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Big Win for Classified School Workers: A Senate Joint Resolution Urging President Trump & Congress To Guarantee Rights to Classified Workers Goes to Washington

SACRAMENTO -  Cafeteria workers, counselors, nurses, janitors and others in California’s public schools and community colleges scored a big win today when the state Assembly passed Senator Dave Cortese’s Senate Joint Resolution 2.



SENATOR CORTESE’S STATEMENT ON BUDGET RECONCILIATION BILL

SACRAMENTO – The following statement was issued by State Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) after the U.S. House narrowly approved President Trump’s $3.3 trillion tax and spending bill by a 218-214 vote:



California’s School Bus Drivers Get Their Due

 

SACRAMENTO –Senator Dave Cortese’s (D-Silicon Valley) Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) 60 designating April 22 as School Bus Drivers’ Day in California has been passed by both the Senate and Assembly and will now be filed with the Secretary of State. A SCR does not have to be signed by the Governor of California.



Classified Workers in California’s Schools Get A Boost as Senator Cortese’s Legislation Is Passed By the Assembly PERS Committee

SACRAMENTO -  California’s Classified School Employees including cafeteria workers, counselors, nurses, janitors and others in California’s public schools and community colleges are the focus of state Senator Dave Cortese’s Senate Bill 494 and Senate Joint Resolution 2 that were passed today by the Assembly Public Employment and Retirement Committee.



Homeless High School Students With the Gumption to Go to College Would Get Financial Assistance Under Senator Cortese’s Bill Passed by the Assembly Higher Education Committee

 SACRAMENTO - Senator Dave Cortese’s (D-Silicon Valley) Senate Bill 685, designed to provide critical financial support to students who experienced homelessness in high school and need assistance to get a college education, today was passed by the Assembly Higher Education Committee.