SB 1381 also funds transition kindergarten John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
California has now joined nearly every state in requiring that children be five years old when starting kindergarten.
Hours before the midnight deadline for deciding on legislation, Gov. Schwarzenegger signed a bill that will move up the cutoff for kindergarten from Dec. 2 to Sept. 1 and fund an extra year of transition kindergarten for those 4-year-olds who no longer will be eligible for regular kindergarten because of the change.
The passage […]
Green-tech academies vetoed
“Green jobs” in conservation and alternative energy will require workers exposed to careers in those fields and trained in emerging technologies. But a bill to create 97 green high school career-tech academies was killed last night by Gov. Schwarzenegger.
The academies under SB 675 would have been financed by diverting $8 million from a small ($.00022 [...]
LA teacher got good district review
The Los Angeles Unified School District disclosed that the elementary school teacher who allegedly took his own life in response to the Los Angeles Times’ publication of an analysis critical of his teaching effectiveness, actually received a “great performance” evaluation by the district in July.
In a statement released Thursday, Deputy Superintendent John Deasy said, “In [...]
Texas tales won’t pollute our texts
Gov. Schwarzenegger has vetoed a bill that would ensure that the Texas Board of Education’s revisionist view of American history won’t taint California textbooks.
Schwarzenegger called SB 1451 “duplicative and unnecessary.” It probably was unneeded though not necessarily for the reasons he cited. Last year, Schwarzenegger suspended the state Curriculum Commission for four years, making it [...]