Full and Fair Funding

Gov. Gavin Newsom said he’s willing to negotiate with the Legislature all aspects of the $2 billion incentive program he proposed to encourage school districts to send their youngest students back to school, starting in-mid February.

"Odds are increasingly remote that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to provide financial incentives for districts to reopen schools in February and March will get off the ground. "

"California’s K-12 public-school enrollment has precipitously declined during the pandemic, dropping by a record 155,000 students, according to new state projections. That drop-off is about five times greater than California’s annual rate of enrollment decline in recent years."

EdSource takes a look at the major obstacles to resuming in-person instruction and the issues schools are grappling with as they consider Gov. Newsom's Safe Schools for All plan.

"Schools have been waiting for more coronavirus relief from Washington ever since late March. Will it be significantly less than what they’ve heard about and hoped for?"

It will be very interesting to see how the courts treat this case and how they rule regarding the state's obligation to students regarding equitable funding and related access and opportunity issues.