SSDA Today - Fall/Winter 2016 - 6
UPFRONT
TODAY
A WORD FROM THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
is published for:
Small School
Districts' Association
925 L Street, Suite 1200
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 662-7213
www.ssda.org
Debra Pearson
Executive Director
Executive Committee
Linda Irving, President
Superintendent, Sebastopol
Union Elementary
School District
Dr. Helio Brasil
President-Elect
Superintendent, McSwain
Union Elementary
School District
Andres Zamora, Treasurer
Superintendent, Livingston
Union Elementary School
District
Dr. Don Brann
Founder
Dr. Justin Cunningham
Superintendent, Bonsall
Unified School District
Dr. David Evans
Founder
Stuart Packard
Superintendent, Buttonwillow
Union School District
Terri Rufert
Superintendent, Sundale
Union Elementary School
District
Alvin Sandrini
Emeritus
Barry Simpson
Bishop Unified School District
Tim Taylor, CCSESA Liaison
Butte County Office
of Education
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D
ear Colleagues:
Welcome to our second issue of SSDA
TODAY. We produce this magazine in
order to connect you to the work SSDA is doing
to help small school districts save time, money
and produce great results. It also serves as yet
another communication tool to provide you with
information tailored to help you enhance student
achievement, reduce operating costs and learn
from one another. It will be published twice a year.
Small school districts have unique needs, and
SSDA gives them a voice. We are the only organization in Sacramento that focuses solely on small
school district issues. If you are not a member of
SSDA, you are missing out on benefits that your
colleagues are receiving, so I urge you to join us
today. More importantly, the stronger we make
our organization collectively, the more effective
we will become in our individual districts.
Membership in SSDA includes many benefits to your school, district, county or business,
including:
* Legislative Advocacy
* Collaboration
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* Professional Development
* Support Services
Our legislative advocates work diligently
to protect and increase small school district
funding and to ensure that the special needs of
small school districts are reflected in waivers,
exemptions and other legislative provisions.
For the 2016-'17 school year, our focus will
be to educate all legislators about the unique
needs of small school districts. Although we
represent the largest majority of school districts in California, when new legislation is
proposed the question, "How will this effect
small school districts?" is rarely raised. Our
team will ensure that this question is asked
and that the needs of small school districts are
adequately addressed.
Additionally, we will continue to work on
Department of Industrial Regulations (DIR)
regulations, which negatively affect many small
districts. Newly imposed rules require most of
your general maintenance jobs to fall under the
definition of a public works project, resulting
in a major financial drain to general funds and
hardship to our local contractors by imposing
unattainable requirements in paperwork and
contractor qualifications. SSDA will continue
to fight for change to these regulations and will
also continue to support small school districts
with individual issues and concerns.
Thank you for being part of this great effort to
ensure that our small school districts get results.
I look forward to working with each of you in the
upcoming school years.
http://www.ssda.org
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of SSDA Today - Fall/Winter 2016
Executive Director's Column
New Federal Guidance on Transgender Bathroom Access
List of Initiatives Headed to November Ballot Long and Diverse
Ballot Measure Wild Card: Gov. Jerry Brown
What Every Leader Needs to Know about Technology: Education Innovation Alliance
Is Your Compensation “Creditable” Towards Retirement? New CalSTRS Regulations Seek to Further Clarify the Answer
Super Strong: The Extraordinary Nature of Leadership Resilience
News and Notes
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