C.A.S.H. Chair – Coalition for Adequate School Housing

Californians for Quality Schools Announces 93 School Board Endorsements of the School Facilities Bond Act

Posted on January 11, 2016 by CASH

January 11, 2016

Californians for Quality Schools Announces 93 School Board Endorsements of the School Facilities Bond Act

Measure on November 2016 ballot will provide needed funding for
school construction projects

Today, the Californians for Quality Schools campaign announced that 93 school boards of education located throughout California passed resolutions endorsing the Kindergarten Through Community College Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2016. The ballot initiative that is qualified for the November 2016 ballot is $9 billion state school bond to address the multi-billion dollar backlog of school construction and modernization projects submitted to the state for matching grants.

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Quarterly Message from the Chair

Posted on December 7, 2015 by CASH

December 4, 2015

It has been an exciting few months as Chair of the organization. All of the energy and excitement surrounding qualifying the State School Bond Initiative for the November 7, 2016, general election ballot, and now transitioning to campaigning, has reminded me that C.A.S.H. has the strength of our members to make the bond measure succeed.

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New DIR Website Includes Links to DIR Public Works/Awarding Body Activity

Posted on July 28, 2015 by CASH

July 28, 2015

The Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has launched its new website: http://www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/PublicWorks.html, which provides specific “links” for Awarding Bodies, Contractors, Apprentices, Prevailing Wage, and Certified Payroll Reporting. There is a link on the main page for a searchable database for public works projects (public access). This link is important because the search will reveal the “DIR Project ID” number that is critical for the contractors’ ability to enter their certified payroll reports into the electronic Certified Payroll Records (eCPR) system. Awarding Bodies cannot see this number on their version of the form PWC-100 after it is filed – they must access the public version to obtain the number and then provide it to their contractor(s).

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A Letter from Robert Pierce to the Legislative Advisory Committee

Posted on July 21, 2015 by CASH

July 21, 2015

Dear Legislative Advisory Committee Members:

At the May 27th Board of Directors meeting, I was humbled to be appointed Chair of the Legislative Advisory Committee (LAC) by Jenny Hannah, C.A.S.H. Chair. I am honored to follow in the shoes of Don Ulrich, who is now C.A.S.H. Vice Chair and Chair of the Annual Conference Planning Committee; this is a significant and exciting challenge that I am eager to fulfill.

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Spring NextGen Symposium A Great Success!

Posted on May 21, 2015 by CASH

05/21/15

How do we in facilities align the design of the physical classroom with ideas to engage learning, and address individual learning styles of students? This was the goal of the Spring NextGen Symposium held in San Diego on Friday May 8 and it was a great success! We had approximately 200 attendees made up of educators and facilities personnel, who spent the day together learning from national experts in the NextGen learning field, including researchers, designers and behavior specialists. Attendees were afforded the opportunity to experience first-hand, five different learning environments that were on display during the symposium.

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