PTA Legislative Round Table

Please Join Us

Sixth District PTA Legislative Round Table

www.capta6.org

Thursday, November 12

7:00 to 8:30 pm

This year's Legislative Round Table will explore three topics:

• Adequate Funding: Even with the Prop 30 taxes, our funding is below average, and California's schools rank in the bottom 5. And those begin to expire in 2016! How can we restore long-term increased stable funding for our children's schools? 
  No great economy ever grew by disinvesting in education.
  -- Delaine Eastin, former State Superintendent of Public Instruction

• Investing in Early Childhood Education: $1 invested in early education saves $4 -$9 later. How can we increase accesss to high quality, affordable, early learning? 
  Children who enter school with poor academic skills rarely catch up; performance in the early years of school is highly predictive of achievement much later.
  -- Deborah Stipek, Judy Koch Professor of Education, Stanford

• Childhood Hunger in Santa Clara County: 1 out of every 3 children in Santa Clara County goes to bed hungry every night. How can we address this dilemma, in the heart of one of the wealthiest areas in the entire country? 
  One out of three children in Silicon Valley suffers from hunger.
  -- Second Harvest Food Bank

To inform our discussion, please [click here] for more on these topics. What can be done legislatively, or on the Nov. 2016 ballot? Come discuss these topics with our State Senators & Assemblymembers!

 

FUHSD Professional Learning Center (rear building)

Fremont Union High School District Office

589 W. Fremont Ave, Sunnyvale [map] [campus map]

Free

RSVP's appreciated, but not required

Send RSVP's & questions for legislators to advocacy@capta6.org

Pre-school action needed

There's time to put pre-school funding in the budget.

Please sign and share our petition: 

 http://capta6.org/petition

---------------------------------------

Governor Brown’s failure to invest in pre-school in his Budget Proposal is fiscally wasteful. He says he wishes to avoid expensive new programs.   It’s more expensive, however, not to fund pre-school. 

Every $1 spent on pre-school saves $7 by reducing remedial education and criminal justice costs, and by increasing high school graduation rates and future taxpayer earnings.

Since 1980, we’ve built nineteen prisons but only one university.  Half of the inmates in California prisons are high school dropouts. 

This fiscal wastefulness is magnified in California, where half our students grow up in poverty.  Forty to sixty percent of second and third graders are not grade-level proficient; those same children were behind when they started Kindergarten. 

Funding pre-school is a wise investment to avoid far greater future expenditures and to grow an educated, tax-paying base.

There's time to put pre-school funding in the budget. Please sign and share our petition: http://capta6.org/petition

Nancy Krop, Director of Legislation

Wendy Akers-Ghose, President

Sixth District PTA

"Serving the children of Santa Clara, Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties"

 

1290 Ridder Park Drive, M/C 214

San Jose, CA  95131-2304

650-858-6955

ACTION: Invest in Early Childhood Education!

Make your voice heard Contact your Assembly Member, Senator and Governor Ask them to make early learning a top state priority by including early childhood investments in the 2014 budget. Comprehensive early learning opportunities will provide our nation's youngest children the great start they need for success in school and life.  It only takes a minute or two to send a message to your elected officials.  Click below to take action now!

This legislative alert is being sent to subscribers of our Legislative Alerts, Sacramento Update and to all unit, council and district PTA presidents to share with their board members.

New Common Core Parent Toolkit Launches on PTA.org

National PTA has launched the Common Core Toolkit to help parents better understand Common Core State Standards and what students should be learning at each grade in order to graduate college- and career-ready. Available to PTA members at PTA.org/CommonCore, the kit includes a variety of resources related to the new standards, including Common Core history and basic information, assessment tools, parent guides, and  frequently asked questions.
The Common Core State Standards Initiative is an effort designed to improve educational outcomes for students by developing a set of consistent, voluntary, internationally-benchmarked academic standards in mathematics and English language arts. More than 45 states have formally adopted the Common Core State Standards, and National PTA has been at the forefront educating parents and communities about the new standards, their implementation, and the impact they will have on our children and schools.

Webinar THURS: Lobbying: Just Do It (Legally)

 Of interest to Advocacy, Legislation:.....

Dear Ive,

Lobbying: Just Do It (Legally) A Free IS Webinar Thursday, August 23 2-3 p.m. ET Learn the lobbying rules for nonprofits; give your mission a voice in policy debates while staying within the law.  Register Now

Lobbying. Too many charities and foundations are afraid of that word – or so afraid of "breaking the rules" that they just say no. But lobbying can be one of the most important parts of a successful public policy program, so we want you to be armed with the information you need to incorporate lobbying into your policy efforts.

Join us Thursday, August 23 for a free, interactive webinar on the lobbying rules for 501(c)(3)s. We'll discuss how to give your mission a voice in policy debates, while staying within the law.

This webinar is for advocates who are new to the sector and want to be sure they understand the rules. This webinar is also ideal for executive directors and board members who are thinking about getting started in lobbying.

In this webinar, you’ll learn:

• What counts as lobbying and what doesn't;
• What foundations can and cannot do, and how they can fund nonprofits who lobby;
• The most common misperceptions about nonprofit lobbying rules;
• How to calculate your lobbying limit;
• The difference between the "501(h) election" and the "insubstantial part" test; and
• How to document and report your lobbying expenditures.

A recent survey found that over half of government decision-makers and D.C. thought-leaders believe the ability of charitable nonprofits to engage in nonpartisan advocacy and lobbying has a significant impact on nonprofits' ability to achieve their missions. Yet, fewer than 20 percent of charities are doing any lobbying.

Register now for the August 23 lobbying rules webinar. Because this topic is so important, we are offering this special webinar to non-members for FREE. We encourage you to take advantage of this unique opportunity and sign up today!

For more information on this event, email the IS Public Policy Department. We look forward to your participation.

Sincerely,

The IS Public Policy Team

School Funding and Voter Engagement Workshop

Join this important Discussion!

How does California fund schools, colleges and universities?
What is the funding picture for 2012 and beyond?
Which strategies can activate our community for the 2012 elections?

School Funding and Voter Engagement Workshop
Date: Saturday, March 31^st, 2012 (1-4pm)
Location: Santa Clara County Office of Education (San Jose conference room)
1290 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, CA 95131
FREE, reservation required, details at: www.MyVoteOurFuture.org
or http://march31schoolfunding.eventbrite.com

Featuring two school funding experts:
Jonathan Kaplan, Senior Policy Analyst, California Budget Project
Kevin Gordon, President of School Innovation and Advocacy
Also
Joseph Di Salvo, president of the Santa Clara County Board of Education
Dr. Charles Weis, Santa Clara County Superintendent of Schools

Co-hosts: California Budget Project, De Anza College ICCE, Parents for Great Education, Santa Clara County Office of Education in partnership with Asian Law Alliance, California Teachers Association, Catholic Charities of Santa Clara, Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network and Working Partnership

Please share widely with your network....attached a flyer

__._,_.___

Attachment(s) from Hoi poon

1 of 1 File(s)

School Funding & Voter Engagement(1).pdf

Leap Into Action