Jeopardy

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The Good 'ole Days
Viagra for Ed
River of Money
Big Brother
Up the S! Creek
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Final Jeopardy
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• In 1971, this court case, the high court ruled
  that a child's access to public education could
  not be based on the wealth of his or her
  community.

• Serrano vs. Priest

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Prop 13, which successfully limited the tax rate
for real estate and subsequently placed education
in a inevitable death spiral, was approved by
California voters in this year.
1978
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On November 7, 2000, voters in the state approved
Prop 39, which lowered Prop 13's super-majority
for local school bond passage from the original
2/3rds to this percentage.
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This law requires roughly 40 of state budget to
be spent on k-14 education and guarantees an
annual increase in funding (including IOUs)
Prop 98
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1 - 500
In 2004, as a response to this lawsuit, Assembly
Bill 1550 phases out the year-round school
calendar by the year 2012, and AB 550 was passed
to ensure equal access to instructional materials.
Williams vs. California
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This is the term used in California for a
"qualified special tax" imposed by a local unit
of government. These taxes require election
approval of at least 2/3rds of those voting on
the measure.
Parcel Tax
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The smallest amount of education funding comes to
the state from this source.
Lottery
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This Federal Act has provided nearly 8 billion
in one time money to California, much of which
has gone to support programs such as Title 1 and
IDEA
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
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The KIPP foundation earned this federal grant,
and will be awarded 10 million every year for
the next five in an effort to increase principal
effectiveness.
Investing in Innovation grant
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2 - 500
From January 2008 through December 2010, local
voters approved 81 of the 221 General Obligation
bond measures attempted. G.O. bonds may only be
used for this purpose.
Build or renovating facilities
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The state and federal governments together
provided about 4.3 billion in 200708 for this.
The fundingwhich goes first to the SELPA and
then out to districtsdoes not cover the full
cost and local school districts are expected to
cover the rest from their other revenues.
Special Education
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California school districts have about
three-fourths as many of these per student
compared to the U.S. average.
Teachers
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School districts are no longer paid for excused
absences of students, however, to offset this
revenue loss the state has increased this source
of funding per student.
Average Daily Attendance
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These district employees are designated by the
2000s on expenditure reports and include the
Chief Business Officer
Classified
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3 - 500
This fund, occasionally used to cover cash flow
issues, is generally between 2 and 5 of a
districts General Fund expenditures, though the
number has dropped recently.
Reserve
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What state agency monitors district or local
educational agencies (LEAs) for compliance with
categorical program and fiscal requirements?
CPM, Categorical Program Monitoring agency
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When it fails to make its Annual Yearly Progress
goals (AYP) for two consecutive years in the same
content area school-wide or for any significant
subgroup it is labeled this.
Program Improvement
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Similar to the 1984 Supreme Court case, Hartzell
v. Connell, the ACLU sued the state of California
and Gov. Schwarzenegger in 2010 for violating,
again, what article of the state constitution?
Article IX, Section 5 (1879) of the California
Constitution (required that the State provide a
system of free public schools)
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This label is assigned to a school district or
county office of education when it is determined
that, based upon current projections, the school
district may not meet its financial obligations
for a three year projection?
Qualified
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In the current court case, Robles-Wong v.
California, the plaintiff accuses what system to
be irrational, outdated, and unconstitutional.
The state's school finance system.
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25 billion
the state deficit (more than 1/5 of the general
fund)
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In 2010, California held the third highest
ranking in the nation for this statistic, closely
watched by economist.
unemployment rate (12.6)
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An increase of 47 in cost since 2005 describes
what expense to school districts?
benefits or health care (on average 19 of a
district's budget)
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More than 1 in 5 children in California live in
poverty, and nearly half of all K12 students
participate in the federal free and reduced-price
meal programs. This is likely a contributing
factor to this persistent problem.
The achievement gap
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If Gov. Brown does not renew the current tax
hikes this June, all stakeholders in education
will be this.
Given an opportunity to band together, be
creative and resilient, and come through this
mess stronger and wiser.
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Final Jeopardy

• Correctly write the full name of the acronyms
  listed

Association of California School
Administrators Beginning Teachers Support and
Assessment California State Teachers Retirement
System Full Time Equivalent Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act Legislative Affairs
and Fiscal Policy Division Student Attendance
Review Board School Improvement Grant

• ACSA
• BTSA
• CalSTRS
• FTE
• IDEA
• LAFPD
• SARB
• SIG