Following news on April 14 that a bill requiring student vaccinations against COVID-19 has been shelved, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced that evening that it will postpone the regulatory process used to require COVID vaccinations for public and private school attendance. The […]
“The time has come to make a change,” State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond said during a Feb. 10 press conference in support of Senate Bill 830. The bill, authored by Senator Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge), would move California’s education funding base away […]
As a member of a school board governance team, few situations are more sensitive than a district delivering March 15 layoff notices. The March 15 notice is a formal, written announcement from a school district to employees informing them that they may be released for […]
As the year draws to a close, the California State Senate and Assembly have unveiled their budget blueprints for 2022. As education stakeholders look ahead to the Governor’s January Budget Proposal and the beginning of negotiations between legislators and the Newsom administration in the new […]
Among the education bills signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom this year was Assembly Bill 599. Authored by Assemblymember Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles), this new law updates the criteria used to identify schools for annual inspection by a county superintendent for purposes of the settlement in Eliezer […]
Just a few days remain for Gov. Gavin Newsom to approve or veto legislation before the signing period ends on Oct. 10. Among the new laws the Governor has approved to date are several measures school leaders should be aware of: Senate Bill 270 (Durazo, […]
After an unusually quiet final night of the first year of the 2021—22 legislative session —made possible by COVID-era limits on the number of bills and an ambitious budget that absorbed some of this year’s biggest policy proposals — the Legislature recessed for the rest […]
On July 9, 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the Education Budget Trailer bill, Assembly Bill 130, which contains several revisions to the Education Code provisions regarding independent study. Because it is a trailer bill, AB 130 became effective immediately. CSBA will issue an update to […]
Since Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency due to COVID-19 on March 4, 2020, he has issued more than 60 executive orders to address pandemic-related issues. Executive orders are issued by the Governor to require action by various state agencies and to order […]
The Assembly and Senate on June 1 announced a budget deal and will now begin final negotiations with Gov. Gavin Newsom to work out the main differences between the proposed May Revision and the Legislature’s revisions. The Legislature’s proposal has some good news for schools, […]
