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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/propfest\">Prop Fest\u003c/a> is a collaboration from Bay Curious and The Bay podcasts, where we break down each of the 10 statewide propositions that will be on your November 2024 ballot. Check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide\">KQED’s Voter Guide\u003c/a> for more information on state and local races.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today we’re discussing Proposition 2, a $10 billion school bond for repair, upgrade and construction of school facilities. 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But whether there’s money set aside to make those repairs isn’t always guaranteed in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:00:18] I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra, host of The Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> [00:00:21] And I’m Olivia Allen-Price, host of Bay Curious. Welcome to Prop Fest. For the next few weeks. Our teams at The Bay and Bay Curious are bringing you breakdowns of each statewide ballot proposition on the California ballot this year, all to help you vote with confidence this November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:00:38] Unlike most other states, California doesn’t have a permanent funding source for school repairs, things like broken air conditioners or a leaky roof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> [00:00:49] Instead, that money comes from state or local bonds passed by voters year to year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:00:55] And that means if your school needs repairs, the money isn’t always guaranteed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> [00:01:01] But this year, California voters have a chance to raise money with Prop 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:01:06] In our very first episode of Prop Fest, we’re going to break down everything you need to know about Proposition 2. The school bond measure. That’s coming up right after the break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:01:23] Today we’re talking about Proposition 2. Here’s how it will read on your ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Voiceover:\u003c/strong> [00:01:29] Prop 2 authorizes $10 billion in general obligation bonds for repair, upgrade and construction of facilities at K-through-12 public schools, including charter schools, community colleges and career technical education programs, including for improvement of health and safety conditions and classroom upgrades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:01:51] To understand how this proposition got on the ballot, we hit up KQED’s early childhood education reporter Daisy Nguyen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:01:59] Thousands of school buildings across California are in poor shape and the state’s school repair fund is almost empty. There was a study by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California that found 38% of students from kindergarten to 12th grade go to schools that don’t meet the minimum facility standards. You may have heard of the recent controversy at Oakland Unified School District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Newscaster:\u003c/strong> [00:02:31] Oakland School District plans to install more water dispensing stations at campuses after discovering high levels of lead and some water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:02:39] A routine sampling of water across the school district found that multiple school sites had elevated levels of lead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Newscaster:\u003c/strong> [00:02:47] At last night’s Oakland school board meeting, parents were angry and concerned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:02:52] That led to schools having to shut off some of their water fountains and replacing water sources with bottles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:03:05] And you’re talking about a range of problems with facilities and buildings at California’s schools. How do schools normally pay for repairs like these?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:03:18] So unlike many other states, California doesn’t pay for school repairs through a permanent funding stream. The money comes from state and local bonds. Traditionally, the state would match half of a school district’s new construction project and 60% of its renovation projects. And there would be up to local districts to raise funds, usually through a local bond. What winds up happening is that it creates some inequities because wealthier districts can raise more money for repairs through local bonds because their local property values are higher, which means they end up generating more money from local property taxes. Smaller and lower income districts struggle to raise enough bond money to pay for the school repairs. Sometimes they can’t even pass a local bond at all, so they end up relying on state bond money for repairs and maybe not meeting all of their needs. The money from the last successful school bond was passed in 2016, and that’s been spent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:04:28] What does Prop. 2 do exactly?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:04:32] Prop 2 proposes to raise $10 billion to help fix or improve educational facilities in public schools, including charter schools and community colleges. It proposes to increase the state’s share of the project costs by as much as 5%. And also the state would generally pay a higher share of the costs in those lower resourced school districts, the one with the lower property values. Prop 2 also proposes to provide additional funding to school districts that want to build or renovate transitional kindergarten facilities. As you may know, this study is in the middle of expanding this new grade level for four year olds. But a lot of schools say they don’t have enough classrooms that meet the state standards for TK. Four year old students need to have bathrooms nearby and enough outdoor play area and indoor space to move around because they are going to be the youngest students entering the school system. And Prop 2 would also allow up to $115 million in renovation funds to be used for reducing lead levels in water at public school sites. So directly helping a school district like OUSD resolve its issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:06:00] And Daisy, how did Prop 2 get on the ballot and who’s putting it forward?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:06:05] The governor and lawmakers put it on the ballot. They’re saying the money is badly needed to fix the state’s many aging facilities to ensure a safer environment for learning. They say with increasing threats from flooding, heat waves and wildfires, schools really need things like air filters, air conditioners and shade structures to make the schools more climate resilient. 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We have some buildings that are, you know, been around for three quarters of a century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:07:24] And he also wants to bring in some HVAC systems, meaning heating and ventilation and air conditioning. In his school district, they have some pretty hot days where they’ve had to either cancel class in the middle of the day or not have it at all because it was just too warm to be in the classroom for students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daryl Camp: [\u003c/strong>00:07:46] And just anecdotally, you know, I was in the public schools in Alameda County growing up. We didn’t need air conditioning. When you go into our classrooms now, if we can combine another local bond with the state dollars, we have a greater likelihood that we’ll be able to have all of our classrooms with air conditioning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:08:04] And what about the other side? Who’s against this?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:08:08] The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, which is a very prominent taxpayers group in California, are opposed to Prop 2. They say taxpayers will have to pay back that $10 billion bond, plus another $8 billion in interest over the next 35 or so years. They say it’s just irresponsible to borrow money, billions of dollars, to pay for more school buildings when enrollment in the state’s K-12 and community college system is declining.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Susan Shelley:\u003c/strong> [00:08:40] If you keep doing this, you are stealing from the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:08:44] Susan Shelley is vice president of communications for the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Susan Shelley:\u003c/strong> [00:08:50] Every future budget has to pay these bond payments with interest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:08:56] She said that local taxpayers will also have to shoulder a bigger burden through those local bond measures that school districts will have to raise in order to match the state’s state funds. 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Daisy, what do we know about that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:09:51] No one is spending money on the no side, but the side that’s spending money to campaign for a yes vote on Prop 2 includes the California Building Industry Association, the Coalition for Adequate School Housing and the School Administrators Association that I mentioned and a couple of other groups. As of now, the yes side has raised $3.6 million. Back in 2020, the school bond was to raise $15 billion. That did not pass. