Teachers, Education Official Sue Schwarzenegger

[Maddy McCall]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California's top school official and the state's largest teachers union sued Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday to restore $3.1 billion they claim is owed to public schools. At issue is a deal that was struck during a meeting with the governor in December 2003, a month after he was sworn into office.

Educators said they agreed to accept $2 billion in cuts to help the newly elected governor balance the 2004-05 state budget. To do that, lawmakers had to suspend Proposition 98, the voter-approved funding guarantee for schools. In return, the governor promised that schools would get more money if state revenues increased more than expected, said Jack O'Connell, superintendent of public instruction.

"Revenues did go up, and according to our agreement with the governor public education should have been one of the beneficiaries," O'Connell said. Instead, O'Connell said the governor broke that promise, shorting schools an additional $3.1 billion over two years.

Schwarzenegger has denied there was a promise to share the excess revenue with schools. Because the funding guarantee was suspended, the schools were not entitled to a share of the billions of unanticipated income tax revenue California took in, his administration said.

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[Mountainman]

1. Enron can keep the 9 billion stolen from the state but children can't

get their education funds that the voters approved of.

This should be shouted as loud as possible from every place in the state. This again shows repukes for what they really are. A bunch of lying bastards only interested in helping their rich corporate constituents. They will talk all about education yet cut the funding and bust up the teachers union and make it easier for teachers to be fired.

I got a letter this week from a repuke state congress critter saying that the governor wants 1.4 million or billion (I don't remember which) for vocational education. I called him a liar and demanded that he get the 9 billion from Enron, pass minimum wage increase and stop the special election then come talk to me.

[Shum Preston]

5. Thanks the Corporations: $100k to see Stones with Arnold

I just posted this on the California Nurses Association's Stop
Arnold blog; www.cna.blogs.com/StopArnold.  You can find the
full SF Chronicle story there.

STICKY FINGERS! ARNOLD WANTS $100K TO HANG OUT AT ROLLING
STONES CONCERT WITH HIM
Dear Boston Rolling Stones Fans,
This Sunday Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will join you at
the Fenway Park concert.  His guests, likely to include some
of MA's biggest corporations and most devoted Republican
funders, will be paying $100k to hang out with the Governor. 
Isn't ticket-scalping illegal?  The 'cheap seats' will be
section B4--this is where the little corporations (those only
coughing up $10k of their shareholders' money) will be seated.
 Turn and say hi.  And know that the money raised is going to
cut school funding, attack nurses and other union members,
subsidize drug companies, and restrict choice/privacy rights. 


Dear Mick--how about changing "My Sweet Neo-Con" to
"My Sweet Schwarzen-Con?"

Best,
California's Nurses

[truthisfreedom]

2. ahhnold is an education girly-boy

who doesn't have the strength to keep up his end of a bahh-gain.

[DeepModem Mom]

3. kick

[struggle4progress]

4. and again

:kick: