Posted on 01/03/2006 1:25:36 PM PST by calcowgirl
SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced today that his state budget proposal will include boosting K-12 education funding by $4 billion.
"Nothing is more important than education because how we prepare our children today will shape the California of tomorrow," Schwarzenegger said. "That is why I am very happy to announce that my education budget for the coming year will increase our investment in our children by $4 billion, the largest increase in our entire state budget ever, bringing total education spending to nearly $11,000 per student."
Schwarzenegger will release his complete 2006-07 budget on Jan. 10. The governor's news release made no mention of exactly where the $4 billion will come from. The governor has come under fire for not fully meeting the obligations of Proposition 98, which sets a minimum funding level for public schools.
Schwarzenegger's team also unveiled some specific education-funding proposals. They include:
• Career technical education programs: The governor's budget adds an additional $30 million to the $20 million included in last year's budget to expand and improve CTE courses offered at high schools, regional occupational centers and programs and the California Community Colleges.
• Physical education grants: ``To combat the obesity epidemic and improve student health,'' the budget contains $85 million for physical education instruction.
• Arts and music grants: The budget proposes $100 million to create a new art and music block grant to support standards-aligned K-8 art and music instruction.
• Proposition 49: The 2002 voter-approved initiative, which expands access to before- and after-school programs, will be fully funded for the first time, with an increase of $428 million.
• Science and math teachers initiative: The budget adds $1.5 million to extend the program that will increase the number of science and math teachers trained at the University of California and the California State University systems.
• Beginning teacher support and assessment program: The governor will propose $65 million to support a required third year of induction for beginning teachers in lower-performing schools and, at district discretion, a voluntary year for experienced teachers who are new to such schools.
• High school exit exam: Adding $40 million to help students get the instruction and support they need to pass the exit exam.
The governor also affirmed today his commitment to buy back the recent tuition increase approved by the University of California and the California State University systems, keeping student fees in both systems and at California community colleges at their current 2005-06 levels.
Free pork rinds for all!!
Is the money going to materialize in one of those big sizzling electric time-travel energy spheres from the future?
It's not a matter of $'s
It's who's: administering, teaching & what they're teaching (or not)
He's in trouble.
Ahnold has been taking Kennedy-Bush lessons I see.
And some democrats will spin this as a cut in education spending. And the MSM will print/air the democrats claim without checking it's validity.
How much of that will be used to accomodate non-English speaking peoples who shouldn't be here anyway?
Me thinks that what this indicates is that Arnold had a deal with his wife and her buddies; that he could first try some reforms via the initiative route, but that if those failed, he'd have to cave and follow a pure liberal line on governance.
You mean literacy and the 3 R's are important?
The budget proposes $100 million to create a new art and music block grant to support standards-aligned K-8 art and music instruction.
Private Schooling would double the quality of "education" at half the price per student.
The NEA is quite the business scam -- as is government.
Ya! Robotic cyber money from the future!
I know that for the last 10 years, half the kids entering the community colleges couldn't pass basic proficiency tests. I pulled my own kids (back when) out of pub ed when SCIENCE programs were CUT from K-12. And while I was off working my kids' brains, somehow PE got majorly gutted in K-12 in the SF Bay Area. Science and math in the SF Bay Area has been a joke and pathetic for too many years.
Maybe some of that new funding will go into investigating WASC, the "so-called" teacher credentialling board". 'Bout damned time, in my opinion.
The state GOP should rescind its endorsement of Arnold.
He seems to be abandoning the Republican party. We must signal that we are not a potted plant. And we must be prepared to walk away from Arnold next fall if he doesn't shape up drastically.
Right now, he's a Girlie Man.
Proposition 49: The 2002 voter-approved initiative, which expands access to before- and after-school programs, will be fully funded for the first time, with an increase of $428 million.
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The budget is balanced, there is no deficit?
That's Breaking News. ;-)
LOL!! Good one!
Vouchers, please.
Forget the 4 billion.
Of course, if we no longer provided services to illegals (estimated cost 9 billion per year), we would have the money.
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