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nvolves billions of dollars and a ballot measure so important to schools that the California Teachers Association spent more than $7 million in a failed attempt to pass Proposition 1B.
One month after the initiative died, Democrats are proposing to pay schools the same $7.9 billion that was the heart of the measure and to begin payments the same year, 2011-12.
The funding commitment is part of a massive budget-balancing plan crafted by a joint legislative conference committee and scheduled to be voted on this week by the Senate and Assembly.
Sen. Mimi Walters, R-Laguna Niguel, said the proposal to commit $7.9 billion to schools directly contradicts the people's will.
"The voters have spoken and we need to listen," Walters said.
"Unfortunately, the majority party in Sacramento isn't listening."
Democrats counter that a lawsuit already has been filed by the California Federation of Teachers over the disputed $7.9 billion and, if the state loses, it could be forced to begin payments much sooner than the proposed 2011-12.
"The state is still at risk for owing the entire [amount] immediately," said Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento. "So what the conference committee action allows is for an easy payment plan."
Democrats also argue that 1B was rejected for reasons other than school funding -- voters were angry that the Legislature hadn't solved the state's budget crisis, and they didn't like that 1B would take effect only if Proposition 1A were passed to extend some newly imposed taxes for up to two years.
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nvolves billions of dollars and a ballot measure so important to schools that the California Teachers Association spent more than $7 million in a failed attempt to pass Proposition 1B.One month after the initiative died, Democrats are proposing to pay schools the same $7.9 billion that was the heart of the measure and to begin payments the same year, 2011-12.
The funding commitment is part of a massive budget-balancing plan crafted by a joint legislative conference committee and scheduled to be voted on this week by the Senate and Assembly.
Sen. Mimi Walters, R-Laguna Niguel, said the proposal to commit $7.9 billion to schools directly contradicts the people's will.
"The voters have spoken and we need to listen," Walters said.
"Unfortunately, the majority party in Sacramento isn't listening."
Democrats counter that a lawsuit already has been filed by the California Federation of Teachers over the disputed $7.9 billion and, if the state loses, it could be forced to begin payments much sooner than the proposed 2011-12.
"The state is still at risk for owing the entire [amount] immediately," said Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento. "So what the conference committee action allows is for an easy payment plan."
Democrats also argue that 1B was rejected for reasons other than school funding -- voters were angry that the Legislature hadn't solved the state's budget crisis, and they didn't like that 1B would take effect only if Proposition 1A were passed to extend some newly imposed taxes for up to two years.
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