AB 927 Second Call to Action

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Second Call To Action
California Continuation Education Association

We are asking all members of CCEA to write Assembly Education Committee members urging them to support AB 927 (Goldberg) when it is heard in committee on April 18th.

Specifically the legislation is attempting to provide a minimum level of funding for those school districts which are currently receiving less than $1,500 in continuation high school funding per continuation high school ADA. In exchange for this additional funding, school districts must certify that they will implement a quality continuation high school program. At a minimum, this must include:

Class sizes with an average of 20 enrolled pupils to 1 certificated teacher
Offering students a minimum of six hours per day of classroom instruction
Maintaining a student to counselor ratio no larger than 300 to 1

What can you do?

Contact your legislators by sending of faxing letters to:

First priority:	Assembly Member Virginia Strom-Martin, Chair of Assembly Education Committee.
Second priority:	Assembly Education Committee Members. If you are a constituent, identify yourself as such. Ask them to support AB 927. Explain the importance of increased continuation funding, particularly at your school, and how your school would benefit from this legislation. Please see below for details.

What you should emphasize in your phone call or letter?

Identify who you are and your role within your continuation high school.

Clearly express how this grant funding for continuation high schools would benefit your program.

Ask your legislator to support CCEA’s bill, when it will be heard by the Assembly Education Committee on April 18th.

Invite them to contact you if they would like more information.

Please address your letters to Legislators as:

The Honorable (First and Last Name)
State Capitol, Room _____
Sacramento, California 95814

Dear Assembly Member ______:

For your information, attached is a listing of all the Assembly Education Committee members.

Prepared by: Birdsall, Wasco & Associates. April 9, 2001

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