Archive for May 2012 - Page 2
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May 24, 2012
Finance releases district-by-district funding estimates under weighted plan
The Department of Finance released Thursday a formal, district-by-district estimate of how the governor's revised funding formula would work through 2018-19.
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May 23, 2012
Brown signs law authorizing $3.5 billion in school deferrals
A week after it was publicly unveiled - and a day after two Republican lawmakers proposed a constitutional amendment outlawing the practice - Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Wednesday that would protect the state's cash flow next year by deferring $3.5 billion in payments to schools during the 2012-13 fiscal year.
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May 23, 2012
Poll shows Brown tax measure holding support but a big lift remains
A new survey suggests Gov. Jerry Brown's apparent strategy for winning support for his November tax measure may be having the desired effect on voters - although the poll author warns the election is still a long way off.
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May 23, 2012
Students with disabilities have new waiver from exit exam
Students with disabilities soon will have another avenue available for receiving a high school diploma without meeting the state's exit exam requirements.
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May 22, 2012
Sac schools get $4.1 million in federal grants for afterschool, summer learning programs
After-school and summer learning programs offered at Sacramento City Unified School District campuses will get a boost from more than $4 million in federal grants, the district learned this month.
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May 22, 2012
CTC reappoints three educators to accreditation committee
Joseph Jimenez of Visalia, Gary Kinsey of Camarillo and Reyes Quezada of San Diego recently were re-appointed to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing's Committee on Accreditation.
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May 22, 2012
Business group lauds high-performing schools
More than 1,600 schools that demonstrated consistently high levels of student academic achievement, improved achievement levels over time, and reduced achievement gaps are listed on the 2011 California Business for Education Excellence Honor Roll.
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May 22, 2012
Bill would set daily attendance limit for early college and middle high school students
A Bay Area senator's bill would set 180 minutes as the attendance day for early college and middle college high school juniors and seniors also enrolled in community colleges.
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May 21, 2012
Report confirms highest ever number of school districts in financial jeopardy
A record number of California school districts are at risk of not being able to pay their bills the next several years, a state report released Monday confirmed.
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May 20, 2012
May Revise puts transportation money into flex, some LEAs still need more
Following a groundswell of opposition from school districts to his January proposal to eliminate future state transportation aid, Gov. Jerry Brown included the funding in the May revision of his 2012-13 budget. But some districts are still having troubles making all the ends meet.
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