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Latest Reports and Updates

Enough, The School District Superintendents of Marin County 

Finally a budget vote...and a failure, Association of California School Administrators, August 31, 2010

California Will Not Receive Race to the Top Funding, Association of California School Administrators, August 24, 2010

School Funding Crisis - What it means to Marin County Schools, August 2010

California Education Coalition Position Paper: Conference Committee Actions 2010-11 State Budget, August 2010

Draft Budget Talking Points - California Education Coalition, August 16, 2010

"Congress Passes Bill to Provide $10 Billion to Support 160,000 Education Jobs Nationwide", United States Department of Education, August 10, 2010

"California's Race to the Top Application Presented to U.S. Department of Education", California Department of Education, August 9, 2010

"Fiscal Year Ends...No Budget in Sight", Association of California School Administrators, July 2010

Update from the California Education Coalition, July 2010

 

 

Local News

 

"Marin schools forced to borrow as state freezes funds", Marin Independent Journal, August 31, 2010

 

"State Defers School Payments", San Francisco Chronicle, August 24, 2010

 

"Marin Schools Brace for Flood of New Students", Marin Independent Journal, August 16, 2010

 

"Mill Valley school board OKs slimmer budget", Marin Independent Journal, June 24, 2010

 

"Cuts to Staff Anger Tam School District Employees", Marin Independent Journal, May 14, 2010

 

"Novato cuts $2.7 million from school budget", Marin Independent Journal, May 5, 2010

 

 

 

Editorials and Opinion Articles

 

Dan Walters: Hot air on budget ends California's legislative year, Sacramento Bee, September 1, 2010

 

Marin Voice: "Time to tell lawmakers, 'Enough'", Marin Independent Journal, August 30, 2010

 

Marin Voice: "Our Challenge to be Hopeful", Marin Independent Journal, August 16, 2010

 

Marin Voice: "Schools on budget chopping block", Marin Independent Journal, February 8, 2010

 

 

School Funding

 

Ed Source - Questions and Answers About California Schools
(November 2006)

       The Basics of California's School Finance System (English)
       The Basics of California's School Finance System (Spanish)