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	Rebuttal to Argument Against Proposition 26

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Opponents of Prop. 26 don't seem to understand it.

PROP. 26 ALLOWS A MAJORITY IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES HOW MUCH TO INVEST IN EDUCATION.

Prop. 26 isn't a property tax increase. Prop. 26 gives a majority in each community the power to decide whether to invest in reducing class size, repairing crumbling schools, wiring their schools for computers, or leaving things as they are.

PROP. 26 WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO REDUCE CLASS SIZE.

Reducing class size has proven to improve student performance. Yet, California classrooms are still the most crowded in the nation. We cannot further reduce class size without building more classrooms. Prop. 26 allows each community to decide.

PROP. 26 WILL MAKE SCHOOL BOARDS MORE ACCOUNTABLE FOR HOW THEY SPEND OUR MONEY.

We want to invest in education, but we're tired of seeing our money wasted. Prop. 26 will help prevent problems like Belmont High in the Los Angeles district from occurring in the future. If Prop. 26 passes, voters will have to be told in advance how local bond money will be spent. Prop. 26 mandates that none of the money can be spent on bureaucracy or salaries.

Prop. 26 requires two annual independent audits to make certain bond money is spent correctly.

DIVERSE GROUPS LIKE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, NATIONAL TAXPAYERS ALLIANCE, CALIFORNIA CONGRESS OF SENIORS, CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, AARP, AND CALIFORNIA ORGANIZATION OF POLICE AND SHERIFFS ALL URGE A YES VOTE ON PROP. 26.

JACKI ANTEE
President, AARP

BILL HAUCK
Chairman, California Business for Education Excellence

GAIL DRYDEN
President, League of Women Voters

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