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California Gets Zilch in Phase One of RTTT Federal Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced Thursday that 15 states and the District of Columbia will advance for Phase One in the Department of Education’s Race to the Top (RTTT) competition – and California is not on the list. The phase 1 finalists are: Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Tennessee... Budget Update/Alert: Planning for and Defending against Targeted Reduction to LEA "Administrative Costs" The following update contains two sets of information related to the governor’s proposed targeted cut to K-adult administrative functions in FY 2010-11. The first focuses on how to plan for such a reduction. The second provides useful information to dispel the myth that California LEAs spend too much on central office administration compared to other functions. Planning for possible revenue limit reductions Last week, School Services of California (SSC) released a report detailing... More Bad News on State Budget Legislators Ponder Deferrals, LAO Warns Governor’s Plan Cuts K-12 Funding There were several new developments on the budget front in Sacramento – most of them discouraging news for financially-battered K-12 school districts. —On Wednesday, the Assembly Budget Committee rushed through legislation (ABX8 5) that would authorize three additional deferrals of apportionments to K-12 districts – totaling up to $2.5 billion in all – with the deferrals affecting apportionments originally due in July 2010 to be deferred by up to 60 days... Tips for Getting Your Position Control System Ready for the New Budget Year As districts are updating and finalizing their budgets for the Second Interim reporting period, it is likely a few districts may have discovered that some of the information in position control may not be accurate – and in fact may need some clean up. Position control is a vital tool used by districts for both internal control purposes and for budgeting purposes. For most districts, salary and benefits account for approximately 85% of their general fund budget... Class Size Reduction Flexibility Revisited While Class Size Reduction (CSR) flexibility contained in the revised 2008-09 State Budget may seem like old news to many, this flexibility is receiving more attention than ever as many districts are now looking to formerly “sacred cows” – including K-3 Class Size Reduction -- to bridge growing budget gaps. Due to increased questions, we wanted to revisit the article published in March 2009 discussing the “new” class size reduction flexibility provision... Sec. Duncan Cites New Direction Federal Education Budget Tops $49 Billion for Discretionary Programs, Up $3.5 Billion President Obama's 2011 education budget signals a new direction for federal K-12 education policy with more competitive funding, more flexibility and a focus on the reforms likely to have the greatest impact on student success, according to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. All told, the president's budget includes $49.7 billion for the Department of Education's discretionary programs, an increase of $3.5 billion over fiscal year 2010...
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