Archive for September 2011
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September 30, 2011
Feds award fitness nutrition grants as well as program guidelines for schools
Eleven California school districts and community-based organization were among the recipients of $35 million in federal grants for nutrition and physical fitness programs, the U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday.
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September 30, 2011
School groups expected to defend Brown in suit over redevelopment money
The California School Boards Association, along with a number of other statewide school advocacy groups, is expected to meet today's deadline for filing legal briefs in support of Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to eliminate redevelopment agencies.
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September 29, 2011
EIA entitlements up $9.5m this year
Economic Impact Aid, a key support for districts with large numbers of English learners and economically disadvantaged students, will have slightly more money in the coming year than last year.
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September 29, 2011
SAB holds overcrowded funds unchanged, looks for help on new funding
The State Allocation Board voted Wednesday to leave unchanged the status of a lightly-used fund for alleviating overcrowded school campuses - despite a growing anxiety about the rapidly dwindling pool of overall school construction money.
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September 28, 2011
CA won’t be ready to apply for NCLB waivers by November deadline
Capitol sources said Tuesday there is almost no chance that California will be ready to apply for federal No Child Left Behind waivers by the first deadline of Nov. 14.
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September 28, 2011
Feds turn cold on funding increases for students with disabilities
As summer came to an end, the Congressional enthusiasm for increasing revenues for special education students became a bit chilly last week and in an atmosphere of fiscal restraint, it does not look as if the mood will warm in the near future.
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September 28, 2011
Shelton to join SI&A’s leadership team
Gerry Shelton, chief education consultant to the California State Assembly, has been named Vice President of Education Policy at School Innovations & Advocacy.
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September 28, 2011
CSBA, ACSA set to file suit over sales tax diversion to counties
The California School Boards Association and the Association of California School Administrators are set to announce today the filing of a lawsuit aimed at restoring more than $2 billion in Proposition 98 funding they believe should have been included in the current state budget.
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September 27, 2011
Study suggests CELDT may over-identify EL students
California's system for evaluating the language skills of incoming kindergartens may be over identifying English learners, according to researchers at the University of California Berkeley.
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September 27, 2011
Amendments to accountability plans may be an option to NCLB waivers
States may not have to wait for federal waivers to get relief from stringent No Child Left Behind accountability requirements according to a noted public education advocacy group.
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