After years of promoting “local control” in education, the latest news is full of stories on state intervention in decisions being made by local school boards.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has threatened the Temecula Valley school district with fines for exercising its local control. He disagrees with their decisions on curriculum. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond flew to Southern California to stand at the lectern during a Chino Valley Unified School District board meeting and lambasted the members over their policy change strengthening the rights of parents to be involved when their child is facing mental health challenges.
State Attorney General Rob Bonta has even gone so far as to sue Chino Valley Unified for approving the parental notification policy, with the implicit threat this may extend to other districts that have passed or are considering the same policy.
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California leaders should focus on getting our money's worth from public schools
- by: TODD MADDISON
- 2023-09-18
- Source:
EdSource
- 09/19/2023
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