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OCDE NEWSROOM
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New school year almost here, check out our calendar of start dates for OC every district |
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The start of the new school year is just a couple weeks away for a handful of Orange County school districts that begin classes at the beginning of August. Students in Anaheim Elementary, Anaheim Union, Centralia, Cypress, Los Alamitos Unified and Savanna school districts all return to classes on Aug. 7 or 8. Students at year-round an multi-track schools in Irvine and Anaheim started school earlier this month. But most of the nearly 500,000 public school student in the county still have a few more days to sleep in before the school year kicks off.
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https://newsroom.ocde.us/new-school-year-almost-here-check-out-our-calendar-of-start-dates-for-oc-every-district/ |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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Trump administration moves to limit food stamps, restrict free meals for children |
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing that families who receive temporary government benefits should no longer be automatically eligible for food assistance, a change that could restrict access to free school lunches for 265,000 children. In California, about 3.2 million children use free school lunches, according to the California Department of Education. It is unclear how many children would no longer be eligible if this rule went into effect.
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https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article233016022.html |
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USA TODAY
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‘We have seen an erosion of adequate civil rights': Civil rights groups lobby Congress for higher education equality |
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Colleges do not adequately meet the needs of marginalized students, such as LGBTQ people or low-income students, but renewing the higher education law could address inequity by tackling student debt, assessing workplace success and increasing services to help them integrate into college life and classes, civil rights groups say. Nearly 50 civil rights and education groups created a list of principles they want Congress to include in the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/23/higher-education-act-civil-rights-group-lobby-equality/1792974001/ |
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EDSOURCE
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Opponents urge CSU to reject 4th year of high school math or related courses for admission |
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The 23-campus California State University system on Tuesday launched what promises to be four months of contentious and soul-searching debate on whether to require a fourth year of high school math or a quantitative reasoning course for freshman admissions starting in 2026. CSU trustees heard details of the administration proposal and intense opposition from some 30 speakers from community organizations, civil rights groups and educational access programs.
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https://edsource.org/2019/opponents-urge-csu-to-reject-4th-year-of-high-school-math-or-related-courses-for-admission/615546 |
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California State University moves to increase application fee to $70 per campus |
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California State University moved Tuesday to increase the cost of applying to each of the system’s 23 campuses from $55 to $70 starting in the fall, the first increase in 30 years. Approved by the trustees’ finance committee and expected to easily win passage by the full board on Wednesday, the increase would still allow low and moderate income students to receive up to four fee waivers.
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https://edsource.org/2019/csu-moves-to-increase-application-fee-to-70-per-campus/615523 |
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