PTA Seeks Ballot Measure to Help School Districts
Massive state budget cuts to education have squeezed many local school district budgets to the bone, forcing teacher layoffs, larger class sizes, program cuts, and elimination of counselors and nurses at some schools.
Now the California Parent-Teachers Association (PTA) and concerned parents are fighting back, seeking to place an initiative on the ballot to make it easier for local school districts to win passage of proposed parcel tax increases for school funding. The Local Control of Local Classrooms Funding Act would let communities raise operating funds for their local schools with a 55% vote, instead of the current two-thirds requirement.