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California’s public schools need better oversight and guidance from the state
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Shortly after beginning his second stint as governor of California in 2011, Jerry Brown began promoting a two-pronged overhaul of how the state finances public schools. Brown proposed to eliminate, or at least reduce, “categorical aids,” which were earmarks for specific purposes and […]
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According to Palo Alto Online’s source item, California’s public schools need better oversight and guidance from the state, This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Shortly after beginning his second stint as governor of California in 2011, Jerry Brown began promoting a two-pronged overhaul of how the state finances public schools. Brown proposed to eliminate, or at least reduce, “categorical aids,” which were earmarks for specific purposes and […]
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