The California Student Bill of Rights Initiative has been endorsed by a growing list of educators, schools, school superintendents, school districts and school reform advocates throughout California. If you would like to add your name to this list, please click here.

Supporters

Titles assocated with names of individuals are listed for identification purposes only. Organizational boards that have elected to be identified as endorsers of the initiative are listed separately.

Organizational Supporters

• Riverside Unified School Board

Individual Supporters

• Gayle Cloud
  President, RUSD Board
  
• Guilbert Hentschke
  Cooper Chair in Public School Administration, University of Southern California
  
• Alan Rudi
  Principal Solutions Strategist, Thesys International
  
• Charles Weis
  Santa Clara County Superintendent of Schools
• Kenn Young
  Riverside County Superintendent of Schools
• Randy Ward
  San Diego County Superintendent of Schools
• Rick Miller
  Riverside Unified School Superintendent
• Paul Tichinin
  Mendocino County Superintendent of Schools
• Gary Rapkin
  Bonita Unified School District Superintendent of Schools
• Gil Navarro
  San Bernardino County Office of Education
• Carlos Garcia
  San Francisco County (and SFUSD) Superintendent of Schools
• Rudy Castruita
  former San Diego County and Santa Ana County Superintendent of Schools
• Chris Buja
  Founder and Board Member, Summit Preparatory Charter High School
• Hattie Byland
  President, Grant Professional Association Inland Empire
• Caprice Young
  former President, Los Angeles Unified School District
• Holly Sagues
  Chief Policy Officer, Florida Virtual Schools
• Paul Preston
  Executive Director, California Technical Education Center
• Caroline Vander Ark
  Director of Operations, Getting Smart
• Bill Lucia
  President, Edvoice
• Jody Oliver
  CEO, Expanding Education
• Jenny Hirst
  Instructional Specialist, RUSD
• Justin Partridge
  Teacher, RUSD
• Michael Horn
  Executive Director, Innosight Institute
• Sherry Kendrick
  Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District

  Students in California need access to a broad range of classes that may not be available in the district of attendance. Districts should not be restricted from providing these courses to students due to a loss of ADA. This bill will allow districts to share proportional ADA as well as allow students access to more courses.

  — Sherry Kendrick

• Julie Young
  President and CEO, Florida Virtual School
• Chris Bell
  Assistant Director, eLearning. Julian Charter School

  I want all students to have access to quality online learning experiences and to be well prepared to enter college–whether they choose to attend or not.

  — Chris Bell

• Sean McCarthy
  Instructional Support Coordinator, Murrieta Valley USD

  If student learning is our priority in education, than providing all students with equal access to online learning opportunities is essential. Based on my experience teaching online and supporting online teachers, I have seen the impact on student engagement and on the teachers’ ability to provide individualized learning experiences. Online learning provides choice, flexibility, and differentiated learning experiences for all students.

  — Sean McCarthy

• Rob Darrow
  President, Online Learning Visions

  Over the past 10 years, supporters of K-12 online learning have proposed and introduced bills through the California legislature and only one of them passed. AB294 signed in 2004 allowed 11 California school districts to pilot online learning. Those districts established quality indicators and evaluation components for online learning. However, the law was not renewed and the pilot ended. California needs to take a leap into online learning to better meet the needs of all students in California and to improve college going rates that will ultimately, improve the economy in all California communities regardless of geography. The California Student Bill of Rights Initiative helps to move in this direction.

  — Rob Darrow

• Edward Altenberg
  Educator, PVUSD
• Brad Neufeld
  Shareholder, Gresham Savage Attorneys

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