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Education Headlines
Thursday, January 23, 2014
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Report: Fresno Unified health board saved $100m since 2006
Fresno Unified has saved more than $100 million since 2006 in health care costs and kept employee costs nearly flat as statewide costs spiked, members of the district's health management board said Wednesday.Natomas trustee fined for not reporting free meal
Natomas Unified School District board member Lisa Kaplan has joined a list of California school officials who have been fined for receiving free meals from a bond advisory firm without disclosing them, according to the California Fair Political Practices Commission.Pulling Mountain View School from closure list, Simi Valley district to look at other cost cuts
Mountain View School, the only campus that remained targeted for closure in Simi Valley, will stay open.Tracy Unified targets April to hire superintendent
Tracy Unified school board members hope to have a new superintendent hired by April to allow time for a smooth transition with retiring Superintendent James Franco, who announced his intentions in November effective at the end of the school year.Cayucos superintendent announces run for head of county schools
Cayucos Elementary School District Superintendent Jim Brescia officially announced his candidacy for San Luis Obispo County schools superintendent Wednesday, a day after he received an endorsement from the current office holder.Alpine teachers moving toward strike
The 91 teachers who staff five campuses are officially poised to go on strike. At the same time, a movement is afoot to yank local children from the Grossmont Union High School District in an attempt to add a high school to Alpine’s cash-strapped public education system.SDUSD budget: big deficit with some good news
Amid the $75 million deficit to next year’s San Diego Unified School District’s $1.1 billion operating budget is good news: lower class sizes in the earliest grades; high school graduation coaches; and new math textbooks for secondary schools.What should schools spend money on? They’re asking you B
Over the next few months, districts will be seeking your opinion on how schools should spend their money. The extra taxes you pay under Proposition 30 require community input in budgeting.Local agriculture education programs may lose funds under governor’s budget
State funding for agriculture education has been dropped from the governor’s proposed budget, eliminating an estimated $4.1 million dollars that goes directly to agriculture-related programs for thousands of students in California.Brentwood school district to pay $8 million in child abuse settlement
School district leaders announced Wednesday that Brentwood Union School District has settled a second child abuse lawsuit with an $8 million payout.Transgender students get new options in California
School districts in California are grappling with a newly enacted, first-of-its-kind law that spells out rights for those students who don't identify as being the gender of their birth.Nothing certain, but Chico school budget brighter
Just days after an interim financial report suggested Chico schools could be facing tight budgets down the road, a much brighter projection came forward.Freedburg: Gov. Brown reemphasizes local control of state’s public schools
In his State of the State speech on Wednesday, Gov. Jerry Brown made it clear again where he thinks the action should be when it comes to school reform – at the local level.Baron: Brown touts education accomplishments, priorities in upbeat State of the State
Gov. Jerry Brown highlighted his education accomplishments in an upbeat State of the State on Wednesday that marked the final address of his current term and laid out priorities for the coming year and his likely reelection campaign.Wednesday, January 22, 2014
