Saturday, May 19, 2012        


Ca. schools have until July 1 to adopt anti-bullying policies
5/18/2012 8:02 AM PST California schools have until July 1 to adopt two policies related to students and bullying - one to comply with changes to California law, the other to remain eligible for federal E-rate funding for Internet services.
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Stakes are high for May Revise; budget workshops provide answers
4/27/2012 3:43 PM PST A statewide sense of uncertainty surrounds the coming revised May budget Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to release in the middle of next month. And the pressure on school administrators to get this one right could not be greater.
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Budget and & Finance
New legislation would defer billions in payments to schools next year
Just days after California’s striking $16 billion budget deficit attra...
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Brown’s May budget ties schools, state services to November ballot
California’s public school emerged largely unscathed from Gov. Jerry B...
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Curriculum & Instruction
Window opens for improving state’s continuation schools
A contradictory accountability system, insufficient student learning t...
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Much-anticipated fed guide on restraint of disabled gets panned
New guidance from the U.S. Department of Education on the use of restr...
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Politics & Education
Analysis: Brown’s school finance reforms opens rift among Democrats, districts
For months, Democratic lawmakers and Gov. Jerry Brown have largely ski...
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Gov. Brown, Schools Chief Torlakson back novel NCLB waiver application
After months of debate and analysis, the California State Board of Edu...
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Human Resources
SBE approves time extension for SIG schools teacher evaluations
The first cohort of districts awarded federal School Improvement Grant...
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Azusa educator leaves four-decade legacy
Things are going to look and feel quite a bit different at Azusa Unifi...
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Facilities
CORRECTED New funding source opens up for career technical education facility construction
Schools looking to update or build new career technical education faci...
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CA home to nation’s most run-down public schools serving military families
Seven of the nation’s 24 most dilapidated public schools serving milit...
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Special Education
Use of CAHSEE exemption among disabled students falling
As lawmakers consider extending an exemption from the high school exit...
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SI&A Webinar: Planning for uncertainty in special education funding
The challenge of providing special education services in the current f...
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