Category: Hall Monitor

Assembly Bill 2449 changes the seating date for newly elected school district and county board of education members to the second Friday in December following

Here is an excellent fact-filled summary of CA’s complicated school funding plan created in an easy to read and graphically pleasing format by the Public

The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty’s Executive VP, C.J. Szafir and Researcher Cori Petersen write at the Wall Street Journal about how Milwaukee Public

While the fiscal outlook for California public schools remains positive, declining enrollment and pension costs will continue to pose significant challenges for many districts statewide.

There is a new reality for transborder, or transfronterizo, students— young people who cross the border daily to go to school and sometimes work. The

The upcoming CA Supreme Court case involving Cal Fire pension benefits raises important retirement and legal issues. With regard to retirement, the first question is

While schools have had some success in reducing chronic absenteeism, expulsion and dropout rates throughout the state, more targeted efforts will be needed to improve

Officials in the fire-ravaged Paradise Unified School District announced recently they’ve secured three elementary schools that will house K-5 students through the end of the

In September 2018, Governor Jerry Brown signed three new bills addressing public agency response to disasters and emergencies including school violence. You can read a

At least 40 percent of CA districts and charter schools have rates of chronic absence in grades K-8 that are high or very high based