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                 STATE BUDGET CRISIS                  

Why we oppose Governor Schwartzenegger's 
Budget Proposal

 It’s Bad for Our Schools

 ·       The current proposal cuts funding by $4.8 billion for California’s public schools, that’s 10 million dollars less for our local Temecula Schools

 ·       If this budget is adopted, it is likely that one or more Temecula schools will be shut down  

It’s Bad for Our Teachers

 ·       Cutting this funding could cause as many as 107,000 teachers in California to be unemployed

 ·       150 outstanding Temecula teachers could lose their jobs  

 ·       This would happen at a time we’re anticipating a severe shortage of teachers in California

 It’s Bad for Our Kids

 ·       California already spends close to $1,900 less per student than the national average.

 ·       Students could be forced into classes with 1/3 more students

 ·       California has dropped from 43^rd to 46^th in per student funding in the last two years.  We need to go forward, not backward