Archive for May 2013 - Page 3
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May 16, 2013
Lawmakers remain skeptical over Brown’s Local Control Funding Formula
One day after Gov. Jerry Brown attempted to rally educators statewide behind his plan to restructure school finances, members of a key legislative panel Wednesday remained skeptical about some elements including adequacy of the per-pupil base grants for core programs and how districts will be held accountable for student outcomes.
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May 14, 2013
May budget offers big boost to common core
Nearly three years after California formally adopted national common core curriculum standards, Gov. Jerry Brown proposed Tuesday the state's first major investment in transitioning students to the new classroom
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May 14, 2013
Jury still out on Brown’s enhanced LEA spending accountability
Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed restructuring of school finance would hold schools accountable for how they spend state dollars on students by using a system similar to one already in place that monitors district budgets, members of his administration said Tuesday.
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May 14, 2013
Revised May budget sweetens base grant, adds flexible $1b for common core
UPDATED to correct base grant funding number. Signaling a likely transition to student testing based on the common core standards by spring 2015, Gov. Jerry Brown announced Tuesday a plan to earmark $1 billion of the spring revenue windfall to help schools buy new textbooks, make technology improvements and provide teacher training to implement the new curriculum standards.
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May 14, 2013
May waiver calendar at SBE includes relief from Open Enrollment
As part of the state board's May waiver calendar, six school districts with test scores at or above the state's performance benchmark have been granted permission to remove schools otherwise targeted by the 2013-14 Open Enrollment Act's list of lowest performers.
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May 12, 2013
Tracy district wins state waiver for use of capital appreciation bonds
After a month's reflection, the California State Board of Education has approved a waiver that paves the way for a Tracy school district to borrow $23 million from financial markets even though much of it would come from selling capital appreciation bonds.
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May 12, 2013
After Sandy Hook, some legislative fixes fall away - some move ahead
In the wake of the shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, California lawmakers were quick to offer up a number of new ideas aimed at keeping schools and students safe.
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May 10, 2013
SBE acts to secure waiver of Title I carryover rule
The California State Board of Education accepted an offer from federal officials Thursday to soften the impact of sequestration on school districts and voted to purse a waiver to rules limiting how many Title I dollars can be carried over from one fiscal year to the next.
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May 10, 2013
Tax collections officially up $4.6b, making next week’s May revise much easier
It's official. State Controller John Chiang confirmed earlier this week projections that other agencies were making about the significant increase in tax collections so far this spring, reporting gains that outpaced projections by $4.6 billion.
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May 08, 2013
SBE challenges school accountability measurement, looks for options
California's State Board of Education raised some major red flags Wednesday over changes being considered to the state's K-12 school accountability system, leaving in question the next steps for updating the system.
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