State Budget: California’s kids deserve better

California's budget problems are taking a toll on our education system and our students.

California schools are already woefully underfunded. Our public schools rank last in the nation for the number of teachers per student, as well as in the number of librarians, counselors and critical support staff. Our students deserve better.
 
Join CSEA and the education community in voicing your opposition to a “cuts-only” approach to balancing the budget. Such a plan is short-sighted and unfair to the children of California. CSEA supports the Protect Schools and Public Safety Act on the November 2012 ballot, which would raise up to $9 billion to help fund schools and colleges by temporarily increasing the state sales tax by a quarter-percent and the income tax rate on high-income filers. The sales tax increase would last four years and the income tax increases would last seven years.

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