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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 […]
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  • 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, […]
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  • On August 28, 2019
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Reassessing the CTE Facilities Funding Model

On July 24th, 2019, the Office of Public School Construction (OPSC) heard from stakeholders on how the state should distribute its remaining Career Technical Education (CTE) facilities funding to maximize equity. With $250 million left in the CTE Facilities Program—it will be administered by the OPSC in one final funding cycle—stakeholders highlighted the ramifications of […]

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 […]

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 […]