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2 – 1 = ? | Where Do Assistant Principals Fit Into the Equation?

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Patrick Vincent • Date: March 7, 2024
Before working in education, I worked in the private sector as an HR manager for aerospace manufacturing firms in Los Angeles. My time on the...

Legislative Update | Feb. 26 – March 1, 2024

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: March 1, 2024
Today, March 1, is the last day to consider (or pass) opposite house bills (except initiatives and alternatives to initiatives, budgets and matters necessary to...

Legislative Update | Feb. 19-23, 2024

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: February 23, 2024
A collective “ugh” was felt by the education community this week at the Capitol as the House and Senate released their supplemental budgets. Education advocates...

Legislative Update | Feb. 12-16, 2024

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: February 16, 2024
Legislators grinded through some long hours to meet their deadline of February 13 when bills had to pass off the floor of the House or...

Legislative Update | Feb. 5-9, 2024

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: February 9, 2024
The Legislature continues its forward progress as they passed the halfway point of this year’s legislative session this week. A second cut-off date was reached...

Legislative Update | Jan. 29 – Feb. 2, 2024

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: February 2, 2024
We cleared the first big hurdle of this year’s legislative session this week when bills had to pass out of their policy committees. Bills with...

Legislative Update | January 22-26, 2024

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: January 26, 2024
This week, we reached the peak of new policy bills being heard in committees. The first significant cut-off of this year’s legislative session is next...

Legislative Update | January 15-19, 2024

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: January 19, 2024
It was another busy week in the Legislature as the House and Senate Education Committees continued hearing a plethora of bills related to special education...

Legislative Update | January 8-12, 2024

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: January 12, 2024
The 2024 Legislative Session kicked off this week, and it will be a 60-day sprint to the finish. Hundreds of new bills were pre-filed, hundreds...