Shameful state budget makes drastic cuts to education

West Sacramento, Calif. – California’s 6.3 million schoolchildren face more than $11 billion in education funding cuts as a result of the state budget passed this morning by the State Legislature. The cuts inflicted by this budget are particularly shameful at a time when our public education system is woefully underfunded and our state already ranks near the bottom in per pupil spending.

“Although we’re glad the stalemate is finally over and the budget includes some new revenues, school governance leaders throughout the state are deeply disappointed in the choices made by Gov. Schwarzenegger and our legislature to drastically reduce K-12 public education funding,” said CSBA Executive Director Scott P. Plotkin. “It’s time for lawmakers to stop sacrificing the future of our children and start really investing in their educational progress and success.”

For more information regarding budget cuts to K-12 public education, please contact Brittany McKannay at (800) 266-3382 or bmckannay@csba.org.

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