Underprivileged schools would get more per-student funding than other schools across the state under a proposed budget unveiled by Gov. Jerry Brown Thursday.
"Our future depends not on across-the-board funding, but disproportionately funding those schools that have disproportionate challenges," Brown said at a press conference.
He also said most categorical funding for schools should be eliminated and the money delivered more directly.
"As you go up the line you lose control and build bureaucracy," the governor said. "We want to put the money into local schools, but create greater control."
Brown also said the state's deficit is gone for the first time in years, adding it could reduce its debt substantially by 2016.
"The deficit's gone; the wall of debt remains," Brown said, noting the state's $36 billion debt could be reduced to $4.3 billion by 2016.
The budget proposed by Brown also increases per-student funding for all levels of education; by the 2016-17 school year, K-12 schools would see a $2,681 increase in spending for each student. At the CSU and UC levels, spending would increase by about $2,000 and $2,500 by 2016-17, respectively.
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"We are in this favorable position both because of the huge budget reductions that you have made in the last two years, and because the people voted for Proposition 30."
Let the union take care of the money not the tax payers. All other (non public) unions take care of their pensions.
The people didnt vot for prop 30 Cody .. The uninformed under educated people voted for prop 30. But yes, the people must be garnished for it.. Fixed it for ya
1. Is this "deficit is gone" is based on overly-optomistic estimates of revenue (again)? 2. How much of that "increase" in school spending is real (i.e. we have quit "borrowing" what we were supposed to give them anyway)
You may be confusing our education success with our commitment to funding education. There are at least a dozen reasons why education is much more expensive in a high cost of living, high income state like California, with a very diverse population. Despite the higher cost and greater demands on our education system, our level of funding commitment to our children, which is typically measured per $1,000 of income, is 49th in the country. We used to lead the nation in funding, and now we're almost dead last. And you guys want to blame the unions for why our schools aren't as successful as they used to be?
first. if they would use the money for schools that they are supposed to use for schools they would be doing the world a "solid". second. "THE POOR SCHOOLS" well i don't know of any school that is "RICH". third. if you continue to "WASTE" money of things that are not important then you will continue to throw good money after bad. if students don't want to learn, cut them loose. why continue to waste your time with them when they do not value their education. let them go on and become the useless part of society they are going to become anyway. why waste money just put them in prison now. they do not realize what an opportunity they have. and they throw it all away. unwanted pregancies...lets go get an abortion. or NO how about take responsibility for your actions ? thats something new. make people RESPONSIBLE for their actions. But you cant do that because " it's not their fault" they didn't have an i phone like their friends did when they grew up, thats why they robbed and beat you.
my taxes have gone up, again. all you OBOMMA supporters should be happy , because the "rich" are being taxed so you can sit on your asses and collect a check. NO TRUE. now the middle class pays more tax