Informational session in Sacramento provides officials from various school districts a glimpse at the potential impacts of Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2011-12 budget proposal.
Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2011-12 budget proposalcontains a big “if” for K-12 schools, who may have to issue layoff notices before they know how much funding they’ll receive from the state, a school consulting and advocacy firm said Friday in Sacramento.
School Services of California, Inc., held a Governor’s Budget Workshop to explain the impacts of Brown’s budget proposal, which provides nearly flat funding to K-12 schools, as long as voters in June choose to extend a 2009 tax hike.
If the tax extension fails or doesn’t make it to the ballot at all, schools would lose $330 per student, presenters said. If it is approved, they would still lose about $19 per student. Brown’s proposal also does not include a cost of living adjustment.
“I think the governor has done a good job of providing a path where K-12 will be protected,” said Ron Bennett, president of School Services of California, Inc. “K-12 has not been protected in past years, but this governor has provided a path where it would be protected–but it’s dependent on the voters stepping up and saying, ‘That’s a
