Federal funding comprised just 8.4% of special education costs in California in 2018-19. Under Biden’s platform, which would have to be adopted by Congress, California schools could get an additional $2.66 billion annually for special education.
The California Department of Education will be allotted more flexibility in the way it uses federal dollars.
Gavin Newsom has reassured school districts that their funding with continue.
School lunch debt will no longer prevent students from receiving meals under a law signed by California’s governor.
Gavin Newsom is facing a cascade of criticism over his decision to sign a bill pushing back school start times.
“We aren’t done fighting for this. We have to address the inequity eventually,” said the bill’s author Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego).
The Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified Board of Education has been warned that two of its members may have violated the Brown Act.
The Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District board joined a massive culture war Tuesday night with a 3-2 vote to ban Critical Race Theory (CRT) from being taught in schools.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a historic state budget on Friday that includes a record $128 billion for the state’s K-12 schools and colleges.
This November, voters in Culver City will decide whether 16- and 17-year-olds should be able to vote in local elections.
The Los Angeles City Council voted 11-3 last week to prohibit homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers – a policy that would dramatically expand the city’s anti-camping e