California

September 14, 2020

CHARTER SCHOOLS CHALLENGE CALIFORNIA HOLD HARMLESS RULES

During the summer, four charter schools and a number of their prospective parents filed a lawsuit in the state Superior Court, Sacramento County, claiming that the […]
September 14, 2020

NEW JERSEY MAINTAINS SCHOOL AID FUNDING LEVELS, WHILE NY AND CALIFORNIA BEGIN DEFERRING AID PAYMENTS DUE TO PANDEMIC

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced in late August that state aid to school districts would remain steady for the next fiscal year despite the “historic […]
June 11, 2020

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE REJECTS PANDEMIC FUNDING CUTS

While school districts around the country are beginning to plan for large budget cuts because of the massive reductions in state and local tax revenues stemming […]
March 23, 2020

SETTLEMENT REACHED IN CALIFORNIA LITERACY CASE

Two years ago, a number of parents filed a case claiming that California’s failure to provide low-income minority students in schools in Los Angles and two […]