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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: PROP 98 TO BE SUSPENDED: “Details of the proposed budget plan are just now surfacing….

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: PROP 98 TO BE SUSPENDED: “Details of the proposed budget plan are just now surfacing….

PROP 98 TO BE SUSPENDED: “Details of the proposed budget plan are just now surfacing….

BY SMF - FROM A PTA E-MAIL BRIEFING TO MEMBERS

Wed, Oct 6, 2010 1:50 pm - “…..but it would appear that the current proposal provides funding for K-14 education above that which the Governor had proposed in the May Revision. Additional severe cuts to child care and CalWORKs programs appear to have been avoided as well in the current proposal.

At a special briefing at the Capitol yesterday, education advocates were advised that although the current proposal does include a suspension of Proposition 98; it avoids directly cutting Revenue Limit funding and would result in $300 per Average Daily Attendance (ADA) above the Governor's May Revise figure. This is accomplished in part by a $1.7 billion deferral into the 2011-12 school year, which may cause serious cash flow challenges for school districts. The tentative agreemen