Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed spending plan this week includes $2.4 billion in new ongoing investments for special education and paid pregnancy leave for teachers — issues teachers have brought front and center in the face of high living costs and staff retention struggles.
While education advocates said the plan released Thursday and known as the “May Revise” is a significant improvement from Newsom’s January proposal, they say the governor still owes schools money from the state’s general fund.
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“Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May Budget Revise contains welcome provisions that will benefit public schools,” California School Board Association President Debra Schade said in a statement. But, she continued, “the administration’s generosity in some areas is undercut by its inclusion of funding for one-time projects and one-size-fits-all mandates instead of investing those resources in base funding.”
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