ACSA Region 16

The dispute between Brown and LAUSD began in 2018, when she filed a lawsuit claiming a new Wi-Fi system installed at Millikan Middle School in 2015 gave her chronic pain Read more at: law360.com/articles/13590…

The former San Diego mayor called it a lack of leadership that many CA students are still in distance learning. Faulconer says he would tie school funding to in-person learning and suggested giving parents money to help pay for distance learning costs. ow.ly/EpMZ30rynHz

•SB 4 (Gonzalez) The Broadband for All Act This bill would secure continuous grant funding for communities based on their true internet need ow.ly/58ya30rwHI1

•AB 438 (Reyes) School employees: classified employees: layoff notice and hearing. provide classified school employees with the same rights to notice and hearing with respect to layoffs as is provided to certificated employees of school districts ow.ly/qSFH30rwHLa

AB 14 prioritize projects in unserved areas, as defined, where internet connectivity is available only at speeds at or below 6 megabits per second (mbps) ow.ly/uGJc30rwHHL

•AB 423 (Voepel) Pupil instruction: financial literacy. This bill would require the State Department of Education to implement, commencing with the 2022–23 school year, a financial literacy pilot program. ow.ly/UU2J30rwHK1

AB 388 Certificated school employees: probationary employees. Would require a certificated employee regardless of the average daily attendance who completes 2 consecutive school years and is so reelected to become and be classified as a permanent employee. ow.ly/fG1230rwHIA

Unions also would prohibit the state from ordering schools to reopen before Covid infection rates have dropped to the level with the lowest risk of transmission ow.ly/LWVc30rvDL5

Some parents, community members and the NAACP are criticizing Marten has not reduced racial disparities in schools for Black & Latino children and that her failure to reopen schools for 98% of students has caused students to fall behind. ow.ly/422D30rutlP

California state superintendent of public instruction @TonyThurmond “Like so many, I am struggling to process today’s violent attack on democracy at the U.S. Capitol while celebrating an inspiring display of democracy in Georgia. ow.ly/84Mp30rrJmI

Their letter says Newsom’s plan “does not address the disproportionate impact the virus is having on low-income communities of color”...

Superintendent @AustinLASchools sat down to discuss how LA Unified School District is working to reopen classrooms. ow.ly/ygrV30rrJn9

This bill, beginning with the 2022–23 school year, would require a child to have completed one year of kindergarten before that child may be admitted to the first grade, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. ow.ly/cOt330rohmw

This bill would include as another type of required excused absence an absence that is for the benefit of the mental or behavioral health of the pupil. ow.ly/W1mC30rohmb

This bill would require a local educational agency to offer in-person instruction, as defined, as soon as state and county health orders and guidelines no longer prohibit the local educational agency from reopening for full-time in-person instruction ow.ly/GWzQ30rohhr

AB 10 would implement the written procedures for the tiered reengagement strategies for all pupils who are absent from distance learning for more than 3 schooldays or 60% of the instructional days in a school week ow.ly/zCw230roh9X

Los Angeles Unified school board candidate Marilyn Koziatek has conceded the District 3 race to incumbent Scott Schmerelson... ow.ly/WlSA30rjrl0

Charter school supporters and teachers union backers each won a seat on Los Angeles Unified School District’s school board Tuesday after a campaign that again set records for spending. ow.ly/jFFH30riT6w

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