By CSBA Legislative Advocate Carlos Machado Assembly Bill 1390, authored by Assemblymember José Luis Solache, Jr. (D-Lynwood), received bipartisan support from the Assembly last week. Passed on a vote of 61-2, the bill moves to the Senate for consideration. CSBA-sponsored AB 1390 would update the […]
While families and school leaders alike agree that regularly attending class is vital to strong academic achievement, recent findings from the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health found parents weigh a number of competing priorities when it comes to keeping their high- […]
Forty-four percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ) individuals age 13-17 reported being food insecure in the past month and 51 percent reported experiencing houselessness at some point in their life, according to findings from The Trevor Project’s April research brief “The Impact of Houselessness and Food Insecurity on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People.”
As the rapid advancement and accessibility of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT transform how children interact, learn and socialize, researchers and parents alike have begun to question the impacts these shifts will have on children’s development and socialization. Despite potential benefits, some […]
By June 30, local educational agencies across the state will need to adopt one of four approved reading difficulties screeners for implementation in 2025–26. A May report from Californians Together and Teach Plus, Considerations and Suggestions When Adopting a Reading Difficulties Screener for Multilingual Learners, includes guiding questions for LEA leaders for adoption and implementation and other resources.
Sylvia Leong was elected as the CSBA Director-at-Large, API in 2022 and advocates for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) student needs statewide. She is serving her third term on the Cupertino Union School District board and serves as CSBA liaison to the Asian Pacific […]
By Chris Reefe, CSBA Legislative Director On May 23, the Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees took up their suspense files, collectively announcing the outcomes of nearly 1,100 legislative measures. Held nine days after the release of the Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May Budget Revise, where it […]
The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) recently released two fact sheets detailing college access and readiness throughout the state. Researchers found that the majority of California students graduate high school — thereby fulfilling one requirement for acceptance into one of the state’s four-year university […]
Though California and Texas serve similarly sized populations of English learners (ELs) in K-12, the states have their own educational approaches that lead to substantially different outcomes in how students grow both linguistically and academically, according to data.
Just ahead of Mental Health Awareness Month in May, Pew Research Center published its new report, Teens, Social Media and Mental Health, which found that an increasing number of teens find social media harmful.
