Assemblyman Isadore Hall is committed to providing the best possible education to all children in California. In 2001 Hall was elected to the Compton Unified School District Board of Trustees...

Assemblyman Isadore Hall is committed to providing the best possible education to all children in California. In 2001 Hall was elected to the Compton Unified School District Board of Trustees, where he served two consecutive terms as president. During his tenure, Compton Unified School District was restored to full local control after 10 years of mandated state management. He also oversaw the opening of the first new elementary school built in the City of Compton in 35 years, and championed a measure which provided funding to renovate every school in the District.

In Sacramento, Hall continues as a force for positive change. Within a few months of joining the Legislature, he introduced 19 Assembly Bills and 2 resolutions. He was appointed Assistant Speaker pro Tempore and began work as a member of several significant committees, including the Select Committee on Community Colleges and Committees on Health and Human Services.

Assemblyman Hall authored AB 1293, which revises the public school employee merit system to allow a position with special requirements to be filled through an appointment made from among the highest three ranks of eligible candidates on the eligibility list who meet the special requirements of the position. “Now more than ever, it is important that we find ways to cut red tape and help people throughout Los Angeles County get back to work,” Hall stated “AB 1293 is a critical tool for LAUSD to be able to identify and hire specialized employees quickly and continue the important reforms at work throughout the district.”

Hall introduced resolution ACR 82, which encourages all public education institutions in California to designate each campus as a “discrimination-free zone”, creating a campus climate that welcomes diversity and provides a safe haven from intolerance and discrimination.

With legislation that addresses education technology, Assemblyman Hall continues to promote programs to help the education community. AB 678 requires school districts to update their education technology plans to reflect new technologies and encourages districts to partner with information technology companies and non-profit organizations to supplement their Internet safety curriculum.

Hall recently announced the award of a $678,960 grant from the California Department of Transportation’s (Caltrans) Safe Routes to School Program to improve student health and safety at Charles Drew Middle School and Russell Elementary School in South Los Angeles. Safe Routes to School is statewide program designed to increase the number of children who walk or bicycle to school by improving the infrastructure around school campuses and developing education and encouragement programs to promote walking and bicycling to school.

Dating from his years of school district service and terms on the Compton City Council, where he was instrumental in funding youth programs and afterschool services, Hall has worked tirelessly to improve and expand educational and vocational opportunities for young people. “Our children are our hope for the future,” Hall stated. “We must do everything we can to help them become happy, healthy, productive adults.”