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California State Lottery. Allocation for Instructional
Materials. Legislative Initiative Amendment.
Rebuttal to Argument in Favor of Proposition 20
 

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All school children need up-to-date textbooks and instructional materials.

But PROP. 20 is NOT the answer.

• Prop. 20 IS UNNECESSARY.


The California State budget already provides ongoing funding for textbooks. In addition, a new state program is providing $1 billion for textbooks over the next four years.Prop. 20 TAKES AWAY LOCAL CONTROL.

Presently, the use of the lottery dollars that come to local schools is left to the decision-making of local school boards and allocated for local priorities.

• Prop. 20 takes away this local control--just one more way for Sacramento politicians and bureaucrats to meddle in local school decision-making. We need less meddling, not more.

Prop. 20's MANDATE MAY REDUCE LOCAL SPENDING ON SPECIAL LOCAL PROJECTS.

Because lottery funds fluctuate every year, many local districts dedicate these "unstable" funds to one-time-only expenditures, like science equipment, special training, emergency repairs, reading workshops, computers, and wiring for computers and other learning technology. Allowing each district to choose what they need most is the best use of lottery funds.

We want the best public education we can provide our children. We want SMALLER CLASS SIZES, BETTER FACILITIES, MORE ACCOUNTABILITY and higher TEST SCORES.

BUT WE ALSO BELIEVE IN LOCAL CONTROL AND LOCAL DECISION-MAKING about how to achieve those goals.

No one knows better what our students need than those closest to them . . . the local teachers, principals, and school boards in their own communities.

PROP. 20 TAKES AWAY LOCAL CONTROL. VOTE NO on PROP. 20.
WAYNE JOHNSON
President, California Teachers Association

SANDY CLIFTON
President, Association of California School Administrators

LESLIE DeMERSSEMAN
President, California School Boards Association
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