For the first time, the California Department of Education has come down on a county office for failing to provide proper oversight of millions of dollars meant for high-needs students.
Changes are coming to California’s complex Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), but the Legislature and the governor are at odds over what changes to implement.
West Contra Costa Unified is one of the districts that could temporarily benefit. The school district has been anticipating $15 million in cuts from its 2022-23 budget. If the adjustment is approved, Associate Superintendent of Business Services Tony Wold said the projected deficit would be staved off until 2023-24 and then effectively cut in half.
The governor promised to work with Assemblywoman Weber on another solution for next year’s budget.
A bill to boost fiscal transparency in schools passed out of the Assembly Education Committee Wednesday—one of the handful of bills to survive the coronavirus pandemic.
The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has announced a 27.2% net return on investments for the 2020–21 fiscal year, far exceeding the expectation of 7%.
California school districts will be discouraged from allowing students to take advanced math courses under proposed changes to the California Mathematics Framework.
California will spend a record $93.7 billion from its general fund on education this year under the 2021-22 budget bill passed by the Legislature.
California voters have rejected a statewide ballot measure that would have reinstated affirmative action in college admissions processes in California.
The state has found itself defending another lawsuit over coronavirus precautions and schools, only this time the issue is over face masks instead of closures.