Call Your Lawmakers Today. Ask Them to Pass Compromise Budget Agreement Now!

The “Big 5”—top legislative leaders and the governor—reached a compromise budget agreement earlier this week that restores more than $11 billion in cuts to public education under Proposition 98.  It also protects the minimum school funding law from suspension. The Legislature is scheduled to vote today and we need your help in getting all of the lawmakers to pass this budget. Please call your lawmakers and ask them to vote for AB 3 and SB 3 now!

• Call your lawmakers at 888.268.4334.
• Email the governor and legislators.
• Watch the new statewide TV ad.
• Forward this to your colleagues, family and friends.

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

With a budget deficit of $26.3 billion there is no good, and unfortunately a lot of bad… Our schools, community colleges and students have already taken $12 billion in cuts, and the additional $6 billion in this budget compromise mean an ugly $18 billion cut over two years! Read real-life examples of the budget impact. Share your story.

Not Just Talk… We Walk The Walk…

On July 6, one hundred of the 1,100 California educators attending the National Education Association’s Representative Assembly meeting in San Diego marched 10,000 postcards signed by teachers from all over the country from the San Diego Convention Center to Governor Schwarzenegger’s office.  The message: Don’t suspend Proposition 98 and pass a fair budget now. View video of the press conference. View photos of the postcard delivery.

“Even ‘Recession Proof’ Schoolteachers Feel Pinch Of Employment Downturn”
Wall Street Journal, July 13, 2009

“Schools Aim To Inspire More Students To College”
Kansas City Star, July 13, 2009

“Jill Duman: A Great Educator Pays The Real Price Of Cuts”
Sacramento Bee, July 12, 2009

“$2.3 Million Grant Keeps 11,200 Students In Summer School”
Orange County Register, July 12, 2009