California’s leisurely pace may cost it from qualifying for federal schools funding

Posted by administrator on 17th November and posted in Funding

While the state Assembly takes a leisurely look at education reform, California may miss its chance to compete for a share of $4.35 billion in education stimulus funds.

The federal government this week detailed how it will judge applications for Race to the Top grants, due Jan. 19. To boost its application, California must show it’s serious about judging teacher and principal effectiveness, improving its data systems and turning around low-performing schools. That all requires new state laws.

However, despite a special session called by the governor, the Assembly isn’t meeting and Speaker Karen Bass said she won’t reconvene it until Jan. 4.

That would leave 15 days to draft, pass and sign bills, then put together an application. It would be “very, very difficult” to submit a competitive application, said Rick Miller, deputy state superintendent of schools. “We can’t write a plan” for reform, he said, “unless we know what the law will be.”

That may set up Sacramento for an ugly political situation in January. That’s when the governor will announce multi-billion-dollar midyear cuts to schools and more sizable reductions for the 2010-11 school year, both forced by plummeting state revenues. At the same time, the state may be taking a pass on $500 million that could be California’s share in the Race to the Top funds.

Those funds are intended to advance the most promising ideas in school reform, as the nation tackles lagging achievement and 30 percent dropout rate.

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