Month: December 2022

By Tim Taylor, Executive Director, Small School Districts’ Association of California We are weeks away from Governor Newsom’s 2023-24 budget proposal. The state Legislative Analyst

“On Nov. 30, SCOE completed the purchase of a residential property on Juniper Avenue in the Bellevue neighborhood in southwest Santa Rosa next to the

Beginning in July, California schools and community colleges are projecting a $2.B deficit after years of record-high funding. There is anticipation that the state will

The $13.4M, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education is intended to lure students to the teaching profession, as well as help alleviate the teacher

The Small School Districts’ Association recently awarded Senator John Laird as the 2022 Legislator of the Year. The ceremony took place during the SSDA CBO/Fiscal Leadership Conference

“Researchers saw promising signs of a slow-moving rebound in student achievement this fall, more than a year after a dire spring where performance “bottomed out.”

The California Teachers Association distributed $1.8M to 125 affiliates to spend on local races. That investment seemed to have mostly paid off as union-backed candidates

A new report shows districts where students spent the most time learning remotely during the 2020-2021 school year lost at least half a million more

Topics covered in this month’s update include:   2022-24 Legislative Session Begins Preliminary Results of Local Bond Elections Transitional Kindergarten Facilities – SAB Provides Final

K-12 teacher shortages — one of the most disputed questions in education policy today — are an undeniable reality in some communities, a newly released