Our students don’t have part-time needs. So, they absolutely cannot have part-time solutions. One of changes that we need is smaller class sizes. We need a lot more school nurses…a lot more school counselors. Counselors provide that social, emotional core…that’s needed. Schools need to be safe places…for our children to learn. Every student has the right to quality education. No matter what neighborhood you live in.
We are CTA. We are CTA. We are CTA. Because we know quality public schools make a better California for all of us.

Ahora que volvemos a la escuela, recuerdan la gran enseñanza nunca se olvida. Los maestros son los que pasan más tiempo en el salón con sus estudiantes y de verdad entienden las necesidades que tienen los estudiantes. Necesitamos muchos más consejeros y enfermeras. Es importante tener clases pequeñas para poder, yo como maestra, ayudar a mis estudiantes de la mejor manera. Todo estudiante tiene el derecho al estudio de alta calidad. Somos CTA. Somos CTA. Porque sabemos que las buenas escuelas públicas mejoran a california para todos.

CA Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond speaks at the 2019 CTA Presidents Conference.

CTA President E. Toby Boyd speaks at the 2019 Presidents Conference for the first time as CTA President. Boyd's 2-year term began on June 26, 2019.

Toby Boyd's first day as CTA President...June 26, 2019.

(Newspapers stack up. Featured headlines:
“Celerity charter school founder who misspent $3.2 million gets 30 months in prison”
- Los Angeles Times
“How a couple worked charter school regulations to make millions”
- Los Angeles Times)

Narrator:
The latest charter school scandals are piling up.

(Pull-out and isolate headline:
“$50 million in state funds reportedly stolen in charter school scheme”
- ABC 10 News)

Leaders of one San Diego charter network? Indicted for conspiracy and grand theft.

(State Capitol background
Pull-out cover of report: The Governor’s Charter School Policy Task Force Report)

Thankfully, The Governor’s Charter School Policy Task Force just made important recommendations for reform:

(Student raising hand in classroom, kids in science classroom
On screen text:
• Increased accountability
• Charter School Fiscal Impact)

More accountability on charter school spending

(Kids in classrooms B-roll
On screen text:
• More local control for authorizing and reviewing charters)

And giving local school districts more control over the authorization of charter schools.

(Pull-out bills:
AB 1505
AB 1507)

Reforms we need to pass now.