CEO/Executive Director CSBA, veteran, life long learner, Man of His Word, lover of history, wannabe Tech Geek. (my comments are my own, not RT)
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It is officially School Board Recognition month! CSBA wishes to acknowledge the more than 5,000 school board trustees who work to support the education and well-being of nearly 6 million public school students in the state. Thank you for your contributions to CA education!
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Delbert Cederquist, 90, the nation’s longest-serving school board member, died Dec. 15. He served as CSBA president in 1977, & “valued local control and non-partisanship for school board members ... He championed the needs of small, rural school districts” fresnobee.com/article2704042…
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CSBA's new research is an intensive examination of federal COVID relief spending for all CA districts & COEs —it shows that despite red tape & economic challenges, LEAs have overwhelmingly applied funds to support student needs. csba.org/covid_spending_repo… @EdSource @educationweek
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“We had to be very strategic about how we were going to use those [COVID relief] funds for long-term sustainability,” said Greenfield Unified School District Superintendent @zjgalvan blog.csba.org/covid-relief-w…
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California is dead last nationally in the percentage of students who take the bus to school -- just 10% -- because the state still funds transportation at 1980s levels! It's time to change that and let students take the bus to school again. edsource.org/2022/bus-stops-…
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Members and Delegates from @FremontUSD and @SunnyvaleSD met with Congressman @RoKhanna on #thehill yesterday during the @CSBA_Now #Coast2Coast Trip advocating for our kids and communities at the Federal level! – at United States
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Get on the bus with AB 2933 the bill that pays 100% of local home-to-school transportation costs. AB 2933 passed the Education Committee with a unanimous, bipartisan 7-0 vote. Don’t let your representative miss the bus. Tell them to vote for AB 2933 so all kids can get to school!
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Great to see @CSBA_Now Delegates and Members from @SunnyvaleSD advocating for the kids this week in our Nation’s Capitol! #Coast2Coast #csba #advocacy
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“Are funds really based on student needs? Over and over again, adult politics come at the expense of student needs.” ~ Isa Sheikh, former @officialSCUSD student board member
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“If you want to attack someone, attack me. …If you want to go after someone, go after me. Don’t go after school board members, don’t go after these innocent folks trying the right damn thing.” --@GavinNewsom when asked who will enforce new statewide vax mandate for students.
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In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, CSBA CEO and Executive Director @Vbilly_CSBA discusses why the experiences of Asian Americans need more attention in schools #AAPIheritagemonth
blog.csba.org/aapimonth2/
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CA Teachers and school employees will receive vaccine in Phase 1B Tier One. As supply increases expect a timeline for Phase 1B to be announced. Education on safety and a streamline process will be the key in getting our state vaccinated. @SanDiegoCOE @CSBA_Now @SolanaBeachSD
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Coronavirus: South Korea closes schools again after biggest spike in weeks - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-52…
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This echoes what a state education coalition including @WeAreCTA and @CSBA_Now said yesterday. They also warned that both teachers and families could be resistant to return to school in the fall without the proper resources for social distancing and cleaning.
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The Education Coalition makes it clear: Schools cannot physically reopen safely with the funding level proposed in the May Revision. @ACSA_info @CASBO @CCSESA @CSEA_Now @WeAreCTA @CaliforniaPTA @SEIU @CFTunion
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CSBA has been shouting this from the rooftops, and adding more voices to this chorus will help direct aid where it is most needed during this unprecedented time for public education. Here is what you can do: covid19.csba.org/covid-19/#a…
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"We don’t want to resume school at any cost or for the wrong reasons. We cannot jeopardize the safety of students because of the adult desire for a return to normalcy," CSBA CEO & Executive Director Vernon M. Billy writes in a new @CalMatters commentary.
calmatters.org/commentary/re…
Vernon Billy retweeted
Now that the May Revision has been released (summary at ebudget.ca.gov/FullBudgetSum…), what does it all mean for schools? Join CSBA CEO & Executive Director Vernon M. Billy and our team of experts to break it down with our webinar at 5 p.m. today.
Register: register.gotowebinar.com/reg…