Amid Fiscal Crisis, L.A. Gives Site Councils Budget Reins

Autor/in	Sawchuk, Stephen
Titel	Amid Fiscal Crisis, L.A. Gives Site Councils Budget Reins
Quelle	In: Education Week, 28 (2009) 36, S.1 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0277-4232
Schlagwörter	High Schools; Institutional Autonomy; School Councils; After School Programs; Exit Examinations; Parent School Relationship; Participative Decision Making; Administrative Organization; Unions; Educational Finance; State School District Relationship; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Institutionelle Autonomie; Schulbeirat; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Final examination; Abschlussprüfung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Bildungsfonds; Staatliches Schulamt; Kalifornien
Abstract	At Jefferson High School, a governing body made up of teachers, nonclassroom-based educators, parents, and Principal Michael Taft appears to be living the dream, to the extent such a thing is possible during a staggering fiscal crisis. The leadership team, officially known as a "school site council," has mainly used an infusion of federal stimulus funding to keep class sizes around 25 students. With its remaining money, it has preserved a successful "eighth period"--a mandatory after-school class for students struggling to pass the California High School Exit Exam, or CAHSEE, a graduation prerequisite. The example sums up the goal of district leaders, who have allotted nearly $114 million in Title I economic-stimulus funds to school site councils like the one at Jefferson High to spend on their own needs. Decentralization has long been a rallying cry among constituents in this sprawling district of 700,000 students. But as some Los Angeles educators are discovering, it pays to be careful what one wishes for. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10