In 2024, CSBA began laying the groundwork for what eventually became the SOS for Student Achievement: Close the State Accountability Gap campaign. Backed by research, the approach calls for greater focus, alignment, efficiency and support in state operations, creating conditions conducive to success for school districts and county offices of education across California.
In the final days of budget negotiations, a new and alarming threat to Proposition 98 has emerged: a proposal to fold the private provider portion of the state’s preschool program into the same Prop 98 allocations that have traditionally supported TK–14 public schools.
On May 14, the Legislature’s respective Appropriations Committees dispensed with their suspense files. The suspense file compiles bills with a price tag of over $150,000 to be considered in bulk in order to assess their fiscal impact upon the state as a whole. Suspense hearings […]
The May Revise contains welcome provisions that will benefit public schools, including a 4.31 percent COLA for LCFF and a $2.4 billion ongoing increase for special education. Unfortunately, the Governor’s proposal masks an underfunding of the Prop 98 school funding guarantee and relies on the prolific use of one-time money to inflate funding levels in the short term without providing the stability and predictability schools need to plan effectively for student support.
Clarified the applicable standard for determining when the 2-year statute of limitations in special education matters begins.
When education leaders take the time to show up, share their stories and speak with clarity and purpose, they help shape policies that directly affect students’ lives. This truth was on full display when school board members and superintendents from across California gathered in Washington, D.C. from April 12-15 for the 2026 CSBA-ACSA Coast2Coast Federal Advocacy Trip.
A package of bills sponsored by the California School Boards Association (CSBA) to address the education system’s most pressing problems — including persistent achievement gaps and a lack of accountability for results at the state level — unanimously passed the Assembly Education Committee, with all four bills advancing […]
I had the opportunity to attend the Student and Community Voice AI Summit in Anaheim March 20-21, representing CSBA. The energy in the room was undeniable — students, educators, parents, technologists and community leaders all grappling with one central question: how do we ensure artificial intelligence (AI) serves our students, not the other way around?
On Jan. 15, the California Supreme Court issued a decision in City of Gilroy v. Superior Court of Santa Clara County, in which it clarified two issues related to the California Public Records Act (CPRA).
School districts and county offices of education must revise their policies to align with EC 234.7, as well as the Attorney General’s revised model policies language and upload them to a California Department of Education online portal by March 1, 2026.
