-part webcast series under the auspices of the Business Affiliates Program.
CSBA’s Annual Education Conference and Trade Show always offers a rich variety of presentations on compelling topics. No topic is more compelling this year than the Local Control Funding Formula that is transforming school budgeting and accountability, so it’s featured prominently in the schedule, as this summary shows. Thursday, Dec. 5
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