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@CSBA_Now or California School Boards Association is a membership-driven association that provides policy resources and training to members and represents the statewide interest of public education through legal, political legislative, community and media advocacy as stated on

CSBA's website. @CSBA_Now offers
Premier Business Affiliate memberships to law firms that school districts use to litigate against families with disabled students. In particular, one law firm @F3Law Fagen, Friedman & Fultrust, is a Premier Business Affiliate at CSBA. This Premier

Business Affiliate membership is $25,000 per year. @CSBA_Now states "CSBA introduces its members (school board) directly to business affiliate companies, providing the unique opportunity for affiliates to shape current and potential customer attitudes toward products & services”.

In contrast, @DyslexiaIDA, #Autism & Special Education Groups, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (@NAACP), etc do not have the financial means to join @CSBA_Now to "shape attitudes" for the elected school board members. It further states on CSBA's website

that “As an affiliate, you can meet your market: the more than 7,000 school board members, superintendents, executive assistants, facilities managers and business officials who spend more than $70 billion annually to equip and maintain thousands of school buildings and provide

educational opportunities for more than six million public school students." The private law firms fighting special education students are profiting from our taxpayer dollars.

#corruption #educationotlitigation

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