CA state budget & CDE overhaul

AB 181 signed, creating governor-appointed education commissioner. $128B education budget with $21.1k per pupil, 4.31% COLA, $5B block grant, $2.4B special ed increase. $3.9B withholding still contentious. State superintendent race (Barrera vs. Shaw). Key bills pending. New article confirms $2.4B special ed increase and literacy funding.