News Impacting CA School Districts Through June 18
Federal News
California will not be receiving any help with their budget from the Federal government when a $23 billion aid package was defeated in the Senate.
Sacramento News
Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg has introduced a bill directly responding to issues raised in a February lawsuit challenging the large-scale layoffs of teachers at three Los Angeles Unified middle schools and in low-performing schools elsewhere in California. The bill would explicitly give superintendents and schools boards the authority to override teacher seniority rules in order to prevent disproportionate layoffs at any school. A federal judge ruled last month that districts already have this power under state law; they just don’t use it.
Reforming State and Local Governance
One issue facing State and local governments is rising pension costs. Some states have begun changing the pension benefits to address the issue. With California facing its third multi-billion-dollar budget deficit in as many years, four state labor unions have agreed to roll back pension benefits for their new hires and increase retirement contributions for all state employees. In the meantime, CalPERS boosted the state’s annual pension payment 18 percent, up $600 million to $3.9 billion, and the question now is how big will increases be in the future?
School District Impacts
Complicating school districts ability to develop and approve thier budgets is ongoing negotiations. If negotiations bog down into impasse then districts like Hayward can not meet their budget deadline.
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