By Jeff Pelzel California educators have faced a significant challenge on the journey to academic growth: the persistent teacher shortage. Just as things seemed to be looking up after a seven-year increase, there was a 16 percent dip in newly issued teaching credentials, according to […]
By Chris Reefe, CSBA Legislative Director On Dec. 7, the state’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) issued its long-awaited Fiscal Outlook for the 2024–25 fiscal year. The report offered a revised — and extremely sobering — projection of the state budget and significantly more detail […]
By Susan Markarian, CSBA President American poet and journalist Carl Sandburg said, “Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.” I relate to this sentiment because the past four decades of my life as a school […]
By Property Planning Solutions by DCG Strategies School districts have always sought to recruit and retain the best and brightest to educate our children. But over the past few decades, there has been a steady and alarming increase in high-quality teacher shortages across the state. […]
Submitted by the California Student Aid Commission California recently completed the first financial aid cycle since the launch of the All In for FAFSA/CA Dream Act campaign supporting California’s universal financial aid participation law. This state law requires local educational agencies, including charter schools, to […]
By Natalie Walrond Ensuring students get a high-quality education is about much more than textbooks and lesson plans. School leaders also have a responsibility to foster a positive and inclusive school climate where every student can thrive emotionally, socially and academically. School climate encompasses the […]
by Alma Castro The California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) and six local educational agencies collaborated to implement the Multilingual California Project (MCaP), an Educator Workforce Investment Grant awarded to CABE and partners by the California Department of Education in 2020. The grant was awarded […]
On Sept. 18, 2023, the Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District of California issued its opinion reversing the Sacramento County Superior Court’s order of dismissal of a wrongful death complaint against Elk Grove Unified School District (EGUSD). The plaintiffs sued EGUSD for the […]
By Susan Markarian A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of speaking at a press conference in support of Assembly Bill 1023 (Papan, D-San Mateo), a CSBA-sponsored bill that will help protect schools from cyberattacks and data theft. The media was well represented at […]
By Erika Hoffman, CSBA Deputy Legislative Director for State and Federal Programs Congress returned from its two-week holiday break on July 10 and will be going full speed to get work done before they take their summer recess in August. On July 13, the House […]
