Should funding for before and after school programs be
substantially increased, and starting in 2004-05, should general funds be permanently earmarked for this program?
Increases state grant funds available for before and after school programs providing tutoring, homework assistance, and educational enrichment. Establishes priority for continued funding level for schools already receiving grants. Makes public elementary, middle and junior high schools, including charter schools, eligible for grants ranging from $50,000 to $75,000. Provides priority for additional funding for schools with predominantly low-income students. Declares that funding for before and after school programs shall be above Proposition 98 base funding, and at least $85 million for first year increasing to $550 million annually if state revenues grow. Summary of estimate by of fiscal impact on state and local governments:
This measure would have a major fiscal effect of additional annual state costs for before and after school programs that could exceed $400 million annually, beginning in 2004-2005.
- A YES vote of this measure means:
- The state would provide
additional funding of up to $455
million to before and after school
programs.
- A NO vote of this measure means:
- Funding for before and after school
programs would continue to
depend on annual legislative
action.
- Summary of Arguments FOR Proposition 49:
- Major university studies show
after-school programs reduce gang
activity, drugs and juvenile
incarceration while protecting
kids, improving grades, saving
taxpayers $3 for every $1 invested
through reduced costs for juvenile
crime, grade repetition, and
remedial education. Proposition 49
endorsements: California Taxpayers'
Association, Teachers
Association, PTA, Sheriffs, AARP,
Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Full Text of Argument In Favor,
Rebuttal
- Summary of Arguments AGAINST Proposition 49:
- Proposition 49 would unfairly take
one program with a powerful
sponsor and guarantee its funding
every year. It would fall outside the
budget process--even in tough
economic times when it might take
money away from more critical
needs like environmental
protection, health care, public
safety and other children's
programs.
Full Text of Argument Against,
Rebuttal
- Contact FOR Proposition 49:
- Citizens for After School
Programs
3110 Main Street #210
Santa Monica, CA 90405
310-664-9120
info@joinarnold.com
http://www.joinarnold.com
- Contact AGAINST Proposition 49:
- Trudy Schafer
League of Women Voters of
California
926 J Street, Suite 515
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-442-3236
stop49@lwvc.org
http://www.stop49.org
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Official Information
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Legislative Analysts's Office
Nonpartisan Information
League of Women Voters - Analysis
League of Women Voters - Background
Action Alliance for Children
California Budget Project
EdSource
- Voter Guide
- impartial analysis and summarization of the major arguments pro and con.
California Voter Foundation
News and Analysis
KQED-FM Forum 88.5 San Francisco
Contra Costa Times
KXTV Channel 10, Sacramento
Modesto Bee
Oakland Tribune
Sacramento Bee
San Francisco Chronicle
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