Budget Cuts Mean Thousands of Teachers Lost

05-19-2010

By Marty Hittelman/California Progress Report

As President of California Federation of Teachers (CFT), I vow to continue CFT’s campaign, the “Fight for California’s Future,” as an alternative to the governor’s position that we have no choice but to further reduce important social programs. Lost tax revenue due to loopholes for the rich and large corporations is costing the state's general fund billions of dollars every year. Governor Schwarzenegger is leaving a clear legacy – a legacy of saying one thing and doing the opposite. In January, he claimed he was not going to cut education, and in May he proposes to cut it by $2 billion. How does that protect education? This governor has made more than $17 billion in cuts to education over the last two years. Tens of thousands of teachers are being laid off. Class sizes are rising, school years are being shortened, new textbooks are not being purchased, and nurses, bus drivers and other essential personnel and programs are being eliminated. (more...)

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