Governor’s Grim Proposed State Budget Is Stark Proof That Schools Need Stable New Revenues
Contacts: Sandra Jackson, 916-325-1550 or sjackson@cta.org or Mike Myslinski, 650-552-5324 or mmyslinski@cta.org
BURLINGAME – The following statement was issued today by Dean E. Vogel, president of the 325,000-member California Teachers Association, in response to Gov. Jerry Brown’s new state budget proposals:
“The governor’s 2012-13 state budget proposal makes it crystal clear that California cannot cut its way out of its ongoing budget deficit. Additional revenue is the only way to protect public education and the essential public services that all Californians count on every day, and that millions of our students deserve.
“Our schools and colleges have already been cut more than $20 billion in the last four years, and that doesn’t include the latest round of millions in midyear cuts to colleges, universities, and home-to-school transportation. We already rank 46th in per- pupil funding—additional cuts will not help us move in the right direction. This is another stark reminder that a state with the eighth-largest economy in the world