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Frey, Susan – EdSource, 2012
Adult schools are facing the biggest threat to their existence since the first school was founded in California a century and a half ago. An EdSource survey in October-November 2011 found that 23 of the state's 30 largest school districts had made major cuts to their adult education programs, including Anaheim Union High School District, which…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Finance, School Districts, Educational Change
EdSource, 2011
California's grim economic environment has hit summer school programs hard, but all of the state's 30 largest school districts still managed to provide some summer classes for struggling students in 2011, according to an EdSource survey. The July 2011 telephone survey of California's 30 largest school districts, revealed the following three major…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Educational Finance, At Risk Students, Student Participation
Edwards, Brian; Leichty, Julian – EdSource, 2009
California community colleges are expected to provide a broad range of affordable educational opportunities to an increasing number of students, but the current system does not have sufficient funding to serve them all well. This report describes present budgetary sources and explains that colleges receive mostly discretionary funding. With the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Enrollment
EdSource, 2010
The 2010 EdSource Forum, held on March 19 in Santa Clara, focused on the obstacles and opportunities in the road ahead for public schools and community colleges. The Forum included four sessions. Two are covered in this report: (1) A sobering discussion of California's fiscal crisis by Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor; and (2) A lively Q&A…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Public Schools, Community Colleges, Superintendents
Edwards, Brian – EdSource, 2010
California school districts are being expected to "do more with less." They face critical and competing pressures to improve academic achievement while remaining fiscally solvent in a time of increasing budgetary pressures. This report examines the financial circumstances of California's school districts and the actions they have been…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, School Districts, Financial Support, Budgets
EdSource, 2007
When people talk about school district efficiency, their first thoughts are about financial management. Are districts balancing their budgets, paying bills on time, and maximizing their revenues? This report takes a closer look at financial management in California school districts. The report is a summary of the 2006 research study, "School…
Descriptors: Money Management, School Districts, Educational Finance, Financial Support