Legislative Committee

Purpose

The CCBE Legislative Committee reviews and takes positions on proposed legislation that affects county boards and county offices of education. This committee reviews all state and federal legislation that may impact county members and county offices of education. CCBE has developed a Legislative Policy Platform that focuses the organization’s lobbying efforts on behalf of county boards of education at the state and federal level. This is important because some legislative issues can be very specific to county boards and county offices of education. For example, years ago a bill that had originally included equalization for districts and county offices was passed after eliminating county offices. County offices are still waiting for the equalization of their funding and CCBE is lobbying to this effect.

Legislator of the Year Award

The legislative committee also nominates a Senator and/or Assembly Member for CCBE’s Outstanding Legislature of the Year Award. The committee sends a nomination form to each county board of education encouraging them to participate. Upon receipt and review of all nomination forms, the committee announces the winners at the beginning of the year and the award is presented to the Legislature at the Joint CSBA/CCBE Legislative Conference.

Award Recipients:

2000 – Assembly Member Rod Pacheco
2001 – Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg
2002 – No legislator of the year selected
2003 – Senator Jack O’Connell
2004 – Senator Dede Alpert, Assembly Member Gene Mullin, and Senator Chuck Poochigan
2005 – Assembly Member Lynn Daucher
2006 – Senator Joe Simitian and Assembly Member Joe Nation
2007 – Senator Jeff Denham
2008 – No legislator of the year selected
2009 – No legislator of the year selected

2010 Legislative Committee Members

Alexandria Coronado – Chair
Vic Marani – Co Chair
Rudell Freer
Felix Elizalde
Juliana Feriani
Sara Wilkins
    Federal Issues
    Alexandria Coronado – Chair
    Vic Marani
    Ken Berrick
    Felix Elizalde

Committee News/Resources

Where we stand:

Final Legislative Report of 2009 | (DOC)

Legislative Overview:

Legislative Process Overview | (DOC)

Policy Platform:

2009-2010 CCBE Policy Platform | (PDF)