Articles in this issue

• Larry Aceves continues to address key issues
  Here is the second Q&A installment from EdCal's extensive interview with former ACSA President Larry Aceves, who is now a candidate for state superintendent of public instruction.
• Diverse groups support May 19 special election ballot measures
  ACSA members are not the only ones aware of the uncertain budget situation. A group of organizations has gathered under the banner Budget Reform Now to call for passage of the propositions on the May 19 special election ballot.
• Member help needed in Social Security reform
  ACSA is calling on members to urge federal policymakers to repeal two provisions of Social Security law that reduce retirement benefits for retired educators, police officers, firefighters and other public employees.
• Plan launched to develop digital textbooks
  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has launched an initiative to make California the first state in the nation to offer free, open-source digital textbooks, and ACSA supports any efforts in its ongoing campaign to curtail textbook costs.
• Bill aims to lower vote threshold for parcel tax
  ACSA has issued strong support for Senate Constitutional Amendment 6, Simitian, D-Palo Alto, which would establish a 55 percent vote threshold for local parcel taxes, identical to the vote threshold for passage of local school facility general obligation bonds.
• UTLA’s new 95/5 bill pulled
  The United Teachers Los Angeles-sponsored Assembly Bill 972, Strickland, R-Camarillo, was set to bring back the issue of 95/5. However, the bill was pulled from the Assembly Education Committee for lack of votes.
• Renowned experts to present at summer program
  Principals seeking to fine-tune their leadership skills can do so during the Principals’ Summer Institute, part of ACSA’s Summer Residential Programs for School Leaders at UCLA.
• New ACSA partnership offers intervention tools
  ACSA announces a new partnership with Core K12 Education, focusing on supporting the instructional initiatives that ACSA pursues, with the ultimate goal of raising student achievement.