Politifact investigates misleading op-ed by Republican state Assemblyman Travis in the Washington Examiner, uncover the truth by reading the article here.

“For far too long, we as a country have failed so many of our most vulnerable students,” Education Secretary John King Jr. told reporters Wednesday. “We cannot allow the students who need our attention the most to be treated unfairly under the law.”

The Washington Post reports on the Obama administration new education compliance standards states and school disitricts must meet. Continue reading here. 

We join National Center for Youth Law and Rights4Girls in supporting SB1322, which passed through the CA Senate last week. It will be heard next in the Assembly Public Safety committee.

Read The Mercury News article, “Brown, Kaleem: Child sex trafficking victims are assaulted again by justice system”.  

“The state is shifting away from the old system where some families would foster dozens of children over several decades. The goal is to get all families to consider adoption and guardianship…”

California Health Report reviews the recent approval of Assembly Bill 403, known as Continuum of Care Reform.