News Impacting CA Schools for the Week Ending March 5
Federal
California didn’t make the cut for taking home cash in the first round of the Race to the Top competition for federal stimulus funds for education.
Sacramento
Democrats in the Legislature took a step toward restoring $900 million of the more than $2 billion that Gov. Schwarzenegger has proposed to cut from K-12 schools and community colleges. The “gas-tax-swap” bill would hold the schools harmless by raising the percentage of the general fund that must go toward K-14 schools. The Governor hasn’t said whether he would sign the bill.
A bill in the California Legislature would give three school districts more freedom in how it spends state money. The bill would relax spending restrictions on state funds for up to three eligible districts as part of a pilot program. The added flexibility would begin in 2011 and run through 2014. The bill was introduced by Sen. Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, and sponsored by the Long Beach Unified.
Reforming State and Local Governance
Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez said he is prepared to ask the Legislature to put California Forward’s proposal to lower the vote requirement for passing a budget on the November ballot.
With 80 initiative proposals currently circulating throughout California, Secretary of State Debra Bowen today reminded voters of their key rights and responsibilities when deciding whether to sign petitions.
A new study says the economic downturn has prompted 17 states to make cost-cutting public pension reforms during the last two years — lower benefits for new hires, extended retirement ages and bigger payments from workers. California is not among them.
School Districts Impacts
The list of March 15 notices is over 35 school districts.
Los Angeles
The Los Angeles school board unanimously approved sending nearly 5,200 layoff notices to teachers, administrators, counselors and nurses, as the district looks to close a $640 million budget deficit for the next school year.
Murieta
Murieta staff expects about 175 teachers to get layoff notices, including some who have been with the district since 2003.
Pomona
The school board has voted to send out preliminary layoff notices to 321 certificated employees. Of the 321 employees due to receive notices, 293 are teachers.
Chino Valley
Teachers and students are reeling from a school board decision to close the Chino Valley Unified Adult School on July 1. In addition the Board is expected to approve the release of about 87 preliminary layoff notices.
Placentia-Yorba Linda
The Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District has reached a tentative furlough agreement with the group that could save the district $1.6 million. In exchange for the 10 furlough days, which amount to about a 2.1 percent pay cut this school year for most of the employees, the district has agreed not to lay off any more support staff during this school year and to not lay off more than 5 percent of staff in the 2010-11 school year.
Brea Olinda
The Brea Olinda Unified School District could be sending layoff notices to more than 30 teachers and an unknown number of classified employees to help resolve a projected $3.5 million deficit due to ongoing cuts in state funding.
Calaveras
The elimination of two dozen teachers - the equivalent of 23.12 full-time positions – would save the district $1.2 million in the fiscal year that begins July 1, said Calaveras officials.
Paramount
The Paramount Unified School District wants employees to take four unpaid furlough days next academic year as part of a plan to cut $3.2 million from its 2010-2011 budget. In addition, the board could decide to warn 10 elementary teachers and two intervention teachers that they may lose their jobs at the end of the school year.
Modesto
The board voted 6-1 to begin layoff proceedings for more than 300 teachers, counselors, nurses and librarians, setting up negotiations with employee unions.
Castro Valley
The Board approved just over $5 million in cuts from next year’s budget, which will eliminate about 50 teaching and management positions in the district.
Lompoc
Every employee of the Lompoc Unified School District just lost eight working days from the 2010-11 school year. The question of whether to accept the furlough decision now will be posed to the labor organizations.
Ojai
The board approved layoff notices for 51 certificated employees at a meeting Tuesday night. The list includes about 40 full-time classroom teachers and five full-time support and administrative positions.
Twin Rivers
Twin Rivers Unified School District trustees discussed whether to issue pink slips to more than 400 employees. Of those proposed layoff notices, 226 were to be given to classified employees – clerks, custodians, library workers, bus drivers and maintenance personnel and their supervisors.
Oxnard
Prompted by proposed state funding cuts, Oxnard School District trustees approved a list of layoff notices for about 30 teachers.
Walnut Valley
The Walnut Valley Unified School District board of trustees voted Wednesday night to notify 54 elementary school teachers and about 30 high school educators of their possible layoffs for the 2010-11 school year.
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