Senator Bob Huff (R – Diamond Bar) announced today 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.
“We are the advocates for the children in this state,” said Senator Huff. “Tonight, we have moved one step closer to improving an educational system that has failed generations of California’s kids.”
SB 1-5X’s major provisions include:
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Establishing a plan for turning around the bottom 5 percent of California’s persistently lowest-performing schools.
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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.
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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.
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