"Council Decides" is a CTA publication that summarizes the activities of each of the four State Council of Education meetings that is held each school year. CTA's State Council is the 788-member policy making representative assembly of the 330,000-member California Teachers Association.
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For educators, the situation is bleak on both the national and state level, according to CTA President Wayne Johnson. Challenges include the national "No Child Left Behind" Act, the state's massive budget deficit, the fight to preserve Class Size Reduction, and an unprecedented number of layoff notices to teachers.

CTA State Council welcomed four of the five state Teachers of the Year, including Virginia Avila of the Grant Union High School District, who will go on to the national competition in Washington, D.C.

• Click here to hear what Avila had to say to Council.

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