California’s 2013 budget promotes the privatization of education

Source: wsws.org Posted By: jack P...4106 days ago

On January 10, California Governor Jerry Brown presented an education budget for the 2013-2014 year. Under the cloak of a small increase in school funding, the budget pushes for the dramatic expansion of charter schools. At the same time, it funnels money extracted from the populace into the pockets of Wall Street, in the form of debt payments.

The 2013 education budget is the logical outgrowth of the 2012 election measure, Proposition 30. Proposition 30 levied a new sales tax, a regressive measure....

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