CASBO provides its members with effective advocacy support by educating elected officials and policy makers about issues affecting public education finance, labor law changes, and student success.
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Sara Bachez and Elizabeth Esquivel
Jan 22, 2020
Understanding that legal jargon and election ballot information can be confusing to voters, there is an added complexity regarding two initiatives impacting public education in this year’s election cycles on March 3, 2020 and potentially on November 3, 2020.
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Jan 10, 2020
Today, Governor Newsom released the 2020-21 state budget that prioritizes addressing climate change, affordable health care, and housing. The state reserves have reached $21 billion to mitigate future economic challenges and continues the suspension of about $2 billion in programmatic expansions until July 1, 2023. The Governor’s economic forecast assumes federal approval of the Managed Care Organization (MCO) tax authorized in the 2019 Budget Act, with revenues reflecting in the 2021-22 fiscal year, which would maintain a structurally balanced budget through 2023-24.
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