California State K-12 Budget Notes

Nanette Asimov:

The proposal

The governor wants to spend $40.5 billion from the general fund for K-12 education, up slightly from his January proposal and 1.2 percent more than is being spent this fiscal year. For classroom spending, that translates to $8,681 per pupil, up from $8,569. Career-technical education gets a big boost, with $25 million for vocational counselors, $100 million for equipment, and $50 million for nursing programs.

The bottom line

Besides students aiming to study a trade, winners are growing districts. Less lucky are those like San Francisco and Oakland with declining enrollments. San Francisco, for example, would get about $12 million more than last year, up from $11.5 million in January. But it's about $5 million less than last year because 1,000 students will leave.

Wisconsin's per student spending averages about $9,200 - the Madison School District's is $13,684.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 15, 2007 8:29 AM
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