CSEA members and staff met at the Handord Office of Representative Rudy Salas to discuss independent Charter Schools.
Gloria Huerta (PACE Committee Member), Pablo Peraza (LEG Committee Member), Priscilla Elliott (Labor Relations Representative) and Angie Botelho (Senior Labor Relations Representative) shared our concerns about the continuing expansion of independent Charter Schools and their impact on School Districts and Classified employees.
Our Advocates were able to convey the importance of Assembly Bills 1505, 1506, 1507 and Senate Bill 756 aimed towards empowering local Districts to control Charter School expansion in their area, restoring local accountability, re-establishing the Charter School cap and imposing a five-year Charter School moratorium beginning January 1, 2020.