Help is on the way.
Just two weeks after state lawmakers agreed on a budget that cuts up to $9 billion from public education, California State Senator Gloria Romero said schools in desperate need of additional funding will benefit from the accelerated disbursement of federal stimulus funds.
Romero (D-Los Angeles) is the chair of the Senate Education Committee.
You may recall Romero announcing several days ago the state senate would hold hearings later this month to determine if a California law crafted in 2006 governing the use of student test scores in order to qualify for federal education money needs to be changed.
On a related note, a report released in April by the Public Policy Institute of California found nearly 60 percent of California residents believe the state's education system is in need of major changes.
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