CASBO provides its members with effective advocacy support by educating elected officials and policy makers about issues affecting public education finance, labor law changes, and student success.

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CASBO Releases the 2019 Scorecard for State Legislators

Sara Bachez and Elizabeth Esquivel
Jan 23, 2020

CASBO is proud to release the 3rd annual Legislative Scorecard for the 2019 legislative session, which grades state lawmakers on their final floor votes on the top four legislative bills that CASBO supported and the top four legislative bills that CASBO opposed. The scorecard helps evaluate how each lawmaker voted on these eight proposals that will have significant fiscal and programmatic impact to public education.

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Understanding the Changes to Proposition 13

Sara Bachez and Elizabeth Esquivel
Jan 22, 2020

Understanding that legal jargon and election ballot information can be confusing to voters, there is an added complexity regarding two initiatives impacting public education in this year’s election cycles on March 3, 2020 and potentially on November 3, 2020.

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