Mia Bonta's bill would send OUSD about $10 million that was in the prior year's state budget, without an obligation to close or consolidate its schools, as is now required.
Assemblymember Mia Bonta, D-Oakland, introduced Assembly Bill 1912, which doesn't stop the closure and consolidation plan Oakland school board members voted on Wednesday, but could pave the way for avoiding it. Bonta said her bill gives OUSD "a little grace" so they don't have to make "potentially irreversible" decisions affecting mainly Black and Hispanic students during the pandemic.
Her husband, then-Assemblyman Rob Bonta, voted for that bill, mandating the very same requirement she is now trying to eliminate, last legislative season. The district also plans to eliminate grades six to eight at Hillcrest Elementary School, which serves K-8 students now. "This kind of change is extremely difficult and upsetting to students, staff, and families," OUSD Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammel said in a statement. "A stable school can be a second home for many students and the closure of any school is a major disruption.
Thousands listened Tuesday night into Wednesday to public comment and the contentious vote by the school board.
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