Schools Would Take Another $5B Hit without Tax Extension, Education Coalition Warns
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) 25 May — At a Wednesday morning
briefing by Education Coalition technical experts, Bob Wells of the Association of California School Administrators (at lectern) points to the devastation to the education program that would come with another $5 billion in cuts, as (from l.) California Teachers Association Advocate Estelle Lemieux and California School Boards Association’s Rick Pratt look on.
The Sacramento briefing for reporters brought home the point that the governor’s $3 billion increase in K-14 funding will only eliminate an existing funding deferral for the next school year. Lawmakers’ passing the tax