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July 2010
 | State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell describes the impact of state budget cuts on local schools during a press conference in a Sacramento-area school library last month. The chart at the right illustrates the range of cuts that local educational agencies have been forced to make due to state funding reductions, according to a recent California Department of Education survey. Many of the cuts have a direct impact on classroom instruction and student services. |
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28 July 2010 - In a stunning reversal of an earlier trial court decision, California’s 1st District Court of Appeal has reinstated all five causes of action in a 2007 lawsuit filed by CSBA’s Education Legal Alliance.
20 July 2010 - The California State Board of Education last week approved emergency regulations to allow parents to apply to transfer their children from specified underachieving schools to higher-performing schools in other districts.
20 July 2010 - New academic standards in English-language arts and math are on their way to the California State Board of Education, which will vote to either accept or reject them on Aug. 2.
12 July 2010 - The California State Academic Content Standards Commission is well on its way to proposing a new blueprint for K-12 English-language arts based largely on those being promoted by the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
2 July 2010 - While the move is a positive development, Proposition 98 funding could still vary depending on revenue levels, and Republicans are not on board.
In California School News
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell outlined results of a survey asking how local educational agencies have balanced their budgets in light of $17 billion in state funding cuts over the past two years.
If the State Board does accept the new standards, the process of creating curriculum frameworks and adopting instructional materials will begin immediately.
Frank Pugh is president of the California School Boards Association
A recent independent evaluation concluded the complex student data system is significantly “more stable” and “better performing.”
Here are a few school-related bills that met the June 4 deadline to pass out of their house of origin in the state Legislature.
California law allows only licensed nurses, not trained but unlicensed school personnel, to administer insulin injections to students with diabetes, the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento decided June 8.
The program is sponsored by the California School Boards Foundation, which directs affiliate revenue to support trainings and programs for CSBA members.
Registration is open for CSBA’s Sept. 23 Back-to-School Webcast and the Dec. 2-4 Annual Education Conference and Trade Show.
Nominations must be postmarked or received by Aug. 27.
Local voters approved 15 of 20 general obligation school bonds and five of eight new K–12-related parcel taxes in last month’s elections, a November runoff will determine the next state superintendent of public instruction.