CUT+PASTE: 2nd suit strikes at governor's budget cuts + CA board votes to drop healthcare coverage for 60K children + CA could lose federal education grants +1st Test for Principals: Getting Judged on Test Scores

Second suit strikes at governor's budget cuts

Health clinics, advocates of disabled people and battered-women's shelters have asked a state appeals court to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in funding cut by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, saying his vetoes exceeded his authority and threatened the lives and well-being of the most vulnerable Californians. Bob Egelko in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 8/14/09

California board votes to drop healthcare coverage for 60,000 children now, maybe 670K by 6/1

As a result of state budget cuts, the Healthy Families program will have to begin terminating coverage for more than 60,000 children on Oct. 1. Nearly 670,000 children could be dropped by June 30. Patrick McGreevy and Evan Halper in the Los Angeles Times Torey Van Oot SacBee Capitol Alert JIM MILLER in the Riverside Press -- 8/14/09

California could lose federal education grants

Although California isn't eligible for billions in federal grants because of a law that prohibits the state from using student test scores to judge teacher performance, some school districts might circumvent the state and apply for the grants on their own. James Rufus Koren in the San Bernardino Sun -- 8/14/09

First Test for Principals: Getting Judged on Test Scores

San Diego Unified is crafting a new, more rigorous way of judging principals that would include whether student test scores, dropout rates and attendance had improved on their watch, a change that could prove controversial with their new union. EMILY ALPERT Voiceofsandiego.org -- 8/14/09