Assistant Executive Director, California School Boards Association
Assistant Executive Director of the California School Boards Association
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Rick Pratt
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FROM Rick Pratt
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Benefactors Bail Out ICEF Charter Schools Fifteen charters schools that were about to go out of business got a $10.5 million bailout today. After Mike Piscal founded the Inner City Education Foundation in 1994, it earned a good reputation but, despite that, it’s been on the verge of bankruptcy. Now ICEF schools will stay open, thanks to $2 million each from Eli Broad and Palmer Murray of the Otis Booth Foundation, with additional contributions from several others. Former LA Mayor Richard Riordan has come up with $2.2 million. He’s chair of the ICEF Board.
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Schwarzenegger Warns that Education Could Face $ 2-4 Billion Cuts Arnold Schwarzenegger's office says, "We never talk about the Governor's private meetings." But others are free to report. Rick Pratt, Assistant Executive Director of the California School Boards Association, was in the room yesterday when the Governor talked about cuts in money for schools and increasing the sales tax.
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