2025 Award Nominations Now Open

The 2025 Awards are now open.  Learn more about how to nominate students, educators and policy makers for this year's awards.

 

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Changing from At-Risk to At-Promise

​California has become the first state to recognize the importance of changing laws to recognize that all students are “At-promise” of success. Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 413 (Jones-Sawyer) on October 12, 2019. The bill eliminates the deficit laden “At-risk” term in the California Education and Penal Codes.

Since 2019 we have seen how the impacts of a global pandemic highlighted equity issues in At-Promise youth and provided the opportunity to meet their needs in new and exciting ways. Let's make sure that we continue to impact educational policy in a way that moves us towards innovation and access for all students.