Sentences with phrase «california budget challenge»

In addition, students learned about the state budget by taking the interactive California Budget Challenge.

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After skewering the proposed system («one of the most expensive per mile and one of the slowest in the world»), Musk issued an open - source design challenge: a 28 - passenger solar - powered pod capable of levitating through a system of tubes almost at the speed of sound, with a one - way ticket price of $ 20 and a total building cost estimated at $ 6 billion, less than a tenth of the budget for California's high - speed rail project.

Despite technical challenges and budget troubles, researchers were able to retrieve rock samples from the San Andreas fault, the source of earthquakes that threaten California cities from San Francisco to Los Angeles.

Rural Students Produce High - Tech Projects In the rural Mendocino (California) Unified School District, a locally developed computer network eliminates one of the greatest challenges facing many small, rural, budget - tight districts.

Originally seen as a challenge to teacher seniority, Reed vs. California was filed in 2009 by the ACLU on behalf of students at three low - income schools against the state and the LA Unified school district, alleging that widespread seniority - based layoffs enacted during the budget crisis of 2008 — 2009 disproportionately affected low income and minority students, depriving them of equal access to a quality education.

But California must deal with the recurring challenge of reinforcing the safety net during economic downturns, when economic need increases and the state budget shrinks.

I think they are meeting real budget challenges,» said Matthew Sharp, a senior advocate at California Food Policy Advocates.

Although it presents serious challenges, site - based budgeting could represent a critical strategy in the new age of school district finance that appears to be on the horizon in California.