Los Angeles Schools Strongly Opposed To Takeover By Mayor Villaraigosa
There is presently legislation AB 1381 in the state legislature that, if passed, will provide the all right to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to take control of a subset of the Los Angeles schools. Just recently, the mayor’s school reform group revealed its most current round of modifications to the costs in order to avoid some possible issues to it passing.
Last month, according to the Los Angeles Times’ August 8, 2006 post, Los Angeles Chief Legislative Analyst Gerry F. Miller made sure speculations about the costs. He thinks, if the expense is passed, the following might happen:
– Some power might move from the City Council to Villaraigosa;
– Additional expenses might be sustained by the cities that are served by the Los Angeles schools; and
– These exact same cities, in addition to the Council of Mayors, might sustain particular legal liabilities.
Legal duties and expenses might move with the power, given that the costs provides obligation for the subset of Los Angeles schools straight to Villaraigosa, who controls the Council of Mayors with an 80 percent vote. The Council of Mayors includes Villaraigosa, agents from the County Board of Supervisors, and agents of 27 other cities that are served by the Los Angeles schools.
The just recently revealed modifications to the costs are to pacify the authorities and agents of the 27 other cities worrying Miller’s speculations, in addition to safeguard the legislation from being beat due to criticisms from challengers who are lined up with the Los Angeles schools authorities, who are highly opposed to the takeover.
The brand-new language contributed to the expense does the following:
– Budget administration for the Los Angeles schools will stay with the City Councils of the cities served by the school district, as it presently stands. This gets rid of the possibility of extra expenses being sustained by any of the cities served.
– Responsibility for any suits or legal problems will stay with the Los Angeles schools, although Villaraigosa will be making the majority of the choices. This guarantees that the County of Los Angeles and the cities included will be held blameless.
– The takeover of the Los Angeles schools subset is now compared to a school district licensing a charter school. It is hoped by Villaraigosa’s group that this language will avoid the state constitution arrangement that needs public schools to be supervised by recognized school systems.
Kevin Reed, basic counsel for the Los Angeles schools, was rather vital of the expense’s brand-new language, particularly worrying legal obligation. He likewise stated the contrast of Villaraigosa’s takeover to a charter school, which was established by Villaraigosa’s legal consultant Thomas Saenz, was incorrect. Charter schools send to more oversight than will Villaraigosa, if the costs ends up being law.
Reed likewise mentioned a dispute of interest for Saenz, who is likewise a selected board member of the County Office of Education. A representative for the mayor stated Saenz would resign, if the expense ends up being law.
Villaraigosa has some backers for his expense, which will quickly be examined by the legislature. The costs, nevertheless, has numerous doubtful arrangements in its language and lots of highly opposed to it. Opposition comes not just from the Los Angeles schools authorities, however likewise from a number of the city agents on the Council of Mayors, who currently see Villaraigosa managing excessive of their issues.
Kevin Reed, basic counsel for the Los Angeles schools, was rather vital of the costs’s brand-new language, specifically worrying legal duty. He likewise stated the contrast of Villaraigosa’s takeover to a charter school, which was established by Villaraigosa’s legal consultant Thomas Saenz, was incorrect. Charter schools send to more oversight than will Villaraigosa, if the expense ends up being law.
Villaraigosa has some backers for his expense, which will quickly be evaluated by the legislature. Opposition comes not just from the Los Angeles schools authorities, however likewise from numerous of the city agents on the Council of Mayors, who currently see Villaraigosa managing too much of their issues.