News Impacting CA School Districts Through August 7
Federal News
The state Senate will hold hearings later this month to determine if legislators need to change a California law governing the use of student test scores in order to qualify for Race To the Top federal grant dollars. Perhaps the real work of determining eligibility will be done by Attorney General Jerry Brown
Sacramento News
School districts are worried about mid-year cuts even as the ink is drying on the approved budget.
In case you are counting, the Governor signed 128 bills and vetoed nine bills.
Reforming State and Local Governance
The crash in revenue collection that began 19 months ago forced lawmakers in the past two years to make the deepest cuts to the state’s discretionary fund in the history of the Golden State.
On page seven of this Field Poll report, California voters support for Prop 13 remains strong after thirty years.
For the policy wonks, you can review the guidelines issued by the California State Auditor for California’s new law for drawing boundary lines for State Assembly, State Senate, and State Board of Equalization districts.
School District Impacts
Natomas School District approved August layoffs of teachers and counselors.
As school districts struggle with shrinking budgets, look for more calls to sell under utilized school properties.
School districts that are looking to take advantage of lower penalties for Class Size Reduction are having difficulty implementing those changes due to local contract language.
An emerging trend as more school districts pay to study implementing a local parcel tax.
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