SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California state Assembly has approved a controversial package of legislation that would allow California to compete for up to $700 million in federal education funding.
Education reformers say the bill by Assemblywoman Julia Brownley, a Democrat from Santa Monica, is a weak effort that would allow schools to keep failing poor and minority children.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday he would veto the Assembly's Race to the Top package if it hits his desk.
He supports a Senate bill that would give parents more authority to intervene in failing schools or to move their kids out. The California Teachers Association opposes that measure.
States are competing for the $4.3 billion offered by the Obama administration for major school reform.
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