If you are like most Californians, you know our schools are in trouble.
And you care deeply about your local school.
But you have not had enough time to study the initiatives
Here is a chance to learn more about Proposition 38—so that when you enter the voting booth, it does not feel like that dreaded pop quiz.
The California State PTA helped write and is supporting Proposition 38 to restore the programs and services that have been cut at all our local schools.
Ready?
Let’s start. (Don’t miss the question for extra points at the end!)
Here is the title of Proposition 38:
TAX TO FUND EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS. INITIATIVE STATUTE.
Read the following quotes in italics from the Independent Legislative Analyst and then see if you can answer the quiz.
Fiscal Effect
Around $10 Billion of Additional Annual State Revenues. In the initial years—beginning in 2013–14—the annual amount of additional state revenues raised would be around $10 billion. …The total revenues generated would tend to grow over time.
Distributes School Funds Through Three Grant Programs.
Proposition 38 requires that CETF school funds be allocated as follows:
Educational Program Grants (70 Percent of Funds). The largest share of funds—70 percent of all CETF school funding—would be distributed based on the number of students at each school. …Educational program grants could be spent on a broad range of activities, including instruction, school support staff (such as counselors and librarians), and parent engagement.
Low-Income Student Grants (18 Percent of Funds). The measure requires that 18 percent of CETF school funds be allocated at one statewide rate based on the number of low-income students (defined as the number of students eligible for free school meals) enrolled in each school. As with the educational program grants, low-income student grants could be spent on a broad range of educational activities.
Training, Technology, and Teaching Materials Grants (12 Percent of Funds). The remaining 12 percent of funds would be allocated at one statewide rate based on the number of students at each school. The funds could be used only for training school staff and purchasing up-to-date technology and teaching materials.
Quiz:
- Does Proposition 38 raise about $ 10 billion per year?
- Does Proposition 38 require the funds to be spent at each school based on the number of students?
- Does Proposition 38 provide extra funding for low-income students at their school?
- Does Proposition 38 help teachers with training, technology and teaching materials?
Answer:
Yes to all questions
QUESTION FOR EXTRA POINTS:
How much money will your local school receive?
Click here to find out: www.prop38forlocalschools.org/restore.
Now that you’ve taken the quiz, check back again to learn more about Prop 38.
Carol Kocivar is the president of the California Parent Teacher Association.
No on 30 Yes on 32 No on 38 No on Measure Y (a debt time bomb)
It's better than trying to explain why the Dems and GEUs want more of our money after inflation adjusted per capita government spending increased 42% from 2000 to 2010.
“Adjusted for inflation, California’s government spending increased 42 percent per capita from 2000 to 2010.” http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/10/reason-rupe-poll-california-voters-moving-towards-wisconsin-like-government-reforms/ "The study, conducted by the Center for Government Analysis (CGA), found that total expenditures by the State of California to finance salaries and pension benefits for State workers grew three times as fast as the per capita personal income of all Californians." http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/10/alarming-compensation-trends-for-state-workers/ “CA public school teachers the highest paid in the nation. CA students rank 48th in math achievement, 49th in reading.” http://www.lao.ca.gov/reports/2011/calfacts/calfacts_010511.aspx page 36” CA pays ~ 3X more per inmate as TX, but CA is releasing criminals back onto the street. http://reason.org/news/show/private-prisons-save-california-bil Please see http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/09/breaking-bad-california-vs-the-other-states/ regarding the results of the Dems and GEUs controlling California.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d09/tables/dt09_182.asp If you told people in 1970 we will double education spending, the taxpayers and parents would and should expect high quality education. Instead, despite huge increases in spending, the quality of government education is terrible to mediocre. I think you could double spending again on the government education system and not see any significant or even discernable improvement. The Dems and GEUs have not made the case they need more of our money or that they will use it wisely.
Brown and the Dems passed a budget that cuts education spending if the voters to not pass the tax increase. They can make other choices.
As you go through one week, note how many people you depend on, to know what they are doing. Every day people are helped by those who have been educated. NO on 32! Stop the corporate takeover!
The Koch Brothers helped fund the bigotry and intolerance of Prop 8 in the last election. Let's fight this crap: Vote YES on Prop 30 and NO on Prop 32.
Sorry to be a Tea Party Pooper again, Gregory, but you can't blame President Obama for the policies Republicans pushed in the Bush years, and the recession that began on a Republican president’s watch. If there had been no unfunded Bush era tax cuts, no unfunded wars, no unfunded prescription drug bill monstrosity, no sweeping financial deregulation and no financial crisis – debt would be between 20 and 30 percent of GDP today, rather than almost 100 percent. In this chart, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities takes the public debt since 2001 — which is when we last saw surpluses — and breaks it into its component parts. CBPP Chart: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/08/28/republican-national-convention-the-one-graph-you-need-to-see-before-watching/
But if you care about kids, and you care about equality if opportunity, then you need to vote for Prop 30. The additional cuts that will have to occur if Prop 30 goes down are on top of the steady stream of cuts we've taken over the past several years. So much has already been cancelled. We've already had furlough days. Now we're talking cutting weeks of school and laying off teachers; we're talking class sizes that are obscene. Voting against Prop 30 is an unconscionable act of contempt for the future. Don't do it.
You lefties all praise the guy who has lied, made promises he couldn't keep, covered up the murders of our men in Benghazi and you're still so lame you blame Bush. Prop 30 and 38 will fail, just all the other taxation for schools in CA. Anything Jerry Brown touches turns to "fecal matter". Do the math and see if it's worth it. Per school it works out to very little money.
http://www.prop38forlocalschools.org/restore
I'd still have Obama as President over Romney. Who would want a Bishop as President anyway? Separation of church and state is a must. I want a President who has his money in America, and not salted away in Swiss bank accounts and not paying taxes. It's not that he's wealthy, no, its that Romney is going for the office of the President of the United States. I want a guy who believes in this country and doesn't lie. I want a President who will give small businesses those tax breaks, ensure the middle class tax breaks remain in place, encourage education for those wishing to train for better jobs. Obama for President.
And you were an ignorant tool. You basically sold out CA children to whatever agenda Molly Munger actually has. Carol -- You need to resign, and account for the money.