Wondering what issues and laws PTA stands for or against?  ​

Check out the California PTA Advocacy page: https://capta.org/focus-areas/advocacy/ OR click any link on the right.
What California PTA stands for, we stand for!

Please join and add your voice to our Stevenson PTA at:
http://bit.ly/membershipPTAonline
or
​https://jointotem.com/ca/burbank/robert-louis-stevenson-elementary-pta/join/register
If you would like to pay by cash or check, grab a blue form in the front office!  Family members and students welcome to be members too!

Family members in a different state but they want to support your kids?  No probelm, send them the link and they can join too.

GET INVOLVED
​There are several ways you can get involved in our advocacy efforts and help make a difference:

• Get informed and engaged with our Sacramento Update e-newsletter and Legislative Alerts
• Attend our annual Legislation Conference
• Contact your legislators
• Research current legislation
• Learn more about California’s state budget
• See California laws by subject area
• Check out federal legislation and policy information from National PTA
• Review PTA position statements and resolutions
• Read how PTA volunteers are giving the gift of civic engagement.

PTA ADVOCACY – STATE AND NATIONALCalifornia State PTA

• Legislative Program
• Organizational Goals and Advocacy Team
• Job Description for Legislative Advocacy Chair

National PTA

• National PTA Takes Action
• National PTA Policy Agenda
• Where Social Media and Policy Collide
• The Power of Parents

STATE LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION

• Structure of California State Legislature
• Senate Roster
• Assembly Roster
• Legislative Leadership
• Committees, Hearings and Events
• Legislative Calendar
• Sample Legislative Calendar
• Legislative Calendar
• How a Bill Becomes A Law

STATE BUDGET

• California Legislative Information
• Annual Budget Process
• Navigating the Budget Process

CALIFORNIA SCHOOL FINANCE

• Spending: Does California Skimp on Schools?
• What do Education Dollars Buy?
• Prop 13 and Prop 98
• Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF)
• What’s a Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP)?
• LCAP Resources and Handouts
• LAO: Implementation of LCFF
• The Evolution of California’s State School Finance System
• How Facilities are Financed

CALIFORNIA: EDUCATION INFO AND NEWS

• Fingertips Facts in Education- California
• Education in Context: How Does California Compare
• State Board of Education

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