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02.01.10: Obama to Seek Sweeping Change in ‘No Child’ Law

01.28.10: SAB Update

01.28.10: Finally Some Good News About Support For K-12 Education

01.25.10: SSDA Opposition Letter on Governor’s Budget

01.20.10: Budget Update

01.11.10: 2010-11 Budget -- More Detail

01.08.10: Governor Budget Includes a Negative COLA and Cuts $2.3 Billion From the Proposition 98 Guarantee 

01.06.10: Race to the Top, State of the State and Assembly Updates

01.04.10: SSDA Update

12.22.09: Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund

12.17.09: Compromise on Race To The Top? Not Yet

12.16.09: Mixed Message on State Economy

12.03.09: LAO Predicts Negative COLA

12.01.09: Community Day School Funding Deadline

11.24.09: Silver Linings in LAO Forecast

11.18.09: LAO Forecast Shows Mixed Data for Proposition 98 Funding

11.12.09: Race to the Top Rules Finalized 

11.11.09: State Controller Releases Revenue Report

11.05.09: Possible Funding Source for Community Day Schools

10.16.09: Status of Significant Legislation

10.14.09: USDA Rural Development Community Facilities Loan and Grant Program

10.14.09: USDA’s Rural Development Community Facilities Program

10.08.09: Federal Budget, ESEA, IDEA and More

10.08.09: Federal Guidelines are Established for $650 Million in Innovation Grants

10.05.09: Provision of Insulin to Children in Schools - Request for Information

09.29.09: New Survey Results on Teacher Recruitment and Retention in Rural Schools

09.21.09: ARRA Fiscal Reporting

09.21.09: Title 1 Comparability

09.18.09: Status of Significant Legislation

09.16.09: Assembly Announces Education Special Session Committee 

09.15.09: Governor's Press Release on Fiscal Stabilization Funds

08.26.09: QEIA Lobby Day Called by ACSA, SES and TSS

08.24.09: NREAC Teacher Recruitment and Retention Survey

08.21.09: Governor Calls Special Session on Education 

08.17.09: Recovery Funded Ultra-Low Interest Loans Available to Spur Economic Growth and Energy Efficiency Projects in California

08.14.09: Education Finance Districts

08.13.09: Department of Finance Revenue Report

08.11.09: State Controller Releases Summary

08.06.09: Community Day School Update

07.30.09: Deferred Maintenance Funding Continues

07.28.09: Is Now the Time to Sell School Sites?

07.28.09:Governor Signs 2009-10 State Budget

07.24.09: Legislature Acts

07.23.09: Assembly Releases Draft Floor Report - Edited 2:32 p.m. to include Final Report

07.21.09: Deal

07.17.09: Budget Deal Closer But Sticking Points Remain

07.15.09: Budget Deal Close

07.08.09: Manipulating Proposition 98 

07.07.09: No State Budget in Sight

07.02.09: Action Alert: Governor Proposes Suspension of Proposition 98

07.01.09: Qualified School Construction Bond Update

07.01.09: Education Cuts Not Made Before Deadline

06.30.09: Last Day for Legislature to Pass $3 Billion School Cut

06.24.09: State Budget Update

06.23.09: Supreme Court Expands Access to Public School Funding for Private School Placements

06.17.09: Budget Conference Committee Update

06.12.09: State Budget and Federal Stimulus Update

06.12.09: Assembly Member Chesbro Protecting Small School Districts

06.12.09: School Finance Deferral Relief for Small Districts

06.12.09: California Association of Realtors Opposes 55% School Parcel Tax Legislation

06.05.09: Budget Conference Committee Discusses Issues: Takes No Substantive Action

06.04.09: Federal Update

06.03.09: California Budget Project Releases Tables for K-12

06.02.09: Budget Conference Committee regarding Transportation 

06.01.09: Immediate Action Requested

05.29.09: Urge Your Lawmakers to Support REAP Reauthorization Act

05.29.09: REAP Eligibility Spreadsheets Posted Online

05.21.09: Where Do We Go From Here?

