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Governor Signs AB 48!

Governor Gavin Newsom held a signing ceremony yesterday for AB 48 (O’Donnell) – the $15 Billion Public Preschool, K-12, and College Health and Safety Bond Act of 2020.

School Board Resolutions Requested
We have prepared a sample School Board Resolution in support of AB 48. We are asking all School Districts, County Offices of Education and Community College Districts to please ask your Boards to pass a resolution in support.

Associate Members, please ensure your clients are aware of the importance of passing the $15 Billion Public Preschool, K-12, and College Health and Safety Bond Act of 2020 and request their boards pass a resolution in support.

Please send Board Resolutions to Aileen at adalen@m-w-h.com.  Thank you all for your ongoing support!
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URGENT ACTION NEEDED TODAY BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION TO PROTECT THE SCHOOL FACILITY PROGRAM FROM RADICAL CHANGES

The State School Facility Program (SFP) is under attack.  We need your immediate action to protect the SFP and state matching funds.  Governor Newsom’s Department of Finance (DOF)  is proposing amendments to AB 48 which would effectively end the current SFP. The amendments would also:

  • Reduce access to Developer Fees,
  • Create a new untested, unproven allocation system for New Construction and Modernization,
  • Stop accepting new applications for New Construction and Modernization until all Proposition 51 funds have been expended – which means for at least the next two years
  • Make many other changes all of which create uncertainty and no assurance that projects will be funded.

Please call your State Assembly Members and State Senators (click here to find your representatives) with the following messages:

I oppose the DOF proposed amendments to AB 48 that would change the SFP and hurt teachers, students and families of my school district.

I support AB 48 as proposed by Assembly Member O’Donnell and ask you to contact Speaker Rendon and President pro Tempore Atkins to support the current successful SFP and Assembly Member O’Donnell’s amendments.

Please call Governor Newsom’s Office, (916) 445-2841, with these messages:

I oppose the DOF proposed amendments to AB 48 that would change the SFP and hurt teachers, students and families of my school district.

I support AB 48 proposed by Assembly Member O’Donnell to support the current successful SFP and Assembly Member O’Donnell’s amendments.

I urge you not to make radical changes to the successful SFP that has worked for students, teachers and my community.

 

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ASSOCIATE MEMBERS: URGENT ACTION NEEDED TODAY TO PROTECT THE SCHOOL FACILITY PROGRAM FROM RADICAL CHANGES

The State School Facility Program (SFP) is under attack.  We need your immediate action to protect the SFP and state matching funds.  Governor Newsom’s Department of Finance (DOF)  is proposing amendments to AB 48 which would effectively end the current SFP. The amendments would also:

  • Reduce access to Developer Fees,
  • Create a new untested, unproven allocation system for New Construction and Modernization,
  • Stop accepting new applications for New Construction and Modernization until all Proposition 51 funds have been expended – which means for at least the next two years
  • Make many other changes all of which create uncertainty and no assurance that projects will be funded.

Please call your State Assembly Members and State Senators (click here to find your representatives) with the following message:

My firm works with public school districts to build and repair schools.  I oppose the DOF proposed amendments to AB 48 that would effectively end the SFP and reduce, if not stop, a number of school facility projects that are needed and will provide work for my firm and my employees.

I support AB 48 by Assembly Member O’Donnell and ask you to contact Speaker Rendon and President pro Tempore Atkins to support the current successful SFP and Assembly Member O’Donnell’s SFP amendments.

Please call Governor Newsom’s Office, (916) 445-2841, with this message:

My firm works with public school districts to build and repair schools.  I oppose the DOF proposed amendments to AB 48 that would effectively end the SFP and reduce, if not stop, a number of school facility projects that are needed and will provide work for my firm and my employees. 

I support AB 48 by Assembly Member O’Donnell to support the current successful SFP and Assembly Member O’Donnell’s amendments.

I urge you not to make radical changes to the successful SFP that has worked for students, teachers and my community.

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Keeping Our Eye on the Ball

In my inaugural Message from the Chair, I thanked Don Ulrich for his leadership as the outgoing CASH Chair and formally introduced myself to you.  I spoke of having ‘high hopes’ for faster implementation of State bond funds for California schools, but ‘hope’ is not a strategy.   My primary focus as Chair of the CASH Board: Full implementation of Proposition 51 to fund previously approved School Facility Program (SFP) projects and support for a 2020 bond as a bridge to a sustainable capital funding system to address current and future needs.  In this Message, I will provide updates to our membership on these foundational issues for the organization.

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Budget Update: Senate and Assembly Take Up Budget Bill

After the Budget Conference Committee ironed out the differences between the Senate and Assembly versions of the budget, the Assembly and the Senate will vote on the final version of the budget today to meet the June 15th Constitutional deadline to pass the State Budget.

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