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Education Headlines
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
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Parents drop Clovis Unified sex education suit
Backers of a lawsuit contending Clovis Unified's ninth-grade sex education curriculum violated state law have dropped the case and declared victory, arguing the district's standards have changed significantly since the suit was filed in 2012.Fresno Unified leader Michael Hanson unveils first budget proposals
Fresno Unified's superintendent hopes to spend an extra $3.5 million on school safety measures next year under an early budget plan unveiled Tuesday. The proposal would also add cash to schools' discretionary funds and reduce class sizes to 24 students in certain grades.Roseville City School District extends kindergarten day
Roseville City School District plans to roll out extended-day kindergarten across all 14 of its elementary campuses next school year, the result of a successful pilot program and changing curriculum standards.Transgender law's foes won't concede defeat
Opponents of a new state law on the rights of transgender students aren't accepting defeat in their attempt to put the issue before the voters, and instead are preparing a long-shot effort to challenge the invalidation of thousands of petition signatures by county registrars.Oakland school officials reviewing violence prevention, security at elementary school
Oakland school officials visited Fruitvale Elementary School Tuesday to review violence and safety plans and staffing levels after student cell phone videos surfaced of kids fighting on campus.Pleasanton schools' public records now online
Want to view Pleasanton school district employee salaries, a report on complaints about a principal, or other information disclosed in response to public record requests? All that is now available on the school district's website.Antioch's Dozier Libbey teachers file petition to form charter school
Teachers at Dozier Libbey Medical High School filed a petition this week with the Antioch Unified School District to convert the health care-themed public school to a charter.West Contra Costa school board may seek $270 million bond
The West Contra Costa school board expects to vote Wednesday on a proposal to place a $270 million construction bond measure on the June ballot.County trustees may move forward on appointed superintendent ballot measure
The Contra Costa County Board of Education expects to vote Wednesday on a proposal to place a measure on the June or November ballot asking voters to convert the superintendent from an elected to an appointed position.Fensterwald: Legislative Analyst suggests 3 ways to fix school busing formula -
Bowing to pleas mainly from rural school districts, Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature left state subsidies for busing students to school alone when they created the Local Control Funding Formula last year, while acknowledging the $491 million program needed to be reformed. On Tuesday, the Legislative Analyst’s Office to make the system more equitable and rational.Frey: San Francisco Unified eliminates ‘willful defiance’ as a reason to expel or suspend students
Administrators in San Francisco Unified will no longer be able to use “willful defiance” as a reason to suspend or expel a student, beginning in the 2014-15 school year.Tuesday, February 25, 2014