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Assembly OKs bills to get federal schools funds
- 01-06-2010
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By Marisa Lagos, Nanette Asimov/San Francisco Chronicle
Education experts said Tuesday that legislation to qualify California for federal Race to the Top funds fails to solve the underlying structural problems faced by the state's public school system. The two bills, which won Assembly approval Tuesday and are expected to pass the state Senate today, are designed to secure California schools up to $700 million of the $4.3 billion in one-time federal grants that President Obama has promised to states that make sweeping changes to their education policies. Supporters also hailed them as a key step toward overhauling the state's struggling school system. But even if California wins a grant, experts said the new laws won't solve the chronic underfunding of schools and the problem of retaining good teachers. (more...)
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