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Expensive Constituent:
Excellent news: California rating useless final in public schooling spending is over. Because of the 2022-23 state price range signed by Gov. Newsom final week, California may leap into the highest 10 states nationwide for per pupil spending.
For some perspective on how far we have come, as lately as 2011, California ranked fiftieth nationwide for per pupil spending on Okay-12 public faculties. By final 12 months, because of our voter-approved progressive tax system and accountable budgeting through the previous decade, California had climbed to nineteenth.
The 2022-23 state price range will increase Okay-12 public schooling funding by a document 13% over final 12 months, with the allocation for public Okay-12 faculties and group faculties rising by a document $37.2 billion. That is almost triple the funding Okay-12 faculties acquired in 2011. And every of our UC and CSU campuses will obtain a 5% enhance.
Over the approaching weeks, I’ll ship you extra e-newsletters highlighting main facets of this 12 months’s historic 2022-23 state price range.
Okay-12 Training Finances Highlights
Supplies a document funding enhance of 13% for all Okay-12 public faculties.
Protects college districts affected by declining enrollment by offering funding primarily based on the common of three prior years’ common every day attendance
Supplies $4 billion to permit faculties so as to add three hours of after-school programming and 6 weeks of summer season enrichment.
Consists of funding for the Studying Restoration Emergency Block Grant to assist tutoring, psychological well being, social-emotional assist and different studying restoration packages.
Supplies $3.6 billion for the Arts, Music, and Tutorial Supplies Discretionary Block Grants to fund arts, music, educational supplies, and multi-lingual college library books.
Funds a complete of $4.2 billion for college development via 2025, together with $1.3 billion in state bonds and $2.9 billion from the state’s basic fund in 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Supplies a document funding enhance of $637 million for home-to-school transportation.
Consists of $100 million for California’s common free college meals program to buy sustainably grown, wholesome meals, plus $600 million to improve college kitchens.
Larger Training Finances Highlights
Will increase funding for all College of California (UC) and California State College (CSU) campuses by 5%.
Will increase CA Group Faculty (CCC) funding by $600 million, together with a COLA enhance, and supplies $650 million for extra instruction to shut pandemic studying gaps and investments to shut the digital divide.
Supplies an extra $2 billion for scholar housing initiatives at UC, CSU, and CCC campuses — bringing the entire quantity of scholar housing funding to $4 billion via 2024-25.
Will increase funding for the Center Class Scholarship program and Cal Grants to supply entry to Cal Grants for 150,000 extra college students.
Supplies unprecedented funding assist for underrepresented college students, together with previously incarcerated college students.
As chair of the Senate’s Finances and Fiscal Assessment Committee, it was my honor to work on this 12 months’s transformative price range. Please be on the look-out for future e-newsletters from me concerning different main facets of the historic 2022-23 state price range.
It’s a privilege serving as your state Senator.
Sincerely,
Nancy SkinnerState Senator, District
P.S. You’ll be able to comply with me on Fb and Twitter for extra updates from the Capitol and all through Senate District 9.
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