March 29, 2012, 12:05 AM
Dozens of school boards in the Central Valley are changing their election systems in response to a state law aimed at increasing minority representation, but much of the rest of the state hasn't budged. Some county boards of education have aggressively pushed for change, spurred on by...
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February 14, 2011, 12:05 AM
The state Board of Education ordered new rules last week to clarify how charter schools are granted statewide operating privileges. The action comes in the wake of a July 2010 Court of Appeals ruling that found the board improperly awarded statewide status to Aspire Public Schools, a charter school...
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November 10, 2010, 12:05 AM
As part of his campaign pledge to "make government more efficient and effective," Gov.-elect Jerry Brown has promised to do away with the secretary of education position, a fixture in governors' cabinets since the early 1990s. He plans to rely more on the state Board of...
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April 30, 2010, 12:04 AM
Conflict-of-interest concerns devoured another of the governor's appointees to the State Board of Education. The Senate rejected the nomination of Jeannie Oropeza to the state education board yesterday, according to the Sacramento Bee. Oropeza is a budget analyst for the Department of...
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