News Impacting CA Schools for the Week Ending May 21
Federal
The application form for round two of Race To The Top is due May 21st. While many California school districts will go through the motions of signing the necessary documents, it is highly unlikely California will receive any funding based on its poor showing in the first round of funding.
Sacramento
In Sacramento and San Francisco press conferences were held to announce a historic lawsuit was filed against the state of California requesting that the current education finance system be declared unconstitutional and that the state be required to establish a school finance system that provides all students an equal opportunity to meet the academic goals set by the State..
This lawsuit was brought forth by a broad coalition of students, parents, school districts and educational organizations. In 2007, two former lawyers turned teachers in Alameda Unified School District presented a report to the Alameda School Board that laid the foundation for this historic lawsuit.
Additional background on the lawsuit can be found here, including a timeline of events leading to the lawsuit, a summary of the lawsuit and reference materials.
Press coverage from around the state includes:
- Sacramento Bee
- San Jose Mercury News
- Washington Post
- Los Angeles Times
- Oakland Tribune (Alameda angle)
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