SB 1-5X makes California eligible for billions in federal dollars

Senator Bob Huff (R - Diamond Bar) announced Wednesday his measure Senate Bill 1-5X, was approved by the State Senate.  Jointly authored with three other Senate Education Committee members, the bill calls for bold and innovative reforms to California's public education system and makes California competitive for much needed federal Race to the Top (RTTT) grants. 

SB 1-5X's major provisions include:

n                  Establishing a plan for turning around the bottom 5 percent of California's persistently lowest-performing schools.

n                  Removes the cap on the number of charter schools authorized to operate in California and establishes a working group to make recommendations on charter school financial reporting and audits.

n                  Authorizes open enrollment options for students stuck in schools that are identified as low-performing, defined to be those in Program Improvement and ranked in deciles 1 to 3.  This provision was modeled after Senator Huff's SB 266 (2009).

SB 1-5X now moves on to the Assembly.

Senator Bob Huff is the Vice-Chair of the Senate Education Committee and serves as the Senate Republican Caucus Chair.  He represents portions of Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties.  You can follow Senator Huff on Twitter @bobhuff99.