Archive for September 2010 - Page 5
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September 07, 2010
CORRECTED (Sept. 8) Spending separates Brown from Whitman on ed issues
There may be no single policy area where gubernatorial candidates Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown agree more than K-12 education. But there's a huge difference when it comes to how much each would spend to support schools, experts said.
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September 07, 2010
Budget fight could claim school jobs money as latest victim
The Labor Day weekend is over but there's no sign that lawmakers are ready to deal on the budget impasse now two month old -- but of more immediate concern to schools, there's evidence that $1.2 billion in federal jobs money might get caught up in the spending debate.
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September 03, 2010
Feds announce award of common testing grants, California’s role problematic
Federal education officials said that a consortium of states including California will share $330 million to develop national assessments, but California's participation may be limited because of the many changes to common core.
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September 03, 2010
Calculations for LEA funding from jobs bill online, Gov. still hasn’t acted
The California Department of Education announced Thursday release of the preliminary calculations for the amount of money each local educational agency will receive from the latest federal school stimulus appropriation, but to get the money the governor must act and so far, he has not.
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September 01, 2010
Legislature passes bills to release $1.9 billion federal grants to schools
California schools would receive nearly $2 billion in multiple federal grants under authorizing legislation that is now in the hands of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The money is meant to support teachers, school restructuring efforts, and career education.
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September 01, 2010
Questions swirl around the benefits, pitfalls posed by Prop 19
Among the ballot measures voters will consider in November, perhaps none have inspired more polarized interpretations of its impact on California than Proposition 19, also known as the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010.
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September 01, 2010
Senate leader’s teacher layoff bill dies, kindergarten, federal grant bills pass
A bill that would have changed the longstanding first in, first out" teacher seniority system, died in the Legislature Tuesday amid heavy opposition from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state's two major teacher unions. "
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September 01, 2010
Ballot measure challenges two-thirds budget passage requirement
Voters will have the option to fundamentally change a key legislative process this November when considering Proposition 25, which would reduce the voter threshold in the Legislature for passage of the state's budget from two-thirds to a simple majority.
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