{"id":1744,"date":"2014-03-03T10:27:43","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T18:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/?p=1744"},"modified":"2014-03-03T10:27:43","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T18:27:43","slug":"oakland-local-parents-students-give-their-say-in-school-budgeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/2014\/03\/03\/oakland-local-parents-students-give-their-say-in-school-budgeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland Local: Parents, students give their say in school budgeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oakland Local<br \/>\nStory by Barbara Grady<br \/>\nMarch 2, 2014<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2014\/03\/2march.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1745\" src=\"http:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2014\/03\/2march-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"2march\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first test of <a title=\"Oakland Unified School District\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ousd.k12.ca.us\/%E2%80%8E\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland Unified School District\u2019s<\/a> ability to include parents and students in making budget decisions \u2014 something now required by state law \u2014 happened Wednesday night when about 100 people asked the school board to let schools, rather than the central administration, decide how to spend a pot of money.<\/p>\n<p>The students and parents won.<\/p>\n<p>At issue was $1.5 million \u2014 a paltry sum within an overall $589 million budget for the district \u2014 but it was the subject of great debate, because the Board of Education had decided last June to gives schools this money, and $3 million more, to spend as they see fit, but then faced increased expenses, so considered rescinding that decision.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oaklandlocal.com\/2014\/03\/parents-students-give-their-say-in-school-budgeting\/\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oakland Local Story by Barbara Grady March 2, 2014 The first test of Oakland Unified School District\u2019s ability to include parents and students in making budget decisions \u2014 something now required by state law \u2014 happened Wednesday night when about 100 people asked the school board to let schools, rather than the central administration, decide &hellip; 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