(I thought CA spent more on education than 32% minus other mandated spending.)
Since education spending is such a large fraction of our budget, it's important to cut spending there as well as across the board. We don't need to cut classroom/school spending, but we can reduce the burdensome state education administration.
Besides, if we make cuts to the rest of the general fund, then we can cut education spending by about the same percentage and still keep in line with Prop 98.
Yes we do by about 15%.
A sound solution is to localize the problem. Relegate the state's educational oversight function to perforamnce testing and give the education responsibility and the revenue stream back to the counties (pre 1980's system).
It won't take the counties long to figure out that they can't sustain the education budget until someone regulates immigration. When the rubber meets the road then the inevitable will happen.