COVID-19 Update: Federal Guidance on Special Education and Distance Learning

The U.S. Department of Education has issued guidance on serving children with disabilities during the COVID-19 crisis. The guidance is perhaps the clearest we have received so far. For example, it states: Some educators … have been reluctant to provide any distance instruction because they believe that federal disability law presents insurmountable barriers to remote […]

COVID-19 Update – Critical Advice on Collective Bargaining and Paid Leave

In addition to our work with state leadership in Sacramento, we’ve been in daily contact with our partners at Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo (AALRR) to make sure we understand the laws that impact LEA operations during this crisis. AALRR has done an excellent job of interpreting the various Executive Orders, legislation and guidance related […]

Budget Update – State Budget Deal Announced

On June 9, 2019, the Budget Conference Committee adopted a state budget deal that reflects an agreement between the Governor, Senate, and Assembly. K-12 Education Budget Details Our team has updated our budget tracking spreadsheet to reflect the final deal. The budget details can be found here. Major Elements of K-12 Budget The 2019-20 budget […]

California Department of Education Data Request

Recently, many of you received an email request from The California Department of Education with a subject line  ‘ SUBMISSION OF ANNUAL REPORT FOR ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS/PROGRAMS OF CHOICE TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION’.  If you did not receive this, don’t worry, you might just want to read this message for your own information. If […]

Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2019-2020 May Revision Budget Proposal

Based largely on significant increases in revenue collections in the month of April, the May Revision proposes slightly higher General Fund expenditures over the three-year budget period. Following concerns with revenue figures from December through March, school officials in the process of finalizing their own budgets should be relieved that Proposition 98 spending in the May […]

Legislative Update – Policy Committees Passing Almost Everything…

Over the past two weeks, the Legislature’s policy committees held long hearings to consider a nearly overwhelming number of bills of potential interest. Below, sorted by subject, is a summary of the bills that passed out of committee during the last two weeks. Remarkably, the only bill to fail passage (of those we’re tracking) was AB […]

Governor Newsom to Sign Charter School Transparency Bill Today

At 12:30 today, Governor Newsom will hold a press conference and sign SB 126 (Leyva/O’Donnell), a bill to require charter schools to comply with similar transparency and conflicts of interest laws as traditional public schools. Below is Press Release from Governor Newsom: TODAY: Governor Newsom to Sign Long-Discussed Charter School Transparency Legislation SACRAMENTO — Governor Gavin Newsom […]

Hot Bills

Friday, February 22nd was the deadline for legislators to introduce bills. Since December, lawmakers have introduced 2,589 bills. Our team has now sorted through all the introductions and have identified nearly 500 as addressing issues of potential interest. While this update looks at some key bills, a comprehensive list of all the education-related bills we […]

Analysis of Governor’s Budget Proposal

We’ve done a review and analysis of Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2019-20 Budget Proposal sent to you earlier today. While the proposed budget essentially includes the same amount of Proposition 98 spending as estimated by the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) in November, there is some very good news in the budget for schools. Governor Newsom is […]
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Governor Newsom Releases 2019-20 Budget Proposal

The major highlights for K-14 public education include a proposal to provide $3 billion to reduce long-term CalSTRS liabilities for school employers. This is a one-time non-Proposition 98 payment that will directly benefit schools without reducing Prop 98 operational funds. Total Prop 98 funding for 2019-20 is $80.7 billion which will provide a COLA for […]
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