History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
NEW REPORT: Los Angeles' road to A-G for all
Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
AB 5x-8 now public
- 12-03-2009
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
The office of Assembly Speaker Karen Bass has released Assembly Democrats’ version of the Race to the Top bill. Here is the text of ABX5-8. The 73-page bill, sponsored by Education Committee Chairwoman Julia Brownley, would change state laws to conform with the requirements of Race to the Top, a $4.3 billion federal competitive program. It would: Put in place the four options for transforming persistently low-performing schools spelled out in Race to the Top regulations; Lift the cap in charter schools in exchange for requiring annual financial audits of charters and limiting renewal of charters that are facing sanctions for low academic performance; Set the stage for moving away from strict reliance on standardized tests (annual STAR tests) in exchange for adopting “high-quality” assessments. The state would use Race to the Top money to develop these. It would also take advantage of the new CALPADS student data base to develop longitudinal measurements of student performance. (more...)
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