On June 11, CSDC’s Susanne Coie will lead a live discussion to support Dashboard Alternative Status School (DASS) accountability.
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With a vote of 13-10, SB 1380 failed to advance in the California State Legislature this week. The defeat of SB 380 was CSDC’s top legislative priority this year.
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California's new law requiring a WVPP-related training, record keeping, and reporting protocol for nearly all employers, is in effect now, with a compliance deadline of July 1, 2024.
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The suspense file is a unique tool the California Legislature uses to manage bills with a significant financial impact on the state.
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The May Revise – and the subsequent adoption of the final state budget in June – has a significant impact on the amount of money allocated to public charter schools.
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The Assembly Education Committee took rare steps to amend a bill in committee in the battle over how to measure success for charter schools.
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This week, California charter school leaders (pictured above) testified against SB 1380 in Sacramento. Next week, the Assembly Education Committee will take up AB 2254, which aims to remove the sunset on the use of supplemental academic data.
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Outgoing superintendent William Spalding remarked that there was a lot of "misinformation" about SB 1380.
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As spring showers nourish the seeds of May flowers, the California State Legislature is in full bloom with activity.
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Earlier this year, California State Legislators introduced more than 2,000 new bills and CSDC’s Laura Kerr reviewed them all and found a couple of those bills designed to hurt charter schools.