Governor insists: End seniority-based layoffs
Last week, it looked like plaintiffs for children suing the state and Sen. President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg had cut a deal to protect students in low-income schools from disproportionate layoffs of their teachers.
This week, that appears a no-go. Secretary of Education Bonnie Reiss said yesterday that Gov. Schwarzenegger would veto SB 1285, the bill Steinberg is sponsoring to try to settle the suit, unless it includes a requirement that school districts lay off teachers based on performance, not on seniority.
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This week, that appears a no-go. Secretary of Education Bonnie Reiss said yesterday that Gov. Schwarzenegger would veto SB 1285, the bill Steinberg is sponsoring to try to settle the suit, unless it includes a requirement that school districts lay off teachers based on performance, not on seniority.
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Fight brewing over new controls on charter schools
Posted in ChartersThe chairwoman of the Assembly Education Committee is citing embezzlement charges against the operators of a Southern California charter school organization as evidence why her two charter school accountability bills should become law.
The bills are sponsored by Democrat Julia Brownley of Santa Monica. They are now in the Senate, which must decide whether new laws could prevent the type of alleged fraud by the husband-wife creators of Ivy Academia charters, and if not, whether additional financial oversight and restrictions on charters are needed anyway.
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The bills are sponsored by Democrat Julia Brownley of Santa Monica. They are now in the Senate, which must decide whether new laws could prevent the type of alleged fraud by the husband-wife creators of Ivy Academia charters, and if not, whether additional financial oversight and restrictions on charters are needed anyway.
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