10 steps to Accelerate Progress in California’s Public Schools
10 steps to Accelerate Progress in California’s Public Schools
10 steps to Accelerate Progress in California’s Public Schools
CSBA welcomes Gov. Newsom to his new role as California’s chief executive and offers the following suggestions on how he can best support public schools:
- Boost early childhood education by supporting quality, evidenced-based pre-K programs without forcing districts to further dilute the resources currently committed to K-12 students
- Fund initiatives to help address teacher recruitment and retention, such as student loan forgiveness, incentive programs and expanded teacher preparation and pathway strategies like fast-track credentialing and residency programs
- Support programs and proposals that fund full-service community schools, including funding for technical assistance to help local districts and county offices of education apply for federal funding
- Ensure funding and equitable access for vital STEM -related curriculum, professional development, instruction and support — especially for students from low-income or English learner backgrounds
- Provide ongoing Local Control Funding Formula funding to address persistent achievement gaps for California’s lowest-performing student subgroups
- Support programs and proposals that use the English Learner Roadmap as a guide for English learners — including bilingual instruction
- Help offset increasing employer pension contribution rates by ensuring funding from the state General Fund (outside of Proposition 98)
- Uphold the will of the voters and support students by promptly authorizing the release of the full $7 billion in K-12 school facilities construction and modernization funds (approved by voters in 2016)
- Help meet the goal of moving California to the top ten in state education funding by introducing language as part of the State Budget increasing the LCFF base grant targets
- Request that the Legislature introduce a Constitutional amendment to raise education funding to the national average by 2020 and to the average of the top 10 states by 2025
CSBA welcomes Gov. Newsom to his new role as California’s chief executive and offers the following suggestions on how he can best support public schools:
- Boost early childhood education by supporting quality, evidenced-based pre-K programs without forcing districts to further dilute the resources currently committed to K-12 students
- Fund initiatives to help address teacher recruitment and retention, such as student loan forgiveness, incentive programs and expanded teacher preparation and pathway strategies like fast-track credentialing and residency programs
- Support programs and proposals that fund full-service community schools, including funding for technical assistance to help local districts and county offices of education apply for federal funding
- Ensure funding and equitable access for vital STEM -related curriculum, professional development, instruction and support — especially for students from low-income or English learner backgrounds
- Provide ongoing Local Control Funding Formula funding to address persistent achievement gaps for California’s lowest-performing student subgroups
- Support programs and proposals that use the English Learner Roadmap as a guide for English learners — including bilingual instruction
- Help offset increasing employer pension contribution rates by ensuring funding from the state General Fund (outside of Proposition 98)
- Uphold the will of the voters and support students by promptly authorizing the release of the full $7 billion in K-12 school facilities construction and modernization funds (approved by voters in 2016)
- Help meet the goal of moving California to the top ten in state education funding by introducing language as part of the State Budget increasing the LCFF base grant targets
- Request that the Legislature introduce a Constitutional amendment to raise education funding to the national average by 2020 and to the average of the top 10 states by 2025
