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SAN LORENZO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT <br />San Lorenzo, California <br />Resolution No. 3127 <br />RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE SAN LORENZO <br />UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THE GOVERNOR'S PUBLIC EDUCATION <br />BUDGET PROPOSALS <br />WHEREAS, education is a fundamental moral right and the responsibility of the state of <br />California to maintain a system of a free public education for all children under Article <br />IX of the California Constitution; and <br />WHEREAS, beginning in the early 1970's the California public school finance system <br />evolved from one based on local property taxes set by local education agencies to a <br />system in which the state of California determines the amount of local property taxes and <br />state aid each school district receives; and <br />WHEREAS, California voters enacted Proposition 98 in 1988 as an amendment to the <br />State Constitution. The measure, which was later modified by Proposition 111, <br />establishes a minimum annual funding level for K-12 schools and California Community <br />Colleges (CCC); and <br />WHEREAS, Proposition 98 funding constitutes approximately 75°l0 of total K-14 <br />funding; and for most K-12 school districts in California, including the San Lorenzo <br />Unified School District, the state of California controls 90% of all money or ninety cents <br />of every dollar spent annually on education; and <br />WHEREAS, Compared to the Proposition 98 minimum guarantee, the Governor <br />proposes to suspend the Proposition 98 requirement in 2008-09. His proposed funding <br />level is $4 billion less than what schools and community colleges would receive if the <br />minimum guarantee was met; and <br />WHEREAS, for almost three decades California has invested far less in public education <br />per pupil than the national average; in fact, the Governor's proposal for 2008-09 is $1.1 <br />billion less than what he proposes to provide in the current year; and <br />WHEREAS, California's economy is ranked as the 5th largest economy in the world, yet <br />in the fiscal year 2005, California was ranked 47th in the nation in spending per student <br />when accounting for regional cost differences, spending almost $1,900 less per student <br />than the national average; and <br />WHEREAS, the Governor's proposal would mean schools would have $800 less to <br />spend on every student during the year; $24,000 less for each classroom of 30 students <br />and $2 million less for an average-size high school. In the fiscal year 2007, Califomia <br />