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> [00:00:10] The obvious answer is money. But whether there’s money set aside to make those repairs isn’t always guaranteed in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:00:18] I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra, host of The Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> [00:00:21] And I’m Olivia Allen-Price, host of Bay Curious. Welcome to Prop Fest. For the next few weeks. Our teams at The Bay and Bay Curious are bringing you breakdowns of each statewide ballot proposition on the California ballot this year, all to help you vote with confidence this November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:00:38] Unlike most other states, California doesn’t have a permanent funding source for school repairs, things like broken air conditioners or a leaky roof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> [00:00:49] Instead, that money comes from state or local bonds passed by voters year to year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:00:55] And that means if your school needs repairs, the money isn’t always guaranteed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> [00:01:01] But this year, California voters have a chance to raise money with Prop 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:01:06] In our very first episode of Prop Fest, we’re going to break down everything you need to know about Proposition 2. The school bond measure. That’s coming up right after the break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:01:23] Today we’re talking about Proposition 2. Here’s how it will read on your ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Voiceover:\u003c/strong> [00:01:29] Prop 2 authorizes $10 billion in general obligation bonds for repair, upgrade and construction of facilities at K-through-12 public schools, including charter schools, community colleges and career technical education programs, including for improvement of health and safety conditions and classroom upgrades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:01:51] To understand how this proposition got on the ballot, we hit up KQED’s early childhood education reporter Daisy Nguyen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:01:59] Thousands of school buildings across California are in poor shape and the state’s school repair fund is almost empty. There was a study by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California that found 38% of students from kindergarten to 12th grade go to schools that don’t meet the minimum facility standards. You may have heard of the recent controversy at Oakland Unified School District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Newscaster:\u003c/strong> [00:02:31] Oakland School District plans to install more water dispensing stations at campuses after discovering high levels of lead and some water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:02:39] A routine sampling of water across the school district found that multiple school sites had elevated levels of lead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Newscaster:\u003c/strong> [00:02:47] At last night’s Oakland school board meeting, parents were angry and concerned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:02:52] That led to schools having to shut off some of their water fountains and replacing water sources with bottles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:03:05] And you’re talking about a range of problems with facilities and buildings at California’s schools. How do schools normally pay for repairs like these?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:03:18] So unlike many other states, California doesn’t pay for school repairs through a permanent funding stream. The money comes from state and local bonds. Traditionally, the state would match half of a school district’s new construction project and 60% of its renovation projects. And there would be up to local districts to raise funds, usually through a local bond. What winds up happening is that it creates some inequities because wealthier districts can raise more money for repairs through local bonds because their local property values are higher, which means they end up generating more money from local property taxes. Smaller and lower income districts struggle to raise enough bond money to pay for the school repairs. Sometimes they can’t even pass a local bond at all, so they end up relying on state bond money for repairs and maybe not meeting all of their needs. The money from the last successful school bond was passed in 2016, and that’s been spent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:04:28] What does Prop. 2 do exactly?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:04:32] Prop 2 proposes to raise $10 billion to help fix or improve educational facilities in public schools, including charter schools and community colleges. It proposes to increase the state’s share of the project costs by as much as 5%. And also the state would generally pay a higher share of the costs in those lower resourced school districts, the one with the lower property values. Prop 2 also proposes to provide additional funding to school districts that want to build or renovate transitional kindergarten facilities. As you may know, this study is in the middle of expanding this new grade level for four year olds. But a lot of schools say they don’t have enough classrooms that meet the state standards for TK. Four year old students need to have bathrooms nearby and enough outdoor play area and indoor space to move around because they are going to be the youngest students entering the school system. And Prop 2 would also allow up to $115 million in renovation funds to be used for reducing lead levels in water at public school sites. So directly helping a school district like OUSD resolve its issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:06:00] And Daisy, how did Prop 2 get on the ballot and who’s putting it forward?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:06:05] The governor and lawmakers put it on the ballot. They’re saying the money is badly needed to fix the state’s many aging facilities to ensure a safer environment for learning. They say with increasing threats from flooding, heat waves and wildfires, schools really need things like air filters, air conditioners and shade structures to make the schools more climate resilient. And it’s being supported by some major groups like teachers unions, builders, as well as the Association of California School Administrators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daryl Camp:\u003c/strong> [00:06:42] Even though we passed our local bond, there’s still a need for more dollars so we can accelerate our progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:06:49] Dr. Daryl Camp is superintendent of the San Lorenzo Unified School District. It’s a small district in the East Bay between San Leandro, Hayward and Castro Valley. He’s also the incoming president of the Association of California School Administrators. Dr. Daryl Camp talked about some kind of unsexy projects, as he calls it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daryl Camp:\u003c/strong> [00:07:12] Things like the roof. You know, no one realizes something’s wrong with the roof until it rains. Our youngest building is 60 years old. We have some buildings that are, you know, been around for three quarters of a century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:07:24] And he also wants to bring in some HVAC systems, meaning heating and ventilation and air conditioning. In his school district, they have some pretty hot days where they’ve had to either cancel class in the middle of the day or not have it at all because it was just too warm to be in the classroom for students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daryl Camp: [\u003c/strong>00:07:46] And just anecdotally, you know, I was in the public schools in Alameda County growing up. We didn’t need air conditioning. When you go into our classrooms now, if we can combine another local bond with the state dollars, we have a greater likelihood that we’ll be able to have all of our classrooms with air conditioning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:08:04] And what about the other side? Who’s against this?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:08:08] The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, which is a very prominent taxpayers group in California, are opposed to Prop 2. They say taxpayers will have to pay back that $10 billion bond, plus another $8 billion in interest over the next 35 or so years. They say it’s just irresponsible to borrow money, billions of dollars, to pay for more school buildings when enrollment in the state’s K-12 and community college system is declining.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Susan Shelley:\u003c/strong> [00:08:40] If you keep doing this, you are stealing from the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:08:44] Susan Shelley is vice president of communications for the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Susan Shelley:\u003c/strong> [00:08:50] Every future budget has to pay these bond payments with interest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:08:56] She said that local taxpayers will also have to shoulder a bigger burden through those local bond measures that school districts will have to raise in order to match the state’s state funds. And she says in general that it’s just irresponsible to borrow for projects that could have been paid for if the state had better manage its finances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Susan Shelley:\u003c/strong> [00:09:19] We know the school buildings are aging. Is that news? Where have they been with all the prior spending? Why did they not address these problems? The government of California should be prioritizing according to the real needs of the people of California. And if they’re not, they should be held accountable and not rewarded with more money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:09:44] Who’s spending on both sides of this ballot measure. Daisy, what do we know about that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:09:51] No one is spending money on the no side, but the side that’s spending money to campaign for a yes vote on Prop 2 includes the California Building Industry Association, the Coalition for Adequate School Housing and the School Administrators Association that I mentioned and a couple of other groups. As of now, the yes side has raised $3.6 million. Back in 2020, the school bond was to raise $15 billion. That did not pass. And this time, the governor and lawmakers are hoping voters could stomach a $10 billion bond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:10:38] Daisy, thank you so much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Daisy Nguyen:\u003c/strong> [00:10:40] Thank you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:10:47] According to polling from the Public Policy Institute of California, 54% of likely voters say they would vote yes on Prop 2, with 44% saying they would vote no. In a nutshell, a vote yes on Prop 2 gives the state permission to borrow $10 billion to build new or renovate existing public school and community college facilities. A vote no means you do not want the state to borrow $10 billion to renovate school facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:11:22] And that is it for our very first episode of Prop Fest. How are we doing? How we feeling? Feeling smarter, Ready to vote? Well, there’s plenty more where that came from. From now until October 4th, the Bay and Bay curious teams here at KQED are going to be dropping breakdowns of each and every one of the statewide propositions on the ballot this year to leave you feeling ready to vote this November. So stay locked in and make sure you’re subscribed to the bay so you don’t miss out on the next ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> [00:11:55] Prop Fest is a collaboration between the Bay and Bay Curious podcasts. It’s produced by Alan Montecillo, Jessica Kariisa, Ericka Cruz Guevarra, Amanda Font, Christopher Beale, Ana De Almeida Amaral, and me, Olivia Allen-Price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> [00:12:09] We get extra support from Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Holly Kernan and the whole KQED family. 