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Schwarzeneggers pledge to protect school funding: Some call claim 'make-believe''
- 01-11-2010
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By Denis C. Theriault/San Jose Mercury News
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vowed his budget plan would protect funding for education. But does it really? The answer depends on which pot of education money you're looking at. One on hand, the governor restored $610 million that was cut last year from state universities, and he provided an additional $224.5 million. But he also cut CalGrant scholarships for thousands of low-income college students. And although he said his budget "maintains the same level of funding for schools next year as we had this year," he dialed back on cost-of-living increases and tweaked the formula that determines the base amount of money set aside for K-12 schools. Some lawmakers and advocates said that change could cost more than $2 billion. Schwarzenegger is paying less for class-size reduction programs, and he proposes cutting administrative costs. (more...)
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