Archive for July 2013
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July 31, 2013
Ruling spotlights hole in dismissal of troubled students from charters
Classroom security could be diminished as a result of a recent court ruling that found charter schools are under no obligation to notify neighboring school districts of a student's dismissal - even if the separation was the result of dangerous or threatening behavior.
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July 31, 2013
State readies big down payment on common core
State fiscal officers are preparing to distribute $625 million to schools later this month to help bring the new national common standards into California classrooms.
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July 30, 2013
LCFF money includes requirements, sanctions limiting K-3 class size
An overlooked but still key provision of Gov. Jerry Brown's new funding formula for schools requires districts to maintain average class sizes at no more than 24 students - or risk losing some of their funding.
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July 28, 2013
National Spotlight: Districts adapt policies for new devices in classroom
As districts move to a new era of technology in the classroom, not only are policies prohibiting these devices being repealed as state officials and K-12 administrators contemplate rules that not only allow - but even encourage - use of student-owned electronics as tools for learning.
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July 26, 2013
Digital content bill one step from governor’s desk
A two-year effort to pass legislation requiring textbook publishers to make available digital versions of their content appears to be one step from the governor's desk.
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July 24, 2013
Deferred classroom repairs loom as a costly crisis for taxpayers
For years, the Legislature conditioned the use of state bond funds that helped schools make major renovations on requirements that districts set aside some of their own money for facility upkeep and maintenance.
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July 23, 2013
State rushes first of Local Control money out to schools
By this time next week, schools will have received their first batch of state aid based on Gov. Jerry Brown's Local Control Funding Formula even though entitlement calculations are months away from being finalized.
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July 23, 2013
Smaller LEAs face planning deadline for Prop. 39 energy grants
California school districts with an average daily attendance of 1,000 or less have until Aug. 1 to notify the state whether they want to collect two years' worth of energy efficiency money this year.
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July 21, 2013
CA produces only half the number of special ed teachers needed
Even as enrollment in special education programs statewide continues to escalate, California's teacher credentialing system is turning out only about half the number of fully authorized classroom educators needed to serve students with disabilities.
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July 19, 2013
CDC offers schools new tool for assessing health education instruction
School districts and other educational agencies have access to a new online tool to help them review, select or develop appropriate and effective health education curricula based on national standards.
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