After a record-setting delay, the California Legislature and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger finally passed the 2010-11 state budget. California State PTA believes that no one who cares about the welfare and education of children can be satisfied with this budget.

The budget suspends Proposition 98, the minimum funding guarantee for education, and our schools will receive billions less than otherwise required under the law. And once again, the budget was balanced with little in the way of new revenues, relying instead on spending reductions, anticipated federal funds and accounting gimmicks. After $17 billion in cuts to education the past few years, overall K-12 education funding will remain fairly constant from last year's funding level.

California State PTA is especially angered by the Governor's veto of more than $1 billion from critical programs for children and families - after the Legislature had voted to largely protect these programs. At a time when such help is needed more than ever, these vetoes are devastating.

Click here to view California State PTA's entire Informational Alert regarding the budget and to find additional links to the complete budget.

Posted by Tim Schultz on October 18