What happens if prop 30 fails

Although the jury is still out on the effect of Proposition 30 on the California economy, initial indications are encouraging. During the same period, the national jobless rate fell a half of a percentage point to 7. At Edendale Middle School in San Lorenzo, where Sandoval teaches sixth grade and three in four students are living in poverty, the extra funding from Proposition 30 has already had a big effect on the staff and students, Principal John Shimko said.

With more familiar adult faces in his halls and classrooms, student behavior this year has already improved.

Shimko expects the stability will translate into academic gains. News California News. Proposition A year later, California schools seeing benefits of tax measure. Show Caption. It is hard to know what to do next if the measures both fail. I would suggest that if districts do elect to cut this way, that rather than ending the school year 20 days early that districts consider a 4 day school week.

It has the advantage of giving the kids the same calendar time to learn the material, even though classroom time is cut. Obviously, there are problems … Read More. Obviously, there are problems for child care and the like, but it may be as easy to put together a community program for fridays as it is to deal with kids getting out of school a month early.

If this is going to be the new normal, there will be grim times indeed. For certificated staff, the "usual" layoff deadline is March Generally, there is an exception in years where general-purpose "Revenue Limit" funding increases by less than two percent.

In such years, the deadline is stretched to the period between five days after budget enactment and August 15th. I write "generally," because in , the budget trailer bill blocked this late layoff option for the year. Given that we're now beyond August 15, districts … Read More.

Thank you very much Eric. As well as some other descriptions of AB, which appears to be the bill you referenced. Not only did it do that, but it also suspended fiscal accountability requirements for that year. Too much sausage-making.. Wow, thank you for creating this list. Much appreciated. I have mentioned this before, but I seem to remember reading at one point that if there were a mid-year cut that exceeded a certain percentage, the district would not be limited by the normal non-layoff rules, but I cant remember where I read it and havent been able to find it again.

Does anyone know whether this is true or whether Im just wrong? Something … Read More. School Finance. Source: Responses from officials of 30 largest school districts to October survey.

Republish this article. Comments 9 Leave a Comment Your email address will not be published. Thanks for signing up! I'm a human. Impact on school year if Prop. District unified unless otherwise indicated. Just 24 percent of likely voters say the outcome of the vote on this measure is very important to them. Proposition 32 would bar unions, corporations, and government contractors from using money from payroll deductions for political purposes. It would also prohibit union and corporate contributions to candidates and their committees, and bar government contractors from contributing to elected officials or their committees.

How important is the outcome of the vote on Proposition 32? Very important, say 51 percent. With initiatives that would raise taxes on the November ballot, the PPIC survey asked about four types of taxes. Just 25 percent of likely voters favor raising state personal income taxes—an element of both Propositions 30 and Just 32 percent favor raising the state sales tax—an element of Proposition However, 64 percent favor raising the top rate of the state income tax paid by the wealthiest Californians.

Asked about raising the state taxes paid by California corporations, 55 percent of likely voters are in favor. California voters are considering raising their own taxes at a time when most distrust the government in Sacramento. Only 22 percent say they trust the state government to do what is right just about always or most of the time, and 60 percent say that people in state government waste a lot of taxpayer money.

Among those who express this view, 56 percent say they would vote no on Proposition Trust in Washington is no higher: only 25 percent of likely voters say they trust the federal government to do what is right just about always or most of the time, and 60 percent say it wastes a lot of taxpayer money. The Obama-Biden ticket leads Romney-Ryan 53 percent to 41 percent among likely voters, similar to last month and July.

Obama led Romney by a much wider margin among independents in September 13 points and July 16 points. Satisfaction with the choice of candidates in the presidential election has increased steadily, from 49 percent last December to 69 percent today. This is much higher than the 56 percent who said they were satisfied with the candidates in October