California Schools Girding for Cuts Under Fiscal Plan
Education funding is expected to suffer billions of dollars in cuts this fiscal year and next under the budget compromise hammered out in California to close a projected $42 billion, two-year shortfall, sparking stiff criticism from teachers unions and other prominent education groups.
At the same time, however, the plan employs some creative budget maneuvers to defer the impact of certain cutbacks, and the federal stimulus package is expected to help offset many of the cuts.
Under the plan signed Feb. 20 by Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, funding for public schools and community colleges in the current fiscal year under Proposition 98—a school funding guarantee approved by voters in 1998—would technically be cut by $7.4 billion, according to the...
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