The Association of Clovis Educators filed a complaint with the Public Employment Relations Board alleging Clovis Unified has violated the law for 38 years.
Board of Education Opposes Bill That Takes Aim at Charter Schools
The Orange County Board of Education passed a resolution June 2 to oppose a bill that it claims would harm charter schools.
Introduced by California Assemblyman Patrick O’Donnell (D-Long Beach), AB 1316 will move through the State Assembly in June.
The bill would cut funding by 30 percent for non-classroom-based charter schools, Orange County Board of Education vice president Ken Williams said in a statement. It would also prohibit charters from receiving funding for students who transferred from outside their home county or school district, he said. Charter school operators would also be hit with higher operator and administrative fees, he said.
State Assemblymember Luz Rivas. | Luz Rivas Website
SACRAMENTO – Assemblywoman Luz Rivas’s (D-Arleta) Assembly Bill 1096 was approved by the California Assembly Thurs., May 20, with bipartisan support and will now move on to the State Senate. It is expected that that bill will also pass in the Senate. AB 1096 eliminates the offensive term “alien” from all state codes. The legislation would replace the word “alien” with other language that is more reflective of today’s legal terminology, such a “noncitizen” or “immigrant.” The term “alien” has been used by the federal government since 1798 and in California since 1937.
“From the racially motivated shooting in El Paso to the recent rise in hate crimes against our API communities, we’ve seen a deliberate escalation of xenophobia in our society lead to violent attacks,” said Rivas. “The term ‘alien’ has become weaponized and is now used in place of explicitly racial slurs to dehumanize our immigran
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