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"content": "\u003cp>The town of Reedley has about 25,000 people — and five different public institutions that offer career education to its residents. There’s the high school, the adult school, the community college, the job center and the regional occupational program. In some cases, they work together to teach skills, such as welding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other times, they compete for the same students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/hearings/258242\">a hearing\u003c/a> last month, California Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/al-muratsuchi-34399\">Al Muratsuchi\u003c/a>, a Democrat from Torrance, said that he worries some workforce programs are becoming increasingly “Balkanized” despite numerous efforts to promote collaboration. Gov. Gavin Newsom said he’ll help unify these programs by creating \u003ca href=\"https://careereducation.gov.ca.gov/\">a Master Plan for Career Education\u003c/a>. 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She said the “current budgetary conditions” — namely, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-budget-whiplash/\">two years of multibillion-dollar deficits\u003c/a> — “call us to work together more effectively.” The office refused to speak to CalMatters in an on-the-record interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the hearing, Muratsuchi said he’s skeptical that the governor’s new plan will yield substantive changes to this convoluted system. “These are the same agencies that have failed to collaborate,” he said. “Why do we expect different results?”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Redundancy’ in Reedley\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Clark has lived in Reedley for 35 years, and as he walks around the community college campus, he shares the town lore with pride. In 2002, the town voted against the construction of a Walmart. The town doesn’t have a movie theater or a mall either, he said. “People have tried to maintain that Norman Rockwell lifestyle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It doesn’t always reflect reality — Walmart, for instance, built a location just 5 miles away, in the town next door — but Clark said that Reedley is still more vibrant than some of the other rural towns in the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reason is agriculture: It’s the “world’s fruit basket,” according to the town’s chamber of commerce. Reedley specializes in growing and shipping stone fruit such as peaches, plums and nectarines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005744\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005744\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_01-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_01-copy.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_01-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_01-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_01-copy-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students measure part of a tractor engine in their agricultural mechanics class at Reedley College. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For the roughly 7,500 Reedley College students taking a career technical education class, the most popular programs are in agriculture and manufacturing, which overlap considerably, said Clark. Classes in health care, such as those for nursing assistants, are another common path, especially for women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a series of large classrooms, each one as big as a warehouse, college students learn how to repair tractor engines, how to weld the pieces of a truck bed, and how to create the metal pieces used in food packaging machines. Some equipment, such as machines for metal cutting, can cost the school over a million dollars per device. Most of the training for nursing assistants takes place at a retirement home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On certain days, the college shares these classrooms with the Valley Regional Occupational Program so it can run its own manufacturing courses for high school students. By using some of the same facilities, the high school saves money and helps introduce students to college, said Fabrizio Lofaro, superintendent of the occupational program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, for welding courses, which are more popular, the high school has its own facilities and offers less advanced courses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005721\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005721\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_16-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_16-copy.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_16-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_16-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_16-copy-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The workstations for a welding class at Reedley High School. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At night and on weekends, the regional occupational program works with a different institution, Kings Canyon Adult School, to offer another set of welding classes focused on working adults.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Noe Mendoza, the learning director of the adult school, acknowledged some “redundancy,” especially with the community college. What makes adult schools different, he said, is that they’re accessible for adults who lack a high school degree or who need short-term, career-oriented training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re field workers, or they’re working in the warehouses, the cold storages, and they want something different,” said Mendoza. “If it’s given here, it seems more attainable, even though it’s the same class.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community college leaders, however, insist that their courses are accessible too. In June, state leaders announced \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2024/06/high-school-diploma/\">a policy change\u003c/a> meant to draw adults without high school degrees toward college. Since the start of the pandemic, community colleges have spent \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2023/08/california-community-colleges-2/\">millions of dollars recruiting older adults\u003c/a> by offering shorter classes and career-oriented programs — sometimes reaching out directly to farmworkers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Five different entities competing for students and money\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Community colleges and adult schools have long competed for students. In the 1990s, the issue came to the fore when six Southern California school districts \u003ca href=\"https://casetext.com/case/orange-unified-sch-v-rancho-santiago-comm-col\">sued their local community colleges\u003c/a>, saying that the colleges had overstepped their boundaries by teaching certain classes, such as high school equivalency courses or English as a second language. The judge found that both systems had a right to teach these classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit is emblematic of long-standing duplication and conflict in adult education: \u003ca href=\"https://www.lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/edu/adult-education/restructuring-adult-education-120412.aspx\">A 2012 report\u003c/a> by California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office found “inconsistent state-level policies” and a “widespread lack of coordination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_12005655,news_11975890,news_11997534\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similar competition exists between K–12 school districts and regional occupational programs. California created the regional occupational programs in the 1970s as a way to consolidate career training across school districts. However, the school districts aren’t required to collaborate with the occupational programs, and in some cases, districts launch their own career technical classes instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government also invests in career education. Some of the money goes directly to community colleges and K–12 school districts, but the largest allocation goes toward California’s 45 workforce development boards, which operate the state’s nearly 180 job centers. For years, these centers helped lower-income adults, unemployed adults, and certain youth find jobs, but \u003ca href=\"https://cwdb.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2022/09/AJCC-Evaluation-Report_FINAL_ACCESSIBLE.pdf#page=10\">research shows (PDF)\u003c/a> that sending a person back to school can yield better long-term results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, job centers provide many students with tuition subsidies or cash to help cover daily expenses, such as rent and transportation, during school. Last month, a CalMatters investigation of job centers across the state found that roughly half of those subsidies \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/08/job-training-california-for-profit-schools/\">went to for-profit trade schools\u003c/a>, even when community colleges offered free or low-cost courses nearby. In some cases, graduates of these trade schools \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/2024/08/for-profit-schools-california-jobs/\">earned less than $30,000 a year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the eastern half of Fresno County, which includes Reedley, 16 students received a tuition subsidy in the past year to study agriculture, either through a welding or heavy equipment program, according to the Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board. Some attended Lofaro’s regional occupational programs, while others attended Advanced Career Institute and the Institute of Technology, two local for-profit institutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005722\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005722\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_12-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_12-copy.