1. Children’s Education & Health Care Protection Act
The Initiative Will Extend the Proposition 30 Income Tax on the Top 2% Earners in the State

2. The Need to Extend the Income Tax Portion of Prop 30 until 2030
Proposition 30 monies allowed SDEA to increase wages, lower class sizes & caseloads, and maintain benefits, but the income tax will sunset in 2018.
Proposition 30 monies raised education funding to the state guaranteed level prior to the recession.
CA School Funding per student is below average when compared with other states.

3. Proposition 98 * Proposed budget
In Gov. Brown’s proposed budget, the state’s K-12 per-pupil funding ( Proposition 98) would rise to $10,591 in , up $368 from the current year and an increase of nearly $3,600 compared with

4. Prop. 98, approved by votes in 1988, guarantees a minimum level of funding to be spent on K-14 education. The budget plan pegs the Prop. 98 funding level at $71.6 billion.

5. Top 10 States in Per-Pupil Spending
Expenditures, Adjusted for
Regional Cost-of-Living
Differences (2013)
Rank
(2013)
Vermont
$18,853 1
Alaska
$18,565 2
New York
$17,291 3
Wyoming
$17,256 4
New Jersey
$15,511 5
Connecticut
$15,340 6
New Hampshire
$14,502 7
Maine
$14,310 8
District of Columbia
$14,087 9
Rhode Island
$14,071 10
California
$8,216 46
Education Week’s annual “Quality Counts” report, released in January, found California ranked 46th compared with all other states in per-pupil spending. The report analyzed 2013 dated, which was the latest available. Each state’s figures were adjusted for regional cost-of-living differences. California’s adjusted figures for 2013 was $8,216 – or $3,451 below the national average and $10,637 less than Vermont’s, the highest in the nation. For the past seven years, California has consistently ranked near the bottom of the chart.

6. Steps to Make Sure the Children’s Education & Health Care Protection Act Qualifies for the November Ballot
Hold a union meeting at your site.
Discuss with your union colleagues the importance of increased education funding.
Review initiative and signature gathering .
Ask for volunteers to become signature gatherers for the initiative.