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California

ECS State Liaison
Jennifer Dounay Zinth (303) 299-3689 jdounay@ecs.org

Governor
Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (D)		http://gov.ca.gov/index.php

Chief State School Officer
Tom Torlakson State Superintendent of Public Instruction		http://www.cde.ca.gov/index.asp

Legislative Committee Chairs
Marty Block Senate Budget Subcommittee on Education
Carol Liu Senate Education Committee
Joan Buchanan Assembly Education Committee
Das Williams Assembly Committee on Higher Education

State Higher Education Executive Officer

ECS Commissioners
* indicates Steering Committee member.
Marty Block Chair, Budget Subcommittee on Education California Senate
Edmund G. Brown, Jr. Governor State of California
Jack O'Connell former State Superintendent of Education
Shirley Weber Assemblymember California Assembly
Kent Wong Director University of California-Los Angeles

Links to State Pages
http://www.state.ca.us/
State Legislature
State Education Statutes (warning-repealed laws still appear as current in some cases)

State Administrative Code (education = Title 5)

Links to Major Newspapers
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Examiner
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles News
Sacramento Bee
San Diego Union-Tribune
San Jose Mercury News

State Policies and Reports

California's Beginning Teachers: The Bumpy Path to a Profession

The Common Core Meets State Policy: This Changes Almost Everything

Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Home Computers on Academic Achievement Among School Children

Understanding School Discipline in California: Perceptions and Practice

From the ECS State Policy Database: California

Making it Happen: Increasing College Access and Participation in California Higher Education--The Role of Private Postsecondary Providers

How California's Postsecondary Education Systems Address Workforce Development

Improving Alternative Education in California

California Trends in Student Aid: 1994-95 to 2003-04

Projected Drop in Income For California Most Severe in U.S.

California's K-12 Public Schools: How Are They Doing?

The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning

University Eligibility Study for the Class of 2003

The Well-Being of California's Children

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