December 4, 2015
Kindergarten through Community College Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2016
Now that the State School Bond has qualified for the November 2016 General Election ballot, we have begun organizing the campaign to pass the State School Bond and provide $7 billion in state matching funds for K-12 facility projects and $2 billion for community college facility projects.
November 3, 2015
Legislative Update
The Legislature concluded its business for the year on September 11, 2015, and will reconvene in Sacramento on January 4, 2016. The Governor had until October 11, 2015, to sign or veto bills. Below is an update on final actions for C.A.S.H. priority bills that made it to the Governor’s desk.
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.
March 23, 2015
Learning Environments Key to Educational Outcomes
On Wednesday February 25, 2015, I was honored to become the new Chair of the Coalition for Adequate School Housing (C.A.S.H.). I would like to thank the Board of Directors, and in particular our immediate Past Chair Joe Dixon who has left a significant legacy with his leadership on Californians for Quality Schools school bond initiative and the creation of the C.A.S.H. Maintenance Management Certificate Program. I will do my best to carry the torch as high as he did. I would also like to thank our esteemed past chairs who created the tradition of excellence that we now try to uphold, including Gene Hartline, Bill Cornelison, Connie Barinoff, Mamie Starr and Kathleen Moore. When my time is done as chair, I will be honored to join this esteemed group and be a resource to future leaders as they have been for me.
March 12, 2015
The 36th Annual C.A.S.H. Conference held, February 23-25, 2015 at the Sacramento Convention Center and Hyatt Regency was a huge success! There was a positive vibe from the over 1,500 attendees, exhibitors and speakers throughout the two and one-half day event. The attendance was up by 20 percent, we added 30 booths to the trade show floor, and sponsors were at an all-time high! The increased attendance was evident in many packed workshop rooms and significantly increased traffic through the trade show hall – especially during the opening night’s welcome reception.