Shall the City create a fund to increase the City's
spending for public education over the
next eleven years?
Proposition H is a Charter amendment that would
create a Public Education Fund for the next eleven fiscal
years (FY) to
increase City funding for public education. The City
would contribute
to the Fund as follows:
- $10 million in FY 2005-06;
- $20 million in FY 2006-07;
- $30 million in FY 2007-08;
- $45 million in FY 2008-09;
- $60 million in FY 2009-10; and
- For the last five years of the measure, the City's
annual contribution
to the Fund would increase or decrease by the same
percentage
as General Fund revenues not already required to be
spent for specific purposes.
Each year, the City would spend money from the Fund
as follows:
- One-third would go to the School District for arts,
music, sports
and library programs;
- One-third would go to the First Five Commission for
preschool
programs; and
- One-third would go to the School District for general
education
purposes.
Measure H does not create any new revenue source for
the Fund.
The Fund would be used to increase, rather than
replace, existing City
funding for public education. The City could reduce its
payments to
the School District under limited circumstances.
Measure H would also require that:
- the School District and City departments study the
health, counseling,
social work and nutrition needs of public school
students;
and
- the School District and First Five Commission
prepare a spending
plan each year.
- A YES vote of this measure means:
- If you vote "yes," you want to create a special
fund to increase the City's spending for public
education over the
next 11 years.
- A NO vote of this measure means:
- If you vote "no," you do not want to create this
special fund.
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