"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has developed a budget proposal that he claims “protects education,” yet local school officials continue to cry foul over a spending plan they say takes even more away from their already shrunken piece of the state's budget pie.
In reality, the proposed budget will actually cut $2.5 billion from the state's education funds, said Garry Eagles, superintendent of the Humboldt County Office of Education.
Schwarzenegger is being dishonest, he said, and, across the state, schools will likely have to make more cuts and lay off employees to make their budgets work.
”You can't cut as deep as that and not cut vital services...,” Eagles said. “I want parents, students and community members to know that's going to happen.”"
