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  • CA: Budget boost falls short, say some Inland educators (Gub wants 6 percent raise to $61.5 billion)

    06/30/2005 9:38:39 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 2 replies · 286+ views
    Press-Enterprise ^ | 6/30/05 | Melissa Eiselein
    PERRIS - Gov. Schwarzenegger hopes to increase the state education budget by 6 percent to $61.5 billion, the largest amount given to schools at any time in history, his staff said Wednesday during a visit to the Inland area. But some local educators say it won't be enough -- even if the Republican governor's budget is passed by the Democratic-controlled legislature. Schwarzenegger's representative, Scott Himelstein, met with an invited group of educators, school administrators and community leaders at Val Verde Union School District office in Perris to discuss the education budget. Himelstein will become deputy secretary of education and chief...