California Ed funding gets contentious
Print This ArticleBy KATY GRIMES
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposal for education funding did not sit well with the Assembly education subcommittee. Coming from two vastly different ideological arenas, committee members appeared more open to spending, instead of budget cutting.
Analyzing the governor’s latest budget proposal on California education funding, the Assembly Subcommittee On Education Finance met Tuesday and had the Superintendant of Schools Jack O’Connell as well as the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) give their recommendations for the 2010-11, K-12 education budget.
Superintendant O’Connell compared the U.S. to other countries and was critical California is not addressing the technical needs American CEOs say they must have. According to O’Connell, American CEOs need to hire engineers from other countries because American education is not producing enough technically educated workers. O’Connell also attributed California’s falling to eighth place from fifth in the global economy as the result of California “not investing in education.”