OCDE Education in the News

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Former Magnolia High School assistant coach gets six months for smoking marijuana with underage players

A former Magnolia High School assistant varsity softball coach who admitted to providing and smoking marijuana with underage players was sentenced Friday to six months in county jail. Tiffani Lee Aguirre, 22, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of furnishing marijuana to a minor, as well as misdemeanor counts of unlawful importation, sale or gift of marijuana and contributing the delinquency of a minor, court records show.

https://www.ocregister.com/2018/08/31/former-assistant-coach-gets-six-months-for-smoking-marijuana-with-underage-players/

SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

Sleepy students? Schools could start later under bill approved by California legislators

Many middle and high schools in the Bay Area eventually will have to change their class schedules to start later in the morning if a bill passed by the California Legislature late Friday night is signed by the governor. Senate Bill 328 would prevent middle and high schools from starting classes until at least 8:30 a.m. Numerous districts start the regular school day some time between 8 and 8:30 a.m.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/31/assembly-approves-later-start-times-for-school-classes-senate-to-vote-next/

PRESS-TELEGRAM LONG BEACH

Bill to prevent student suicides in California moves to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk

Legislation designed to help prevent student suicide is on its way to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk for signing. Assembly Bill 2639, which was introduced by Assemblyman Marc Berman, D-Palo Alto, and Assembly Education Committee chairman Patrick O’Donnell, D-Long Beach, passed through both the Assembly and state Senate with unanimous votes with the Senate voting on Monday.

https://www.presstelegram.com/2018/08/31/bill-to-prevent-student-suicides-in-california-moves-to-gov-jerry-browns-desk/

EDSOURCE

Expanded suspension ban gets approval from California Legislature

The California Legislature Friday voted to expand the state’s ban on so-called “disruption and defiance” suspensions through the 8th grade. However, the bill approved by lawmakers includes caveats and there’s no guarantee that it will get Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature.

https://edsource.org/2018/expanded-suspension-ban-gets-approval-from-california-legislature/601921

The price of punishment — new report shows students nationwide lost 11 million school days due to suspensions

Children in America’s public schools lost more than 11 million instructional days due to suspensions during the 2015-16 school year, with California students losing nearly 750,000 days, according to a report released this week by the ACLU and the UCLA Civil Rights Project.

https://edsource.org/2018/the-price-of-punishment-new-report-shows-students-nationwide-lost-11-million-school-days-due-to-suspensions/601889

California lawmakers pass limits on restraint and seclusion in schools

California school staff would be barred from physically restraining K-12 students or isolating them in “seclusion rooms” unless the student’s behavior creates an imminent physical threat under a bill approved by the Legislature this week. The bill, which now goes to Gov. Jerry Brown, also reinstates a requirement that school districts report data on the use of restraints and seclusion to the California Department of Education. And it prohibits certain restraint techniques that are considered dangerous.

https://edsource.org/2018/california-lawmakers-pass-limits-on-restraint-and-seclusion-in-schools/601909

California poised to help Oakland and Inglewood dig out of budget deficits but with strings attached

The Oakland and Inglewood school districts may get state help to dig out of their budget deficits, but only if they act now to balance their current budgets and plan for the future.

https://edsource.org/2018/california-poised-to-help-oakland-and-inglewood-dig-out-of-budget-deficits-but-with-strings-attached/601848

SI&A CABINET REPORT

Big swing to promote computer science study

State officials are expected to move this month against some of the remaining barriers to bringing computer science instruction to more schools in California. In what may be one of the most glaring holes in the California public education system, close to 65 percent of the state’s high schools offer no computing classes, despite the state’s status as the incubator of the digital economy.

https://k-12daily.org/curriculum-instruction/big-swing-to-promote-computer-science-study

KPCC

LAUSD Teachers Just Voted To Strike. It's Still Not Clear If — Or When — They'd Walk

Los Angeles Unified school teachers have voted to give the leaders of their union the power to call a strike if further talks with the district fail to produce an acceptable deal. Officials in the union, United Teachers Los Angeles, announced the results of the weeklong strike vote on Friday. Of the more than 80 percent of union members who cast ballots, 98 percent of teachers voted in favor of authorizing a strike.

http://www.laist.com/2018/08/31/lausd_teachers_just_voted_to_strike_its_still_not_clear_if_--_or_when_--_theyd_walk_out.php

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