On June 28, Governor Newsom signed a budget for 2021-22 that will allocate $ 93.7 billion in Proposition 98 to the K-14 public education – the highest amount in the state’s history. The budget expands childcare significantly, adding a universal transitional kindergarten for 4-year-olds over the next five years, and creating the nation’s first free […]
Even before the pandemic, California’s public schools were not something to write home about. But what COVID, and the related mandates and closures and distance learning and union intransigence did to it, seems to have obliterated whatever shred of credibility the system – a system once the best in the nation – had left. California […]
The looming spate of legal disputes over special education following the pandemic could be averted – or at least minimized – by a new initiative in California that encourages parents and schools to resolve disputes before going to court. The state budget, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom earlier this month, provides $ 100 million to […]
Caltrans officials see a $ 1.5 billion beautification initiative proposed by Governor Gavin Newsom as the comprehensive approach needed to clean long-disrupted state highways but also convince Californians to leave the streets litter-free keeping is a joint effort. The Clean California Initiative would provide money for trash removal, infrastructure improvements, educational programs, and arts projects […]
Caltrans officials see a $ 1.5 billion beautification initiative proposed by Governor Gavin Newsom as the comprehensive approach needed to clean long-disrupted state highways but also convince Californians to leave the streets litter-free keeping is a joint effort. The Clean California Initiative would provide money for trash removal, infrastructure improvements, educational programs, and arts projects […]
