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Schwarzenegger calls special legislative session to push school reform
Posted: 08/20/2009 06:47:09 PM PDT
Updated: 08/20/2009 10:27:54 PM PDT
To help qualify California for federal stimulus funds, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has set up a September showdown with teacher unions over the issue of merit pay and school choice.
It's a case of education reform making odd bedfellows, as California's Republican governor on Thursday ordered a special session of the Legislature to push the agenda of Democratic President Barack Obama and challenge practices dear to Democrat-leaning teacher unions.

