SACRAMENTO – A bill authored by Senator Brian Dahle (R-Bieber) SB 648 is now headed to the governor’s desk for signature. The measure eliminates a technicality that prevented a school district with students attending the Mountain Valley Special Education Joint Powers Authority (JPA) from collecting state funding for those students, securing the JPA’s future.
The Mountain Valley JPA was formed in Shasta County between 14 school districts. The districts provide instruction to special needs students, but because many of the schools only have 1 or 2 students with special needs, they combined and formed a JPA.
