04/30/15
Joe Dixon, Past Chair and Tova Corman, C.A.S.H. Board Member, will be presenting at the following program on May 20 in Long Beach, CA. For more information go to http://www.cmaasc.org/.
~ C.A.S.H. Staff
Californians Willing to Borrow Big in 2016 to Help Schools
April 24, 2015
The following article was originally posted by KQED and written by John Myers on April 22, 2015 and is reprinted here with their permission.
[Editor’s Note: Periodically, we publish guest articles that we think inform readers on topics of interest. The article below by John Myers addresses Californian’s willingness to support a school facilities bond in 2016. Necessarily, the views and opinions of the author is his own, but we think the article below is interesting and informative.]
Message from the Chair – April 2015
April 21, 2015
State School Bond Initiative, Governor’s Executive Order on Water Conservation, and the NextGen Experience
In last month’s Message from the Chair, I introduced myself as your new Chair, talked about my personal and professional background, and outlined some of my priorities as Chair, including 21st Century classrooms and how they contribute to teaching and learning. In this month’s Message, we will get right to work on critical issues for the C.A.S.H. organization – the Californians for Quality Schools (CQS) Initiative and responding to the Governor’s Executive Order on water conservation.
Appointment of Senator Sharon Runner to the State Allocation Board
April 20, 2015
TO: ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS
The Office of Public School Construction (OPSC) is pleased to announce that Senator Sharon Runner has been appointed to the State Allocation Board. The OPSC welcomes the Senator back to the State Allocation Board and looks forward to working with her on school facilities issues.
~ C.A.S.H Staff
Bond Ratings vs Reserve Cap
04/20/15
A school district recently received the following: S&P specifically pointed to the state’s actions in setting the reserve cap trigger as a potential credit risk in two areas of the report. This gives a real-life example of how the reserve caps are seen as a negative with the rating agencies and how that can result in higher borrowing costs.