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_12-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_12-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_12-copy-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Student Felix Nevarez welding a piece of metal during a class. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fernanda Mendoza, a program coordinator at the job center closest to Reedley, said she recommends the private programs over the public ones because the for-profit schools provide students with “more of that one-on-one interaction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A hodgepodge of job training options creates barriers for students\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Over the past decade, state leaders have tried to revamp the career training system to foster collaboration. However, critics say the interventions have created more bureaucracy and made few real changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2015, California created the Adult Education Program, which today sends out over $650 million a year on the condition that each region administers the money through a consortium of local adult schools, community colleges, and regional occupational programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following year, the state created the Strong Workforce Program, which sends over $100 million a year to 72 community college districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in 2018, California launched the K–12 Strong Workforce Program, but to ensure that high schools and colleges work together, the money flows through another regional network — which is different from the adult education consortia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These three programs are just a fraction of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/8.31.23-Career-Education-Executive-Order.pdf\">billions California taxpayers spent (PDF)\u003c/a> on career education in the past five years. Many agencies — including the state’s Education Department, Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, Labor and Workforce Development Agency, and Rehabilitation Department — all have additional pots of money for similar programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005723\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005723\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_17-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_17-copy.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_17-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_17-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_17-copy-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A medical dummy lies on a bed for a nursing assistant class at Reedley High School. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Reedley, Lofaro said he applies for many of these grants. One of his competitors is another regional occupational program, which works with a different set of K–12 school districts in Fresno County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, Assemblymember Muratsuchi unsuccessfully proposed \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB377\">a bill\u003c/a> to merge the K–12 Strong Workforce Program with another existing program run by the state’s Education Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor’s office hasn’t made any of its recommendations public, but it’s led forums across the state about the new plan. Kathy Booth is the director of the Center for Economic Mobility at WestEd, a nonprofit organization, and she helped the governor’s office engage with the public. In the hearing with Muratsuchi, she shared feedback from local leaders, who said the state’s workforce systems have created barriers for students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you are a person who gets a partial training in one area, and then you need to get to a different area, it’s almost impossible to make that jump,” she told lawmakers. “And that is really underscored by this incredible lack of coordination between funding and underlying data.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Adam Echelman covers California’s community colleges in partnership with Open Campus, a nonprofit newsroom focused on higher education. \u003c/em>\u003cem>Financial support for this story was provided by the Smidt and Irvine foundations.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Reedley College in rural Fresno County, Dean of Instruction David Clark acknowledged that some programs compete — in other parts of the state — but said that in this small town, that issue is less relevant. “In Fresno, you might flip someone off and never see them again, but here, that’s your neighbor,” said Clark. Instead, he said, local workforce leaders in Reedley have close personal relationships with one another and collaborate frequently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, he said that each institution serves a different population: Historically, community colleges focused on high school graduates, providing them with vocational training or a pathway to a four-year university. Adult schools offered short-term courses, such as English as a second language, often to immigrants and older adults. Regional occupational programs arose as a way to help high schools consolidate and coordinate expensive career training classes. Job centers were a place for adults to get help finding work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To some extent, that’s all still true, but over the past few decades, the lines have blurred. High school students are taking college-level classes at growing rates. More than 40% of community college students in California are 25 and older, according to data from the Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, and the system is investing \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2023/09/community-college-enrollment-3/#:~:text=Losing%20the%20%E2%80%98drive%E2%80%99%20for%20community%20college\">in short-term classes\u003c/a> that rival the courses at many adult schools. While job centers once placed people directly in jobs, they’re now facing \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/08/job-training-california-for-profit-schools/#:~:text=How%20the%20law%20helped%20for%2Dprofit%20job%20training%20schools\">a push\u003c/a> from state and federal leaders to send jobseekers back to school to earn better long-term wages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005746\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005746\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_10-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_10-copy.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_10-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_10-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_10-copy-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instructor David Tikkanen shows student Francisco Fernandez how to work on an engine lathe when shaving a metal rod. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The state’s existing higher education plan is from 1960 and “was designed to serve a very different California,” wrote Elana Ross, a spokesperson for the governor, in an emailed statement. She said the “current budgetary conditions” — namely, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-budget-whiplash/\">two years of multibillion-dollar deficits\u003c/a> — “call us to work together more effectively.” The office refused to speak to CalMatters in an on-the-record interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the hearing, Muratsuchi said he’s skeptical that the governor’s new plan will yield substantive changes to this convoluted system. “These are the same agencies that have failed to collaborate,” he said. “Why do we expect different results?”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Redundancy’ in Reedley\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Clark has lived in Reedley for 35 years, and as he walks around the community college campus, he shares the town lore with pride. In 2002, the town voted against the construction of a Walmart. The town doesn’t have a movie theater or a mall either, he said. “People have tried to maintain that Norman Rockwell lifestyle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It doesn’t always reflect reality — Walmart, for instance, built a location just 5 miles away, in the town next door — but Clark said that Reedley is still more vibrant than some of the other rural towns in the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reason is agriculture: It’s the “world’s fruit basket,” according to the town’s chamber of commerce. Reedley specializes in growing and shipping stone fruit such as peaches, plums and nectarines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005744\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005744\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_01-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_01-copy.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_01-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_01-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_01-copy-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students measure part of a tractor engine in their agricultural mechanics class at Reedley College. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For the roughly 7,500 Reedley College students taking a career technical education class, the most popular programs are in agriculture and manufacturing, which overlap considerably, said Clark. Classes in health care, such as those for nursing assistants, are another common path, especially for women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a series of large classrooms, each one as big as a warehouse, college students learn how to repair tractor engines, how to weld the pieces of a truck bed, and how to create the metal pieces used in food packaging machines. Some equipment, such as machines for metal cutting, can cost the school over a million dollars per device. Most of the training for nursing assistants takes place at a retirement home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On certain days, the college shares these classrooms with the Valley Regional Occupational Program so it can run its own manufacturing courses for high school students. By using some of the same facilities, the high school saves money and helps introduce students to college, said Fabrizio Lofaro, superintendent of the occupational program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, for welding courses, which are more popular, the high school has its own facilities and offers less advanced courses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005721\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005721\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_16-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_16-copy.