News Impacting CA School Districts Through October 9
Federal News
AP is reporting an internal watchdog at the Education Department says states are using money from the economic stimulus to plug budget holes instead of boosting aid for schools. Duh!
Sacramento News
Top California school leaders said they soon will sue the state over chronically underfunded schools — a move that in other states has infused billions of dollars into school systems. .
Reforming State and Local Governance
You know things must be really bad in Sacramento when the Democrats and Republicans are having trouble recruiting candidates to run for the State Legislature.
A new proposal to change the state’s legislative term limits law has been submitted to the Attorney General’s office, and could be on the ballot by November 2010.
While locally elected officials are more trusted than State and Federal elected representatives that does not mean local officials are immune to voter dissatisfaction during these tough economic times. A group of Los Angeles neighborhood activists is organizing a campaign to put a measure on the November 2010 ballot that would slice the salaries of Los Angeles elected officials in half.
Filed under the quiet Ticking Time Bomb is an article about looming increases in payroll costs for public employers for pension costs. This study found a correlation between high pension benefits and recent local tax increases.
School District Impacts
The King City High School Teachers Association filed a lawsuit against Monterey County Superintendent of Schools in an effort to restore a labor contract rejected earlier this year. By the way, a state administrator took control of the district to ward off bankruptcy and keep campuses open in July.
Filed under the getting louder Ticking Time Bomb is yet another school district who facing the grim reality of what 2010/2011 looks like after Federal Stimulus funding and categorical flexibility are all but gone.
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