After months of negotiations, it was announced on June 30 that the State Assembly and Senate reached an agreement on a statewide school facilities bond. Assembly Bill 247, titled the Kindergarten through Grade 12 Schools and Local Community College Public Education Facilities Modernization, Repair, and Safety […]
The Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) and the U.S. Department of Education announced on May 2 the Partnership for Advancing Cybersecurity in Education (PACE) — an initiative to improve the defensibility and resilience of K-12 digital infrastructure by fostering collaboration between education technology vendors and […]
California was among the three states with the most significant increases in per pupil expenditures between fiscal years 2021 and 2022, according to a first look report on public school revenues and expenditures released by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in May.
Following significant delay and conflict, the U.S. Department of Education issued a new set of final Title IX Regulations regarding sex discrimination on April 19, to go into effect Aug. 1, 2024. The 1,557-page Final Rule containing the regulations is available for review at the […]
Summer programming has become one of the main ways in which local educational agencies have sought to help students recover academically from pandemic-related setbacks. However, while recent research from the RAND Corporation finds that summer programs appear to have expanded and improved to address student […]
By Thomas Shaffer In the current landscape of public school healthcare initiatives, accessibility remains a significant hurdle. Whether talking about mental or physical health services, the majority of schools are still struggling to provide adequate care for their students, staff and educators — even in […]
On June 22, Gov. Gavin Newsom and the State Legislature announced an agreement on the state budget that largely reflected the budget proposal adopted by the Legislature earlier this month — but with some important modifications that pose concern for local educational agencies. The inclusion of provisions that were not present or disclosed in earlier summaries reinforced the wisdom of CSBA’s decision to avoid a full endorsement of any budget deals before the exact language of the terms was available.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) dealt with the highest number of complaints in its history in fiscal year (FY) 2023 at 19,201 — a 2 percent increase from the prior year, according to the its annual report. For comparison, just 8,934 complaints were lodged in FY 2021.
During the June 20-21 meeting of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC), commissioners reviewed several reports, including an analysis of the passing rates of commission-approved examinations from the last five years; continued an ongoing discussion and data review on teaching performance assessments (TPAs) and […]
Experts provided trauma-informed recovery strategies and resources for rebuilding a safe and supportive school climate following an incident of school violence during a May 22 webinar from the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments. U.S Department of Education Policy Advisor Kayla Patrick noted that […]
