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Defenders of special education and teachers in California raise red flags over the dismantling of President Donald Trump of the US Department of Education and how it will affect this Some of the most vulnerable students in CaliforniaS
Calm Carolyn Jones He explains that nearly 800,000 students from California K-12 or 14%are enrolled in special education. Last year, the state spent approximately $ 13 billion on special education, with the federal government covering about 10%.
In his desire to exclude the Federal Education Department, Trump is Reduce your workforce in halfand in March he said he plans to do so Move supervision for special education of the Ministry of Health and Human Services of the United States – subjected to more than 20% reduction of workforceS
Trump also threatens to withdraw federal funding for schools in the United States, including California, who do not obey his orders yes Termination of diversity efforts or Limit protection for transgender studentsS
At the same time, until the Congress left funding special education intact in the most recently passed budget, GOP members are considering deep cuts on Medicaid as they seek to support Tax Discounts for 2017, which are beneficial above all the richS
Medicaid helps school districts pay for speech and work therapy, as well as for mental health services for disabled students. Regional California Centers, which are partially funded by Medicaid, also provide parents with diagnoses for children with disabilities, medical equipment such as wheelchairs and other services.
Any federal shortening or changes in special education can have a great effect on the community and endanger the safety of students and employees, according to some special education experts. For Gina Gandolphi, a former special education teacher in San Bernardino County, she worries whether Trump’s changes will violate the services her son receives. Nathan, who is ten years old with Down Syndrome, receives speech and work therapy and maintenance in the classroom.
- Gandolphs: “The community of people with disabilities has been hard to fight for where we are now. What if these services are taken away? Children with disabilities will return to second -class students.”
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Can CA Republicans regain their manager?
As democratic candidates for the overcrowded 2026 governor race in California in 2026. Wait in anticipation Former Vice President Kamala Harris decides whether she will throw her hat in the ring, Republican candidates seek to become the first GOP governor for more than a decade, writes Calmatters’ Alexey KossefS
Despite the extremely democratic population, Republicans in California have some reason to be optimistic: in November they threw three places in the state legislative body and Trump increased their share of voting in almost every county. Two of the higher Profile candidates for GOP for the highest selected office in California are the Riverside Chad Bianco County Sheriff and the former Fox News presenter Steve Hilton, who joined the race on Monday.
Both candidates want to remove the state tax on income and return the environmental provisions. They are also a voice supporters of Trump, who claim that California is worse according to the policies of the Democratic Party on crime, homelessness and economy.
- BiancoTo reassure ourselves: “We have led along the path of complete state control and socialism. This is no longer a Democrat against Republican. We are at a time when he is healthy against insane.”
- HiltonTo calm ourselves, “I don’t think there is any other way to describe California than the sick man of America. It’s just indisputable that we are in a terrible, terrible mess in California and we have to change the direction.”
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Housing owners of suzua insurance companies
By a CalMatters Economy Economy Reporter Levags:
California housing owners were suing the largest insurance companies in the state at the end of Friday, saying that companies were talking to cancel the policies and made them insufficiently secured after the Los Angeles County fires.
Court cases brought by two law firms on behalf of housing owners, the name of the state economy, farmers, 21st century and other insurers such as plaintiffs accused of violating the laws on the antitrust and unfair practices of the state. The plaintiffs claim, the fair planLast Resort insurer – which is managed by an association of the same insurers. The plan, which offers less coverage, but higher prices than other policies, essentially transferred the financial risk to housing owners, court cases say.
A lawsuit seeks class status on behalf of all customers of the fair plan. The other was filed on behalf of some families who had a fair plan when their homes burned in the last fires in the AY area.
The costumes say that coordination has become possible through meetings between the fair plan and two industrial groups. Rex Fraser, President of the California Personal Insurance Federation, called him an “outrageous lie that distracts from the well -known state policies they predictable for, and continue to cause, market problemsS “The other group, the American Property Insurance Association, did not immediately return a request for comment.
And last: CA offers Naloxon with discount
Through a state initiative to lower the prices of prescription drugs, the Californians can now buy the naloxone to cancel an overdose at a steep discount. Learn more by Calmatters’ ChristenS
California voices
CalMatters columnist Dan Walters: Although Trump’s tariffs can impair California’s economy, state -owned, technological and agricultural industry already fightingS
To achieve the goals of clean energy in CaliforniaIts legislators should accept a bill that would help to facilitate the construction of more solar and wind projects in the North American West, Michael Vara writesDirector of the Climate and Energy Policy Program.
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