Mess with Prop 98, do not pass Go

06-22-2011

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

In finding that legislators had passed a squirrely budget last week and therefore won’t get paid as of June 16, Controller John Chiang determined Tuesday that lawmakers had shorted the Proposition 98 obligation to K-12 schools and community colleges by about $1.3 billion (here is his analysis). He’s not alone. That’s roughly the same amount that School Services of California, consultants for school districts, calculated and that I reported last week. The Legislature has the right to appropriate less than schools are entitled to – they did it last year for the current budget – but suspending Prop 98 demands a two-thirds majority. Democrats, who passed the budget bill by a majority vote, didn’t try, and it’s no mystery why. Republicans, at this point at least, are saying they won’t supply the votes needed for suspension. (more…)

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