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 2024-25 are as follows:
- September 11, 2024
- October 9, 2024
- October 30, 2024
- December 11, 2024
- January 8, 2025
- February 12, 2025
- March 12, 2025
- April 9, 2025
- May 14, 2025
- June 11, 2025
Resources
- SANDABS February Legislative Report
- SANDABS February Federal Advocacy Update
- SANDABS February Video Update
- SANDABS Meeting Public Comment Guidelines
- 2024 Federal Legislative Platform
- 2024 State Legislative Platform
- SANDABS Bylaws
- 2024 Changes in CA Law
James Fields
Senior Manager, Intergovernmental Relations and Communications
For additional information, please call 909.386.2947.
601 North E Street
San Bernardino, CA 92415-0020