California mailed out more than 22 million ballots to registered voters ahead of Tuesday’s primary election. But as of Wednesday, just 3.5 million had been counted.
Last fiscal year, the California Department of Education monitored stimulus spending at less than 1% of the approximately 1,700 educational agencies that received aid.This year, concerns surfaced in 19 of 37 reviews.how they’ve spent their pandemic money, courtesy of American taxpayers,— including Los Angeles Unified, the biggest in the state — didn’t provide spending ledgers nearly three months after CalMatters first asked.showing how they’ve spent the taxpayer money.
Speaking of money for schools, an initiative that would increase funding for art and music education in public schools is eligible for California’s statewide November ballot, Secretary of State Shirley Weber. That means the measure’s proponents — led by former Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner — filed enough valid signatures to land it on the ballot.