Archive for March 2017 - Page 2
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March 21, 2017
New bills expand rights of juveniles in court system
(Calif.) Lawmakers announced a series of bills Monday that seek to further prevent children from entering or remaining in the juvenile justice system and expands their legal right to representation.
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March 20, 2017
CA new accountability display met mostly with favor
(Calif.) Education officials in California are breathing a sigh of relief after the unveiling of the state’s new school accountability dashboard was met with little public resistance last week.
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March 20, 2017
Why lifting accountability regs will hurt underserved pupils
It may seem like only a wonk would fret about any congressional resolution to void regulations for the Every Student Succeeds Act but, in fact, it may be an enormous educational detriment for close to 37,000,000 students. And, just in case you were wondering, that’s about three quarters of the total public school population.
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March 16, 2017
Teacher groups oppose Mich. Common Core repeal
(Mich.) The Michigan Science Teachers Association is the latest group to pile on opposition to a bill introduced in the House that would walk back the state’s adoption of the Common Core State Standards.
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March 15, 2017
Wave of new bills aim to reduce CA suspension rates
(Calif.) Students at risk of being suspended from school will undergo a more transparent disciplinary process according to authors of a trio of bills introduced in both the California Senate and Assembly.
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March 15, 2017
Politics complicates Texas budget process
(Texas) A growing political riff between Republican leaders of the Legislature is threatening critical steps in building the 2017-18 state budget, as well as a bill that would restructure school funding.
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March 14, 2017
Bill would soften cap on district reserves
(Calif.) Two Bay Area lawmakers are once again attempting to find a compromise over a controversial cap on the amount of money school districts can keep in reserve.
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March 14, 2017
More changes needed to make ed. funding fair
(Ohio) Lawmakers have passed a steady barrage of bills in recent years aimed at making Ohio’s school funding more equitable–but new research shows the state still has a ways to go.
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March 13, 2017
Bill would provide big tax breaks to teachers
(Calif.) In an effort reduce the growing teacher shortage and improve retention rates, a bill pending before lawmakers would exclude certified classroom instructors from paying state income taxes after five years of service.
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March 13, 2017
Charters to have easier access to surplus school facilities
(Ark.) Charter schools will have first dibs on purchasing or leasing space in unused or underutilized public school facilities under a bill that is quickly moving through the Arkansas Legislature.
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