Last year, a bill would have directed more funding to the student group with the lowest standardized test scores — Black students. Instead, the governor proposes extra money for high-poverty schools, not Black students specifically. CalMatters reports ⬇️
Weber’s bill would have added the subgroup with the lowest standardized test scores to the three student groups specified in the funding formula. Subgroups of students, like students with disabilities, that already qualify districts for additional state and federal funding would not qualify. That left racial and ethnic groups as the remaining categories.
Weber’s offices provided little comment about Newsom’s proposal. When asked if Weber was disappointed by it, her chief-of-staff, Tiffany Ryan, wrote in an email only that the “equity multiplier” is a “step in the right direction.” “It was never once a racial thing,” Laster said. “It’s about the category rather than who’s in the category.”
Assemblymember Lori Wilson, a Fairfield Democrat and chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus, said Weber’s bill was a top priority for the caucus last year, and she’s pleased with the outcome.
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