but I think my point about "strangling" still stands. If all you have are parcel taxes/construction bonds
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and little flexibility on other categories....
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Serrano v. Priest + Prop. 13, shifted local control of school systems to the state
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @DarwinBondGraha
not even particularly damning, all other states have more or less the same structure.
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Replying to @uscityplanner @DarwinBondGraha
still ranked 41st https://calmatters.org/articles/how-much-has-californias-education-spending-grown-in-last-5-years/ … It's up bc of Prop. 30 but that revenue source is volatile.
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$11K/student by 2020 (if CA doesn't have a massive downturn and have to lay off teachers like last time)
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @DarwinBondGraha
thats a concern shared by other states with far better educational outcomes. its not CA-specific
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Replying to @uscityplanner @DarwinBondGraha
the other confounding factor is the % of ESL kids... our demographics have changed. Test scores, as you know
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @DarwinBondGraha
test scores are high for Asian immigrants!
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Replying to @uscityplanner @DarwinBondGraha
post-1965 legal immigration policy selects for educated immigrants. Undocumented flows are different.
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also CA K-12 population is more than 50% Latino now. http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sd/cb/ceffingertipfacts.asp … Asian-American is 8.7%
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