Legislation & Advocacy: Legislative Articles
01.04.10: SSDA Update
The Governor’s budget will be released on January 8. The Assembly Education Committee will meet this week to hear Senate Bill 4 of the 5 th Extraordinary Session which is the Senate/Administration’s proposal for the statutory . . . read more
09.16.09: Assembly Announces Education Special Session Committee
Bass Names Special Education Committee to Put California in Lead in President’s Race to the Top Program SACRAMENTO – Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) and Assembly Education Committee . . . read more
07.01.09: Qualified School Construction Bond Update
I encourage all small school districts that are looking for funding for energy conservation and energy generation projects (solar, etc.) to consider these almost interest free bonds as a method to pay for the energy efficiency and new . . . read more
06.23.09: Supreme Court Expands Access to Public School Funding for Private School Placements
Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court held that school districts could be subject to reimbursing parents for placements in private schools even if the child had never been in a public school special education program. While the decision does . . . read more
05.01.09: An Interesting Week in Sacramento
Quiet Deadline Week The past week was the deadline for passing fiscal bills from their first policy committees. If a bill with costs did not pass the first policy committee by today it is effectively dead. . . . read more
08.23.09: AB 844 Background Information
Summary Assembly Bill 844 (Villines) would provide school districts with limited flexibility for existing state mandated programs and would create a streamlined reimbursement process for new mandates. . . . read more
12.01.08: Legislature Convenes for Next Session
California Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg announced his priorities for the first half of the new legislative session. He outlined an aggressive agenda for the first 120-days of this session and for the budget adoption . . . read more
10.01.08: Governor Acts on Legislation
Governor Schwarzenegger has completed his signs and vetoes on the legislation awaiting his action: Click Here for Signed Legislation Click Here for Vetoed Legislation Click Here for Failed Legislation read more
August 19, 2008: Proposition 1B School Bus Replacement
The Air Resources Board (ARB) has released the final guidelines for the Proposition 1B school bus replacement funds. The following are excerpts from the guidelines. For the complete guidelines, please visit . . . read more
August 8, 2008: Legislative Update
Click here for an update on the status of significant legislation. read more
March 17, 2008 - Assembly Republicans Defeat Oil Tax For Schools
On March 12, the Assembly Republicans did not vote in support of legislation that would have imposed an oil severance tax and a windfall profits tax on oil companies operating and extracting oil in California. The legislative . . . read more
March 17, 2008 - Assembly School Finance Working Group
The Assembly Education Committee has established a School Finance Working Group that will look at categorical program consolidation, the revenue limit and general purpose school funding mechanism, as well as other school . . . read more
March 17, 2008 - Governor’s Commission on School Funding to Report
Staff from the Governor’s Commission on School Funding have indicated that they intend to present the Commission’s report to the Governor and the Legislature on Friday, March 14. This will be a response to the Stanford . . . read more
March 17, 2008 - Legislature Goes On Break
Legislature Goes On Break The Legislature started its spring recess on Thursday, March 13. They will return to Sacramento on March 24 to continue hearings on legislation and the State Budget. read more
