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to your Elected Officials regarding Proposed Drastic Cuts for 2008-09

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With public funding declining both California state and federal, we encourage you to learn all you can about this complex funding issue and send letters today to elected officials who need to hear from you, their constituents, regarding your opposition to the Governor’s proposed budget cuts to education of $4.4 billion statewide for the 2008-09 school year.
What does this mean for CUSD?

• After difficult budgets cuts of $1.5 million over the last few years, this budget proposal would equate to a $1.2 million dollar budget cut in just one year. What’s left to cut that will not directly affect our kids and teachers?
• The Governor is asking the Legislature to suspend Proposition 98, the Voter Initiative to ensure the state designates at least 40% of the state revenue to fund public education.
• By law, our district must give any teachers “pink slips” by March 15th. What does this do for the morale for our already underpaid teachers who are on the front lines in the classroom?
• The state requires school districts to maintain a 3% reserve or state officials will take over the operations of the district. With the proposed budget cuts, how can any district maintain reserves of any amount and continue to provide quality, meaningful public education?

Please send a letter or e-mail to your elected officials today!

CUSD Budget

to review the current user friendly CUSD budget, please go to http://coronado.k12.ca.us/budget.htm. Should these possible cuts become reality, CSF funding will become even more crucial to maintain our programs.

Recent Articles of Interest

February 22, 2008
Fiscal Emergency Declared by Governor
As a result of this declaration, the Legislature has 45 days to respond to the fiscal emergency.  On Friday, February 15, 2008, both houses of the Legislature passed a package of bills that will immediately reduce current year spending.  The Governor signed this legislation over the weekend. 

Year of Education, still (pdf)
Budget cuts or not, a few inexpensive measures could vastly improve California's schools.

Arnold Vs. Spenders, again (pdf)
Unions' resistance works against spending restraints