Attorney General Releases Title and Summary

In a move designed to restore more local control to school funding in California, a group named Californians for Improved School Funding (CISF) submitted the Local Control of Local Classrooms Funding Act to the California Attorney General and received a title and summary on December 29, 2009. The initiative seeks to amend the California Constitution so that special taxes for local school districts, commonly referred to as parcel taxes, can be approved by a 55-percent vote of the qualified electors.

CISF's mission is to strengthen local control of California schools and improve the quality of the education California children receive by helping local public schools generate stable, local funds that cannot be taken or disrupted by the state.

Parcel tax funds are often used by local school districts to attract and retain qualified teachers, maintain smaller class sizes and support classroom science, math, art, music and physical education programs. Their greatest benefit is that they are a reliable source of local funds which give school districts a greater ability to plan for the future.

The proposed measure would provide for accountability by requiring districts to conduct an annual audit of all special school tax spending. It would also require local districts to provide a specific list of ways that funds will be spent giving voters more local control over schools in their community.

For additional information, visit www.improvedschoolfunding.com

For more information, contact Connell Lindh, Executive Director, Californians for Improved School Funding  (800) 915-4768 
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