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_16-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_16-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_16-copy-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The workstations for a welding class at Reedley High School. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At night and on weekends, the regional occupational program works with a different institution, Kings Canyon Adult School, to offer another set of welding classes focused on working adults.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Noe Mendoza, the learning director of the adult school, acknowledged some “redundancy,” especially with the community college. What makes adult schools different, he said, is that they’re accessible for adults who lack a high school degree or who need short-term, career-oriented training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re field workers, or they’re working in the warehouses, the cold storages, and they want something different,” said Mendoza. “If it’s given here, it seems more attainable, even though it’s the same class.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community college leaders, however, insist that their courses are accessible too. In June, state leaders announced \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2024/06/high-school-diploma/\">a policy change\u003c/a> meant to draw adults without high school degrees toward college. Since the start of the pandemic, community colleges have spent \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2023/08/california-community-colleges-2/\">millions of dollars recruiting older adults\u003c/a> by offering shorter classes and career-oriented programs — sometimes reaching out directly to farmworkers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Five different entities competing for students and money\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Community colleges and adult schools have long competed for students. In the 1990s, the issue came to the fore when six Southern California school districts \u003ca href=\"https://casetext.com/case/orange-unified-sch-v-rancho-santiago-comm-col\">sued their local community colleges\u003c/a>, saying that the colleges had overstepped their boundaries by teaching certain classes, such as high school equivalency courses or English as a second language. 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For years, these centers helped lower-income adults, unemployed adults, and certain youth find jobs, but \u003ca href=\"https://cwdb.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2022/09/AJCC-Evaluation-Report_FINAL_ACCESSIBLE.pdf#page=10\">research shows (PDF)\u003c/a> that sending a person back to school can yield better long-term results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, job centers provide many students with tuition subsidies or cash to help cover daily expenses, such as rent and transportation, during school. Last month, a CalMatters investigation of job centers across the state found that roughly half of those subsidies \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/08/job-training-california-for-profit-schools/\">went to for-profit trade schools\u003c/a>, even when community colleges offered free or low-cost courses nearby. In some cases, graduates of these trade schools \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/2024/08/for-profit-schools-california-jobs/\">earned less than $30,000 a year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the eastern half of Fresno County, which includes Reedley, 16 students received a tuition subsidy in the past year to study agriculture, either through a welding or heavy equipment program, according to the Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board. Some attended Lofaro’s regional occupational programs, while others attended Advanced Career Institute and the Institute of Technology, two local for-profit institutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005722\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005722\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_12-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_12-copy.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_12-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_12-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_12-copy-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Student Felix Nevarez welding a piece of metal during a class. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fernanda Mendoza, a program coordinator at the job center closest to Reedley, said she recommends the private programs over the public ones because the for-profit schools provide students with “more of that one-on-one interaction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A hodgepodge of job training options creates barriers for students\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Over the past decade, state leaders have tried to revamp the career training system to foster collaboration. However, critics say the interventions have created more bureaucracy and made few real changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2015, California created the Adult Education Program, which today sends out over $650 million a year on the condition that each region administers the money through a consortium of local adult schools, community colleges, and regional occupational programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following year, the state created the Strong Workforce Program, which sends over $100 million a year to 72 community college districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in 2018, California launched the K–12 Strong Workforce Program, but to ensure that high schools and colleges work together, the money flows through another regional network — which is different from the adult education consortia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These three programs are just a fraction of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/8.31.23-Career-Education-Executive-Order.pdf\">billions California taxpayers spent (PDF)\u003c/a> on career education in the past five years. Many agencies — including the state’s Education Department, Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, Labor and Workforce Development Agency, and Rehabilitation Department — all have additional pots of money for similar programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005723\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005723\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_17-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_17-copy.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_17-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_17-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124-Reedley-class-and-Work-Center-LV_17-copy-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A medical dummy lies on a bed for a nursing assistant class at Reedley High School. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Reedley, Lofaro said he applies for many of these grants. One of his competitors is another regional occupational program, which works with a different set of K–12 school districts in Fresno County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, Assemblymember Muratsuchi unsuccessfully proposed \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB377\">a bill\u003c/a> to merge the K–12 Strong Workforce Program with another existing program run by the state’s Education Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor’s office hasn’t made any of its recommendations public, but it’s led forums across the state about the new plan. Kathy Booth is the director of the Center for Economic Mobility at WestEd, a nonprofit organization, and she helped the governor’s office engage with the public. In the hearing with Muratsuchi, she shared feedback from local leaders, who said the state’s workforce systems have created barriers for students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you are a person who gets a partial training in one area, and then you need to get to a different area, it’s almost impossible to make that jump,” she told lawmakers. “And that is really underscored by this incredible lack of coordination between funding and underlying data.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Adam Echelman covers California’s community colleges in partnership with Open Campus, a nonprofit newsroom focused on higher education. \u003c/em>\u003cem>Financial support for this story was provided by the Smidt and Irvine foundations.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>California is poised to announce on Friday which schools will share a windfall to bolster career paths for students — but delays and mishaps have meant that thousands of students missed the opportunity to participate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An estimated 300 K–12 schools will share $450 million to set up internships, boost dual-enrollment programs at community colleges and take other steps to connect students to high-paying jobs in health care, technology, the arts and other fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The announcement comes after a tumultuous few months for the Golden State Pathways program, which is part of California’s broader effort to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2024/04/career-pathways/\">bolster career and technical education\u003c/a> at high schools and community colleges. Alongside other investments, the program is intended to ultimately make career training available to every student.