San Bernardino County District Advocates for Better Schools

San Bernardino County District Advocates for Better Schools (SANDABS) is an organization of school district board members and superintendents representing the member districts of San Bernardino County on state and national issues.

SANDABS member districts are eligible to have representation on the SANDABS executive committee, which is composed of nine school board members, nine district superintendents, and the county superintendent. Superintendents are selected by region to serve on the SANDABS executive committee at the district superintendents’ November meeting. School board members are elected to SANDABS at the San Bernardino County School Boards Association's annual meeting in January. annual 

Districts large and small benefit from SANDABS membership through high-quality legislative advocacy services. Membership dues directly support advocacy services and related expenses. Membership dues are not used for staff salaries.

An executive committee directs the activities of SANDABS including monthly meetings with legislative updates from Sacramento and Washington, DC, monthly legislative reports to actively track and monitor proposed bills as they progress through the legislature, and delegation trips to Sacramento to advocate on budget and legislative support for public education. 

In addition, SANDABS annually adopts both state and federal legislative platforms to identify issues of greatest concern to school districts in San Bernardino County.

Meeting Schedule

The SANDABS Executive Committee will convene in-person on the second Wednesday of each month from 2 to 4 p.m. Unless otherwise noted, the meetings go dark from July through August of each year. Meeting locations and additional details are provided via email prior to each meeting date.

The meeting dates for FY 2025-26 are as follows:

• September 10, 2025
• October 8, 2025
• November 12, 2025
• December 10, 2025
• January 14, 2026
  • January 14 Agenda & Addendum
• February 11, 2026
• March 11, 2026
• April 8, 2026
• May 13, 2026
• June 10, 2026

Resources

• SANDABS Meeting Public Comment Guidelines
• 2025 Federal Legislative Platform
• 2025 State Legislative Platform
• SANDABS Bylaws
• 2025 Changes in California Law

 

Other Resources

• No Hungry Kids in Schools Act