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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
Alan Lowenthal
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.
Elaine Alquist
Senator
California Senate
 
Edmund G. Brown, Jr.
Governor
State of California
 
Wilmer Amina Carter *
Assembly Member
California Assembly
 
Jack O'Connell
former State Superintendent of Education
 
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State Education Statutes (warning-repealed laws still appear as current in some cases)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

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

A Possible Dream: Retaining California Teachers So All Students Learn

California Community Colleges: Making Them Stronger and More Affordable

Improving Alternative Education in California

Rules of the Game: How State Policy Creates Barriers to Degree Completion and Impedes Student Success in the California Community Colleges

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

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

The Well-Being of California's Children

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


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