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initially \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB181\">created by the Legislature\u003c/a> in 2022, the Golden State Pathways Program was supposed to roll out the following year, with schools applying for grants and the state Education Department announcing winners in January 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in spring 2023, a brewing state budget deficit led some legislators to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2023/06/college-career-program-cuts/\">propose delaying the program\u003c/a> and sending the money elsewhere. After protests from school districts and career education advocates, the program survived — then faced more delays when the state pushed back the application deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In May, the Education Department announced that 302 school districts won grant money, but \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2024/something-went-wrong-cde-reconsiders-who-will-get-470-million-for-college-and-career-grants/718578\">according to reporting by EdSource\u003c/a>, some of those grants were for far different amounts than what the schools had applied for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In July, the state abruptly revoked the entire roster of grant recipients, saying it needed to review the applications again, given that school districts had flooded it with appeals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The California Department of Education takes Golden State Pathways, as well as all of California’s investments in workforce-ready educational opportunities, very seriously, and we are committed to ensuring that these funds get to local educational agencies as quickly as possible. We recognize the impact that this (delay) has had on districts, and every effort is underway to ensure that funds are distributed as swiftly as possible,” Elizabeth Sanders, spokesperson for the Education Department, said in an email this week, adding that the agency is working to “ensure that all communication moving forward is clear, responsive, and collaborative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School districts and career education advocates were irate. The delay meant they could not move forward with plans for this fall, even though many had already committed to programs. In early September, a group of 20 school districts and nonprofits \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/14gyrzaq72kaJWbDB5yY0cMGGisY8gSQmsVKV9_p__OI/edit\">wrote an urgent letter\u003c/a> to state officials, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, imploring them to speed up the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We respectfully ask that you do everything in your power to get promised Golden State Pathways grant dollars flowing, sent, and received to the hundreds of local education agencies that have planned, staffed and set expectations for this funding across California communities,” they wrote. “Time is of the essence for the communities that depend on them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The delays were especially painful for districts that have been scrambling to help students recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Since campuses reopened, they’ve grappled with \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2023/09/soaring-chronic-absenteeism-in-california-schools-is-at-pivotal-moment/\">high levels of chronic absenteeism\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2023/10/california-student-test-scores/\">lackluster test scores\u003c/a> and an uptick in student misbehavior. Many students, meanwhile, have struggled with \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/commentary/2024/04/california-school-mental-health-unprepared/\">high levels of anxiety and depression\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Career pathways have offered some hope. Students who participate in them \u003ca href=\"https://edpolicyinca.org/publications/career-technical-education-among-california-high-school-graduates#footnote1_Dbk96AMGbpMU3Wv0de2YYYct6eusBzDVB28hfbyDtw_qV0DtDFs2WTG\">tend to have\u003c/a> higher graduation rates, higher rates of college enrollment and higher earnings later in life, according to research compiled by Policy Analysis for California Education, a nonprofit think tank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By improving career paths for students, the state also hopes to spur its own economy by providing skilled workers for growing industries such as health care, technology and climate-related fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-students-missing-out\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Students missing out\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>However, the delays and uncertainty have forced schools and organizations to freeze hiring and planning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re in a holding pattern and the school year has already begun. We’re missing an opportunity to reach more students and help more school districts with their goals,” said Kirk Anne Taylor, executive director of Climate Action Pathways for Schools, a nonprofit that provides paid internships for high school students to work on environmental projects in their schools and communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_12005414,mindshift_64499,news_12002383\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Porterville Unified in Tulare County is among the districts that risked postponing its career pathways expansion plans. The district was hoping to use Golden State Pathways grant money this year to expand its climate internship program, where students create energy audits of school buildings and recommend ways to save gas and electricity. Over the past three years, the students’ audits have \u003ca href=\"https://pathways.portervilleschools.org/apps/news/article/1553139\">saved the school district\u003c/a> more than $830,000 in energy costs. Students have also worked on green schoolyard projects and a switch to electric buses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor’s organization ended up finding another funding source for Porterville’s program, but other districts weren’t so lucky, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a great program in Porterville, and we’re eager to move forward … there and elsewhere,” Taylor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Los Angeles, a nonprofit called UNITE-LA connects schools with local businesses, setting up internships, job shadowing opportunities, mock interviews, professional speakers and other avenues for students to gain career experience. Due to the delays, plans to expand its programs at dozens of Los Angeles County high schools have been scuttled for a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Career education “really has the power to transform students’ lives,” said Carrie Lemmon, UNITE-LA senior vice president of systems change strategy. “So many students are struggling right now. We’re grateful for the grants, but every year we wait to implement these reforms, we’re losing more students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Caramagno said administrators told her she hadn’t violated any policies, but after she shared one of the complaints with colleagues, she was fired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ghannam said faculty members at UCSF have also been told not to wear pins with the Palestinian flag or with watermelons, a symbol of support for Palestinians, but they are free to wear other symbols of support, such as the LGBTQ pride flag or Black Lives Matter pins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It seems like different rules apply, and that has the immediate impact of putting a chilling effect on faculty, staff and students who want to speak, who want to do academic research in this area, who want to show their solidarity,” Ghannam said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UCSF was also notably the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986812/some-bay-area-universities-reach-deal-to-end-encampments-but-students-say-their-fight-continues\">site of the stiffest university opposition to student encampments\u003c/a> among Bay Area campuses. Administrators at UC Berkeley, San Francisco State University and Sonoma State University negotiated with student organizers and agreed to some demands. However, at UCSF, administrators called on police to clear that encampment multiple times within a week until student activists called off the demonstration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roshanak Kheshti, co-chair of UC Berkeley’s faculty association, said several faculty members there are under investigation for discussing the history of conflict between Israelis and Palestinians in their classrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kheshti said those investigations, reportedly being run by the university’s Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination, are not transparent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So some of the mechanisms within the institution that are designed to protect vulnerable populations against discrimination and harassment are being very cynically deployed against faculty right now,” Kheshti said. “They have resulted in faculty incurring legal fees in order to defend themselves against accusations where little to no evidence is presented. So it’s a very McCarthyist moment for us as faculty.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12005195 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-018-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UCSF officials did not immediately return requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for UC Berkeley declined to answer questions about allegations specific to its campus and directed KQED to the UC Office of the President.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unfair labor practice charge was timed “to counter the even more restrictive practices on free speech and assembly that the UC has imposed at the start of this academic year,” said Constance Penley, president of the Council of University of California Faculty Associations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those rules include \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002150/uc-academic-workers-union-says-new-protest-policies-will-limit-free-speech\">revised restrictions on encampments\u003c/a> and a ban on wearing masks for the purpose of concealing identity. 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The policy was \u003ca href=\"https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/02/preserving-free-speech-safety-white-plaza\">enforced in February\u003c/a>, ending a sit-in by pro-Palestinian protesters on the campus’ White Plaza that had lasted more than 100 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005209\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005209\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-017-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-017-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-017-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-017-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-017-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-017-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-017-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through the Stanford University campus in Stanford, Calif., on April 25, 2024, calling for the university to divest from Israel. