Republicans eye budget plan that won't decimate schools

04-26-2011

By Allen Young/Capitol Weekly

After being bashed for weeks for failing to come up with viable budget solutions, GOP lawmakers said last week they are crafting a cuts-only budget plan that won’t decimate public schools. The proposal, planned for an April release, is expected to detail some general ideas floated by Republicans that include reducing teacher pay instead of instructional minutes, consolidating administrative offices and potentially down-sizing the California Department of Education. That said, more than 20 GOP legislative offices were asked for details about how they would deal with the education budget and only two lawmakers provided responses – neither of whom outlined how they would cut the estimated $5 billion that schools face in an all-cuts budget scenario. (more...)

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