Muratsuchi opposes education funding proposal
Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi, who represents the 66th district, which includes Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, and Redondo Beach. Photo alforassembly.com Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi opposes Governor Jerry Brown’s plan to redistribute education funding amongst all school districts in accordance with what the legislature is calling a Local Control Funding Formula. Brown is proposing the first balanced budget in six years. Public education is the only area earmarked for increased funding, and the governor is aiming to establish base funding levels for all school districts and provide additional grants for districts with large populations of low-income students, English learners, and foster youth. At the most basic level, it is a “weighted” formula, and the weight is being given to disadvantaged students. The formula streamlines and localizes control over funding and represents an effort to smooth out the kinks in a system that Muratsuchi admits is currently “illogical and unequitable.” But he worries about the state implementing redistribution measures at a time when public education is still hurting in the wake of massive cuts. “On the positive side, the governor is trying to simplify…
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