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The Charter Schools Division of the California Department of Education (CDE) has posted a request for applications (RFA) for the Public Charter School Grant Program (PCSGP).
Governor Newsom announced in San Francisco today that his Administration plans to phase-in mandated vaccination of K-12 students in all public and private schools for COVID-19 after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provides full authorization for vaccine use in children.
Proposed legislation to resolve some of the many problems with this year’s state budget would fix some problems but create burdensome new ones.
In 2021 the legislature passed AB 104, legislation addressing retention of students, a method for handling grade change requests, and additional graduation options for some students and it took effect immediately upon the governor’s signature.
On Monday, amongst hundreds of pages of budget trailer bill provisions, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a requirement to extend most charter school petition terms by two years.