KCBS - Teachers Sound the Alarm Over CA Budget:
"SAN JOSE, Calif. (KCBS) -- The latest bad budget news out of Sacramento has teachers concerned about even deeper cuts to education. To say that California educators are concerned about next year's budget would be an understatement."
”Once again, we are starting to hear that the budget deficit for the State of California is going to impact our schools,” said Rudy Herrera with the Franklyn McKinley School District in San Jose.
He joined other educators to basically sound the alarm early about the more than $20 billion budget deficit projected for fiscal 2010.
Teacher Scott Schulimson says they are still reeling from earlier cuts to education.
”I don’t know how our district will bridge that gap,” said Schulimson. “I don’t know what’s left that can be cut.”
The legislative analysis has estimated the state will face $20 billion deficits through 2015 unless permanent fixes are made.
Don Dawson, California Teachers Association board member says one solution is to tax the wealthy.
”Everyone needs to pay their fair share, and what has happened is that those who have been paying proportionally less as time has gone by, and that’s not right,” said Dawson.
Governor Schwarzenegger has said he will not support any new tax increases.
"SAN JOSE, Calif. (KCBS) -- The latest bad budget news out of Sacramento has teachers concerned about even deeper cuts to education. To say that California educators are concerned about next year's budget would be an understatement."
”Once again, we are starting to hear that the budget deficit for the State of California is going to impact our schools,” said Rudy Herrera with the Franklyn McKinley School District in San Jose.
He joined other educators to basically sound the alarm early about the more than $20 billion budget deficit projected for fiscal 2010.
Teacher Scott Schulimson says they are still reeling from earlier cuts to education.
”I don’t know how our district will bridge that gap,” said Schulimson. “I don’t know what’s left that can be cut.”
The legislative analysis has estimated the state will face $20 billion deficits through 2015 unless permanent fixes are made.
Don Dawson, California Teachers Association board member says one solution is to tax the wealthy.
”Everyone needs to pay their fair share, and what has happened is that those who have been paying proportionally less as time has gone by, and that’s not right,” said Dawson.
Governor Schwarzenegger has said he will not support any new tax increases.