State defers schools, welfare program payments

08-24-2010

Wyatt Buchanan/San Francisco Chronicle

State leaders on Monday used a recently passed law to delay payment of nearly $3 billion in funds to K-12 public education and a welfare program, a decision that officials acknowledged will exacerbate difficulties for school districts and counties that already have had to lay off workers. The move transfers part of the state's money shortage crisis to counties, school districts and local officials, who will be left to decide how to bridge the gap to continue providing services to the public. "Essentially, this is ... the state pushing its cash management to local districts," said Jack O'Connell, the state superintendent of public instruction, adding that in the past few years, "schools have not only taken a hit, they've taken a massive hit." (more…)

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