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Gov. Newsom didn’t mention it in his hour-long press conference, but new state guidelines banning in-school instruction in counties on a monitoring list for coronavirus

With the first day of school on the horizon, some Nevada families dissatisfied with the school options available to them this fall are turning instead

As pressure mounts for teachers to return to their classrooms this fall, concerns about health risks from the coronavirus are pushing many toward alternatives, including

California’s pension fund for teachers missed its investment target for the last fiscal year, reflecting a global market downturn brought on by the coronavirus outbreak.

This is what school can look like amid the coronavirus pandemic. Students attend classes four days per week, with groups of students alternating weeks of

With only weeks left until Congress leaves for its August recess, time is running out for major federal action to provide additional pandemic relief funding

Topics covered in this month’s update include: Fiscal Year 2020-21 Budget Update PPE Distribution to School Districts CASH Maintenance Network: New Healthy Schools Resource Thank

COVID-19 has presented significant challenges as education and state leaders contemplate re-opening schools in a way that ensures they are clean, safe and healthy. The

By David Walrath, CASH Legislative Advocate Now that the State Budget process is concluded and schools were protected from immediate deep funding cuts, is this

CASH Alert – Budget Update June 26, 2020 Today, the Assembly approved the bills that form the core of the State Budget and K-12 education

With crossed fingers, the Legislature passed and sent a 2020-21 state budget to Gov. Gavin Newsom that will rely on $14 billion in additional congressional

Although pleased with the restoration of billions of dollars in cuts Newsom had proposed, education officials are skeptical about whether they’ll be ready to fully

Calbright College, on the brink of elimination by the Legislature, will survive in the 2020-21 budget that was agreed to Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom

A state fiscal agency found “significant evidence” that current and former employees with the Sweetwater Union High School District may have committed fraud, misappropriation of

By Dan Walters, CalMatters on June 18, 2020 Drafting a state budget for California is always a difficult process, given the state’s diverse and often