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CTA News

3/31/2013

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The latest from CTA News
Education Coalition Issues Statement of Principles on State
Budget  Proposal

The Education Coalition, a statewide group
whose  members, including CTA, represent more than one million parents,
educators,  principals, students, school employees, administrators, and school
board  members, has released a statement  of principles for the 2013-14 state
budget proposal. After five years of  cuts, the Coalition agrees it's time for
the state to begin restoring funds to  public education's base budgets so that
schools can get "back on the path of  providing high quality education services
to our students."

In regard to the governor's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), the
  Coalition is strongly urging the governor and lawmakers to consider the
  following principles as they make decisions about the 2013-14 spending
  plan:
 
1.     1. The long-term goal is to move
  California into the top 10 states in per-pupil funding.
2.     2. No school district or county office
  of education should experience any cuts.
3.     3. The budget should provide
  greater-needs students more resources for their education.
4.     4. Numerous logistical and policy
  challenges, including limited time to reconfigure data and student testing
  systems, would make  it difficult for some school districts to implement fully
  the LCFF in 2013-14.
5.     5. The LCFF must include sufficient
  transparency and accountability provisions.
6.     6. Lawmakers should examine closely
the  allocations local education entities would receive under LCFF and under a
  scenario with LCFF.

The Coalition also urges lawmakers to give proposed policy changes that are
  part of the governor's LCFF  budget plan the full policy hearings that
major changes normally receive.  Such policy hearings provide an opportunity for
all interested parties to  express their views and suggest changes where
appropriate, the Coalition  reports.

The LCFF moves toward a system that provides a base grant to all districts
  tied to average daily attendance and then adjusts allocations to account for
  differential expenses between grades. It also provides additional money for
  English learners, low-income students and foster kids.

In mid-May, the governor will release his May  Revision, an updated spending plan based on
newer estimates of state  revenues.  The state constitution requires lawmakers
to send the governor a  final budget by June 15.  The governor has until June 30
to sign the measure  into law.  The spending plan takes effect on July 1, the
start of the next  fiscal year.

Assembly Budget Subcommittee Urges Rejection of Governor's Adult
  Education Proposal


Members of the Assembly  Budget Subcommittee on Education on
March 19 recommended that lawmakers  reject the governor's proposal to move
Adult Education programs to the community  colleges. While the panelists support
increasing efficiency, they believe the  governor's proposal as presented is
"unworkable."

Assembly Member Susan Bonilla (D-Concord), who chairs the subcommittee, was
  among panel members who expressed grave concerns that the proposal could
  effectively end adult education services.

During the hearing, Assembly members said the proposed budget's
  appropriations for the community colleges to take over the leading role in
adult  education would not adequately fund the program. It was also noted that
the  governor's proposal does not provide a solid blueprint for accountability
for  the community colleges' governance of the program.

Among other concerns raised in testimony provided by a long line of
  opponents is that in coming years, the adult education system will be vital to
  providing the state's immigrant population with the classes necessary to master
  English and citizenship skills, as well as vital to training and retraining the
  state's workforce. 

Assembly Member Bonilla stressed that eliminating  adult education and laying off
teachers is not where the governor's proposal  should go.

Legislature Set to Work to Meet Measure Deadlines When Lawmakers
  Return on April 1


The Legislature is in recess this week. When lawmakers return on Monday,
  they will be working against deadlines for moving various kinds of measures.
The  first deadline is May 3, when policy committees (such as Assembly  Education and Senate  Labor and Industrial Relations) must
approve and send to fiscal committees  (such as Assembly  Appropriations and its Senate
counterpart, Senate  Appropriations) bills that have
significant costs attached to them.

That May 3 deadline has resulted in a large number of bills being
  considered in policy committees as early as April 3. 
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WUSD Board Packet, April 2, 2013

3/31/2013

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Support Retired Educators

3/24/2013

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http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/03/20/support-retired-educators-lobby-congress-on-social-security-offsets-gpo-and-wep/
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Pink Slips Around The County

3/14/2013

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http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20130314/ARTICLES/130319734/1350?Title=Teacher-layoff-warnings-plummet-except-in-Windsor
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Press Democrat Article

3/13/2013

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http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20130313/ARTICLES/130319819/1350?Title=Windsor-schools-issue-teacher-pink-slips
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Pink Friday!

3/13/2013

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Cali Calmecac would like to show support for all of the amazing teachers who will receive a PINK SLIP (or whatever color they may be) this week. You are very important to us and we support YOU!

FRIDAY, MARCH 15...WEAR SOMETHING, ANYTHING PINK.

I didn't have everyone's email so please forward as you see fit!

Please join us!
Amy Talley
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RIF Meeting for Employees

3/11/2013

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Administrative Survey

3/11/2013

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If you have not filled out the survey, please use this updated link:
http://www.mywdea.com/survey2.html

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Special Board Meeting 3/12/2103

3/11/2013

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CTA - RIF Information

3/11/2013

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http://blog.cta.org/2013/03/05/capitol-news-deadline-for-preliminary-layoff-notices-approaching/


Capitol News: Deadline for Preliminary Layoff Notices Approaching On March 15th every year, districts must give preliminary notice to certificated employees who may be laid off or non-renewed for the following year.  If you happened to receive a RIF notice this year, be sure to log in to our Legal section on the CTA website for a packet of valuable
resources to combat this affront on your profession.


Thanks to CTA legislative action last year and the passage of SB 1291 by Sen. Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa), educators who are laid off will soon be eligible for unemployment  compensation while they seek additional training, education or different credentials.  Substitute teachers working enough hours are also eligible for this assistance.

Specifically, SB 1291 makes eligible for unemployment payments a person who is a permanent or probationary public school teacher participating in an accredited credential preparation
program or training program for additional certification in math, science, or special education, for service in Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12.  The measure’s effective date, according to the state Assembly analysis, is January 2014.

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