CTA co-sponsored legislation for 2001

Pers Members
O'Connell
SB 165

Would allow PERS members wishing to become teachers to stay in PERS. (Amended 4/25)

Passed Senate; sent to Assembly PER&SS

Would appropriate $500 million for K-12 schools in the lowest two deciles to be used for incentives (staff development, class size reduction, instructional materials, after-school programs) to attact and retain credentialed teachers. (Amended 5/31)

Sent to Assembly floor

Would establish the Dual Language Education Grant Program providing competitive grants to districts offering dual language immersion instruction in grades K-12. (Amended 4/16)

Held in Assembly Appropriations suspense file

Would require community college districts to develop a five-year plan to reach the 75/25 percent full-time/part-time faculty standard if they have not yet attained it.

Held in Assembly Appropriations suspense file

Would allow districts to extend the K-3 Class Size Reduction Program to all grades in schools falling within the lowest decile on the API. (Amended 5/1)

Held in Assembly Appropriations suspense file

Would require community colleges to provide part-time faculty with pay, benefits, professional development and employment opportunities comparable to full-time instructors. (Spot bill) (Amended 4/17)

Two-year bill; re-referred to Assembly Higher Education

Would require the California Community College Board of Governors to create a strategy and evaluation tool and to adopt the necessary regulations to create more full-time tenured positions. (Amended 4/23)

Passed Assembly; sent to Senate Education

Would urge Congress to repeal the Social Security Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision, which reduce Social Security benefits to teachers who earned them through employment outside teaching or through a spouse. (Amended 5/10)

Passed Assembly; sent to Senate PE&R