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 […]
Category: Legislature
CSBA-sponsored bills and other significant education measures pass suspense hearing hurdle
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 […]
Sponsored bills advance as Legislature takes up suspense file
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 […]
Major education proposals clear first legislative hurdle
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 […]
First major Legislative deadline approaches
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 […]
CSBA-sponsored bill package advances
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 bills for COEs, small school districts and cybersecurity receive boost from Legislative Action Week
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 […]
CSBA webinar explores Governor’s 2023–24 January Budget Proposal
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 […]
CSBA aims to preserve school funding in 2023
As the new year begins in the Capitol, all eyes are on Gov. Gavin Newsom as he prepares to release his January Budget Proposal. As required by the Constitution, the Governor must introduce the state’s proposed budget “within the first 10 days of each calendar […]
Legislative update: Early trends in election results
Just over a week has passed since the Nov. 8 general election, and while results are still trickling in, there are already some notable highlights for education. While polls closed on Nov. 8, county elections officials have 30 days from the date of the election […]






