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Did you know? State Council of Education��� ��� Is CTA���s top governing body. ��� Has committees ranging from assessment and testing to school safety, and from curriculum and instruction to professional rights and responsibilities. ��� Does not consider an issue until it has been thoroughly reviewed and/or recommended by one of the 22 committees. ��� Consists of delegates elected statewide, and you can get details from your locally elected delegate. Delegates address State Council: Ramona TA President Donna Braye-Romero, Wendy Gallimore of Twin Rivers United Educators, and CTA Board member George Melendez. that money would be consolidated into a base grant based on Average Daily Attendance. Additional grants would be offered based on the number of English learners and economically disadvantaged students. This new formula would be phased in over seven years, but at present it���s not clear how that phase-in would work. ���It���s important to remember, however, that this is still just a proposal, and we���ll be analyzing it more closely,��� he noted. ���The Financing Public Education Committee has a lot to talk about.��� CELEBRATING CTA���S PAST AND FUTURE Delegates learned about CTA���s history as plans for the sesquicentennial (pronounced ses-kwi-sen-ten-ee-uhl) were rolled out. CTA was instrumental in major changes in California back in the day: ��� Women had to quit teaching if they became married. ��� Nonwhite students didn���t have the same access to a quality education as their white peers. ��� Educators did not have the ability to bargain collectively. ��� For more on CTA���s 150th anniversary, go to www.cta.org/150. Each of the 22 State Council committees participated in discussions and work on CTA���s strategic planning. ���We���re coming off a great election, but we can���t rest there. We must continue to build for the future,��� Vogel said. ���We want to ensure we are not only talking to ourselves, but also hearing from other partners about public education and how they view CTA.��� Watch a video about members like high school teacher Dominic Dirkson on the planning: www.cta.org/ talkaboutplanning. All members and staff will have opportunities to participate in the strategic planning process. State Council delegates... ��� Re-elected Secretary-Treasurer Mikki Cichocki-Semo. ��� Voted to oppose the arming of non-law-enforcement educators and volunteers on school campuses or at school-related functions. ��� Voted to support Sen. Dianne Feinstein���s Assault Weapons Regulatory Act of 2013, which regulates the availability of military assault-type firearms and highcapacity ammunition magazines. ��� Voted to sign on to the National Resolution on HighStakes Testing, which builds on the work of education historian Diane Ravitch and unites teachers and other school workers in a powerful statement that testing is not teaching. Numerous groups have already signed on to the resolution. (Visit timeoutfromtesting.org/ nationalresolution.) ��� Re-elected NEA Directors Colleen Briner-Schmidt (District 5), Sonia Martin-Solis (District 6/14), and Sergio Martinez (District 13), and elected Krista Patterson (District 4). ��� Elected NEA Alternate Directors Ken Tang (Seat 2) and Erika Jones (Seat 3). ��� Elected CTA/ABC Committee members Clete Bradford (District G) and Carole Bailey (District O). ��� Took time in their committees to discuss CTA���s strategic planning effort, including responding to several questions about the best ways to engage members. The yearlong strategic planning process ��� titled ���Your Voice. Our Union. Our Future��� ��� is about making sure CTA is positioned in the best possible way to help all students and educators succeed. February 2013 www.cta.org Educator 02 Feb 2013 v2.9.indd 37 37 2/7/13 11:26 AM