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Why California’s Expanded Learning Needs More Than a Bigger Budget
Starting this week, California’s after-school programs will be required to provide more parent notification and consent — flowing from federal executive orders — another top-down mandate for programs already navigating considerable bureaucracy and funding uncertainty. While robust two-way communication between after-school providers and parents is vital, the notion that regulatory checklists and heightened administrative oversight...
By Patricia Burch, Jon Fullerton and Anna Saavedra | September 17, 2025