Archive for May 2010
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May 28, 2010
CDE delays SIG application deadline
The California Department of Education announced Thursday they are extending the deadline for applying for the $415 million School Improvement Grant program passed June 1.
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May 28, 2010
$408 million opened for all projects on state unfunded list
The State Allocation Board voted Wednesday to conditionally open $408 million in available school construction bonds to shovel-ready districts regardless of their place on a waiting list.
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May 28, 2010
Congress delays action on education jobs bill
House leaders cancelled plans Thursday to mark up a military supplemental appropriations bill that included $23 billion for education jobs.
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May 27, 2010
EdVoice, Hastings launch $1 million campaign for Romero
In a campaign where cash contributions have become especially hard to come by, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has offered up a $1 million donation on behalf of state Sen. Gloria Romero's bid to become state schools chief.
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May 27, 2010
Democrats formally kill governor’s child care cut
The Legislature's Democratic majority has clearly rejected cost-cutting proposals from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger that would have eliminated state-funded child care programs.
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May 27, 2010
Congress takes up funding bill that would aide education
A much-anticipated supplemental appropriations bill - that includes $24 billion to keep teachers on the job - faces a critical mark up session today before a panel of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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May 26, 2010
Democrats go diving for bottles and cans to save budget
In what some might consider a perfect metaphor for the state's fiscal conditions, Assembly Democrats proposed Tuesday putting up used bottles and cans as collateral for a $9 billion cash advance from Wall Street.
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May 26, 2010
Hundreds of bills face legislative deadline challenge this week
Facing a deficit of nearly $20 billion and virtually no hope of raising taxes, lawmakers would seem desperate for some easy cost cutting fixes - perhaps like pushing back the start date for kindergarteners.
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May 26, 2010
Bill advances that limits sugar drinks at day care
Research shows that almost 25 percent of children are overweight before they walk through the doors of preschool. The suspect: sugary drinks.
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May 25, 2010
CalPADS operations improve as state loses federal grant
Fixes to the state new longitudinal student data system have progressed far enough that new deadlines have been announced for the delivery of enrollment, graduation and dropout information, officials said Monday.
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