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CMJ "pitches" in to statewide effort to protest proposed Ca education budget cuts

Published on: May 19, 2008
Published by: karlos schmieder

Capitol rally promises 3,000 students
Education may not have taken the biggest hit in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget, but advocates plan to continue their PR assault on the Capitol.

Today, education officials have organized a noon rally on the South steps of the Capitol to protest cuts to schools.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell has announced he will speak at the rally. So will Assembly Speaker Karen Bass.

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/012600.html 


The governor met criticism outside the Capitol as well

Hundreds of flip-flop-wearing high school students turned the south side of the Capitol into an MTV-like special Thursday as they protested Schwarzenegger's proposed education budget.

The governor restored $1.8 billion to schools on Wednesday, but advocates said it wasn't enough because the state remains 46th in per-pupil funding in the nation. Earlier in the day, Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell said the governor's education budget provides just $200 million more than what schools received overall last year, not enough to cover growing expenses and salaries.

For complete article: http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/943244.html

Budget protesters surround Capitol
SACRAMENTO — Students protested Thursday on one side of the Capitol against $3 billion in public school funding cuts, while demonstrators on the other side attacked broader, deeper slashes in health and human services programs.

The rallies came the day after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed ways to deal with a state budget deficit that has grown to $17.2 billion, due to a "spending problem."

http://www.contracostatimes.com/bayandstate/ci_9275723 



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