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Connecting the dots: Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ seeks public input on how best to fund schools

January 20 (Sacramento): The state’s new Local Control Funding Formula is bringing sweeping changes to the ways schools are funded and how K-12 districts are held accountable for using state resources.

In general, LCFF has fewer funding restrictions that tie resources to certain programs. In exchange for this new flexibility, districts are required to develop accountability plans that detail how spending is aligned with California’s eight priorities for public education.

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Fern Bacon gets high-tech media lab, thanks to SECC grant
Middle school schedules ribbon-cutting ceremony for Wednesday

Editor’s note: The following press release was written by students of Fern Bacon Middle School.

Sacramento, California – Fern Bacon Middle School is pleased to announce that it will hold a Grand Opening and Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for its recently renovated media studio with the help of the Sacramento Education Cable Consortium’s media grant.

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Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ workshops help parents understand new online tests

March 19, 2014 (Sacramento):  Students across California are getting ready to participate in a trial run of the state’s new online assessment program which will eventually replace paper-and-pencil testing.

The new Smarter Balanced Assessments will be field tested in Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ schools beginning April 7. To help parents learn about the new tests, Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ is sponsoring a series of parent workshops that focus on the assessments and the learning standards to which they are tied.

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District, teachers union to hold press conference on NCLB Waiver

April 8, 2014 (Sacramento): Sacramento City Unified School District and the Sacramento City Teachers Association (SCTA) will hold a joint press conference on Wednesday (April 9) on the future of the No Child Left Behind waiver at SCTA’s office in East Sacramento.

Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½ Board President Patrick Kennedy and SCTA President Nikki Milevsky are scheduled to make a joint announcement.

WHAT:   Joint Â鶹¹û¶³´«Ã½-SCTA Press Conference

WHEN:  3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9

WHERE:   SCTA, 5300 Elvas Ave., Sacramento, CA 95819