School board member blasts fed’s rescission of NCLB waiver for Washington state
In a strong and incisive letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Washington school board member David Iseminger has decried the U.S. Department of Education’s decision to rescind the state’s...
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Call for proposals for NSBA’s 2015 Annual Conference
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) is requesting proposals for breakout sessions to be conducted during our 75th Annual Conference in Nashville, Tenn., March 21-23. The conference will draw...
View ArticleCoalition urges Senate to keep funding bond program for school renovations
The Rebuild America’s Schools coalition is supporting legislation to extend the Qualified Zone Academy Bond (QZAB) program, which helps give low- or no-interest financing to school districts for school...
View ArticleHouse funding bill gives school relief from nutrition mandates
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) successfully supported language in the U.S. House of Reprepesentative’s fiscal year 2015 funding bill for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to...
View ArticleGentzel calls for school board oversight of charters in USA Today letter
Thomas J. Gentzel, executive director of the National School Boards Association (NSBA) said that federal legislation on charter school law should recognize the need for accountability for student...
View ArticleSchool boards encourage local school district flexibility for school meals
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) is encouraging the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations to provide funding for school kitchen equipment modernization and flexibility...
View ArticleNSBA calls for research, not mandates, to help public schools serve ELLs
The National School Boards Association’s (NSBA) Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel participated in a National Roundtable on English Language Learners at the U.S. Department of Education this week,...
View ArticleNSBA urges U.S. House members to oppose school voucher bill
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel sent a letter today to members of the U.S. House of Representatives urging them not to support the CHOICE Act as it...
View ArticleE-Rate must expand, focus on neediest schools, coalition says
The E-rate program needs a major funding boost to meet demand and should continue its focus on high-need school districts and libraries, a letter signed by the National School Boards Association (NSBA)...
View ArticleNSBA urges House committee to boost IDEA funding
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) is urging members of the U.S. House of Representative’s Appropriations Committee to continue to sustain and protect spending for federal K-12 education...
View ArticleNSBA encourages U.S. House to support flexibility and regulatory relief for...
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) is encouraging the U.S. House of Representatives to support for local school district flexibility and modest regulatory relief for school meal programs in...
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NSBA discusses board leadership on Education Talk Radio
Anne M. Byrne, President of the National School Boards Association and member of the school board for New York’s Nanuet Union Free School District, spoke about her experience as a school leader on...
View ArticleNSBA: E-Rate funding shortage jeopardizes future of program
The federal E-rate program will lose impact and some school districts will be harmed without additional funding, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) has warned the Federal Communications...
View ArticleNSBA names Michael C. Zola as head of federal advocacy and public policy
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) announced today that veteran education policymaker Michael C. Zola will join the organization as its Associate Executive Director, Federal Advocacy and...
View ArticleNSBA discusses school lunch concerns with USDA
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) was one of 16 organizations that met today with Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Under Secretary of Agriculture Kevin Concannon, and “Let’s Move!”...
View ArticleSchool boards encouraged by E-Rate modernization plan, but further...
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) welcomes the decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve the long oversubscribed E-rate program, while also noting remaining funding...
View ArticleNSBA: Do not force Washington schools to send school failure letters under NCLB
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) is urging the U.S. Department of Education to exempt Washington’s education agency from the 14-day requirement to issue letters informing parents of school...
View ArticleThe “unintended consequences” of federal school meal regulations
Check out the National School Boards Association’s Executive Director Thomas J. Gentzel’s reflecting on the real impact and the challenges that public schools still face on implementing federal school...
View ArticleNSBA calls for caution on data collection of students with disabilities
The U.S. Department of Education should exercise caution in collecting and analyzing data on students with disabilities based on their racial and ethnic backgrounds because of the unique circumstances...
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School boards urge USDA to provide substantial flexibility in school meals...
NSBA is encouraging the USDA provide flexibility on school meals The National School Boards Association (NSBA) supports the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to delay or waive...
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