$8.8 Billion Funding Discrepancy: California’s Largest Teachers Union Challenges Newsom’s Budget Proposal – Threatening Future School Funding!

According to the Independent, California’s largest teachers union which has 310,000 members is upset with Governor Gavin Newsom‘s budget plan. Teachers unions say it will hurt future school funding. The problem is with the $8.8 billion that the state gave to schools based on wrong tax predictions. Newsom wants to spread this amount over future budgets to avoid cuts now but the teachers union says this breaks the rules and will harm schools later.

Teacher Union President David Goldberg said they will start a campaign to stop this plan. He warned it could lead to schools losing nearly $12 billion in the next few years. This fight is a big deal for Newsom who is dealing with a large budget shortfall and might run for president. The state’s budget office also thinks Newsom’s plan is bad saying it will make future deficits worse and force harder decisions later.

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$8.8 Billion Funding Discrepancy: California’s Largest Teachers Union Challenges Newsom’s Budget Proposal – Threatening Future School Funding! (PHOTO: AOL.com)

Furthermore, Newsom argues his plan is needed to avoid immediate job losses and chaos in schools. He says it keeps up with past spending promises. But critics say it changes how school funding should work and ignores the rules set by voters. The teachers union is ready to fight this plan possibly in court to protect school funding from what they see as unfair changes.

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