In other words, if education is not on the table, he's not serious about budget-cutting to solve the financial crisis.
Education is one of the big reasons for the budget deficit. Public schools are GUARANTEED a specific percentage of the state budget; it's non-discretionary. And whenever new revenues come into the state, the first predetermined slice goes to education, whether it needs the slice or not. Someone help me out here...I think it was Prop. 96 that set in concrete funding for education. It's a weight around the state's neck, and nobody is willing to call it as such (not even conservative Republicans in the Legislature).