Local Control Formula Closing Funding Gap but Not Equity Gap, Report Says
John Fensterwald of the Press-Telegram reports on the lack of progress towards education equity in California. Even though the state passed a landmark education funding bill four years ago the [...]
A Victory for Digital Privacy: AB 165 Halted in California Assembly
Sacramento – Facing staunch coalition opposition, CA Assembly Member Jim Cooper has pulled AB 165 from consideration by the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee. More than 60 [...]
California’s $5.2 billion transportation funding bill, in perspective
By Richard Marcantonio, Managing Attorney Public Advocates. SB 1 (Beall) won two-thirds approval and went to the Governor’s desk late Thursday night. What does this multi-billion dollar a year [...]
Long Beach Unified School District Accused of Misusing Funds Earmarked for Disadvantaged Students
April 5, 2017 – Jason Ruiz of the Long Beach Post reports on the complaint filed by Public Advocates against the Long Beach Unified School District. The complaint states that the district [...]
Long Beach Unified Accused of Misspending Money for Neediest Students
April 5, 2017 – Howard Blume of the Los Angeles Times reports on the complaint that Public Advocates filed against the Long Beach Unified School District. The district has misspent more [...]
Long Beach Unified Accused of Underfunding ‘High-Needs’ Students
April 4, 2017 – John Fensterwald of EdSource reports on the complaint that Public Advocates has filed against the Long Beach Unified School District. Senior staff attorney Angelica Jongco [...]
Who’s Following Ben Carson?
April 4, 2017 – Reporter Kriston Capps of CITYLAB from the Atlantic interviews Guillermo Mayer about CarsonWatch.org, the new effort to keep tabs on HUD policies under Trump and HUD Secty. [...]
Public Advocates Files Complaint Against LBUSD for Shortchanging High-Need Students
The Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) is violating state law by misallocating more than $40 million of state education funding that is specifically designed to increase or improve [...]
Long Beach Unified Accused of Violating State Law by Misappropriating $41 million
April 4, 2017 – David Downey of the Press-Telegram reports on the complaint that Public Advocates has filed against the Long Beach Unified School District. Senior Staff Attorney Angelica [...]