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, Williams said that a later encampment set up in April was allowed to remain in place until June 5, when campus leaders dismantled it after the occupation of the president’s office by protesters. Stanford’s new president, Jonathan Levin, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/stanford-debuts-freedom-expression-policy-19772135.php\">told the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>\u003c/a> two weeks ago that the school would enforce and be clear about its policies this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email shared with students on Tuesday, campus leaders said the new Freedom of Expression website provides interim guidance on “the application of freedom of expression principles in different contexts around campus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The focus of our policies is on having reasonable, viewpoint-neutral time, place and manner rules that leave ample channels for expression,” the message from Provost Jenny Martinez and Vice Provost for Student Affairs Michele Rasmussen reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The site also centralizes rules for events on White Plaza, where large “spontaneous” gatherings by campus affiliates are allowed without advance permission. The policy requires credence for planned events and adherence to “rules regarding amplified noise and other issues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12002172 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/RS19790_GettyImages-493193647-qut-1020x702.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several other outdoor areas — Meyer Green, the groves next to the Oval, Manzanita Field, and Panama Street Clearing — have been designated for large events. Small gatherings can be held in a wider variety of settings, but events held at these locations with over 100 participants, loud sound, marching or running, or a high-profile speaker will be subject to new Major Event Protocol, which requires permission from the Office of Student Engagement or registration by a faculty or staff member. The site says permission won’t be denied based on the “viewpoint of speakers or participants,” but organizers must follow registration rules and work with campus authorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New policy also tightens rules on recording and taking photos of lectures and official course-related activities and limits allowed photos for personal use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Widespread recording may chill open discussion within classrooms when students are faced with the possibility of a comment made in class ‘going viral’ on social media,” the policy reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A second website linked in the provosts’ email also introduces a new Title VI process for students to report discrimination, replacing the university’s Protected Identity Harm Reporting (PIHR) protocol. It includes an early screen for reports involving speech protected by federal or state law, a structure for providing updates on existing claims and a dashboard for reporting incidents to the community, according to the message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leaders say the new process is in response to concerns with PIHR, including confusion about its purpose, the timeline for following up on submitted reports and “long-standing concerns about the potential for the PIHR process to chill freedom of expression.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new system is formed around Title VI, which prohibits institutions receiving federal funding from discriminating on the basis of race, while the previous focused on “protected identity harm,” which the email calls “vague.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the guidance is “interim,” administrators said in the email sent to students on Tuesday, and some policies will continue to be evaluated over the next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams said that how students respond largely depends on how the policy changes affect their lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s just a matter of being able to experience it first and see how they’re going to play into action,” they told KQED. “Student reaction could largely vary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco families anxiously awaiting the list of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002125/as-san-francisco-school-closures-loom-frustrated-teachers-say-hiring-has-hit-a-wall\">schools that are set to close or merge\u003c/a> will have to wait until next month to find out after the district pushed back its announcement on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The delay comes as parent groups and the union representing San Francisco Unified School District teachers continue to put pressure on school officials to provide some certainty. Families had been expecting to begin getting answers this week about which campuses would shutter after the 2024–25 school year as part of the district’s “resource alignment campaign.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know there’s a lot of anticipation and emotions around our recommendation and how SFUSD will support the affected communities, but it is essential that we carefully review everything before making the announcement,” Superintendent Matt Wayne said in a statement postponing the release of the list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district had previously said the list of schools recommended for closure would come on Wednesday. The Board of Education is expected to vote on the list of schools in December and close the campuses at the end of the academic year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wayne did not specify a new date for the list but said that it would be released next month and that the rest of the expected timeline has not changed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12004912\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12004912\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240916-UNIONSFSCHOOLCLOSURES-05-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240916-UNIONSFSCHOOLCLOSURES-05-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240916-UNIONSFSCHOOLCLOSURES-05-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240916-UNIONSFSCHOOLCLOSURES-05-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240916-UNIONSFSCHOOLCLOSURES-05-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240916-UNIONSFSCHOOLCLOSURES-05-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240916-UNIONSFSCHOOLCLOSURES-05-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glen McCoy, a grandparent of two San Francisco Unified School District students, speaks during a press conference held by the United Educators of San Francisco outside of the district offices in San Francisco on Sept. 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The decision comes after weeks of pushback from the teachers’ union and parents groups, including United Educators of San Francisco and Parents for Public Schools of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Closing schools in San Francisco will not save money,” Cassondra Curiel, the president of United Educators, said at a press conference on Monday that was planned before the delay was announced. “There are no costs to be saved. This does not close the deficit. What it has done is cost us a lot of stress.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district has said that the goal of closing schools is not to save money but to “improve the experience for students and teachers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By aligning the number of schools we operate with our current enrollment, SFUSD can manage resources more effectively and ensure every school is fully enrolled and well-supported,” Wayne said in his statement, adding that the closures have the potential to decrease operating costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12004914\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12004914\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240916-UNIONSFSCHOOLCLOSURES-33-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240916-UNIONSFSCHOOLCLOSURES-33-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240916-UNIONSFSCHOOLCLOSURES-33-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240916-UNIONSFSCHOOLCLOSURES-33-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240916-UNIONSFSCHOOLCLOSURES-33-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240916-UNIONSFSCHOOLCLOSURES-33-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240916-UNIONSFSCHOOLCLOSURES-33-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parent Havah Kelley speaks during a press conference held by the United Educators of San Francisco outside the San Francisco Unified School District offices on Sept. 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, Curiel said the district should not discuss closures until it stabilizes other priorities. The district is facing a staffing shortage and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000784/sf-teachers-students-face-uncertain-future-as-budget-crisis-threatens-closures\">massive budget deficit\u003c/a>, which has already led to increased state oversight and poses a risk of takeover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vanessa Marrero, the executive director of Parents for Public Schools of San Francisco, said that many parents still don’t feel like they have enough information about what the transition will be like if their school is slated to close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have a plan that actually details what that transitional life is like,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Other school communities where school would not close will be impacted, generations of families would be impacted, their immediate community would be impacted — businesses, nonprofits — so it’s a big deal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12000784 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/010_KQED_SFUSDSchoolBus_03022023-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wayne said he decided to move the announcement to ensure that the district is looking at “every angle” of the district’s operations that will be affected, including after-school care, transportation and grant funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to make sure we get this right,” he said in the statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11978035/sfusd-considers-school-closures-and-mergers-amid-declining-enrollment\">first announced in March\u003c/a> that it would close, merge and co-locate a number of schools after this academic year. 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K2C is the first universal children’s savings account in the nation. Every kindergartner who attends public school in San Francisco receives a college savings account automatically opened by the City of San Francisco with a $50 incentive. