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Brown kills bill establishing study committee on school finance
Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would have created a task force to explore options for school finance reform, thus ensuring that his own weighted student formula won’t be drowned out in a marketplace of ideas when the Legislature convenes in January. “I agree that California’s complex school finance laws need urgent attention. Creating a task force, however, may actually delay action on reforms,” Brown wrote in a terse message. “Rather than create a … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Jerry Brown, Reporting & Analysis, Weighted Student Funding (Local Control Funding Formula)
Residue of once-promising finance reform bill in Brown’s hands
Introduced as a comprehensive plan for K-12 finance reform, Assembly Bill 18 is a shell of its former self. The bill that the Legislature ended up passing last month would merely create a 21-member task force to explore various options and formulas for fairer and simpler school funding and make recommendations to the Legislature by April 1. But even this seemingly non-controversial rewrite of the bill, with amendments intended to mollify Gov. Brown, may not escape … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Finance, Legislature, Bills, Reporting & Analysis, Weighted Student Funding (Local Control Funding Formula)
What next for Brown’s school finance reform?
A termed-out state senator who’s been a leader on education issues offered advice Wednesday to Gov. Jerry Brown on how to get the Legislature to pass significant school finance reform: Don’t try to jam lawmakers; ally yourself with a respected legislator who’s got more than a couple years left to serve; and implement the reforms gradually, for more buy-in from 1,000 districts that will be asking, “What’s in it for me?” “Come back through policy process … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Finance, Reporting & Analysis, Weighted Student Funding (Local Control Funding Formula)
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