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BOARD MEMBER ACADEMY EVENT
FALL 2008 DISTRICT MEETINGS
 AASB's Fall 2008 District Meetings will feature a discussion on "Cyberspace in Our Schools: Student Issues in a Digital Environment." The meetings are a valuable training and networking opportunity for members. In addition, the President's Award will be presented to school boards that have had at least 60 percent of their members attend three or more major academy events. Click Here to Register ...
BOARD MEMBER ACADEMY EVENT
OCTOBER CONFERENCE 
Oct. 19-20, AASB will present its School Board Member Academy Core Conference on "Leadership for Community Engagement" at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa in downtown Montgomery, Ala. Book reservations at at 888/668-7221 and mention "Alabama Association of School Boards" for the discount rate.
State Board of Education News
ED BUDGET LIKELY TO FACE CUTS
At Thursday’s state Board of Education work session for K-12, state Superintendent of Education Dr. Joe Morton stopped short of a complete “doom and gloom” forecast for 2010, saying it’s difficult to predict Alabama’s fiscal future with any certainty. Still, he and Craig Pouncey, assistant state superintendent for finance and administration, took a stab at forecasting the financial situation in 2009 and 2010. It doesn’t look good.
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National School Boards Association News
ARTS AWARD FOR BOARDS
 Local school boards will be recognized for outstanding support of the arts in education by the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network and the National School Boards Association. One school board per state will receive the $10,000 cash prize to help the school system continue its work and will be honored at NSBA's national conference. Send nominations to the Alabama Alliance for Arts Education no later than Nov. 1. For more, contact Donna M. Russell or visit the Alabama Alliance or click here for details.
NOVEMBER 2008 ELECTION
VOTERS WEIGH RAINY DAY ACCOUNTS
On Nov. 4, voters will go to the polls and determine whether to repeal and reestablish the Education Trust Fund Rainy Day Account and to create for the first time a General Fund Rainy Day Account, according to the legislative update presented to the state Board of Education at Thursday’s K-12 work session. Read more...
SCHOOL CALENDAR
SAY NO TO MANDATORY START DATE
AASB unequivocally opposes proposed legislative mandates. School calendars are local decisions that make students the highest priority. Legislation on this issue is neither necessary nor proper. Student achievement and community input are among the many issues local school systems use to determine local school year dates. With 180 student instructional days required by state law and the requirements of No Child Left Behind, determining the calendar is no easy task. This conversation should remain local. Read more...
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