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The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to close the school retirement system to new members, despite expert testimony from the administration of Gov. Rick Snyder and others that the move will cost billions. Read more>>
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Specially-trained retired police officers may be hired to provide security for schools under a bill Gov. Chris Christie signed into law. The governor conditionally vetoed an earlier version of the legislation because it did not require these retired officers to undergo specialized security training covering school settings. Read more>>
San Francisco USD's administration sent an automated phone message to over 50,000 parents informing them that the district will continue to provide a "safe space" for recent immigrants regardless of immigration status and affirming the city's status as a so-called sanctuary city for non-citizen immigrants. Read more>>
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Product Focus: Life skills 101
K12 educators increasingly embrace life skills curricula that promote social-emotional learning, mindfulness, problem-solving and other soft skills. Many districts no longer view such programs as “nice to have,” but as essential components of overall instruction. Read more>>
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Christina School District school board members approved a settlement to a lawsuit filed by 15 charter schools against the Delaware Department of Education and the district. The schools filed the suit after the reversal this summer of a formula change for calculating the amount of money districts have to pay to charter schools. Read more>>
The state should dismantle its system for distributing special education funding for California’s 718,000 students with disabilities and send the money—billions of dollars—directly to local school districts, according to a report from the Public Policy Institute of California. Read more>>
The California school system is facing a school nurse shortage with one registered nurse assigned to several schools. Officials are still working hard to fill vacancies midway through the school year. On top of the vacancies, 25 percent of Fresno USD's 48 nurses are either eligible for retirement or about to be. Read more>>
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Considering that there are more than 17,000 school resource officers (SRO) working in schools, SRO programs and goals need to be clearly defined, and mutual understandings of roles should be developed between schools and law enforcement. This ensures appropriate disciplinary actions are taken, rather than unnecessarily escalated. Read more>>
Bilingual education and dual language instruction will now become part of the mix of instructional options educators will have to appease parents and improve the quality of instruction ELLs receive on their way to English proficiency. Read more>>
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There’s quite a bit of hyperventilating in the education establishment over Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of education. And frankly, some folks should be worried—but not about vouchers. Betsy DeVos’ real goal should be reducing the power and influence of the federal government in public education, which is a state matter. Read more>>
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After implementing the Kickboard school culture system in five schools, St. Louis Public Schools is expanding the use of Kickboard to 25 schools this fall. The web-based platform is used to improve school culture through positive behavior reinforcement, intervention management, classroom management, and districtwide school culture analysis Read more>>
Custom Computer Specialists, Inc.
The South Burlington School District selected Custom Computer Specialists, Inc.'s Infinite Campus as its student information system. The district chose the system to reduce the need for third-party systems, increase data security and consolidate reporting. Infinite Campus will go live in July 2017. Read more>>
Dean Drako, founder and former CEO of Barracuda Networks, has acquired LivingTree and its Tiered Social Network, which provides a secure, community platform for educators and parents to facilitate and improve ongoing communication and student achievement. Read more>>
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As part of its 2016-2021 capital work plan, Polk County school district officials identified $447.7 million in unfunded new construction needed to support the projected student enrollment over the next 10 years. In addition, there are $74 million in unfunded major renovation and repair projects. Read more>>
A state committee got a look at the stark differences among Pennsylvania school buildings. The committee’s job is to recommend ways to improve PlanCon, the state system of reimbursing districts for school construction. Read more>>
It’s widely agreed that California needs more money for school facilities, and that the recently passed $9 billion bond will help pay for projects that have languished. But the problem starts with how the funding is divided among projects and whether too much is allocated for new school construction. Read more>>
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