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 […]

Legislature Returns From Spring Break and Continues Policy Hearings

The Legislature returned from Spring Break this past week and resumed their policy hearings. There are a number of developments worth noting. Education Committees Advance Key Bills – The Senate Education Committee advanced a standout measure in terms of potential changes affecting local budgets and programs. SB 1143 (Liu) Pupil Instruction: Independent Study – The […]

Legislature Moves Several Key Education Bills Forward

Legislature Moves Several Key Education Bills Forward – Both the Senate and Assembly Education Committees met this past week and moved a number of key measures forward. We want to highlight the following: SB 837 (Steinberg) Schools: Transitional Kindergarten – This bill expands eligibility for transitional kindergarten to all four-year olds, phased-in over a four […]

LAO Releases Analysis of Governors Prop 98 Proposal

The Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) released their analysis of the Governor’s Prop 98 proposal, along with several education specific recommendations. We have attached the report for your review. In summary, the LAO: Finds Governor’s Prop 98 Proposal “Reasonable” – The LAO agrees with the Governor’s balanced approach between one-time and on-going use of the cumulative […]

Governor Brown’s State of the State Address

It was a State of the State full of historical quotes, quirky moments and a bit of humor. The presentation to both houses of the Legislature started with a chuckle when Senator Steinberg accidentally introduced Lieutenant Governor Newsom as the former mayor of Sacramento rather than of San Francisco. The Lieutenant Governor handled the stumble […]

Governor’s K-12 Education Budget for 2014-15

We have extensive information on the state budget early and expect the Governor will formally release the budget as early as tomorrow morning (was originally scheduled for release on Friday). We want to give you a preview of the key components of the Governor’s proposals in the area of K-12 Education.A few key points up […]

SB 97 Summary – LCFF and budget cleanup language

Want to provide you with a summary of some of the key K-12 provisions of SB 97, the LCFF and budget cleanup legislation signed by the Governor yesterday. The bill makes important changes to LCFF, LCAPs, CCEE, and Prop 39 (energy efficiency), among others. Because the Governor vetoed SB 344 (Padilla), several sections of SB […]