News Impacting CA School Districts Through August 21
Federal News
Schwarzenegger said he is calling a special legislative session to do away with laws that might make California ineligible for federal Race to the Top funds. He has asked state Legislators to present him with a package by early October that would lift the state’s charter school cap and allow teacher evaluations to be linked to student test scores.
Sacramento News
Dan Walters comments on the uphill struggle for a bill that would prohibit a local school district from mandating college prep unless it also “adopts an optional graduation requirement that requires the completion of an equal amount of course-work to attain entry-level employment skills in business or industry upon graduation from high school”.
Peter Schrag comments on “myths” of the California budgetary problems.
Reforming State and Local Governance
The Governor was busy suggesting reforming the pension system and creating a part-time Legislature. Meanwhile Repair California, California Forward and the California Action Network are preparing their reform packages for next year’s ballot.
La Mesa has become one of the first cities to launch part of a pension reform pushed by a group of city managers in San Diego County — have workers make annual payments to help fund their pensions
School District Impacts
As school begin to open many class rooms will see more students in their classrooms as class size reduction is phased out.
Last minute fund raising restores some of the cuts made in March for this Bay Area school district.
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