Despite veto, no CALPADS layoffs, shutdown
More funding tied to interagency review of data system
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After a frustrated Gov. Schwarzenegger deleted $6.8 million for the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System and related operations from the state budget in October, Supt. of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell issued no fewer than five press releases condemning the move and warning of dire consequences. Others were equally critical.
There would be layoffs among those who provide critical CALPADS support, and operations would shut down after Dec. 6, when the veto took effect, O’Connell warned.
“Unless funding is restored quickly for CALPADS, millions of dollars invested in California’s longitudinal education data system will have been wasted, and our state will be at ground