Aspiring teachers are no longer required to take the California Basic Skills Test (CBEST) or the California Subject Matter Exams for Teachers (CSET) to earn their credential.
AB 762 would hold charter and private schools to the same siting requirements as public schools to ensure the health and safety of staff and children.
Lawmakers have had it with San Francisco Unified.
State lawmakers introduced their plan Thursday to get California students back in the classroom as quickly as possible.
President Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders on his first day in office.
Assemblyman Jose Medina (D-Riverside), who authored the bill, expressed surprise at the governor’s decision. He called the veto a “disservice” to students and “a failure to push back against the racial rhetoric and bullying of Donald Trump."
Another day, another dramatic development at the Fairfax Unified School District.
California school districts will be discouraged from allowing students to take advanced math courses under proposed changes to the California Mathematics Framework.
California will spend a record $93.7 billion from its general fund on education this year under the 2021-22 budget bill passed by the Legislature.
California voters have rejected a statewide ballot measure that would have reinstated affirmative action in college admissions processes in California.
So at this point, it looks like the state doesn’t have a clue what it’s doing when it comes to ensuring public health in schools this fall.