Posted on 05/07/2009 7:15:34 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
The California Federation of Teachers filed a lawsuit today against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and other state officials to recoup $12 billion in education funds it says the state owes schools.
The suit in San Francisco Superior Court comes as CFT campaigns against Proposition 1A, a spending limit and temporary tax hike on the May 19 ballot. That proposal, in conjunction with Proposition 1B, would help provide schools $9.3 billion of the $12 billion that CFT is demanding.
But CFT opposes Proposition 1A because it believes the measure would limit long-term funding for schools. The lawsuit is partly a political attempt to undercut the argument for Proposition 1A by saying the measure is unnecessary because schools can recover the money in the courts.
"Proposition 1B is going to fail, and besides that, we still have to worry about funding for 2009-10," said Marty Hittelman, CFT president. "We need to do this right away so we can take care of 2009-10, since they're already debating that. We want to make sure they understand they have to repay us."
After revenues sharply declined, the state cut 2008-09 school funding by $7.9 billion, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger believed the state did not legally owe that money back to education. School groups disagreed and threatened to sue the state before Schwarzenegger and lawmakers put Propositions 1A and 1B on the ballot to repay that money, plus another $1.3 billion owed from 2007-08.
CFT also wants the courts to resolve for good whether the state owes schools money in similar budget situations in the future.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
that’s phunny!
these are the same people that spend $100,000,000.00 on tv and radio ads per year with their lies.
Repay you for what? Doing a crappy job?
These jerks are certifiably insane.
Cat fight! Teachers vs. one of the most liberal gov’t in the country. Popcorn time!
Better get what you can, Teach. The ship is sinking fast, and it ain’t “women and children first” anymore. Grab-n-go, bro.
Can you say, “Blood from a stone?”
So true
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