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California Teachers Union in rare legislative loss
- 01-11-2010
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By Laurel Rosenhall/Sacramento Bee
The California Teachers Association is used to getting its way. The union that represents 340,000 public school teachers has traditionally been one of the most powerful forces in the Capitol. In the past decade, it spent $38 million on lobbying – more than anyone else in the state. So it was an unusual loss for the CTA when the Legislature last week approved the Race to the Top education bills that the union and its allies opposed. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made a veiled reference to the union's influence when he signed the bills Thursday at a Los Angeles middle school. "I know it was very tough for the Legislature, because you can imagine all those special interest groups up there pulling and pushing and … more interested in what's good for the grownups rather than what's good for the children," he said. (more...)
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