EDUCATION COALITION SUPPORTS ASSEMBLY BUDGET PROPOSAL, REJECTS GOVERNOR’S MAY REVISION BUDGET
Today the Education Coalition hosted a budget briefing to announce their support of the Assembly budget proposal and to oppose the Governor’s May Budget Revision, which cuts more than $4.1 billion from California’s schools and students according to the Legislative Analysts’ Office.
The Governor’s proposed budget would further reduce revenue limit funding, the general purpose support for schools, by $1.5 billion. This represents a cut of about $250 per student. The Governor also proposes cuts of $1.4 billion to child development programs, $28 million to county offices of education, $550 million from the K-3 Class Size Reduction program, and $206 million from virtually all K-12 programs to impose a negative cost-of-living adjustment.
The Assembly budget proposal honors the commitment made less than a year ago by the Governor and the Legislature to California’s