News Room: SB 19: Education Data

Simitian — well-known for his cell phone driving bills — has another motorist law on the books beginning Friday. read more ...

If there were any doubt, California is back in contention for a piece of President Obama’s $4.35 billion school reform program. read more ...

Among the most sweeping is a bill by Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, meant to help California better compete for billions in new federal education money. read more ...

Today Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law Senate Bill 19, by State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), which ensures California’s eligibility to compete for $4.35 billion in federal school funding. read more ...

State Sen. Joe Simitian met with three top federal education officials in Washington on Tuesday to assure them that a bill awaiting the governor's signature would qualify California for a piece of the $4.3 billion Race to the Top fund. read more ...

State Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) is set to meet with top U.S. Department of Education officials in Washington, D.C. Tuesday regarding California’s “Race to the Top” eligibility; and specifically his legislation, Senate Bill 19, which is on its way to the Governor’s desk for a signature. read more ...

Schwarzenegger should sign SB19 and pursue his other reforms next year based on their merits. read more ...

Sacramento- The State Legislature has passed SB 19 by State Senator Joe Simitian, (D-Palo Alto). The measure is designed to put to rest a controversy Simitian describes as “a tempest in a teapot” over California’s eligibility for federal funds for schools. read more ...

California has an opportunity to create a model data system that will help pave the way to dramatically improved student outcomes. Enacted last year, Senate Bill 1298 requires the development of an integrated information system that would follow students from preschool all the way through college or into the workplace. A framework for such a system, developed by the consulting firm McKinsey & Company, was recently released to help jump-start the process. Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, has introduced new legislation that would help implement the system as funding becomes available. read more ...