Archive for July 2010
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July 30, 2010
Stable cash flow a probable factor in budget stalemate
Urgency' has become popular term among legislative leaders when talking about closing a budget deal.
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July 30, 2010
Legal oversight agency lobbied to scuttle open enrollment’ program
Opponents of a new open enrollment program are calling on a little-known state legal agency to exercise its authority to send back emergency regulations governing the plan for further revisions.
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July 29, 2010
SIG awards expected to be announced today
Districts administrators can expect to learn later today whether they've been recommended for a School Improvement Grant and how much they should be getting, state officials said Wednesday.
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July 29, 2010
School districts newest target of online transfer fraud
Federal law enforcement officials are warning U.S. school districts that their bank accounts are the newest targets of cyber criminals, after millions were stolen in a recent wave of thefts.
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July 29, 2010
New charter schools set to get big federal grants
New charter schools in California can expect to share in as much as $300 million in federal aid over the next five years, under an application approved this week by the U.S. Department of Education.
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July 28, 2010
Public notice, key to open enrollment program
Among the long list of requirements on school districts as part of the new open enrollment' program are several key items that administrators should focus on.
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July 28, 2010
Court favors more local control over statewide benefit charters
The First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco ruled this week that when the state board of education considers authorizing a statewide benefit charter to open a site in a new area, they must first take into account whether the proposed educational program can be approved at the local level.
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July 28, 2010
CA named RTTT finalist, impact of competition already being felt
California's designation Tuesday as one of 19 finalists in the second round of the federal Race to the Top competition has already put a significant imprint on public schools - but a wider impact in years to come is far less certain.
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July 27, 2010
OPSC to strictly enforce 24 hour submission rule
The Office of Public School Construction has begun rigidly enforcing a policy of returning school construction funding applications to districts after 24 hours if any documents are missing.
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July 27, 2010
July SBE waivers dominated by class size penalties
More than a dozen waiver requests from local educational agencies had to be set aside at last month's meeting of the California State Board of Education after the loss of a quorum but most are coming back as part of the board's special session next week.
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