Amid confusion, no vote on SIG money

08-03-2010

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

After hearing complaints Monday that unclear rules had created confusion and unfairly excluded Los Angeles Unified and other districts, the State Board of Education postponed divvying up $316 million in federal money for the worst-performing schools in the state. Board members acknowledged the situation was “a mess.” Faced with a time pressure to get the money out to districts before school starts, the board won’t be delaying long. On an 8-1 vote, board members asked for state officials to consider revising the figures. But if federal officials won’t allow any tweaking and further delays, then the board agreed to meet as soon as legally permitted to pass what they concede would be flawed allocations. (more...)

Also: East Bay districts could lose out on grant money for low-achieving schools/Contra Costa Times

A pickle in Sacramento/Blog by Rachel Norton

Pajaro Valley schools await decision on $6.6 million grant/Santa Cruz Sentinel

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