School districts would get a small cost-of-living increase and $500 million to train math and literacy coaches; UC and CSU would face as much as an 8% cut.
In addition to the required instruction about alcohol, narcotics and other dangerous drugs, this bill would require additional education about the short- and long-term harms of excessive drinking.
California spent billions on tutoring, after-school programs, counselors, summer school and other programs meant to help students rebound academically and emotionally from the pandemic.
All high school students in California are required to take a one-semester government course to graduate. But there’s wide variation in how schools teach that class.