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Save these Dates!
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Legislative Breakfast Feb. 2, 2019Penfield Counrty Club
9-11:30 am -
Save the Date- MCSBA Albany Trip
7am-Monday March 4th through 6:30pm March 5th
Register for the trip with MCSBA office
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Save the Date
Prospective Board Member Seminar
DoubleTree Hotel
March 23, 8-11 am
Position Papers
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Our position papers are developed through the work of the Legislative Committee and are approved by both the Steering and Executive Committees.
State and Federal
- 2011 Mandates (Up-dated 3/2016)
Recommends solutions for unfunded and underfunded mandates.
Federal
- Public Education - The Federal Role: Support, Not Governance (Up-dated 12/2017)
Identifies areas where Federal regulations overreach and corrections desired.
New York State
- 2018 Supproting the Emotional Well Being of Students Outlines the increasing need for mental health services and funding and service provider availability constraints.
- 2018 Keeping our Schools Safe and SecureOutlines the need for local control over safety and security decisision and the need to for additional funding for implementation and research on best practices for school safety and security.
- 2017 Measuring Teacher/Principal Performance Quality Outlines reason for the request for a legislative repeal of the APPR component from education law.
- 2015 The Role of Regents & SED for Public Education (Up-dated 12/2017)
Outlines the responsibility of the Regents and SED to work with public leaders. - 2017 The State's Investment in Public Education
Outline the NYS government has an obligation to support public education and must explore every source of revenue to support this mandate. - 2011 State Leaders Must Support Their Public Schools (Up-dated 11/2016)
Outlines the responsibility of the state government to provide adequate financial support for its public schools. - 2013 Assessments in New York State (Up-dated 3/2014)
Current issues with the assessment portion of the current education reform agenda. - 2017 The NYS Constitution and Public Education
Outines the need to fund public schools and not allow funding to be diverted to support other choice options. - 2013 How the NYS Legislature can Help School Districts with School Safety
Outlines what school districts currently have in place and how the state can help schools with safety issues.
- 2011 Mandates (Up-dated 3/2016)
Education Highlights
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Visit A Community Together (ACT) for Education for positive happenings in Monroe County public schools.
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The National Association of Music Merchants ranked the Top Communities for music education. Ten schools districts in Monroe County were listed: Brighton, Churchville-Chili, East Irondequoit, Greece, Honeoye Falls-Lima, Penfield, Pittsford, Rush-Henrietta, Webster and West Irondequoit.
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The US News and World Report rankings for NYS state schools have 6 Monroe County schools: Pittsford, Brighton, Penfield, Honeoye Falls-Lima, Fairport and West Irondequoit.
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The Washington Post listed seven Monroe County schools in the 100 most challenging schools in NYS: Pittsford Mendon High School, Brighton High School, Pittsford Sutherland High School, Webster Thomas High School, Honeoye-Falls Lima High School, West Irondequoit High School and East Irondequoit High School.
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The combined graduation rate for all of Monroe County Schools (NYSED, 2015) is 88%, higher than the national rate of 82% and the state average of 78%.
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According to Education Week’s 2016 "Quality Counts" report card, NYS schools rank 9th in the nation with a grade of B-, but for equity in K-12 achievement, NYS received an A- (this grade is based on both poverty achievement gaps and progress in closing those gaps).
Upcoming Events
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Tomorrow
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8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Office Closed
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Wednesday
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Steering Committee
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January 27, 2019
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM NSBA NAtional Advocacy Institute
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January 28, 2019
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM NSBA NAtional Advocacy Institute
Helpful Links
- ACT for Education
- Advocacy Groups
- American Association of School Administrators
- American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
- Campaign for Fiscal Equity
- Central New York School Boards Association
- Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning
- Educational Conference Board
- Erie County Association of School Boards
- Four County School Boards Association
- Genesee Valley Parent Teachers Association
- Genesee Valley School Boards Association
- Midstate School Finance Consortium
- Nassau Suffolk School Boards Association
- National Education Association
- National School Boards Association
- NYS Council of School Superintendents (NYSCOSS)
- New York State School Board Association (NYSSBA)
- New York State United Teachers
- Genesee Valley Chapter NYS ASCD
- Government Links (Federal)
- Government Links (New York State)
- Higher Education
- Colgate Rochester Divinity School
- Empire State College, State University of New York
- Finger Lakes Community College
- Genesee Community College
- Monroe Community College
- Nazareth College
- Roberts Wesleyan College
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- St John Fisher College
- State University College at Brockport
- State University College at Geneseo
- University of Rochester
- Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development
- Lexicons for specific educational areas
- Lexicons of Educational Terms
- Member Districts
- NYS Board of Regents: Current Members
- Parliamentary Procedure Resources
- Research Sites
- Education Commission of the States (ECS)
- Genesee Valley School Boards Institute
- Greatschools
- Institute for Educational Leadership
- Library of Congress
- National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, & Student Testing (CRESST)
- National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA)
- Regional Educational Laboratories (REL)
- Rochester Memorial Art Gallery (MAG)
- U.S. Census Bureau
