CA: Good Money After Bad (Almost half the budget goes to education, state finishes at bottom)

LOL.....well they have a much higher divorce rate than Calif, so I guess they don't have family values. They seem to spawn alot of mother's that kill their children in bathtubs or with other various means, they can't even control the state senators and assemblymen that run out of state and hide.......of course, I wouldn't call all of Texas or Texans anything but patriotic and I would be on the side of any conservative no matter the state.....but it seems like if you are a conservative from Calif then somehow you are of lesser value........just doesn't wash.

Had the federal government carried out its responsibility to stop illegal immigration and addressed the issues of legal immigration, California taxpayers would not be facing the massive expense of providing thousands of new classrooms. Discussing the need for more school facilities without also discussing the main source for that need, therefore, misleads the public by artificially limiting the scope of the problem and the field of possible solutions.

25% of the students statewide are English Language Learners (40% in LAUSD according to Superintendent Roy Romer). Most, but not all of the English Language Learners are illegal immigrants or the children of illegal immigrants. This results in the children of U.S. Citizens being shortchanged by approximately $11.6 Billion. Say goodbye to counselors, nurses, field trips, music education, P.E., and art; U.S. Citizens can no longer expect their children to have the things that they had in school. If you are fortunate, you have a PTA that spends all year to raise the funds to pay for the things that the school budget used to provide. But, like the lottery, the more money that comes from the PTA, the more money the politicians and state school system takes from your local school.

In 2003-04, about 305,000 LAUSD students were native Spanish speakers, about 94 percent of the district's students learning English as a second language. Their Academic Performance Index, is below average and they repesent 65% of the dropouts in the district and those who stay are are among the lowest scorers on the California High School Exit Exam. Only 53 percent of passed the math portion, and 57 percent passed the language portion. Compare this to the other students in the district, 85 percent passed the math portion and 88 percent the language portion.

The growth in the number of these students in the last dacade has doubled accounting for the district's entire population growth, according to the Department of Education.

The Foreign-born in CA is now 27% and is to increase to 29.8% of state population by 2030.

Forty-one percent of all immigrants to California settle in Los Angeles, another 9 percent in Orange County. More than 16,000 immigrants settled in one zip code in Burbank, a suburban city in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, and more than 25,000 new immigrants settled in two zip codes in San Francisco.

The newcomers will not be expected to pay for their education but these taxes will levied on the established native residences. The country of Orange with fewer illegal immigrants for example keeps less of the tax dollars while LA county receives more tax dollars than paid. The natives of California, who had but the sculls system, only to have it be destroyed and levied huge taxes in return have had it!

http://www.votemj.com/EndIllegalImmigration.html

http://www.pacificresearch.org/pub/sab/educat/00_ed_index/edindex.htm

http://juantornoe.blogs.com/hispanictrending/2005/01/immigration_boo.html

Its not the quantity of our children's education that should matter with what we spend on their behalf. Its the quality of the education. Are we getting good quality instruction for half the budget set aside annually for education? Most Californians would say NO. Liberals like Jack O'Connell don't quite get it. They keep suckering us with talk things will get better if only they had still more money. Wow - with all the money they have now, its stunning no one even bothers to ask the obvious question: are our kids being equipped with the tools and skills they need to succeed in life?? You'd think our politicians would know the answer.

(Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News.")

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