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Education Headlines
Friday, February 21, 2014
FCMAT provides links to California K-12 news stories as a service to the industry. However, some stories may not be accessible because of newspapers' subscription policies.
Rialto Unified superintendent’s fate remains undecided
The school board met again Wednesday night without deciding the fate of Superintendent Harold Cebrun, who has been out on leave for more than five months.Alpine strike to enter second day
The first day of a teachers strike in the Alpine Union School District ended with differing conclusions: Administrators described a smooth Thursday at all five campuses, while picketing teachers said many students didn’t show up for school and that some classes lacked substitute instructors.School board to discuss Local Control Accountability Plan
The Riverside school board will discuss preparation of its Local Control Accountability Plan at a special meeting Monday, Feb. 24. All California school districts must create a plan to go with the state’s new Local Control Funding Formula.Schools grapple with Obamacare’s effects on substitute teachers
Inland school districts are trying to figure out what to do about new federal health care rules that call on them to give benefits to some substitute teachers.Legislation would make child abuse reporting training mandatory in California schools
Next month, the state Assembly education committee will begin discussing legislation to require that school employees receive child abuse reporting training every year.Antioch High baseball coaches placed on administrative leave after 'inappropriate conduct' allegations surfaced
In response to allegations made by parents of players, Antioch High principal Louie Rocha has placed five Panthers baseball coaches, including head varsity coach Ben Juarez, on administrative leave while the Antioch Unified School District investigates the matter.California senator proposes restoring bilingual education
Sixteen years after California voters approved an initiative requiring public school instruction in English, state Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) introduced a measure Thursday to repeal the requirement of Proposition 227.Scrutiny in California for software in schools
A leading California lawmaker plans to introduce state legislation on Thursday that would shore up privacy and security protections for the personal information of students in elementary through high school, a move that could alter business practices across the nearly $8 billion education technology software industry.No easy fix for California's teacher pension crisis
The state teachers pension fund faces a $71-billion shortfall, but Gov. Brown is willing to wait until next year to craft a remedy.Thursday, February 20, 2014