#proposition 38

[blech]

Proposition 38 in 2000 (this is not the first time tech investors have been flush with cash to burn!) proposed to give every student in the state of California $4000 to attend private school, with no regulation or constraints whatsoever. It would have essentially privatized public education, at a cost of $3.3 billion to California taxpayers. Tim [Draper] spent $23 million pushing the proposition & his dad threw in another $2.5 million. It was believed to be the largest contribution by an individual to a ballot proposition in California history at that time.

Kelsey Gilmore-Innis  in Your Job is Political: Tech Money in Politics, on venture capitalists and politics. Essential reading.

[bette--davis-blog]

hey, if you're californian and enrolled in state-sponsored higher education?

please, PLEASE take a good look at propositions 30, 32, and 38.  

if props 30 and 38 DO NOT PASS, it will mean budget cuts and price hikes for all of us - there will be less classes for us to enroll in, and what classes are left will most definitely increase in price, AGAIN, come next semester.  class sizes will increase.  more teachers will lose their jobs. i believe some $50 billion dollars are on the line, here, but please correct me if i'm wrong.  

as for prop 32, it was written to gag union members and create special loopholes for corporate entities (and lobbyists in particular) to benefit from even more political clout.  IT IS NOT CAMPAIGN REFORM, as it has been suggested.

EDUCATE YOURSELF, THEN VOTE.

(eta: adjusted for cost estimations, i'm having issues finding a precise number, but either way it's A LOT OF FUCKING MONEY THAT CALIFORNIAN EDUCATIONS NEED)

[seacliffseastar-blog-blog]

California ranked 47th out of 50 states in per-pupil education spending and 50th on the staff to student ratio. California public schools have the largest class sizes in the nation.

Our Children, Our Future Education Initiative is now on the November ballot as Proposition 38. These new dedicated education funds will help to lower the class sizes and restore some of the necessary educational programs for the public school children of California.

This November please remember these important quotes,"No amount of fundraising can have as much impact as a single piece of legistation." and "PTA speaks for every child with one voice."

For more information on Proposition 38, read the initiative online, or come to the PTA Fourth District Roundtable on Friday, September 21t at 9:30 am. The meeting is located at 10055 Slater Ave. in the Fountain Valley School District office.

January van Leeuween,

PTA Legislative Representative