ACSA is seeking nominations for outstanding women in educational leadership for the Exemplary Woman in Education Award, to be presented at the 2022 Women in School Leadership Forum, Sept. 21-23 in San Diego. Find criteria and nomination form at www.acsa.org/womensaward. Nominations are due by 11:59 p.m. on August 19, 2022.

The 2022-23 California State Budget lifted the suspension of accreditation fees that has been in place for the past few years. This means that annual accreditation fees will be assessed beginning again this fiscal year (2022-23) as will extraordinary fees for activities such as revisits, new program proposals and new initial institutional approval fees. Program personnel are asked to share this information with budget and fiscal divisions so that they can plan and include these costs in their respective budgets for the current fiscal year.

Work is being done at the national level to explore the possibility of creating an interstate compact for recognizing teacher licenses, similar to those that currently exist for doctors, nurses and other professionals. The Council of State Governments is hosting weekly virtual input sessions where they review the provisions of the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact. These sessions are conducted on Wednesdays at 3 p.m. Eastern now through Aug. 31. If you are interested, you can register for upcoming sessions at this meeting registration link, https://bit.ly/3OscPiF.