AB165 or not AB165: SCHOOLS WAIT FOR WORD ON FUNDING

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: AB165 or not AB165: SCHOOLS WAIT FOR WORD ON FUNDING - Bill awaiting Brown’s signature could significantly alter funding formula for student activities + smf’s 2c:

AB165 or not AB165: SCHOOLS WAIT FOR WORD ON FUNDING - Bill awaiting Brown’s signature could significantly alter funding formula for student activities + smf’s 2c

BY TAMMY MARASHLIAN -SENIOR EDUCATION WRITER -SANTA CLARITA SIGNAL | HTTP://BIT.LY/RGENXF

“AB 165 would ban school districts from charging students a fee to take part in school programs.” smf: I spent all Friday morning with a bunch of Southern California school administrators and attorneys at an AB 165 symposium. Chicken Little was also represented. The above is is true… but existing law, including provisions in the state constitution and many court decisions – including two definitive ones from the California Supreme Court - already ban school districts from charging students a fee to take part in school programs. AB 165 is an negotiated attempt to settle a lawsuit against the state that the state can’t possibly win. AB 165 changes nothing… There are no new exceptions, no new rules, no new things added-to or