The California Teachers Association, the state's powerful teachers union, has advised local chapters to oppose the state's application for Race to the Top.
The decision could influence local school boards, who will have the power to decide if their districts will seek funding from Obama's $4.3 billion education reform initiative.
Agreements between individual school districts and the state, or memorandums of understanding, are due today.
From a report appearing in The Educated Guess:
Deputy State Superintendent Rick Miller admitted that a lack of union leaders' signatures on districts' MOUs would probably doom the state's chances - at least in the first round of funding.
As part of Race to the Top, teachers unions would have to agree to renegotiate their contracts to permit using test scores in determining tenure, pay and firing decisions. That's the heart of CTA's opposition.
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