Assembly Bill 490 (2003) created new rights and duties related to the education of dependents and wards in foster care. Some of these rights and duties have been expanded by later laws, including AB 81 (2009), AB 12 (2010), SB 1353 (2010), AB 1933 (2010), and the federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-351). Many of the obligations placed on local educational agencies by these laws also apply to charter schools participating in a special education local plan area. EC § 48859(c).

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Oakland Unified has 6 months remaining on its timeline to complete a new 5-year strategic plan for public education in the City of Oakland.

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This report summarizes results from three large-scale reviews of research on the impact of social and emotional learning (SEL) programs on elementary and middle-school students — that is, programs that seek to promote various social and emotional skills. Collectively the three reviews included 317 studies and involved 324,303 children.

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