|
OCDE NEWSROOM
|
|
|
|
5 things to know about the state budget and K-12 funding |
|
Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom and the Legislature passed the 2020 Budget Act – a $202.1 billion spending plan to promote economic recovery while closing a $54.3 billion budget shortfall caused by the coronavirus pandemic. While it still remains unclear how students will ultimately return to the classroom this fall, below are five important things to know about the 2020-21 budget and what is being done to help mitigate the impacts of the state’s revenue decline on funding for K-12 schools.
|
|
https://newsroom.ocde.us/5-things-to-know-about-the-state-budget-and-k-12-funding/ |
|
|
|
|
ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
|
|
|
|
Assembly bill would shield school districts from coronavirus lawsuits |
|
A new education bill — which State Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell, D-Long Beach — introduced this week seeks to limit liability related to the coronavirus for school districts this fall. O’Donnell, who chairs the Education Committee in the California Assembly and is a high school history teacher, said his bill will help protect districts from COVID-19-related lawsuits as they try to reopen this fall. Many school districts, under the guidance from the state and their respective counties, will try to enact social distancing, sanitizing and other health polices to minimize the risk of the virus spreading.
|
|
https://www.ocregister.com/2020/07/02/assembly-bill-would-shield-school-districts-from-coronavirus-lawsuits/ |
|
|
|
|
On the heels of his ‘most challenging year by far,’ Huntington Beach school chief retires |
|
Huntington Beach City School District students have faced two closures this year.
The first came in March with stay-at-home orders to contain the spread of coronavirus. That one is temporary – although questions remain about exactly how and when schools can reopen. The second, however, is permanent. Via a virtual meeting in April, HBCSD board members voted to shutter Perry Elementary due to the district’s falling enrollment numbers. In the midst of a roller-coaster year, Gregory Haulk, HBCSD superintendent since 2012, announced he would retire at the end of July.
|
|
https://www.ocregister.com/2020/07/06/on-the-heels-of-his-most-challenging-year-by-far-huntington-beach-school-chief-retires/ |
|
|
|
|
DAILY NEWS LOS ANGELES
|
|
|
|
State budget sets standards, more accountability for pandemic-era education |
|
As individual school districts across California consider how to reopen, lawmakers in Sacramento this week passed a state budget that’s intended to provide structure and demand accountability for schools during the pandemic. Online education and related technology, student transfers, and the short-term growth of public charter schools all figure to be affected. But, for now at least, California schools figure to dodge the deep layoffs and budget cuts that marked the recession of 2008 and hurt schools for years after.
|
|
https://www.dailynews.com/2020/07/03/state-budget-sets-standards-more-accountability-for-pandemic-era-education/ |
|
|
|
|
SACRAMENTO BEE
|
|
|
|
California’s new budget unfairly hurts some of California’s best-performing schools, advocates say |
|
School funding in California has long adhered to the guiding principle that the money follows the student. But under this year’s education budget, lawmakers and education advocates warn, the state will abandon its traditional allocation formula in favor of a system that harms the very schools — disproportionately, charter schools and personalized education programs — that have performed best under pandemic pressures.
|
|
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article243822982.html |
|
|
|
|
Sacramento-area school districts finalizing reopening plans. See where yours stands |
|
As California continues to grapple with a surge in coronavirus cases, school districts around the Sacramento region are beginning to approve plans to begin classroom and virtual instruction this fall. Districts are taking a wide range of approaches, interpreting new Sacramento County guidelines to best suit their staff, students and parents who were surveyed in recent weeks. Some school districts approved plans this week to return to classrooms two days a week, while others could launch in-class instruction five days a week.
|
|
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article243909067.html#storylink=mainstage_card5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EDSOURCE
|
|
|
|
California districts attempt to revive outdoor education programs slashed during the pandemic |
|
Many outdoor education programs in California have shut down in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, potentially eliminating science instruction based on exposure to natural environments for some students in the coming school year. At the same time, a growing body of research has shown evidence of uneven access to distance learning, especially among English learners and low-income students. Now, some districts are discussing how to take lessons outside to mitigate the loss of hands-on science experiences while opening the classroom beyond four walls where students can keep at least six feet apart while learning outdoors.
|
|
https://edsource.org/2020/california-districts-attempt-to-revive-outdoor-education-programs-slashed-during-the-pandemic/635263 |
|
|
|
|
|
NPR
|
|
|
|
What the California’s budget deal means for K-12 schools |
|
California’s new budget provides enough funding for schools to pivot to hybrid learning when they reopen this fall. But school officials fear Sacramento’s decision to delay cuts could throw districts into the fiscal abyss later. The $202 billion budget Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Monday largely keeps intact funding for California’s public schools, capping a turbulent couple months of budget negotiations.
|
|
https://www.capradio.org/articles/2020/07/04/what-californias-budget-deal-means-for-k-12-schools/ |
|
|
|