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Education Issues Brief 2006

California School Boards Association

CSBA Website, 2006

The California School Boards Association is a collaborative group of virtually all of the state’s more than 1,000 school districts and county offices of education. It brings together school governing boards and their districts and county offices on behalf of California’s children.

CSBA is a member-driven association that supports the governance team — school board members, superintendents and senior administrative staff — in its complex leadership role. We develop, communicate and advocate the perspective of California school districts and county offices of education.

In 2006 there were 11 area of focus for CSBA. They were:

  1. Accountability and Assessment: Reconcile conflicting state and federal accountability systems.
  2. Charter Schools: Resolve issues related to evaluation and financial impact on school districts.
  3. Collective Bargaining: Balance employee rights and the rights of children.
  4. Curriculum: Address the local needs of this diverse state.
  5. Data: Provide reliable and comprehensive statewide data.
  6. English Learners: Focus on the larger array of factors that make a difference for EL academic achievement.
  7. Facilities: Address chronic underfunding of school facilities.
  8. Governance: Remove barriers on local control of resources.
  9. School Finance: Address disparity between funding and expected student outcomes.
  10. Special Education: Address fiscal pressure related to providing special education services.
  11. Teacher Preparation, Recruitment and Retention: Improve and ensure high-quality instruction for all students.

Each of the eleven areas has background, issues and a CSBA recommendation.

The entire 31 page PDF is here.

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