“Parents”

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AS RECORDED

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(SFX: Low chatter of parents milling about after a local PTA meeting)
Mom: (overwhelmed) So...wow. Some PTA meeting, huh?

Dad: (incredulous): No kidding. Did you hear the Governor is saying we're in another budget crisis and need to cut education?

Mom: I know ! Do lawmakers understand how these cuts could hurt our students?

Dad: I mean, the current plan would cut education again - by nearly five-billion-dollars!

Mom: That means losing up to a-hundred-and-seven-thousand teachers.

Dad: …and increasing overcrowded class sizes by more than a third.

Mom: It's so frustrating. Sacramento politicians can't seem to stay committed to funding our schools long enough to really make a difference

Dad: (cutting in):...and isn't this exactly why we passed Prop 98? To guarantee a minimum level of funding for our public schools?

Mom: Well...this new budget proposal contains a provision that would dismantle that school-funding law. How many times do we have to remind them: We passed Prop 98.So leave it alone!

Dad: Californians ought to call the governor and their legislators and tell them no more education funding cuts.

Dad/Mom: Because California can't take a giant step backwards when it comes to our kids...

Mom/Dad: ...and their futures.

Narrator: Paid for by the California Teachers Association and Education Coalition.