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The kindergarten to college program makes the concept of college real for every child in our public school system,” Cisneros said. “The families that have saved millions of dollars in these accounts are very impressive, but those millions of dollars really represent, in my mind, millions of conversations that parents have had with their kids along the way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program was launched by Cisneros and then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom in 2011. Initially, deposit-only accounts were opened in the names of about 1,100 kindergarteners with an initial deposit of $50 in public funds using the Citi Start Savings platform. In its second year, the program doubled the number of children in the K2C cohort, according to Cisneros, and in its third year, it expanded to every student entering kindergarten at an SFUSD school. Children who were not enrolled in the program in its pilot years also received an account by the time they graduated high school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11952106 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65708_032_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program costs the city $25 per student per year, according to Amanda Fried, the chief of policy and communications for the treasurer’s office. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-unified-school-district\">San Francisco Unified School District\u003c/a> canceled mandatory antisemitism workshops for staff at four San Francisco high schools this week after parents and community groups expressed concerns of potential bias.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group of SFUSD parents and staff called for the workshops, scheduled for Wednesday, in response to a reported uptick in allegations of antisemitism from Jewish students. The district contracted the American Jewish Committee to provide training at George Washington High School, Galileo Academy of Science and Technology, Abraham Lincoln High School and Balboa High School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The training was titled “Who Are the Jews: Jewish Identity and Antisemitism in 2024,” and there was a plan to include more schools in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 11 months since Hamas attacked Israel, and since Israel retaliated with a military campaign in Gaza that has killed over 40,000 Palestinians, schools across the Bay Area have been disrupted by tension over how to supervise education about the war, political expression by faculty and students, and accusations of antisemitism and Islamophobia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The workshop cancellation reveals a unique challenge facing school districts, teachers, administrators and parents tasked with educating students in a multicultural setting like San Francisco’s public schools amid a fraught and emotional conflict that hits close to home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To understand how the workshop unraveled, KQED spoke with parents, staff and experts, along with advocacy groups that supported or opposed the training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Folks don’t focus as much as we should on just how hard it is to educate effectively and appropriately about issues that are this complex and nuanced, like the history of Israel and the Middle East, as well as where the stakes are enormously high and emotions are understandably high, like the war in Gaza, because people are dying,” Joe Kahne, a UC Merced professor who studies student civic engagement, said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12003861 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/UCBerkeleyMakdisi-1020x698.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last December, dozens of teachers in Oakland participated in unauthorized teach-ins, presenting pro-Palestinian lessons. In May, Berkeley Unified School District Superintendent Enikia Ford Morthel \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985599/berkeley-antisemitism-hearing\">testified before Congress\u003c/a> on the district’s handling of antisemitism allegations in public schools after a group of Jewish parents, along with the Brandeis Center and Anti-Defamation League, filed a federal complaint in February alleging severe antisemitism in the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January, the U.S. Department of Education announced investigations into SFUSD and Oakland Unified School District for alleged civil rights violations and claims of religious discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some SFUSD parents and local community groups raised alarms about the American Jewish Committee’s support for Israel. In an internal email forwarded to staff by school principals on Monday, SFUSD administrators Karling Aguilera-Fort and Davina Goldwasser said the workshop wouldn’t take a position on the Israel-Hamas war and that the training was “just awareness building.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday morning, Katrina Kincade, an SFUSD spokesperson, told KQED that the workshops would be rescheduled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to ensure each and every student and staff member feels and experiences safety and a sense of belonging in our schools,” she said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julia David, an English teacher at George Washington, said that the idea for the training originated among parents and staff concerned about the treatment of Jewish students in the city’s schools. She described incidents ranging from pro-Palestinian student walkouts to protests of war to reports of “Free Palestine” being written on campus to graffiti of swastikas on campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also said the Jewish Student Union, which she sponsors, had been made to feel uncomfortable on campus by staff who identified as pro-Palestine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12003439 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/UCSFProPalestineProtest1-1020x792.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We thought that it was really important to have training about Jewish identity in a multicultural society led by Jews,” David said. “Being a Jewish student in the middle of a really charged political time has brought unique challenges to our school and to our students, and to our educators and our parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This training is just about educating people on what the Jewish identity is and our experiences.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David said she and a small group of other Jewish parents and staff reached out to the American Jewish Committee, one of the oldest Jewish advocacy organizations. The nonprofit agreed to provide the workshops at no cost to the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parent Lee Filner pointed out that the AJC was chosen by the Biden administration to lead the national effort against antisemitism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There have just been too many antisemitic incidents in the district,” Filner said. “It’s leading a lot of parents I personally know to flee the district for private school, and we just can’t afford to lose more students from the district. Especially in this budget situation, because we’ve created a hostile environment for students just because of who they are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An email announcing the workshops reached a group of Jewish parents and political organizers who are critical of Israel. Alex Lantsberg, a Jewish parent of students at two of the high schools on the workshop list, said he was shocked and dismayed when he learned about the AJC-led training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Educating people on antisemitism is absolutely imperative in this time when antisemitism is being used to justify an ongoing genocide,” he said. “If SFUSD wanted to actually assist its faculty and staff, it would be best to do so in a way that actually recognizes the multiple strands of Jewish thought regarding the question of antisemitism and how all of these things come together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents of Palestinian students in the district, like Sonya Awwad, questioned how closely the AJC’s values align with San Francisco’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a group that openly opposes a cease-fire in this war and does not have a neutral position in the conflict,” she said. “And San Francisco did vote on a resolution for a cease-fire, so that in itself seems conflicting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Progressive groups affiliated with SFUSD, like the Arab Resource Organizing Committee, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and Jewish Voices for Peace, criticized the workshop. The groups called for the district to hold a similar training about Islamophobia or anti-Palestinian sentiment, which they said is also on the rise, according to a joint press release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, Awwad and a small group of parents met with administrators to discuss the war’s impact on their children. Awwad said parents described bullying, racism and isolation plaguing students, particularly those with family in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12002125 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240827_SFUSDPROTEST_GC-10-KQED-1020x749.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Any kind of anti-racism training is important,” Awwad said. “So why are our students’ concerns not being met with training that would advocate for them as well?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several parents who advocated for antisemitism training said the overwhelming political messaging coming into their children’s schools made it difficult for students to learn. Some voiced their frustrations with AROC, a group that has come under scrutiny for facilitating student walkouts at SFUSD schools. After a parent group demanded an investigation into AROC’s contract with schools last year, students rallied outside of the district’s office in the organization’s defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seth Brysk, the AJC’s regional director of northern California, hopes the antisemitism training will be rescheduled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We neither endorse nor oppose candidates for office. We’re an apolitical organization, not only because that’s what the law requires, but we’re also known to be a nonpartisan organization that doesn’t engage in politics,” he said. “More importantly, I don’t see how that relates to anti-bias training about antisemitism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 50,000 students are enrolled in San Francisco public schools, which educate the majority of the city’s children. 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