The California Legislature adopted a budget this week that calls for flat funding for K-12 education, but schools remain vulnerable to midyear cuts that would be automatically triggered if an anticipated spike in revenue doesn’t materialize.
The IUSD Board of Education voted unanimously this week to adopt a budget for 2011-12, and, in the same motion, directed staff to forward all appropriate documents to the Orange County Department of Education.
Unless you were around for the end of Tuesday night's Board of Education meeting, you may not be aware that board members authorized issuing $25 million in school construction bonds, which will be subsidized in part through a federal stimulus program designed to spur shovel-ready construction projects.
This week, Governor Jerry Brown released his latest budget plan for 2011-12, and although there was some potentially good news in the form of increased state revenue, the impact on K-12 education remains uncertain.
BY SUPERINTENDENT GWEN E. GROSS, Ph.D. In this era of shrinking state revenue, the Irvine Unified School District has grown accustomed to preparing its annual budgets with worst-case scenarios in mind.
A group of politically astute students from all five IUSD high schools traveled to Sacramento Tuesday to engage in wide-ranging discussions on the budget and other matters of local interest with some of California’s top movers and shakers.
A recent legal settlement between the state and the American Civil Liberties union over student fees has brought clarity to a complex issue, but it will make school districts more dependent on local donations to preserve educational opportunities for students, writes Superintendent Gwen
At its meeting this week, the IUSD Board of Education engaged in a discussion with attorney Mark Bresee on the ramifications of a recent legal settlement between the American Civil Liberties Union and the state of California over
BY SUPERINTENDENT GWEN E. GROSS, Ph.D. California may have new faces in the governor’s office and the Legislature, but the revenue problems that have long plagued the Golden State look all too familiar. For his part, newly elected Gov.
Like dining out? And helping Irvine schools? Have we got an event for you.