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CASB Serving You!
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
- CASB Regional Meetings are now underway! Don’t miss this great opportunity to connect with your peers in person this fall:
Region 1 - 9/13 in Brush (register) |
Region 2 - 9/2 in |
Region 3 - 9/28 in |
Region 4 - 9/30 in Greeley (register) |
Region 5 - 9/21 in Centennial (register) |
Region 6 - 9/1 in Pueblo (register) |
Region 7 - 9/9 in Granby (register) |
Region 8 - 9/29 |
Region 9 - 10/6 in Alamosa (register) |
Region 10 - 9/29 Virtual meeting (register) |
Region 11 - 10/4 in Delta (register) |
Region 12 - 10/5 in Cortez (register) |
- Early bird discount deadline for the Fall Conference and Delegate Assembly has been extended to September 24. The Delegate Assembly provides an opportunity for every CASB member board to have their voice heard on important issues of the day. The resolutions approved by the CASB Delegates help to form the CASB’s advocacy efforts at the local, state, and federal levels.
- The 81st Annual CASB Convention: Resilient, Ready, Relentless for Colorado Students will be held on Dec 2-4 at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. Don’t miss out on the state’s largest gathering of school board members. Early bird discount ends on September 24.
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If you missed the recent webinars — "What You Need to Know About the Mill Levy Correction" or “Policy Governance New School Year Checklist” — you can access those on the CASB website.
ADVOCACY
- The School Board Advocate released on Friday, August 27, provides a great update on the work of several interim committees, including the School Finance Interim Committee.
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All CASB members received their own district’s “Tell Your Story — Money Matters” ESSER document. Learn more about the campaign and reach out to [email protected] if you have questions.
- Check out CASB’s newest podcast on Tell Your Story!
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The 2021 Legislative Summary is a valuable resource for you in order to understand what happened last legislative session and its impact on you. This is a member-only resource.
POLICY AND LEGAL
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A new Member Legal Resource, Portability of Nonprobationary Status Overview, has been created in light of the Colorado Supreme Court case Poudre Sch. Dist. R-1 v. Stanczyk, 2021 CO 57 (Colo. 2021).
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- The 2021 School Election Seminars were held on June 16; the recordings and presentation materials are available on our website.
NSBA UPDATES
- Upcoming NSBA Events
- September 16-18, 2021 CUBE 2021 Annual Conference (in-person)
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October 22-23, 2021 Equity Symposium West (in-person) Oklahoma City
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Join CASB, CASE, and Children’s Hospital for a webinar exclusive to school boards and school executives to learn the latest on COVID in Colorado and what it means for schools. Learn more here.
- Join the Colorado School Finance Project (CSFP) for its inaugural conference on September, 15, After COVID, Now What? — How Money Matters.
- Consider nominating an exceptional superintendent for the 2022 American Association of School Administrators (AASA) Superintendent of the Year for Colorado.
- CDE’s Toolkit and Resources for 2021 School Guidance is now available.
- The State Youth Council, in partnership with the Colorado Behavioral Health Council (CBHC), is excited to offer 17 youth scholarships for the 2021 CBHC Annual Behavioral Health Conference in Breckenridge, Colorado from Sept. 30 - Oct. 2. Applications are due by Sept. 3.
This mission of the Colorado Association of School Boards is to advance excellence in public education and equity for each and every student through effective leadership by the collective action of locally elected boards of education.