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To: MrLucky who wrote (14952)	3/24/2006 10:45:10 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541119

Prop 13- killed California's formerly excellent schools. Thank you Mr. Jarvis and Mr. Gann. When Prop 13 was on the ballot exactly this result for the schools was forecast. Sometimes the forecasts are right.

To: MrLucky who wrote (14952)	3/24/2006 12:40:43 PM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 541119

At the same time, the study ranked California 43rd among states in education spending per student after adjusting for regional costs differences. Ninety-four percent of the state's students attend schools in districts that spend less than the national average. This paragraph strikes me as the centerpiece of the article. I forget the specific vote but there was a vote some/many years back in which California voters put a cap on such expenses or on the taxes to pay for them. I do know it's viewed as a disaster from NJ. We talk a great deal about high property taxes here but, almost universally, the conversations include a caveat that we have to avoid the California policy. Our problem, NJ, is not enough funding from progressive state income taxes for education. Almost all the costs fall on property taxes.