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Legislature bolsters free-speech rights at charter schools | California Watch

Legislature bolsters free-speech rights at charter schools | California Watch

Legislature bolsters free-speech rights at charter schools

The California State Assembly approved legislation yesterday that guarantees free-speech rights for students and teachers at charter schools.
Passed by a 51-19 vote, Senate Bill 438 now goes to the desk of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who will have 12 days to either sign or veto it. The Senate approved their version of the bill in January.
Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, wrote the bill after administrators at the Orange County High School of the

CSU San Bernardino hires former bank chief terminated by feds

CSU San Bernardino has hired as its new vice president for university advancement a local credit union CEO who was ousted from that position as part of a federal takeover a few weeks ago.
After 27 years as president and CEO of the San Bernardino-based Arrowhead Credit Union, Larry Sharp was dismissed as the bank's chief in mid-July. This comes a couple weeks after the National Credit Union Administration seized the bank June 25, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin reported. Sharp was one of several of