Jerry Brown Prepares to Do Battle for His California Education Budget
California Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed education budget, which prioritizes certain students, will have to pass multiple tests in California. Read Full Post >
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November 06, 2012
Tax Hike Passes in California, K-12 Dodges Cuts
California voters approved new taxes on wealthy residents, sparing K-12 from $4.8 billion in projected; they also rejected curbs on union and corporation political spending. Read Full Post >
September 27, 2012
Friends of Calif. School Ballot Items Raise $19.5M in Under a Month
Committees supporting two school-funding propositions on the California ballot this year are spending big to try to ensure their success. Read Full Post >
September 19, 2012
CAP Study Cites Hurdles to Funding Equity
Property tax and aid formulas stymie states ability to help poorer districts, a Center for American Progress report concludes. Read Full Post >
July 18, 2012
State Ed. Spending Faces Gloomy Future, Report Warns
A new report from the State Budget Crisis Task Force says that states' K-12 education funding may rebound as the economy improves, but health care and retirement obligations and limits on property taxes could hamper that recovery. Read Full Post >
June 27, 2012
Arizona Reminds Us: Don't Forget Ballot Initiatives!
Arizona's secretary of state rejected a ballot initiative this week that would extend a sales tax increase and earmark much of the money for education, but a group supporting the tax hike said it would challenge that decision in court. Read Full Post >
June 19, 2012
States' School Funding a Picture of Stagnant Mediocrity, Report Says
A second report on school funding effort and fairness from the Education Law Center in New Jersey shows that the pervasive problems in education finance in identified 2010 have largely remained unchanged based on data up to 2009. Read Full Post >
May 23, 2012
'I Can Make More Generals, But Horses Cost Money'
Various state are grappling with education funding problems that touch on a number of issues, from the possibility of a much shorter school year for many California districts, to the amount of "payback" North Carolina districts owe the state, and accusations New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) is overstepping his authority on school funding. Read Full Post >
May 17, 2012
Property Tax Caps (Mostly) Hold in N.Y. School Budget Votes
Over 95 percent of school districts had their budget proposals approved by voters in New York State in the first year of a new law capping property tax increases. Districts that proposed going above those caps to pay for their budgets succeeded at only a 60-percent rate. Read Full Post >
May 15, 2012
Proposed Tax Hike No Longer Mollifies California Ed. Groups
In the wake of news that California's budget deficit has grown to $15.7 billion, $6.5 billion more than a January estimate, California education groups are now worried that a proposed take hike in November to fund schools won't be enough to staunch deep cuts. Read Full Post >
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