Compromises Reached on School Funding Reform
Read EdSource Today's coverage of compromise on Gov. Brown's school finance reform plan.
- Adult ed, regional occupational center advocates satisfied with budget deal – for now
- June 13, 2013 - Early childhood advocates cheered by $55M in restored funding
- June 13, 2013 - Foster youth win big in California’s new budget
- June 13, 2013 - Michael Kirst, father of new school funding formula, looks back and at the work ahead
- June 12, 2013 - Adult ed, regional occupational centers, partnership academies get reprieve
- June 12, 2013 - It’s a deal: Brown, top lawmakers raise base funding in finance formula
- June 11, 2013
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