School officials violated law in failure to stop gay student's bullies
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Left in Alabama/FlickrThe death of middle school student Seth Walsh has sparked a renewed focus on bullying in schools.
The Tehachapi Unified School District violated civil rights law by failing to stop the persistent bullying of Seth Walsh, a 13-year-old gay middle school student who committed suicide, federal investigators have concluded.
As a result of a settlement with the U.S. Justice and Education departments, the Tehachapi district has agreed to survey all its schools and enact new policies and strategies to stamp out gender- and sexuality-based
Ending CSU campus audits will decrease transparency, critics say
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A budget trailer bill that gets rid of individual financial audits at the 23 campuses of the California State University system has some observers concerned about losing a layer of financial scrutiny.
Under AB 114, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday, the state will save an estimated $1.6 million annually by cutting out campus financial audits. Instead, CSU will include a new breakout of financials for each campus in a system-wide audit each year.
In the past, the law required CSU to hire an outside firm to do annual system-wide audited financial statements,