Acsa gr speaks on state budget lcff state ballot initiatives and advocacy
Transcript of Acsa gr speaks on state budget lcff state ballot initiatives and advocacy
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