Monday, May 2, 2011

First pass at finance reform | Thoughts on Public Education

First pass at finance reform | Thoughts on Public Education

First pass at finance reform - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

Assembly Education Chairwoman Julia Brownley has fleshed out the bill that she hopes will be the vehicle to overhaul the state’s school finance system, beginning in 2015-16. AB 18 will get its first public hearing in her committee on Wednesday. The bill’s goals are to simplify convoluted funding formulas and to target more money to poor [...]