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August 7, 2006 - Presented to Senate Select Committee on California's Master Plan for Education, Informational Hearing on Charter Schools.
June 1, 2006 - Handouts related to Proposition 98, prepared for the Budget Conference Committee.
May 17, 2006 - Twelve handouts related to the K-12 Education proposals in the Governor's May Revision.
May 16, 2006 - Presented to the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance.
May 2, 2006 - Presented to the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance.
April 27, 2006 - State law establishes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) and entrusts it with accrediting teacher preparation programs, credentialing teachers, and monitoring teacher conduct. In this report, we describe each of these three teacher-quality functions, identify related shortcomings, and propose various recommendations for overcoming them. The recommendations seek to simplify existing teacher-quality processes, reduce redundancies, strengthen accountability, and foster greater coherence among education reforms. Taken as a package, these recommendations would improve how the state ensures teacher quality and eliminate CTC.
April 18, 2006 - Presented to the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No.2 On Education Finance.
April 18, 2006 - Presented to the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance.
March 14, 2006 - Presented to the Senate Education Committee, Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee, Assembly Education Committee, and Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee.
March 14, 2006 - Presented to the Assembly Budget Committee Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance.
March 14, 2006 - Presented to the Assembly Budget Committee Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance.
March 14, 2006 - Presented to the Assembly Budget Committee Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance.
March 14, 2006 - Presented to the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance.
February 23, 2006 - We highlight the major K-12 recommendations in our Analysis of the 2006-07 Budget Bill.
February 23, 2006 - The current structure of the Emergency Repair Program (ERP) makes it difficult for districts to apply for funds and provides incentives for districts to avoid addressing facility problems until they become real emergencies. We recommend the Legislature enact legislation to grant the ERP funds directly to districts with low performing schools to address facility needs identified by their facilities needs assessments, and maintain $50 million at the state level to provide districts with loans for pressing emergency repair needs.