| PTA Leaders and Advocates for Children! Below, you will see links to download the newest easy-to-use 4th District PTA advocacy resource. A-Team (4th District PTA Advocacy Committee) member Gisela Meier has put together a reproducible update on the current situation in California. Feel free to forward this to a PTA email list, copy it out for a PTA meeting, and use it as the basis for a meeting report. This report will be e-mailed to the 4th District Council Presidents. Let us know if it is helpful! The A-Team |
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February 2012 Governor's Budget proposes dramatic school funding change Potential 2012 Tax Initiatives Reminder: Sacramento Safari, March 26-27, Scheduled Speakers |
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January 2012 CAPTA Backs Initiative to Increase School Funding Who is Molly Munger? Reminder: It’s Time to Register for Sacramento Safari, March 26-27 |
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December 2011 Time To Get Ready for Sacramento Safari Visits to Local Legislators Core Standards are Coming to California Schools Elementary Students are not learning enough Science |
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November 2011 Mid Year Budget Cuts Lawsuit Is Filed Against State Budget Agreement Governor Brown signs Some Education Bills, Rejects Others |
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October 2011 2012 Election Changes - Redistricting and Primary Format Advocacy Speakers Bureau |
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September 2011 PTA and Politics Sacramento Safari Fourth District Advocacy Program |
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June 2011 Keep it going this Summer - Summer Advocacy The May Revise - Education recoups $3B, Basic Aid Districts Losing Money
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May 2011 6 Steps for building Advocates Resolutions passed at the 2011 CA State PTA Annual Convention
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April 2011 Viva la Resolution! Preparing Resolutions for the PTA Convention, and their importance to the PTA |
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March 2011 Putting Tax extensions on the Ballot |
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February 2011 ACLU lawsuit regarding student fees |
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January 2011 California education funding challenges Local advocacy makes the difference |
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December 2010 How a bill becomes law in California |
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November 2010 School governance roles - federal, state, county, local |
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October 2010 Questions to ask at a candidates' forum |
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September 2010 Help your community participate in the election process |
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May 2010 Lawsuit challenges constitutionality of state's education finance system |
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April 2010 CAPTA launches new action plan to fight education crisis PTA stands on school staffing or contract issues |
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March 2010 California education financing basics |
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January 2010 Safari & Roundtable 17 year olds eligible to register |
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November/December 2009 Race to the Top Governance reform efforts |
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October 2009 Race to the Top CAPTA - supported laws past Voter satisfaction poll results Reform efforts led by three groups |
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September 2009 Special leg session on schools Accountability Progress Report shows student improvement Statewide survey results |
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