The failure of Propositions 1A-1E in the May 19 Special Election will cost California $23 billion over the next four years and will result in even deeper cuts to education, children’s health care, public safety, and programs for seniors and the disabled.
CTA will be taking all legal action required to ensure students, schools and community colleges get the funding required by law.
CTA Recommended YES on Prop. 1A -- Failed
Reform and Stabilize State Budget (Budget Stabilization Fund): Stabilizes state spending and creates a long-term reserve fund to help protect against more devastating funding cuts to education, health care and other vital services in bad economic years. A portion of the reserve fund money will repay some of the cuts made to education as the economy improves.
CTA Recommended YES on Prop. 1B -- Failed
Protect Education Funding (Prop. 98 Restoration): Starts to reverse some of the damage made to public schools by the recent budget cuts. Sets up a repayment plan to restore $9.3 billion owed to schools and community colleges as the state’s economic conditions improve. Helps local schools rehire teachers, reduce class sizes, buy up-to-date textbooks and restore critical student programs. Prop. 1B is directly tied to Prop. 1A. Both initiatives must pass in order for schools to get repaid.
CTA Recommended YES on Prop. 1C -- Failed
Lottery Modernization Act: Provides $5 billion in new revenues - without raising taxes - to help close the budget deficit. Guarantees that public schools will continue to receive the same amount of funding from the lottery they get now.
CTA Recommended YES on Prop. 1D -- Failed
Children’s Services Funding: Temporarily redirects unspent money from tobacco taxes to pay for children’s health and social services.
CTA Recommended YES on Prop. 1E -- Failed
Mental Health Funding: Temporarily redirects unspent funds to help pay for children’s health programs including health care screenings, diagnosis and treatment.
CTA Recommended YES on Prop. 1F -- Passed
Restricts Elected Officials’ Salaries: Prohibits state legislators, the governor and other state elected officials from getting pay raises whenever the state budget is running a deficit.