And, using AB 114, the Legislature and governor gutted the oversight laws requiring school agencies to adhere to minimum levels of financial reserves.
Gov. Brown has, in essence, allowed teachers to avoid layoffs under any circumstances in the next fiscal year. And school agencies will not be scrutinized financially. That’s a recipe for disaster — and a gift-wrapped treat to the CTA.
Kids Slighted
“This is shocking,” said Lance Izumi, Koret Senior Fellow in Education Studies at the Pacific Research Institute, CalWatchdog’s parent think tank. “It’s obvious that unions do not care for the kids at all if they are willing to shorten the school year. This is about protecting teachers’ jobs, whether they deserve it or not.”
Izumi said that many other states are going in the opposite direction, and implementing more school choice opportunities and teacher evaluation processes, while “California is regressing into 19th century union vogue.”
Izumi’s analysis appears to be spot on given that Brown appointed the former chief lobbyist of the California Teachers Association to the state board of Education. “Any need of further evidence that Brown is bought and paid for by the CTA is unnecessary,” said Izumi. “This is the real face of the governor.”
What this means for teachers is that CTA members get to keep their jobs without the oversight or input of the district in which they work. Calwatch
Actually the best thing for kids is to shorten the time they spend in the classroom and increased on-line educational time. After all, we do not want the kids in a classroom with anti-democratic fascists.
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