Understanding California's School Funding Crisis

An on-line briefing session for California media with an expert panel on school financing.

State legislative analyst Elizabeth Hill will present her alternative budget proposal aimed at preserving billions of dollars in funding for the state's schools.

Goodwin Liu, a UC Berkeley Law Professor and co-author of Getting Beyond the Facts: Reforming California School Finance, will propose a reform plan developed by the Getting Beyond the Facts Committee to streamline public school financing and make it more equitable and transparent.

Rick Pratt, the Associate Executive Director of the California School Boards Association (CSBA), will offer an analysis of the impact of the proposed cuts on students, teachers, administrators, and school curricula and facilities, culled from CSBA's members in nearly 1,000 California school districts and county offices of education.

Sponsored by The Warren Institute at Boalt Law School.

Co-sponsored by the California Media Collaborative, the Commonwealth Club of California, and the Education Writers Association.

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Education

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[beancube2010]

The concept of money is the entire loophole. No matter how hard you try, the built-in loopholes of money will always trigger these kind of crisis. Laws don't help because money is their religious. Don't be childish and fantasize their money games as reality. Check for necessary facilities, resources, man-power, and efforts aren't intact, show evidences of suffering of the cut and sue the govt. Don't be isolated. Use system records and reasoning in laws to work for people.

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How could education be important to Arnold?  We voted in a governor that doesn't have any higher education.