Agenda
| Date: | July 24, 2008 | |
| Time: | 12:00-1:30 p.m. | |
| Location: | CSAC Conference Center | |
| 1020 11th St, 2nd Floor | ||
| Sacramento, CA |
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The recent proposal from the Governor’s Committee, if adopted, would change how California funds its schools in important ways, by consolidating a large number of current K-12 revenue programs into just two. Such a shift would require fundamental changes: the state would have to transfer its revenue authority to local school districts and would have to allocate a larger share of K-12 revenues to districts with high proportions of disadvantaged students. Using a budget simulation, this report examines the effects of the proposal and variations, comparing the revenue that school districts would have received under the committee’s plan with the revenue that districts actually received in 2004-2005 from programs the plan would eliminate. Lunch will be provided.
The recent proposal from the Governor’s Committee, if adopted, would change how California funds its schools in important ways, by consolidating a large number of current K-12 revenue programs into just two. Such a shift would require fundamental changes: the state would have to transfer its revenue authority to local school districts and would have to allocate a larger share of K-12 revenues to districts with high proportions of disadvantaged students. Using a budget simulation, this report examines the effects of the proposal and variations, comparing the revenue that school districts would have received under the committee’s plan with the revenue that districts actually received in 2004-2005 from programs the plan would eliminate. Lunch will be provided.
This paper was supported with funding from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
SPEAKER
Jon Sonstelie is a professor of economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara and adjunct fellow at PPIC.
