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SACRAMENTO BEE
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Court case could ‘financially cripple’ California unions |
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The Supreme Court on Monday is scheduled to hear a lawsuit that could weaken the state’s public employee unions by forbidding them from collecting fees from workers who don’t want to join them. Those charges are known as agency fees, and California is one of the states that allow unions to collect them so workers who benefit from union representation don’t get a “free ride.” Critics say they undermine the First Amendment rights of workers who don’t want their money to support causes they oppose. |
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http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article201986374.html#storylink=cpy |
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PRESS-ENTERPRISE
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Bill to ban youth tackle football is government overreach, some coaches say |
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Southern California youth football coaches are teaming up to battle what they say is a threat to their sport: a state bill that would ban tackling until players are in high school.
The Safe Youth Football Act, which California legislators are expected to take up this spring, aims to protect kids from concussions and brain injuries by setting a minimum age for organized tackle football programs.
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https://www.pe.com/2018/02/24/bill-to-ban-youth-tackle-football-is-government-overreach-some-coaches-say/ |
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EDSOURCE
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Push to arm teachers in California would face major hurdles |
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Were California to try to implement anything remotely along the lines of what President Trump has proposed for arming teachers to prevent firearm massacres in schools, the state would have a massive and expensive undertaking on its hands.
It would also almost certainly require significant legislative changes, because if anything California has been moving in just the opposite direction in its attempts to keep dangerous firearms off school campuses and out of the hands of school personnel.
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https://edsource.org/2018/push-to-arm-teachers-in-california-would-face-major-hurdles/594026 |
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SI&A CABINET REPORT
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Lawmakers consider school bus seat belt mandate |
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After closing a loophole in a highway safety law that allowed bus passengers to ignore seat belts if available, lawmakers are set to consider a bill this spring that would require all school buses to be equipped with seat restraints by 2028.
AB 1798 by Assemblyman Kansen Chu, D-San Jose, covers any school transportation vehicle that serves students attending a public or private school, including both primary and secondary sites.
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https://k-12daily.org/politics-education/lawmakers-consider-school-bus-seat-belt-mandate |
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KPCC
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No downturn in obesity among US kids, report finds |
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Hopes were dashed this week that the United States was finally making progress in the fight against childhood obesity. Contrary to previous reports, the epidemic of fat has not abated. In fact, there's been a big jump in obesity among the nation's youngest children, according to the latest analysis of federal data, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. |
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https://www.scpr.org/news/2018/02/26/81137/no-downturn-in-obesity-among-us-kids-report-finds/ |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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#kindness1billion: Good deeds add up for kindergarteners at Fullerton’s Fisler School |
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A kindergarten teacher from Fisler School in Fullerton found a clever way to tie kindness to California’s math standards. At the beginning of the school year, Stephanie Burcombe handed out packets of paper with 100 squares to each child in her class. Noting that one of the state’s kindergarten standards is to count to 100, she asked every one of her students to perform and log 100 acts of kindness by the 100th day of school. |
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http://newsroom.ocde.us/kindness1billion-acts-of-kindness-add-up-at-fullertons-fisler-school/ |
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NPR
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Teachers Respond To Trump's Push To Arm School Staff |
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President Trump repeated his suggestion to arm teachers on school campuses as a solution to protecting students from gun violence. Many teachers unions and organizations have spoken out against this proposed solution. Lily Eskelsen Garcia, president of the National Education Association, said, "parents and educators overwhelming reject the idea of arming school staff." |
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https://www.npr.org/2018/02/24/588567643/trump-calls-to-arm-teachers-what-do-teachers-think |
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