Sept. tax vote no help to schools

06-09-2011

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

With a June 15 deadline looming, Gov. Jerry Brown remain at odds with Republican legislators over continuing temporary state taxes for a few months and then letting voters decide in September or November whether to extend them for four or five more years. But for K-12 schools and community colleges, it’s a frustrating distinction without a difference. Neither option works. Districts must build their budgets on July 1 based on definite revenues for the year. They hire and lay off staff and set their schedules this summer based on what they know, not what Brown would like to happen. That’s why the California Teachers Association and other education groups, with the support of Democratic leaders of the Legislature, have been campaigning hard for months for the Legislature to extend $5.6 billion in state taxes through at least next June so that districts could count on the money for a whole school year. (more...)

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