California Chronicle Budget Causes Unintended Losses for California's Lowest-Performing Schools:
"SACRAMENTO, CA — Senator Gloria Romero, Chair of the Senate Education Committee, announced she is prepared to introduce urgency legislation in order to correct a budget funding loss to the state´s lowest-performing schools. The funding loss, caused by a complicated funding swap in the recently enacted education budget, affects 139 school districts in California that receive Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA) state funding.
'The budget has resulted in negative unintended financial consequences for our lowest-performing schools,' said Romero (D-East Los Angeles). 'We must work as expeditiously as possible to rectify the problem.'"
"SACRAMENTO, CA — Senator Gloria Romero, Chair of the Senate Education Committee, announced she is prepared to introduce urgency legislation in order to correct a budget funding loss to the state´s lowest-performing schools. The funding loss, caused by a complicated funding swap in the recently enacted education budget, affects 139 school districts in California that receive Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA) state funding.
'The budget has resulted in negative unintended financial consequences for our lowest-performing schools,' said Romero (D-East Los Angeles). 'We must work as expeditiously as possible to rectify the problem.'"