Underprivileged schools would get more per-student funding than other schools across the state under a proposed budget unveiled by Gov. Jerry Brown Thursday.
"Our future depends not on across-the-board funding, but disproportionately funding those schools that have disproportionate challenges," Brown said at a press conference.
He also said most categorical funding for schools should be eliminated and the money delivered more directly.
"As you go up the line you lose control and build bureaucracy," the governor said. "We want to put the money into local schools, but create greater control."
Brown also said the state's deficit is gone for the first time in years, adding it could reduce its debt substantially by 2016.
"The deficit's gone; the wall of debt remains," Brown said, noting the state's $36 billion debt could be reduced to $4.3 billion by 2016.
The budget proposed by Brown also increases per-student funding for all levels of education; by the 2016-17 school year, K-12 schools would see a $2,681 increase in spending for each student. At the CSU and UC levels, spending would increase by about $2,000 and $2,500 by 2016-17, respectively.
And Matt, ironically, you use the word ironic incorrectly. The right work in there would have been "coincidence." I have a crazy suggestion here. How about if we stop showing the gang signs and using gang terminology. There is nothing to be proud of when one large group forces anything on another smaller group. Is it possible to agee that each one of us, every individual, needs to have his/her rights protected? What is each each side cares about if they don't care about each individual? We are each unique. We each have something valuable and different to bring to the dance. I don't want to gang up on anyone, and I don't want anyone to gang up on me. Gangs are dangerous. Gangs are primitive. Gangs are all about power and force. What is it you find so offensive about protecting the individual liberty of every single American? I don't get it.
Ed - An irony would be if a discrepancy exists between what has occurred, that is, the republicans being voted out and the expected result, deficit reduction. I'm stating there is no irony. The result of one created the result of the other......no discrepancy.
I am a fan of states' rights, but that wasn't what I stated above. I specifically said Individual rights. I wasn't aware that term was code. I thought it was the seminal idea that is at the foundation of the Constitution, The Declaration of Independence, and the entire founding of our country. If you think it is code for bigotry and selfishness, there really is nothing more to converse about. I wish I could say it's been fun. But it hasn't been fun at all since you turned it into name calling and hatred. Perhaps some other readers have found some value in the exchange. I hope so.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/14/gun-control-poll_n_2473462.html "Several gun control proposals are supported by a majority of Americans, with two measures widely popular among members of both parties, according to a Pew poll released Monday." "Fifty-eight percent favored a ban on semi-automatic weapons." "Eighty-five percent favored instituting background checks for private and gun-show sales." "The creation of a federal database to track gun sales was favored by two-thirds of Americans." "Arming more teachers and school officials -- was "OPPOSED" by a majority of the public."
For example, SCOTUS has upheld federal laws banning gun ownership by many "individuals", people convicted of felonies and some misdemeanors, illegal immigrants and by drug addicts. They have also upheld laws making it illegal to carry guns near schools or in post offices and upheld laws concerning unregistered weapons and laws banning machine guns and sawed-off shotguns. All which are restrictions on individuals done for the good of the collective. Nor does Heller impose any constitutional restrictions to many of the common legislative proposals being talked about in the wake of the Newtown shootings such as better background checks, enhanced mental health reporting and a ban on high-capacity ammunition clips. Try to have at least a small idea of what you are talking about when you want to participate in a conversation.