Teachers Support Gov.'s (Ahnuld) Plan to Cut Schools by $2 Billion

[MisterP]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-budget6jan06,1,874966.story?coll=la-home-local

"With the support of California's largest teacher's union, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to propose cutting at least $2 billion in education spending when he presents his first state budget Friday.

"After closed-door negotiations with the governor's staff, leaders of the California Teacher's Assn. agreed to back an assortment of temporary education cuts — the details of which remain sketchy — in return for Schwarzenegger's pledge not to tinker with Proposition 98, according to officials close to the talks. Proposition 98 is a constitutional amendment guaranteeing that K-12 schools and community colleges annually receive an increasing stream of money from the state's general fund."

"Budget analysts were anticipating that the governor would do battle with the education community over his insistence on closing the deficit without any new taxes. But educators said privately Monday that with schools accounting for about 40% of the budget, $2 billion in temporary cuts seem manageable. They had been bracing for much worse, alarmed by recent comments from the governor that a suspension of Proposition 98 might be necessary to rein in what he characterizes as out-of-control spending."

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Great, just great.

[KoKo]

1. I guess he threatened them with "Termination."

What else can one say about this.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

2. i bet

the English as a Second Language program is going to suffer too. Maybe that will hit home.

[demsrule.com]

3. i'm surprised the teacher's union is backing it

What is the total budget for education? 2 Billion might not be that much % wise. As long as they don't cut teacher's salaries and trim some of the fat that i'm sure exists I don't think it is a bad thing. I'd rather them take it from some other programs but I think this is just the first step. There will have to be a lot of other cuts to balance their budget. If Arnold would sell some of his Hummer's he could probably make up the difference!

[slackdude]

4. I wonder what his initial idea was...

If the union is backing this, they must have negotiated it down from something worse.

[newyawker99]

6. Hi demsrule.com!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Pale Blue Dot]

5. Dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=300148

[MisterP]

8. hmm, probably slid off the first few pages

Mods, do as you wish

[okieinpain]

7. the question I would like to as is would they have given

davis the same deal. or would they have screamed and hollered bloody murder.