News Impacting CA School Districts through September 25
Federal News
In his first major speech, Secretary Duncan says the rewrite of ‘No Child Left Behind’ should start now; reauthorization can’t wait.
The Common Core State Standards Initiative released the first official draft of the college- and career-readiness standards. Feedback on the draft is being accepted until October 21, 2009.
Sacramento News
Since the implementation of Prop 13, state government avoided raising taxes and spends like Santa whenever it receives extra revenue. As a result, California is going broke.
Reforming State and Local Governance
Repair California, a proponent of a constitutional convention to change how the state is governed plan has delayed submission for two related ballot measures to the state attorney general’s office to late October.
The Governor’s Commission on Taxation recommendations are met with shrugs.
School District Impacts
Look for more news like this. The Sacramento County Office of Education made a decision to move Natomas School District into “negative status” so a financial adviser could be appointed to assist the district with its budget revisions.
On the personnel front, some teacher unions are resisting the movement to increase class size in San Diego county.
Salinas Union High School Board approved a pay cut for CSEA employees.
In Los Angeles Unified School District, the budget cuts are having a ripple effect throughout the system. Veteran substitute teachers have lost work when the union agreed to side letter to use recently laid off permanent teachers, the Board of Education voted to eliminate all special committees and limit public comment at Board meetings, and in what Los Angeles school district officials hope is the first of several concessions by labor unions, bus drivers have agreed to take six unpaid days off this fiscal year.
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