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Calif. public school groups sue Gov. Brown for more funding
FILE: Jerry Brown (L) walks home with his campaign manager Steven Glazer after voting June 8, 2010 in Oakland, California.
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Calif. public school groups sue Gov. Brown for more funding
Three California public school districts and two educators' groups sued Gov. Jerry Brown Wednesday. They claim that he and other elected officials unconstitutionally yanked $2 billion from the state's public schools this year.
The groups claim that Gov. Brown should not have given the money California had guaranteed to nearly 10,000 schools to cities and counties.
Martha Fluor, president of the California School Boards Association, says Brown shortchanged public schools by calculating a funding guarantee from the lesser amount left in the state's general fund. "I'm hoping that the state will do the right thing," said Fluor, "that they will acknowledge that what they did was unconstitutional, and they will give us back the money in some way or fashion."
The spokesman for the state finance department said Brown redirected tax revenue to cities and counties to help pay for the release of nonviolent parolees. The state constitution gives the governor power to reallocate money under some circumstances.
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