COVID-19 Update – Guidance on grading and graduation requirements released
As anticipated, tonight the California Department of Education released guidance on grading and graduation requirements for students affected by school...
COVID-19 Update – School meals regulatory relief addressed and other key issues
We wanted you to know that the USDA has acted today on important waivers. The lack of flexibility on school meal programs has been front and center for us...
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...
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...
Legislative Update – Introduction Deadline and Bills of Interest
The bill introduction deadline for the second half of the 2019-2020 Legislative Session occurred on February 21, 2020. Just under 2,300 bills were introduced....
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...
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...
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...
CSU Considering Additional Course Requirement for Admissions
At the California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees meeting, the Board will hear a proposal to require an additional year of quantitative reasoning...
SBE Continues to Prepare for Launch of 2019 Dashboard
The State Board of Education held a one-day meeting on September 11, 2019. Like the Board’s previous meeting in July, the most significant items on the short...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....