On the 2024 NAEP reading exam, 72 percent of California fourth graders failed to score at the proficient level, while 75 percent of eighth graders failed to achieve proficiency on the math exam.
Despite a $12 billion budget deficit, Governor Gavin Newsom still proposes to spend more on the state’s public schools, despite findings of a Georgetown University study showing that California is not getting education bang for its taxpayer buck.
Newsom’s updated budget includes $137.8 billion in total education funding, which consists of state, federal, and local tax dollars allotted to TK-12 education. This amount is nearly 3 percent more than the $133.8 billion in total education funding in the current 2024-25 budget.
The Education Data Initiative calculated that California ranks 16th in education funding among the states.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.
Newsom’s ed budget: high spending, low results
Lance Izumi
On the 2024 NAEP reading exam, 72 percent of California fourth graders failed to score at the proficient level, while 75 percent of eighth graders failed to achieve proficiency on the math exam.
Despite a $12 billion budget deficit, Governor Gavin Newsom still proposes to spend more on the state’s public schools, despite findings of a Georgetown University study showing that California is not getting education bang for its taxpayer buck.
Newsom’s updated budget includes $137.8 billion in total education funding, which consists of state, federal, and local tax dollars allotted to TK-12 education. This amount is nearly 3 percent more than the $133.8 billion in total education funding in the current 2024-25 budget.
The Education Data Initiative calculated that California ranks 16th in education funding among the states.
Read the entire Capitol Weekly op-ed here.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.