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In article <2ACF197C.2176@ics.uci.edu>, bstarr@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Brian Joseph Starr) writes:
> In <BvL4JC.Gq5@well.sf.ca.us> rchao@well.sf.ca.us (Robert Chao) writes:
> I think part of the problem is that we had so much farther to fall than
> most other school systems.  I mean, the UC system was probably the best
> state university in the nation.  It was very well funded, and, I suppose,
> that made it an obvious target when it came time to slash the budget. As
> you know, California is also suffering more than usual in this current
> "downturn", and, on the average, our situation is worse than the nation.
 
>>It is my impression that California schools' financial problems are
>>worse than other states' schools.
>>If that is true, why?

Another part of it is that local schools are funded largely
through property taxes. However, prop 103 (or whatever the number
was) which froze property tax levels has resulted in rather
dramatically choking off this source of funding. The property tax
battles for school funding are waged in other states as well, but
none have quite the uneven battleground CA has.

-dh