California Scarred By $300 Million In Cuts To Education
In another hit to the California education system, this week, it was dealt an additional $300 million in cuts. Not surprising since the Long Beach Unified School District has already made more than $170 million in budget cuts and is looking to cut another $155 million from its budget.
You can read my previous blog when I interviewed LBUSD's spokesman Chris Eftychiou by clicking here.
To read about the most recent cuts check out Long Beach Post's article by clicking the link below. Be sure to leave your comments and let us know how you feel about these cuts. Are you or a friend a person who has lost their job or felt the effects of these cuts?
"Despite California state revenues being up, the press conference held yesterday by Governor Jerry Brown dealt a devastating blow to higher education institutions across the state. With a $2.2 billion shortfall on estimated revenues, an additional $1 billion will be cut by enacting so-called "trigger cuts," a term used when a cut is automatically instituted because state leaders' original budget projections came short." Click here to read more
Here is an infographic on some fun facts about education:
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Permalink Reply by Molly Marina Haupt on -
Devastating. Jerry Brown is failing to lead our state. What does the government think is going to happen to our future if our children are continually educated less and less, which is inevitable when massive budget cuts take place. What I think will happen is our state will go into more deficit if children fail to learn adequately, fail to pass standardized tests that allow them to graduate, fail to go to college, fail to get a job and become MORE reliant on government financial assistance. This is sickening. Let alone the stress given to teachers when they have to BABYSIT and TEACH to 34 7th graders all day long.
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Permalink Reply by JulsnMatt1028 on -
My wife, Julie, and I have actually pulled our kids out of school and are home schooling them. Way better student teacher ratio that way. It takes more time on our end, but it's been worth it so far.
Check out www.k12.com/cava, you get a ton of brand new text books, and science kits, and art supplies, even a loaner computer if you need it, oh and actual music lessons, PE is on us but is required. It's covered by the states education budget too.
I know this is not a choice for a lot of parents, but it's an option worth considering...
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