Conference
Children's Defense Fund California Child Watch 2024
Please join us for Child Watch 2024, September 23, 2024 9:00 A.M. – 2:30 P.M. PDT. Heart of Los Angeles 615 S. Lafayette Park Place Los Angeles, CA 90057
California
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Youth Justice
Community Based Safety in LAUSD Must be Implemented with Greater Urgency
The Police Free LAUSD Coalition aims to create holistically safer, welcoming, and affirming campuses for all students in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
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Education
LBUSD’s Draft LCAP Fails to Include Equity Gap Closing Actions and Goals
We look forward to the release of the district’s second draft of the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) for the 2024-25 school year. In recent years, Long Beach Unified has made significant strides in its approach to the LCAP community engagement process.
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Education
LCFF Equity Coalition Comments re: SBE Agenda, Items 2, 3 and 4 – May 8, 2024
We represent a coalition of civil rights, advocacy, community, parent, student, educator, and other organizations that have worked diligently on the passage and implementation of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and its accountability system, both at the state and local levels.
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Education
AB 2441 (Kalra) – as introduced SUPPORT
Children’s Defense Fund-California is pleased to support AB 2441 (Kalra), which will eliminate most of the overreaching statutory mandates that require school staff to notify law enforcement about common school-related behavior.
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Education
LOS Equity in Budgeting 2024-25
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Youth Justice
CDF-CA Youth Justice Director Milinda Kakani speaks to California Senate Subcommittee about the state of California's Juvenile Justice system
Children's Defense Fund-California Youth Justice Director Milinda Kakani recently provided a California Senate Subcommittee with testimony on her observations of Los Angeles County's juvenile justice system.
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