Education
CDCAN Report #051-2010: Assembly & State Senate Budget Subcommittee Schedule - Hearings on Governor's Proposed 2010-2011 Budget Gets Under Way Beginning Next Week - Olmstead Advisory Committee Meeting March 18th
Wed, 2010-03-10 12:06 — chrisAssembly and State Senate Budget Subcommittee Schedule on Governor’s 2010-2011 Budget
IHSS Teleconference by Dept of Social Services on Integrity and Fraud Program March 17th – CDCAN Townhall Telemeeting on Proposed Lanterman DC Closure March 17th - Olmstead Advisory Committee Meeting March 18th – Special Assembly Budget Subcommittee Hearing on Impact of Health and Human Services Proposed & Enacted Cuts March 24th
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 03/10/2010 07:40 AM (Pacific Time)] - The next phase of the long seemingly unending State budget process goes back into full swing next week, with Assembly and State Senate budget subcommittee hearings scheduled through early May to hear the Governor’s non-special session items contained in his proposed 2010-2011 State Budget. The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services released late yesterday a schedule of subcommittee hearings (specific Assembly Budget Subcommittee hearing on Medi-Cal and other budget issues proposed by the Governor under the Department of Health Care Services have not yet been scheduled publicly)
Hearings and certain related legislative and state agency meeting – including an important stakeholder teleconference on In-Home Supportive Services by the Department of Social Services (scheduled for March 17th) and the California Health and Human Services Agency Olmstead Advisory Committee public meeting set for March 18th (that can also be accessed by toll free line), and a March 17th CDCAN Townhall Telemeeting on the proposed closure of Lanterman Developmental Center featuring the director and other senior officials from the Department of Developmental Services.
CDCAN Report #046-2010: Senate Budget Subcommittee Hearings to Begin Next Week - IHSS Teleconference by DSS on Program Integrity and Fraud Set for March 17 - Medicaid 1115 Waiver Discussion on Medical Homes March 4
Tue, 2010-03-02 13:10 — chrisCalifornia Legislative Update:
Senate Budget Subcommittee Schedule – Hearings To Begin This Month on Governor’s 2010-2011 Budget
- Medicaid Section 1115 Waiver Discussion on Medical Homes March 4th
- IHSS Teleconference by Dept of Social Services on Integrity and Fraud Program March 17th
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 03/02/2010 05:40 AM (Pacific Time)] - With nearly all of the special session budget bills passed by the Legislature and sent to the Governor last week and on Monday, the next phase of the state budget process will begin with budget subcommittee hearing late next week and continue through mid-May.
Senate Education Subcommittee on Educational Governance and Accountability: K–12 School Governance Reform: Closing the Achievement Gap
Tue, 2010-02-09 22:32 — chrisInformational Hearing – Subject: K–12 School Governance Reform: Closing the Achievement Gap
PRIORITY: Important
CDCAN Report #035-2010: Disability and Senior Advocate Maggie Dee Dowling Recovering After Complications from Cancer Surgery - March 18th Event To Honor Senior Advocate Bill Powers
Tue, 2010-02-09 12:35 — chrisREMEMBERING THAT EVERY LIFE MATTERS: PLEASE REMEMBER & HELP THE PEOPLE OF HAITI
American Red Cross: 1-800-HELP NOW (1-800-435-7669) www.redcross.org
UNICEF: 1-800-4UNICEF (1-800-486-4233) www.unicefusa.org
Remembering Lives That Matter:
DISABILITY & SENIOR ADVOCATE MAGGIE “DEE” DOWLING SLOWLY RECOVERING FROM MAJOR CANCER SURGERY
MARCH 18th EVENT IN SACRAMENTO HONORING LONG TIME SENIOR ADVOCATE BILL POWERS
Maggie "Dee" Dowling and Lynn Carman: November (2009) after her surgery, with close friend Lynn Carman while at hospital in Walnut Creek recovering from major cancer surgery. Photo by Marty Omoto.SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 02/09/2010 02:35 AM (Pacific Time)] - Longtime respected disability and senior rights advocate Maggie “Dee” Dowling is slowly recovering at home, after major surgery last November to remove a life threatening cancerous tumor. After returning home in December, her condition was again critical due to serious complications that required last month a 10 day return to the hospital.
