Brown spares K-12 education, wants tax extension

01-10-2011

Carla Marinucci and Marisa Lagos/San Francisco Chronicle

Calling for a "vast and historic" reworking of state government finances, Gov. Jerry Brown Monday said he would release a $127.4 billion state budget for the 2011-12 fiscal year that includes dramatic spending cuts of $12.5 billion - including as much as a 10 percent cut in take-home pay for some state employees. Brown also is counting on voters to approve an extension of taxes that are set to expire this year to prevent even deeper cuts. He said that even though voters rejected taxes in 2009, he believes it's time for voters to reconsider the issue. "It's a divisive issue," he said. "I think there is a significant number of people who have an open mind and it will be up to the Legislature and myself and the business communtiy and citizen groups and parent teacher associations to make the case." His budget plan makes deep cuts to the University of California, California State University and California Community Colleges while protecting funding for kindergarten through 12th grade education. At a news conference this morning, he said that K-12 education has "borne the brunt of spending reductions," in recent years and that "in this budget we keep them at current level of spending." (more…)

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