Measure T's failure means painful cuts ahead for LBUSD, officials say

By Kevin Butler/Long Beach Press-Telegram

A day after a parcel tax to fund education was defeated at the polls, officials with the Long Beach Unified School District on Wednesday said that painful cuts will have to be considered over the next two years to balance the budget. With all precincts reporting, Measure T was defeated, 57 percent to 43 percent. The total was far short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass the measure, which would have established a five-year parcel tax to fund education. Voter turnout was 13 percent. Proponents, including Long Beach school board members, argued that the estimated $60 million in revenue that would have been generated by the tax was needed to save jobs and protect educational programs in the face of state budget cuts. LBUSD officials said that the district, which has made about $100 million in cuts over the last five years, will have to make $90 million in additional reductions in the next two fiscal years. (more...)

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