California School Boards Association (CSBA)

May 19, 2015

School districts struggling to get reserves cap repealed

Current law limits the amount of money districts can keep in reserves.

March 26, 2015

Schools wait for millions in reimbursement for Medi-Cal outreach

Federal agency froze payments after audit found unallowable claims.

January 29, 2015

Districts seeking reimbursement for Common Core test costs

The state could be liable for as much as $1 billion per year in costs if a group of school districts succeeds in winning reimbursement for expenses associated with the implementation of computer-based tests in the Common Core and other new state standards.

John Fensterwald

Policy & Finance

January 28, 2015

Poll shows residents split on whether to extend tax increases

Californians are divided on whether to extend the temporary tax increases approved by voters under Proposition 30 that have helped lift schools out of the recession, according to a poll released Wednesday by the Public Policy Institute of California.

Susan Frey

School Finance

January 22, 2015

LAO backs repealing cap on districts' reserves

The California School Boards Association’s campaign to persuade the Legislature to reverse a cap on school district reserves got a boost this week when the Legislative Analyst’s Office issued a report endorsing a repeal.

John Fensterwald

School Finance

December 1, 2014

Districts press to repeal cap on reserves

The California School Boards Association wasted no time in reissuing its call for the Legislature to repeal the cap on school districts’ budget reserves, which the association calls fiscally irresponsible.

John Fensterwald

Student Health

October 19, 2014

National school boards group ends tobacco partnership

Jane Meredith Adams

School Finance

October 7, 2014

Education groups withhold support of rainy day fund

Gov. Jerry Brown won’t have key education groups helping him make the case to voters for a bigger and more restrictive state rainy day fund. The most he can count on is they won’t actively campaign against it.

John Fensterwald

Discipline

September 28, 2014

New law limits student discipline measure

A new law that limits the use of “willful defiance” as a reason to expel or suspend students signifies a growing commitment on the part of the state to find more positive approaches to disciplining students.

Susan Frey

Legislation

September 10, 2014

New funding law could raise cost of textbooks

For decades, the state Department of Education has provided free braille and large-print textbooks to visually impaired students. But under the new school finance law, spending authority has shifted from Sacramento to school districts, including the responsibility for choosing and purchasing general education textbooks.

Jane Meredith Adams

Local Control Funding Formula

August 28, 2014

Single word at heart of regulatory debate

The State Board of Education next week will consider and possibly settle a debate over one word in the proposed final regulations for the Local Control Funding Formula. The decision would end a year-long disagreement over spending flexibility.