In preparation for the June 15 deadline to pass a budget bill, leadership in the Senate and Assembly have announced an agreement on the 2023–24 budget. Each house has put its initial budget legislation into print as Assembly Bill 101 and Senate Bill 101. The […]
CSBA-sponsored legislation made it through the most recent legislative gauntlet as the Senate and Assembly raced to finish their work last week before the June 2 deadline to pass bills out of their house of origin. The house of origin deadline marks the halfway point […]
By Erika Hoffman On June 3, President Joe Biden signed into law House Resolution 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, which suspends the U.S. government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling until 2025, thereby averting a default on the country’s debts. The House passed the legislation […]
May 19 was the Legislature’s deadline for fiscal committees to pass out bills introduced in their house. This means that the respective Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees had to dispense with their suspense files. CSBA-sponsored legislation sailed through this most recent legislative gauntlet on May 18. The […]
May 19 update: All three bills passed out of appropriations committees. Another major legislative deadline is looming on May 18 as the fiscal committees in each house consider their suspense file: a list of bills with a price tag of over $150,000 that are considered […]
With the first major legislative hurdle now in the rear view mirror, the dust is settling on which major education proposals will be moving forward following the April 28 deadline to pass out of policy committees. For most of these proposals, the next challenge will […]
Key education proposals are approaching their first do-or-die moment of the 2023–24 legislative year. April 28 marks the first policy committee deadline, the date by which all “fiscal bills” (those requiring an appropriation of funds) must pass out of their assigned policy committees and move […]
As the 2023 legislative session kicks into high gear, CSBA is advancing a substantial package of sponsored bills. Together, this set of priority legislation will help increase funding for student health, support small school districts in hiring sufficient administrative staff, increase support for districts facing […]
CSBA co-sponsored AB 906 seeks to increase funding for juvenile court and community schools Juvenile court schools and community schools provide important academic instruction as well as critical supports and services for some of California’s most at-risk students who have either fallen upon difficult times […]
On the heels of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s introduction of the 2023–24 Budget Proposal on Jan. 10, CSBA on Jan. 11 held a webinar to review the proposal and discuss its impact on local educational agencies. The Governor’s announcement came at a time when the state […]
