Although some students may mourn over the reinstatement of the originally cut ten school days, they may be comforted to know that their lost summer days were not in vain. Students should know that the issue over proposition 30 and 38 impacts them in many more ways other than a mere week and a half of summer vacation.
Now that Prop. 30 has been agreed upon by California voters, a quarter cent tax will be imposed on every dollar spent for four years along with a tax increase on earnings exceeding $250,000 for seven years which will raise approximately $6-9 billion for public school and community college funding. This means that Californians will now pay 3% more in income taxes than prior years. Had the proposition not passed, the state of California would have had to cut $6 billion out of education.
Governor of California, Jerry Brown, highly advocated Prop. 30 because he was simply unwilling to cut $6 billion from education.“This is about choosing on or off… money into our schools or money out of our schools” Brown said.
Attorney Molly Munger advocated a contesting plan called Prop. 38 which called for an increase of income taxes on most Californians for 12 years that would generate about $10 billion a year. Most of this revenue would be distributed to public school districts and early childhood development programs. California voters batted down this plan with a solid 72.3% negation of Prop. 38 in favor of Brown’s prop 30.
Orange County individually, however, was not ecstatic about Brown’s plan as they voted against the proposition 60.2% to 39.8%. Over the last four years Orange County has lost $1 billion in state funds through furlough days, pay reductions, fewer health benefits, layoffs, program cuts, and spending from reserve budgets. If Prop. 30 had not passed; the district would have cut another $22 million and two more weeks in furlough days as well as teacher layoffs and an increase in class sizes.
Now that Prop. 30 has been agreed upon by California voters, a quarter cent tax will be imposed on every dollar spent for four years along with a tax increase on earnings exceeding $250,000 for seven years which will raise approximately $6-9 billion for public school and community college funding. This means that Californians will now pay 3% more in income taxes than prior years. Had the proposition not passed, the state of California would have had to cut $6 billion out of education.
Governor of California, Jerry Brown, highly advocated Prop. 30 because he was simply unwilling to cut $6 billion from education.“This is about choosing on or off… money into our schools or money out of our schools” Brown said.
Attorney Molly Munger advocated a contesting plan called Prop. 38 which called for an increase of income taxes on most Californians for 12 years that would generate about $10 billion a year. Most of this revenue would be distributed to public school districts and early childhood development programs. California voters batted down this plan with a solid 72.3% negation of Prop. 38 in favor of Brown’s prop 30.
Orange County individually, however, was not ecstatic about Brown’s plan as they voted against the proposition 60.2% to 39.8%. Over the last four years Orange County has lost $1 billion in state funds through furlough days, pay reductions, fewer health benefits, layoffs, program cuts, and spending from reserve budgets. If Prop. 30 had not passed; the district would have cut another $22 million and two more weeks in furlough days as well as teacher layoffs and an increase in class sizes.
