Texas Association of School Boards & Its Governmental Relations Initiative: An Interview with Catherine Clark
Friday, April 30th, 2010Equity Center Radio | April 30, 2010 | Catherine Clark, the Associate Executive Director for Governance Services at the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) tells our Audience all About Its Upcoming Lobbying Effort on behalf of Quality Education in Texas for all School Children.
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Today, Dr. Catherine Clark, the Associate Executive Director for Governance Services at the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB), 12007 Research Blvd., PO Box 400, Austin, TX 78767–where she can be reached at 512-467-0222 X6515 (business) or 800-580-8272 (toll free business)–reveals how her organization is working to promote healthier school funding in the State of Texas and how it is now at work enhancing the school finance environment.
As the Associate Executive Director for Governance Services, Ms. Clark is responsible for legal services, policy service, consulting services for school districts, school board member training programs, and online governance tools for board members. Prior to becoming associate executive director at TASB, Catherine served as director for research and policy at the Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Before she joined the Dana Center she was director of the Texas Center for Educational Research in Austin, Texas, from 1991 to 2000. She has expertise in school finance and tax policy and provides training to school board members and administrators on school finance, school budgets, and property tax policy.
On today’s program, hosted by Lauren Cook, our guest explains the principles that govern TASB and discusses how its goals are being developed by its outreach to other organizations that also represent the interests of Texas public schools and our school children. According to Catherine, TASB will be working in the upcoming legislative session to shape school funding for generations to come with additional student funding per capita so that Texas schools can keep pace with those in the rest of the country.
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