Schwarzenegger estimates another $17 billion budget shortfall -- will education pay again?:
"Governor Schwarzenegger is predicting a $17 billion dollar budget shortfall and stated that he will once again propose cuts across the board as the choice method for balancing the budget; however there are only two things that the State of California is constitutionally obligated to pay: for education and for the debts it incurs.
School districts across the State have made unprecedented cuts already. Minimum guarantees have fallen victim to the Sacramento game of smoke and mirrors and the original intent of safeguards, such as Prop 98, have been manipulated and distorted under the guise of not “hurting” education."
"Governor Schwarzenegger is predicting a $17 billion dollar budget shortfall and stated that he will once again propose cuts across the board as the choice method for balancing the budget; however there are only two things that the State of California is constitutionally obligated to pay: for education and for the debts it incurs.
School districts across the State have made unprecedented cuts already. Minimum guarantees have fallen victim to the Sacramento game of smoke and mirrors and the original intent of safeguards, such as Prop 98, have been manipulated and distorted under the guise of not “hurting” education."