Overview

CSBA's federal legislative program plays a vital part in establishing the association as a proactive and significant force in setting California's agenda for public education in Washington D.C. The program applies the association's policies and platform to specific federal proposals and legislation in order to provide direction to CSBA staff and the Federal Relations Network in our state. Our goal is to communicate the association's priorities on education issues specifically impacting California public schools.

Federal Issues and Briefs

• Federal Issues Update presented to CSBA's Board of Directors (March 2012) 
• Federal Issues Update presented to CSBA's Board of Directors (January 2012)
• ACSA and CSBA Joint Resolution Calling for ESEA Regulatory Relief (November 2011)
• Public Education and the 112th Congress: A New Framework to Support Local School Boards in Achieving Academic Excellence for All Students (NSBA) 
• No Child Left Behind 

Federal Advocacy

• National School Boards Association's Federal Relations Network Homepage
• 2012 Federal Relations Network Conference (February 2012)
• CSBA's 2012 FRN Education Priorities: ESEA (February 2012) 
• CSBA's 2012 FRN Education Priorities: Federal Funding (February 2012) 
• CSBA's 2012 FRN Education Priorities: IDEA (February 2012) 
• CSBA's 2012 FRN Education Priorities: California Governor's Proposed State Budget for 2012-13 (February 2012) 
• Congressional Staff Briefing on the State Budget (February 2012)

Annual Education Conference Handouts

• Federal Policy Update 2011 Annual Education Conference: What You Need to Know (December 2011) 

Education Links

• U.S. Department of Education
• United States House of Representatives 
• U.S. House Education & the Workforce Committee
• United States Senate
• U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
• The White House
• Office of Management and Budget  
• National School Boards Association
  
• CSBA's Board Member Action Day