Brown skeptical of key ed bill
Steinberg faces tough sell on alternative to API
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Gov. Jerry Brown has warned lawmakers that his veto pen will flow freely over the next three weeks. Among bills on the threatened list is potentially the most far-reaching K-12 education legislation before him – a bill that would significantly shift the state’s accountability system away from its concentration on standardized tests. SB 547 is also a priority of it author, Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg.
Acknowledging that the bill may be in trouble, Steinberg said Friday that Brown “has expressed some doubts” about it, while not precluding the possibility that he might sign the bill, in several discussions they have had.
Brown, too, has expressed a dislike of the reliance on standardized tests by the state