It’s Looking More Likely That CA Schools May Get Long-Term Monies They Need, But Not For Another Two Years…
Proposition 30 passed in California last week, and that provides schools the funds required not to cut-back any further. But, as I’ve previously posted, the biggest electoral news in our state is that it appears that the Democrats are gaining a two-thirds supermajority in the state legislature. That surprise can result in beginning the move from the present two-thirds vote requirement for an increase in local parcel taxes from schools that are related to programs down to a fifty-five percent requirement (local communities now have a 55% requirement for tax increases related to school facilities).
As Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Walters wrote this morning:
…Democrats are empowered to place constitutional amendments on the statewide ballot without any Republican support and legislative leaders – Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, particularly – want to reduce the vote requirements for local government and school district taxes, particularly those parcel taxes.
If schools could raise more money locally through parcel taxes, it would reduce the state budget’s school finance