skippy the bush kangaroo

Friday, January 02, 2009

the governator's budgetary plan...

is to completely destroy public schools in california.
the details of arnold's budget plan are in and it is even more insane than we thought. his budget includes large cuts to public schools, which are bad enough in their own right. but the specific kinds of cuts are going to trigger a snowball effect that could destroy public schools in california - and i don't believe that's an exaggeration

...california schools could eliminate a week of instruction and increase class sizes next year under gov. arnold schwarzenegger's new plan for solving the state's budget crisis. vowing to give schools maximum flexibility to cut costs, the proposal unveiled wednesday also would allow districts to eliminate one of two science courses required for high school graduation.

schwarzenegger's plan would provide no teacher salary increases, eliminate a program providing subsidies to overhaul low-performing schools, and suspend participation in a program encouraging teachers to obtain national certification.

in and of themselves these cuts are damaging and reckless. california students need more science instruction, not less, if they're going to be globally competitive. 

...those damaging cuts become catastrophic, however, in the context of no child left behind. arnold's proposals are likely to cause numerous schools to fail to meet federal standards set by the law, especially when subsidies to low-performing schools are cut. because nclb mandates the closure of low-performing schools, arnold's budget if enacted as-is would virtually ensure the closure of numerous schools in this state. - robert in monterey (calitics)
thoughts from kansas over at science blogs sums it up succinctly - governor to science education: drop dead

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posted by Cookie Jill at 8:23 AM |

1 Comments:

Aren't we all glad he cut the car tax to get elected in the first place, so now we'll get to pay 1 1/2% more sales tax for fewer services? Thanks a bunch, Arnie.
commented by Blogger Left I on the News, 3:03 PM PST  

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