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Changes in Law 2019: Governance and Operations

School start time bill overcomes broad opposition. After seeing his previous effort vetoed by Governor Brown, Senator Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) had better luck under the new Governor. SB 328 prohibits middle schools and high schools, including those operated as charter schools, from starting school earlier than 8:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., respectively. Rural […]
  • Posted by Russ Miller
  • On November 7, 2019
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Signed in to Law

Sunday at midnight was the deadline for the Governor to act on the hundreds of bills on his desk. As a follow up to bills we highlighted at the end of the legislative session, here’s a quick look at what the Governor signed and what he vetoed. AB 5 (Gonzalez) – Worker Status: Employees and […]
  • Posted by Russ Miller
  • On October 15, 2019
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Governor Signs Charter Bills

Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 1505 (O’Donnell, D – Long Beach), enacting the most significant changes to the Charter Schools Act since its passage in 1992. After months of negotiations between labor leaders, charter advocates, the author’s office and the Administration, a compromise was worked out that makes changes to the authorization […]
  • Posted by Russ Miller
  • On October 3, 2019
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Legislature Sends a Flurry of Bills to Governor Newsom, Concludes Business for 2019

Interesting Times Capping several weeks of protests and heightened tensions, at 5:15 PM on Friday night the State Senate was abruptly shut down after an apparent anti-vax protester in the Senate gallery threw a red liquid down onto the Senate floor, hitting several Senators. The woman reportedly told CHP officers “my menstrual blood is all […]
  • Posted by Russ Miller
  • On September 16, 2019
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Legislative Alert – Charter School Compromise Reached

On Wednesday evening (8/28/19), Governor Gavin Newsom, Assembly Member Patrick O’Donnell (D – Long Beach), legislative leadership, representatives from teacher and labor organizations, and charter school advocates announced a deal on charter school reform legislation that has been a contentious debate throughout 2019. Outline of the Deal The compromise language will go into AB 1505, […]
  • Posted by Russ Miller
  • On August 28, 2019
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Legislative Update – Charter School Reform

Assembly Bill 1505 by Assembly Member Patrick O’Donnell (D – Long Beach), which would enact reforms to charter school law, moved out of the Senate Education Committee last week by a vote of 4-3. The passage of the bill wasn’t a surprise, as Governor Newsom recently got involved and is seeking a deal. In fact, the […]
  • Posted by Russ Miller
  • On July 15, 2019
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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 […]
  • Posted by CCIS
  • On May 9, 2019
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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 […]
  • Posted by CCIS
  • On April 17, 2019
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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 […]
  • Posted by CCIS
  • On March 5, 2019
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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 […]
  • Posted by CCIS
  • On March 4, 2019
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