Archive for April 2017
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April 27, 2017
Panel greenlights non-credentialed teacher hiring
(Calif.) Members of an important legislative policy committee gave conditional support to bills that would temporarily reduce teacher training requirements and provide charter schools better access to surplus property, but they rejected a measure that would have repealed district funding reserve caps.
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April 27, 2017
Career readiness definition still eludes most states study finds
(Penn.) At least 15 states still have ambiguous definitions for how schools should be preparing students for a career upon graduation, or lack standards altogether, according to a recent study from the University of Pennsylvania.
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April 26, 2017
More refugee funding under consideration for May revise
(Calif.) School districts facing significant increases in the number of new refugee students could receive $5 million in one-time Proposition 98 funding under a proposal considered Tuesday by key legislative panel.
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April 26, 2017
Children big losers in House health care rewrite
(District of Columbia) Legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare could have resulted in the elimination of benefits to millions of low-income children, shifting some of those services to schools, according to analysis from a national advocacy group.
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April 25, 2017
LEAs needed fewer waiver requests in 2016
(Calif.) School districts requested less than 300 waivers last year from state education requirements, continuing a four-year trend, according to a new report from the California Department of Education.
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April 25, 2017
States continue move away from Common Core tests
(R.I.) Rhode Island will become the latest in a growing list of states to drop its national consortium designed assessment in favor of using a college-readiness exam to meet federal accountability requirements, education officials announced last week.
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April 24, 2017
Funding reform bill leads Texas leg action
(Texas) A sweeping overhaul of the school funding system won approval last week from the Legislature’s lower house with bipartisan support, but still faces an uncertain future in the state Senate.
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April 24, 2017
Charters vs. CTA heads for Capitol showdown
(Calif.) The growing struggle between charter schools and opponents within the traditional system will spill into legislative chambers this week as lawmakers consider several bills that would put new regulations on charters and their operators.
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April 20, 2017
New bills take on start times, IEP translation and fake news
(Calif.) Middle and high schools will be prohibited from starting the regular school day before 8:30 a.m. under a bill at the center of a heated debate Wednesday during a Senate Education Committee hearing.
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April 19, 2017
New concerns over another of Brown’s online learning ideas
(Calif.) The non-partisan Legislative Analyst urged lawmakers Tuesday to reject a proposal from the governor to double the state’s ongoing support for online education at community colleges to $20 million annually.
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