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Education Headlines
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Fillmore schools chief expects more money for district next year
The Fillmore Unified School District would benefit from additional funding if legislators pass Gov. Jerry Brown's revised California budget proposal, which calls for nearly $3 billion more for K-12 schools and community colleges.San Juan district superintendent to be placed on administrative leave
San Juan Unified Superintendent Glynn Thompson will be placed on administrative leave while an investigation goes forward about whether he created a hostile work environment for some female administrators, trustees announced Tuesday night.Parents rail against twerking punishments
Parents, residents and lawyers urged the San Diego school board Tuesday to reconsider the suspensions and sexual harassment charges that were handed down to 31 students at Scripps Ranch High School for their role in the now-infamous “twerking” video that was posted on YouTube last month.Moraga schools to pay sex abuse victim
The Moraga School District has agreed to pay $2.85 million to a former student who accused a former science teacher of sexually abusing her, district officials said Tuesday.Brown's budget gives education big boost
Over the next few years, California's public schools will reap billions of extra dollars in revenue as the state slowly emerges from the Great Recession.LAUSD aviation school at Van Nuys Airport will continue thanks to $1-a-year lease
The embattled Los Angeles Unified aviation school at Van Nuys Airport will continue operating next year, thanks to a $1-a-year lease negotiated between the school district and the city.Moraga school district settles sex abuse lawsuit for $2.85 million
The Moraga School District announced Tuesday night that its insurance company had reached a $2.85 million settlement with former student Kristen Cunnane in her civil suit against the district and three former administrators over sex abuse claims.Upland Unified gets list of suggested cuts from employees
The suggestions were given to the district's fiscal advisor Michele McClowry last week. She has been assigned to the district by San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools to help officials make $9 million in cuts to the 2013-14 fiscal year budget.6 charged with stealing SF school funds
Six current and former San Francisco Unified School District employees, including an ex-associate superintendent, are facing a total of 205 felony charges for allegedly misappropriating $15 million in public funds, prosecutors said Tuesday.SCHOOL FUNDING: Different interpretations on governor’s plan
Gov. Jerry Brown’s Department of Finance and the California Department of Education are just down the street from each other, yet their interpretations of the governor’s plan to revamp school funding are far apart.Frey: Governor tries to fix adult ed plan, but controversy remains
Backing away from his controversial plan to hand control of adult education over to community colleges, Gov. Jerry Brown is instead proposing that regional consortia, made up of community colleges and school districts, determine adult ed’s future. However, his new plan is also stirring controversy.Gov. Jerry Brown sticks to controversial K-12 education funding plan, but adds accountability in May revision
After proposing a bold new education-funding plan in January aimed at helping schools better educate disadvantaged students, then facing push-back from his own party, Gov. Jerry Brown stuck to his guns in his May budget revision released Tuesday.Fensterwald Brown commits $1 billion for Common Core, sticks with funding formula
Gov. Jerry Brown proposed Tuesday to direct all of the extra $2.8 billion in revenue that the state expects to receive this year to K-12 schools and community colleges, mostly for one-time uses, including $1 billion to implement the Common Core standards.Walters: California school aid, safety net programs in budget conflict
From the onset, it was evident that by giving schools more money than politics and fiscal economics otherwise would have allocated, Proposition 98 would create conflict with other big-ticket spending categories, such as health and welfare services and prisons.The political and financial forces stemming from passage of Proposition 98 and of last year's tax increase coalesced Tuesday.Governor's budget update means (slightly) bigger bucks for education
After years of punching new holes in their collective belt, Gov. Jerry Brown's latest budget revision gives more money to local schools, including funds to help ease the transition to a technology-dependent curriculum.Gov. Jerry Brown takes cautious approach on California budget
Gov. Jerry Brown, dismissive of a surge in state tax revenue that stirred optimism at the Capitol, moved Tuesday to blunt appeals for increased spending, downgrading his budget proposal from January.Tuesday, May 14, 2013