

Reflecting California’s pandemic-induced $54 billion budget deficit, Gov. Gavin Newsom presented his May Revision on May 14, estimating that the Proposition 98 guarantee will decline by $19 billion. The Governor also outlined several proposals that he said could mitigate the impacts of dramatic revenue declines on state funding. “We are not just going to roll over and accept $19 billion of cuts to public education,” he said.
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The new regulations, which will become effective on Aug. 14, 2020, cover a wide range of sexual harassment related topics, including how recipients must handle claims of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking. Thus, a more in-depth analysis will be needed in due course to determine when and to what extent these new regulations supplant, supplement or supersede California’s robust sexual harassment laws and regulations. A few key provisions of the new federal regulations are summarized below.

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State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond said at a May 13 press conference that the state does not expect a common start date for schools to reopen and that a state task force will provide guidance on how to reopen, but did not indicate when this guidance would be released.
To frame the meeting agenda, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond and State Board President Linda Darling-Hammond outlined some of the realities facing LEAs and previewed what the next school year may bring. From the 400,000-plus students who at that time needed a device at home to connect with distance learning to concerns about the exacerbation of longstanding achievement gaps, Thurmond overviewed the California Department of Education’s array of task forces to address critical issues.
Asked by Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) whether school administrators could feel safe welcoming students back to campus in the fall, Fauci explained that widespread, readily available testing should be in place so that students and school staff could be adequately screened.
Experts worry about increased rates of child abuse at a time when mandatory reporters such as doctors, teachers and nurses have fewer interactions with children. Even while teachers and schools conduct teaching and learning remotely, they must be alert to students who may be facing child abuse and neglect at home. Since March, when California’s shelter-in-place order took effect, police and sheriff’s departments have noted a sharp decrease in the number of reports of suspected child abuse and neglect. Los Angeles County typically receives nearly 1,000 calls a day of suspected abuse but has seen a 50 percent drop in daily reports since schools have been closed.
Within a couple weeks of Thurmond’s announcement, district leaders in places such as Santa Rosa City Schools, Gilroy Unified School District and Conejo Valley USD began crowdsourcing ideas on how their communities could celebrate their high school seniors while following social-distancing measures that bar the congregation of large groups.
Like most of you, we at the Monterey County Office of Education are learning how to “Zoom” and work from home. COEs have been thinking outside the box to hold meetings, trainings and support our parents, students and each other. Many of you have seen your communities come together to support their students by holding parades through student neighborhoods, placing signs of support to staff and students, and posting messages of how they are all missed.
Originally conceived as an after-school program, the academy now includes all aspects relating to student flight and aviation ground training operations, as well as consulting services to help develop aviation-related educational curriculum. SAFE program academic instructors are funded through the county office and flight instructors are funded through the Bob Hoover Academy, a nonprofit organization. The partnership is a great example of the public and private sectors coming together to provide opportunities for students who need them the most.
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