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Court of Appeals Sides with CSBA, ACSA in Decision on Statewide Benefit Charter Authority In a decision announced on Monday, the Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four sided with the California School Boards Association (CSBA), the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA), the Stockton Unified School District, and California Teachers' Association (CTA), ruling that the State Board of Education overstepped its authority in 2007 by issuing a statewide benefit charter to Aspire Public Schools, which sought to operate statewide benefit charter schools in multiple counties... Litigation Was Filed in May by Cal State PTA, ACSA, Others CTA to Intervene in Adequacy Lawsuit Within the next few days the California Teachers Association (CTA) will file a motion to intervene in the Adequate School Funding lawsuit filed by the California State PTA, the California School Boards Association and the Association of California School Administrators. The groups have welcomed CTA into the action. As interveners, CTA will be able to advance legal arguments at every stage of the proceeding and would be guaranteed a seat at the negotiating table during any settlement talks... Contours of Candidates' Strategy Emerging As Aceves, Torlakson Prepare for November Runoff As the month of July wanes, and the fall campaign season draws closer, the contours of the coming campaign between the two candidates who will face off in the race for State Superintendent of Public Instruction in the November general election are beginning to emerge. Candidate Larry Aceves – who got the most votes in the June primary election – made some interesting remarks at the California Democratic Party’s executive board meeting, held in San Jose over the July 16-18 weekend... SBE Approves Regs Covering Romero Bill's Open Enrollment, Parent Empowerment Provisions The State Board of Education (SBE) approved two sets of emergency regulations and authorized development of permanent regulations relating to implementation of SBX5 4 – known alternately as “the Romero Bill” and “the Open Enrollment Act.” The legislation – authored by State Sen. Gloria Romero (D-East Los Angeles) – was signed by Governor Schwarzenegger in January as part of an effort to qualify California for funding in the first round of the federal Race to the Top (RTTT) funding. (California ultimately received no federal money in that first round of RTTT.)... Governor Suggests Abolishing Office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction During his radio address about the state budget last Friday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger offered a number of suggestions regarding how state government could save money – with the idea of abolishing the constitutional office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction being the first among several possibilities mentioned. “I urge the legislators to get to work and to send me a budget as soon as possible,” the Governor said. “I want to also remind them that the worst thing we could do in this budget is raise taxes again or borrow money again.”... |
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