Phone: 916-319-0818 State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Praises the Highest Level of Funding Ever for Public Education in Governor’s Budget Update
Proposed investments build on priority areas championed by State Superintendent before and during the pandemic
SACRAMENTO State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond today praised Governor Gavin Newsom’s revised budget for fiscal year 2021–2022, which proposes key investments in areas the California Department of Education has championed both before the pandemic disrupted public education, and during its most urgent time of need.
“I commend Governor Newsom for his commitment and partnership in putting education, our youth, and California’s future first,” Thurmond stated. “With the highest level of funding ever for K–12 schools an increase of $8.2 billion over the Governor’s proposed budget in January we will not only help close the gaps that widened during the pandemic, but will rise to new h
SACRAMENTO State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond announced Thursday the new “California Digital Divide Innovation Challenge,” a global competition that will award up to $1 million to the boldest, most revolutionary proposals to eliminate the digital divide and expand high-speed internet access to all Californians.
Thurmond announced this challenge during the latest meeting of his Closing the Digital Divide Task Force, an ongoing initiative to close inequitable access to technology the State Superintendent co-chairs with Senator Connie Leyva, (D-Chino), chair of the Senate Education Committee.
As many as one million students still lack internet connectivity, and the State Superintendent’s new challenge is designed to inspire the public and private sector’s most ambitious innovators, researchers, entrepreneurs, and creative problem-solvers to develop technology and strategic partnerships that will not only help learners right away but remove barriers to