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ACSA GR Speaks on State Budget, LCFF, State Ballot Initiatives and Advocacy
ACSA Superintendents Symposium Portola-De Anza Ballroom Monterey, CA
January 29 , 2014
Today’s Moderator & Presenters
• Sherry Griffith, Director Governmental Relations
• Adonai Mack, Legislative Advocate
• Kimberly Rodriguez, Legislative Advocate
• Laura Preston, Legislative Advocate
• Sal Villasenor, Legislative Advocate
What We Will Cover Today
• State Budget Elements and Impacts
• LCFF and the LCAP
• State Ballot Initiatives
• Advocacy Local and State
2014-15 State Budget: K-12 Proposal - Overview
• K-12 overall Prop 98 funding of $61.6 billion
• $5 billion in ongoing funding for categorical programs outside LCFF
• K‐12 Deferrals - $5.6 billion to eliminate remaining inter-year funding deferrals
• LCFF - $4.5 billion for school district and charter implementation and $25.9 million for COE implementation (fully funds COEs)
• COLA Increases - provides .86% increase to LCFF base grants and some remaining categorical programs
2014-15 State Budget: K-12 Proposal - Overview
• Prop 39 energy efficiency - $316 million for the second of a 5-year program
• $46.5 million increase for state testing programs
• Independent study reform
• School facility finance - funds shifts and reform
• Special Education - adjustments for growth and COLA
• Emergency Repair Program - increase of $188.1 million (one‐time)
Proposed Constitutional Amendments
• Governor proposes to strengthen Prop 58 (2004) and ACA 4 (Nov 2014) Rainy Day Fund
– Deposits into account when capital gains are more than 6.5% of total General Fund revenues
– Doubles maximum size of fund to 10% of revenues• Prop 98 reserve
– Also tied to variations in capital gains
Something’s Missing
• No funding for Common Core Implementation
• Adult Education Consortium
• MOE for CTE/ROCP
• STRS Unfunded Liability
• California Collaborative for Education Excellence
• Special Education Taskforce
LCFF and LCAP
• SBE unanimously approved emergency LCFF spending regulations and the LCAP template.
• Regulations allow districtwide and schoolwide expenditures of supplemental and concentration grant funds, provided school districts explain these expenditures in their LCAP.
– The level of detail in your explanation depends on the number of unduplicated pupils enrolled districtwide or schoolwide.
• The LCAP is a district-based document. Unique schoolsite services and goals must be included.
Next Steps in LCFF Implementation
• Over the next year, the SBE will conduct a permanent regulatory process and begin designing the evaluation rubric. The following are issues for consideration as part of this process:
– Better alignment between the LCAP Template and other state/federal planning requirements.
– Creating a “user-friendly” LCAP Template. – Elements of the evaluation rubric.
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Next Steps in LCFF Implementation
• California Collaborative for Education Excellence (CCEE) - $10 million allocated in the 2013-14 Budget Act
– What is the mission/goal? – What should the governance structure be?
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2014 State Ballot Initiatives
• Numerous ballot initiatives circulating impacting various policy matters including state pensions, charter schools, teacher evaluations and education funding.
• Many of them have sponsors and resources for qualifying and making it to the ballot while others will likely not qualify.
• Millions of dollars required to circulate for signatures and passage.
2014 State Ballot Initiatives
• Public Employees. Pension and Retiree Healthcare Benefits. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. Cleared for Circulation (Mayor Chuck Reed SJ)
• State School Funding. Timing of Distributions to Schools. Initiative Statute. Cleared for Circulation
• School Employees. Dismissal or Suspension for Egregious Misconduct. Initiative Statute. Cleared for Circulation (Ed Voice)
2014 State Ballot Initiatives
• Protection of Local School Revenues Act of 2014. Pending Review by Attorney General.
• The Stop Corporate Exploitation of Charter Schools Act. Pending Review by Attorney General. (CTA)
• High Quality Teachers Act of 2014. Pending Review by Attorney General. (Students First)
• The Highly Qualified Charter School Administrator and Teacher Act. Pending Review by Attorney General.(CTA)
2014 State Ballot Initiatives
• The Safe Neighborhood and Schools Act. Pending Review by Attorney General.
• Stop the $100 Billion Dollar High-Speed Rail and Reinvest in Education Act. Pending Review by Attorney General.
• Referendum to Overturn Non-Discrimination Requirements for School Programs and Activities (Repeal of AB 1266) Signature Verification Due Feb. 24, 2014
Major Policy Implications Within These State Ballot Initiatives
• CalSTRS
• School Funding
• Charter Schools
• Teacher Evaluations
• Tenure and Seniority
• Dismissals
• Student Gender Rights
Advocacy Regional & Statewide
• ACSA One Voice Initiative Areas
– Improving Student Outcomes by Implementing Common Core and 21st Century Learning Schools
– Creating Human Resource Processes that Support Meeting the Needs of Students
– Creating a Stable Funding System
Advocacy Across Regions and The State
• Use ACSA and its resources to build relationships and influence local and state policy– Legislation ACSA is supporting/Capwiz– ACSA PAC – Candidates & Issues– Legislative Action Day– Advocate in your local community– Participate in local media events – Special Lobby Days– Testify in Sacramento
• Effective advocacy is a year-round job
• Make a habit of advocacy
Questions?
For copies of this presentation: www.acsa.org
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