05.15.09: May Revision Education Summary

05.11.09: More Deferrals on Horizon?

05.11.09: Title 1 Basic Grants Proposed To Be Cut

05.04.09: CDC Requests School District Information

05.01.09: An Interesting Week in Sacramento

08.23.09: AB 844 Background Information

04.23.09: Extreme Hardship Update

04.21.09: CDE SFSF Fund Update

04.13.09: SAB Funding Update

04.13.09: Federal Funds

04.07.09: School Districts of Choice Legislation Update

04.03.09: IRS/Treasury Guidance on the Tax Credit Bonds

03.27.09: SAB Action on Deferred Maintenance

03.27.09: Tax Cuts and Expenditure Increases Not Triggered

03.25.09: Supplement or Supplant?

03.13.09: The Bad News Keeps Coming

03.11.09: State Revenues Projected to Continue Slide

03.10.09: Flexibility Survey

03.09.09: SSDA Special Election Recommendations

03.06.09: AB 844 Request for Action

State Allocation Board Update

Can School Districts Initiate Another Round of Certificated Employee Layoffs after March 15?

Districts of Choice Update

02.20.09: Resolution of Thanks

02.19.09: State Budget Update

02.17.09: State Budget Update

02.15.09: State Budget Update

02.13.09: Stimulus Update

02.10.09: Federal Advocacy Update

02.07.09: Senate to Vote on Scaled Down Stimulus Package

02.06.09: Districts of Choice Survey

01.30.2009: Federal Update

01.21.09: Potential Federal Funding for School Emergency Repair and Renovation

01.15.09: Federal Stimulus Detail

01.14.09: Maybe Good News?

01.12.09: Proposition 1B School Bus Program Funding

01.12.09: Budget Update

01.08.09: Over the Cliff – What’s at the Bottom?

01.06.09: Budget Update

01.05.09: CTA Submits Public School Investment and Accountability Act

12.31.08: Governor Releases Draft 2009-10 State Budget Proposal

12.19.08: State Budget Update

12.17.08: Pooled Money Investment Board Freezes Fund Releases

12.17.08: Looking to the Future

12.16.08: Republican Caucus Propose $10.6 billion K-14 Education Hit

12.11.08: State Cash Flow Problem and School Facility Funding

Don't Panic

12.04.08: Lottery Sales Drop

12.01.08: Legislature Convenes for Next Session

LAO Special Session Report- Lower Cuts for Education

11.06.08: Governor's Press Conference on Budget

11.05.08: When is News not News?

10.30.08: Tax Increase in Special Session? Don’t Bet On It...

10.29.08: What’s on the Special Session Agenda and How Big Is the Deficit?

10.22.2008: California Special Session in November?

10.07.08: More Challenges Ahead

10.01.08: Governor Acts on Legislation

09.23.08: Governor's Enacted Budget - Total K-12 Funding

09.23.08: Secure Rural Schools Vote

09.19.08: Budget Deal Reached

State Budget Detail and Veto

09.16.08: 2008-09 Budget Passed – Time Bomb for 2009-10

09.11.08: Budget Update

09.09.08: Senate Rejects Republican Budget Proposal

09.04.08: Assembly Budget Committee Hears Republican Budget Proposal

09.03.08: Status of Significant Legislation

09.02.08: State Budget Update

August 22, 2008: Budget Update

August 19, 2008: Proposition 1B School Bus Replacement

August 14, 2008: Action Alert: AB 2783

August 8, 2008: Legislative Update

July 24, 2008: Secure Rural School and Community Self-Determination Act

July 21, 2008: State Ends 2007-08 Barely Above Estimates

July 9, 2008: Budget Conference Committee Acts: Don’t Believe It

June 27, 2008: Medicaid Cuts Blocked

 

 

 

 
 

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