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Sharon Quirk-Silva
High-needs students
March 20, 2024

Homeless youth advocates call for dedicated state funding, local flexibility

With the looming end to significant pandemic-era federal funding for homeless youth, advocates call for greater state support.

Betty Márquez Rosales
Local Control Funding Formula
February 9, 2021

Gov. Newsom calls for closing big ‘loophole’ in school funding for high-needs students

Districts have carried over unspent money intended for high-needs students to use however they want. The governor says the practice must end.

John Fensterwald
Local Control Funding Formula
January 9, 2020

New efforts to make school spending in California more transparent 

State board makes it easier to follow the money; two bills would impose even stricter reporting requirements.

John Fensterwald