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Special Podcast: Weighted Pupil Funding & California's Budget Process, 2012 — Call to Action | K-12 News Network

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Special Podcast: Weighted Pupil Funding & California’s Budget Process, 2012 — Call to Action

I just spoke with two impassioned and well-informed high school student leaders and a community coordinator at Californians for Justice about an emergency action to support public schools that they’re conducting in the next 18 hours, ending Friday, June 15, 2012.
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California’s budget must be passed by June 30, 2012, which means any legislative manuevers must be completed by end of day, Friday, June 15, 2012.
What Governor Brown proposed as part of his overall budget was to rework the state funding formula for K-12 education so it follows the student, is simpler to understand, and is more equitable. He was not able to come to