Monterey County schools would lose millions under governor's budget proposal

01-20-2010

By Maria Ines Zamudio/Salinas Californian

Salinas teachers and administrators are keeping a close eye on the governor's budget proposal. The financial blueprint, which Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released Jan. 8, would cut deep and wide across California public education. Funding for school district administration would drop by $1.2 billion, for county offices of education by $45 million, and the state's class-size reduction program would lose $550 million, in addition to other cuts. The pain would find its way to the Salinas area. If the budget were approved as it is now, the Monterey County Office of Education would lose 8.2 percent of its funding, or $750,000, said Gary Bousum, MCOE associate superintendent. County schools would also lose $14.6 million from cuts to be carried over from the previous year — about $201 per student annually, Bousum said. (more...)

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