CalSTRS Trustees Elected by Public School Educators.SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Current California public school educators elected three members to the governing body Noun 1. governing body - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he of the California State Teachers' Retirement System. In election results announced today, the two Teachers' Retirement Board members elected by the kindergarten through twelfth grade This article or section deals primarily with the United States and Canada and does not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. educators are: * Dana Dillon, a teacher/librarian with the Weed Union Elementary School elementary school: see school. District, is the current Teachers' Retirement Board chair following her election to the board in 2003. Dillon has spent 22 years as a member, vice-chair and chair of the California Teachers Association's Retirement Committee. * Harry M. Keiley, a high school teacher with the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District is the school district for the cities of Santa Monica and Malibu, California. It has ten elementary schools, two middle schools, three high schools, an adult high school, and an alternative school. , has served as the president of Santa Monica-Malibu Classroom Teachers Association and chairman of the California Teachers Association The California Teachers Association (CTA), initially established in 1863 as the California Educational Society, is by far the largest teachers' union in the state of California. It is considered by many to be the most powerful union in California. Political Involvement Committee. The third elected seat, representing community college faculty, has been filled by Carolyn Widener, an English professor at West Los Angeles College WLAC is a part of the California Community Colleges system, within the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD), and fully accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges[1]. . She was the only candidate who qualified for the community college seat. Widener, a current member of the board and past chair, is currently serving as the chair of the Benefits and Services Committee. Dillon, Keiley and Widener will serve four-year terms, which begin January 1, 2008. Legislation in 2003 established the election for these three seats to the 12-member Teachers' Retirement Board, which sets policy and makes rules for CalSTRS. The board also includes members named by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate representing the public, school boards and retired CalSTRS members as well as four ex-officio board members: Director of Finance, State Controller, State Superintendent of Public Instruction and State Treasurer Noun 1. state treasurer - the treasurer for a state government financial officer, treasurer - an officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds . With a $180 billion investment portfolio, the California State Teachers' Retirement System is the second-largest public pension fund in the United States. It administers retirement, disability and survivor benefits for California's 813,000 public school educators and their families from the state's 1,400 school districts, county offices of education and community college districts. |
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