Appropriations Committees Pass Education Bills

Yesterday, the Senate and Assembly Appropriations Committees acted on over 500 bills, including a large number of education measures. All of the bills acted upon contained significant costs to the state, so their passage signals strong institutional support. The bills that passed out of committee now head to the Senate and Assembly floors for consideration […]

Capitol Politics: Return of the Legislature: Final Month of Session

The Legislature returns from summer break today for a final month of work before they head home to their districts, not to reconvene until January. The Legislature is slated to wrap-up for the year on Friday, September 11. Below we have summarized some of the major issues and compiled a summary analysis of some key […]

Bill calls for a time out on the high school exit exam

The California High School Exit Exam would be suspended for several years and its role would be re-examined under a bill introduced last week by the chair of the Senate Education Committee. (external source: edsource.org)

Senate Education Committee: School Bond and CTE are Big Priorities

Last week’s Senate Education Committee was interesting for one main reason, Senators voted to advance legislation directly in conflict with the Governor’s priorities related to two major education issues: a 2016 state school facilities bond and career technical education (CTE). School Bond Bill Advances – Democrats on the committee voted to advance the chair’s 2016 […]

First Assembly Education Committee Hearing of 2015

This past Wednesday (March 25) was the first Assembly Education Committee hearing for the new chair, Assembly Member Patrick O’Donnell (D-Long Beach). The committee continues to be smaller than in the past with only seven members (five Democrats, two Republicans). In prior years there have been up to 13 members. While the hearing was substantive, […]

School Finance Legislation March 2015

Below is a complete list of school finance legislation. The bill titles are hyperlinked to the full text of the bill.  Many of these bills remain in “spot bill form,” meaning they lack substance at this point. We expect most of them to be amended significantly in the next few weeks (bills must be in […]

Key Education Bills

Friday was the deadline for Legislators to introduce legislation in 2015. Legislators are not unlike students in that many of them waited until the last minute to turn in their legislative package. There was a deluge of new bills introduced Thursday and Friday. We’ve gone through all of them and want to provide you with […]

2014-15 Audit Guide and Instructions for Calculating Ratios for Independent Study

At its February 23, 2015 meeting, the Education Audit Appeals Panel (EAAP) adopted a set of emergency regulations to amend the 2014-15 Audit Guide to address legislative changes in the conditions of apportionment of school funding that affect the current audit year. The Audit Guide Draft can be found at http://eaap.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2014-15-audit-guide-Noticed-2-23-2015-pdf1.pdf. The California Department of […]

New Information On How To Calculate The Independent Study Ratio By Grade Span

CCIS has received some information from the CDE on general guidelines to follow in calculating the grade span ratios. Districts will need to calculate an independent study ratio by grade span and a ratio by grade span for all other educational programs operated by the district. ADA by grade span for independent study and ADA […]

Appropriations Committees Determine Fate of Education Bills

Today, the Senate and Assembly Appropriations Committees took sweeping actions on hundreds of bills. Measures that passed out of the committees today have cleared the last major hurdle in the committee process and are headed to the Senate and Assembly floors. These bills generally stand a good chance of making it to the Governor’s desk […]