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OCDE NEWSROOM
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The 20 fees public schools can legally charge |
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Throughout the school year, students and parents may occasionally be asked to pay fees or contribute for extras, including field trips. But which of these are permissible under the law and which must be clearly spelled out as voluntary donations?
To answer this question, we reached out to the Orange County Department of Education’s legal counsel.
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http://newsroom.ocde.us/the-20-fees-public-schools-can-legally-charge/ |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES
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Focusing can be hard for kids when going back to school in the summer means hot classrooms |
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Hundreds of thousands of L.A. Unified students returned to class Tuesday — but not all of them were able to escape the heat. The school district had a backlog of 1,709 complaints about heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, according to a spokeswoman. Of those, 309 were reported between Monday and Tuesday morning as staff returned to their classrooms in preparation for the first day of school. |
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http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-edu-school-air-conditioning-20180814-story.html |
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SACRAMENTO BEE
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Rocklin school district could pay subs $425 a day as it braces for possible teacher strike |
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After more than a year of negotiations, Rocklin teachers will go back to work Wednesday without having signed contracts for the second consecutive school year. The school district now says it’s preparing for a possible strike as instruction is set to begin. |
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https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article216521320.html |
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SI&A CABINET REPORT
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Split roll tax measure relaunched to 2020 ballot |
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In general, the proposed measure would eliminate the protections for commercial real estate while leaving them in place for residential property. If approved, supporters say, the split roll would generate between $6 billion to $10 billion for public services. Led by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, the California Federation of Teachers, the League of Women Voters of California and PICO California, the coalition sponsoring the petition drive had originally intended to put their initiative on this November ballot. |
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https://k-12daily.org/politics-education/split-roll-tax-measure-relaunched-to-2020-ballot |
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KPCC
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Colorado School District Switches To 4-Day Week To Save Money |
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A Colorado school district intent on saving money has cut one of its greatest costs: teaching. District 27J, one of the state's larger districts, has eliminated Mondays from the school week and switched to a four-day schedule, starting on Tuesday, the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year. Superintendent Chris Fiedler told NBC 9 News that the district will save on transportation costs, teaching salaries and district-wide utilities. |
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https://www.scpr.org/news/2018/08/14/85457/colorado-school-district-switches-to-4-day-week-to/ |
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CALmatters
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Require ethnic studies to graduate high school? California inches closer to the idea |
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This week the Legislature—which had been considering a bill to make California the first state to require ethnic studies for high school graduation—backed away from creating such a statewide mandate, citing costs estimated to top $400 million. Sponsors settled on a pilot program instead.
The pilot would cover 10 to 15 school districts across the state that will opt in to have ethnic studies as a graduation requirement.
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https://calmatters.org/articles/high-school-ethnic-studies-requirement/ |
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