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East Side Union listens, rethinks, revises draft accountability plan - by...
By shifting money to pay for more academic counselors and librarians next year at the lowest-performing schools, administrators of East Side Union High School District in San Jose have revised the...
View ArticleNatomas Unified releases draft accountability plan - by Alex Gronke
Natomas Unified School District has published its draft Local Control Accountability Plan, outlining plans that include buying new laptops for students, hiring staff to help English learners at...
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Race for state superintendent heated despite agreement on two key issues - by...
Moderator Janis Hirohama introduces candidates Marshall Tuck, Lydia Gutierrez and Tom Torlakson at the PTA and League of Women Voters forum for the candidates in Los Angeles in May. Source: Web...
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School bonds, parcel taxes win big - by John Fensterwald
Tuesday’s primary election proved to be a good day for supporters of school construction bonds and parcel taxes. Voters in 44 California school districts passed 35 school construction measures, worth...
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Legislators want districts to be explicit about how they’re targeting dollars...
Behind closed doors in coming days, legislative leaders and Gov. Jerry Brown will decide whether to address a complaint that civil rights and parent groups have about the new state funding law: It does...
View ArticleOakland Unified to pursue parcel tax to fund career pathways - by Michelle...
The Oakland Unified School District is moving ahead with a plan to ask voters to authorize a $120-per-year parcel tax to fund career pathway programs in district schools. The parcel tax is believed to...
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Thousands would lose eligibility for transitional kindergarten under revised...
Nearly half of California’s currently eligible 4-year-olds would lose their eligibility to enroll in transitional kindergarten in 2015 if a bill that passed the Senate last week gets the governor’s...
View ArticleMore money for Common Core, early education and funding formula in final...
With a deadline looming, Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders have cut a deal for the 2014-15 state budget that, at the governor’s insistence, keeps his revenue projections but still makes room for...
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State should not be forcing districts to spend down their budget reserves -...
Vernon Billy The governor and Legislature are preparing to approve budget language that severely limits the amount of funding school districts can maintain in their local reserves for economic...
View ArticleDistricts protesting closed-door deal restricting control over their budgets...
Organizations representing school districts and superintendents are trying to stop a last-minute effort to limit the size of their budget reserves, which they’re characterizing as a bald-faced attempt...
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