1.      Advocate for educational programs that will contribute to the long-term success of all students in CUSD

·        Advocate for the continued priority of smaller class sizes in grades K-12.

2.   Advocate for effective communication between parents, district

      administrators and the CUSD Board of Trustees

·        Encourage opportunities for parent participation in policy development discussions that affect all students.

·        Encourage individual Trustees to continue attending Legislative Team meetings.

3.   Support the exploration of methods to increase revenue for CUSD

·        Research and study options for increasing revenues, and then make appropriate recommendations.

4.   Advocate for school safety on all campuses

·        Urge CUSD to adopt policies that promote safe and nurturing environments in all schools.

·        Promote the anti-bullying education efforts as approved by CUCPTSA.

·        Advocate for maintaining appropriate levels of adult supervision on all campuses, including counselors, site administrators and support staff.

STATE

 1.      Advocate for California K-12 School Finance Reform

·        Advocate for adequate/increased school funding so there are no further cuts to education in the 2010-11 school year. 

·        Support efforts that would restructure school funding formulas so that no districts are at a funding disadvantage and are able to rely on more consistent and stable funding from year to year. This would include Equalization. 

·        Allow for greater local school district control and flexibility in operational and financial decision making.

·        Repay the Proposition 98 maintenance factor of $11.2 billion to all school districts in California as per the terms agreed upon in the July 2009 budget.

2.      Advocate for School Program Support Throughout California.  .

·        Support changes/reforms being sought by the federal government so that California is eligible to apply for a share of the $4.3 billion federal “Race to the Top” grant

·        Increase support for students in classrooms by advocating for ongoing flexibility with categorical funding or roll over into block grants.

·        Advocate for smaller class sizes in grades K-12.

·        Increase the ratio of academic counselors and school psychologists to students in schools.

FEDERAL

1.  Advocate for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 

·        Urge Congress to increase funding of the costs associated with complying with IDEA, per the commitment Congress made in 1975 when the law was originally enacted to provide IDEA with federal funding of 40%.

·        Raise awareness about special education and issues under IDEA and their impact on CUSD.

·        Urge Congress to expand and strengthen the parent involvement provisions in the reauthorization of ESEA/NCLB.

·        Support the adoption of growth models and other appropriate measurements to assess school performance with clear communication to parents regarding school performance issues.

·        Advocate for improvement of targeting resources to students and schools under ESEA/NCLB, and for adequate levels of funding for education and child-related programs.