News Impacting CA Schools for the Week Ending April 16
Federal
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan urged Congress to pass new aid to preserve education jobs. He testified before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that deals with education spending.
In December, the House of Representatives approved a measure that would also allocate $23 billion in job aid to schools, but the Senate has yet to consider such legislation.
Reforming State and Local Governance
As state budget woes continue, attention toward public sector compensation, particularly pensions get more scrutiny. A newly established website www.calstrsbenefits.us from a Stanford study is quickly responded to by the administrators of CALSTRS with a website of their own www.CalPERSresponds.com.
School Districts Impacts
Entering their second or third year of budget reductions, school districts are now out of options. The only option left is salary reduction. With school districts like Lodi and Lake Elnisore getting tentative agreements at the bargaining table, it is only matter of time (this time next year) when a majority of school districts will be sitting down at the table to get salary reductions. However, there will be significant resistance among the rank and file as witnessed by Lodi rejection of the tentative agreement and many districts going into impasse or fact finding in Oakland.
In the meantime, the furlough option is now creeping out of the non-student days into shortening the upcoming school year. In the case of the largest school district in the state, Los Angeles Unified School District is shortening this school year.
Social Media
Leaders at all levels face challenges as they search for ways to tackle cyber issues. Recent conflicts in schools pertaining to search and seizure of technological devices have brought attention to these issues. For school administrators, this struggle exists on a daily basis and continues to expand as the capability and availability of technological devices grow.
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