CDCAN Report #033-2010: Important Assembly Budget Subcommittee Hearings on Governor's Special Session Proposed Cuts - 2/10 on IHSS, SSI/SSP, CAPI, CalWORKS, Adult Day Health, Regional Centers, Healthy Families, Mental Health
Fri, 2010-02-05 00:51 — chrisIMPORTANT ASSEMBLY BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE HEARINGS ON GOVERNOR’S SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSED CUTS NEXT WEEK
- Feb 10 – Governor’s Special Session Budget Reduction Proposals Impacting IHSS, SSI/SSP, CAPI, CalWORKS, Proposition 10 (Children and Families Commission)
- Feb 11 – Governor’s Special Session Budget Reduction Proposals Impacting Medi-Cal, Developmental Services, Healthy Families, Mental Health (Proposition 63), Public Health (AIDS Programs)
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 02/04/2010 09:35 PM (Pacific Time)] - The focus of the Governor’s proposed special session major budget cuts that call for major cuts to Medi-Cal, including the elimination of Adult Day Health Care Centers, In-Home Supportive Services, SSI/SSP individual grants, regional centers, cuts to the mental health services act (Proposition 63) and Proposition 10 (children and families first commission) shifts next week to the Assembly Budget Subcommittees after hearings the last two weeks by the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee.
AB 1124 (2009): Special Education: Due Process Hearings
Thu, 2010-02-04 14:42 — chrisAssembly Committee Analysis
This bill requires a local education agency (LEA) to continue providing early intervention services to a child with exceptional needs between the ages of three and five years in a preschool program (if the child is no longer eligible for services under federal law), pending the resolution of a due process hearing, as specified.
SB 701 (2009): Special Education: Local Plans
Tue, 2010-02-02 18:39 — chrisCurrent Status
This was returned to the Secretary of the Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Joint Rule 56
Bills introduced in the first year of the regular session and passed by the house of origin on or before the January 31st constitutional deadline are "carryover bills." Immediately after January 31, bills introduced in the first year of the regular session that do not become "carryover bills" shall be returned to the Chief Clerk of the Assembly or Secretary of the Senate, respectively. Notwithstanding Rule 4, as used in this rule "bills" does not include constitutional amendments.
SB 621 (2009): Career Technical Education: Individuals with Exceptional Needs
Tue, 2010-02-02 18:35 — chrisCurrent Status
This was returned to the Secretary of the Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Joint Rule 56
Bills introduced in the first year of the regular session and passed by the house of origin on or before the January 31st constitutional deadline are "carryover bills." Immediately after January 31, bills introduced in the first year of the regular session that do not become "carryover bills" shall be returned to the Chief Clerk of the Assembly or Secretary of the Senate, respectively. Notwithstanding Rule 4, as used in this rule "bills" does not include constitutional amendments.
AB 1374 (2009): Adult Education: Teaching Credentials
Mon, 2010-02-01 23:45 — chrisSummary
Streamlines requirements for the Preliminary and Clear designated subjects adult education teaching credential (DSAE). Specifically, this bill:
AB 826 (2009): Special Education: Local Plan Areas: Funding
Mon, 2010-02-01 22:59 — chrisSummary
Makes changes, commencing in 2009-10, in calculations made by the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) related to the treatment of property taxes and federal funds in determining funding allocations for special education local plan areas (SELPAs). Specifically, this bill:
- Removes the total amount of property taxes for a SELPA from the calculation of the base special education funding entitlement for that SELPA.
- Removes the total amount of federal funds allocated to a SELPA from the calculation of the base special education funding entitlement for that SELPA.
