School Financial Emergency

From CA Dept of Education - What's New

Reports to the education community and the public on the impact of California's state budget crisis on education funding.

On January 6, 2011, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson declared a state of financial emergency in California’s schools. He launched a department-wide review and urged Californians to come to the aid of schools across the state.

"There’s simply no other way to describe it: this is an emergency. Every day, teachers, school employees, and principals are performing miracles, but the $18 billion in cuts over the last three years are taking their toll. We have 174 districts teetering on the financial brink. If this isn’t an emergency, I don’t know what is. The law won’t let me call out the National Guard. So I’m saying to every Californian: ‘Your schools need your help. And they need it now.’"

— Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction

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