New York Mulls Giving Mayor Control of City Schools

The non-profit group Learn NY is campaigning to give New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg control of the city's schools.

Here is the group's website.

California Needs $7B Loan to Meet Schools Obligation

Three billion dollars of the $7B California Governor Arnold Schwarzeneger is requesting will go to to pay 1,000 school districts.

It's customary for California to borrow billions of dollars at the start of the fiscal year to fill its coffers until the usual flood of sales tax receipts comes in after Christmas and income tax receipts arrive in the spring.

"California is so large that our short cash-flow needs exceed the entire budget of some states," Schwarzenegger wrote.

The cash needs to be in the state's bank account by Oct. 28 to be available to fund a scheduled $3-billion payment to more than 1,000 school districts.