"Governor Schwarzenegger was Tuesday's KVML 'Newsmaker of the Day'. Here are his words:
'Hello, this is Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger with another California Report.
This week our state Assembly has been debating education legislation that is crucial to the future of California schools.
We have an incredible opportunity right now to make our schools better, because the Obama Administration has put together the largest pot of discretionary funding for education reform in U.S. history."
The program is called Race to the Top and it could mean hundreds of millions of dollars for California's students.
But right now our state can't compete for this funding because we don't have laws in place that will make us competitive against other states.
That is why I called a special session of the Legislature on education reform and the Senate passed laws that make us eligible for up to $700 million in federal funding for our schools.
Imagine what that investment could mean to our children, especially in these difficult economic times.
Now it is time for the next step. It is time for our state Assembly to pass the comprehensive package already passed by the Senate.