News Impacting CA Schools for the Week Ending March 12
Federal
Up to $200 million in federal stimulus funds could be in jeopardy unless the state answers allegations that it is using accounting tricks to cover up a lack of spending on public education.
The Common Core State Standards Initiative released a draft of K-12 standards for public comment. The Educated Guess review the implications for California.
Sacramento
The State Board of Education unanimously approved the revised list of 188 failing schools. The schools on the list are supposed to comprise the 5 percent of “persistently lowest performing schools” in need of drastic intervention. They’ll be eligible to apply for federal School Improvement Grants of between $150,000 and $6 million over the next three years.
Reforming State and Local Governance
Many believe the political process needs reform in the area of campaign financing. The FPPC’s report, entitled “Big Money Talks,” delves into the 25 biggest – at least in financial terms – political players in the state, which have collectively spent $1.3 billion on political actionin the last 10 years.
School Districts Impacts
With March 15 on Monday, school districts completed taking action on approving the issuing layoff notices across California. Here is a list of over 50 school districts from across California.
Capistrano Dixie Encinitas Fontana Glendora Liberty Long Beach Los Angeles Mt Diablo Murrieta Norwalk-La Mirada Oceanside Ontario-Montclair Poway Rio Sacramento City Saddleback San Ramon Valley Walnut Valley
For the links to the other news articles for school districts on the list, read the February 26 and March 5 recaps.
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