Schools, PTA sue California over education funding

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Source: San Jose Mercury News

Claiming California's level of school funding violates the state Constitution's guarantee to make education a priority, a coalition of schools, officials and the state PTA filed suit today against the state of California.

The suit, which asks the courts to scrap the financing system and direct the governor and Legislature to create one that is "sound, stable and sufficient," could prove to be California's most significant school litigation in decades.

"Schools have been cut to the bone for the last two years. These cuts are just the tip of the iceberg," said Frank Pugh, president of the California School Boards Association, one of the plaintiffs.

The suit is unlikely to affect the 2010-11 school budget, which Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has recommended cutting by about $200 to $250 less per student, nor in the following year, when more cuts are predicted.

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[greiner3]

1. Should have cut arnold.

[goclark]

2. How many more seconds must we listen to this fool!!

Today would not be soon enough for him to get out of office!

Please Jerry Brown win!