League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Santa Clara County, CA November 2, 2004 Election
	Rebecca Cohn Answers Questions Candidate for Member of the State Assembly; District 24

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Questions & Answers

2. What should the state's priorities be for K-12 education? For the Community College System?

I have been a champion of education, having conducted a reading program that has touched almost every local second grade class.

The bottom line is that I feel our children are our most valuable commodity, they represent our future, so why should we skimp and cut in an area that represents so much to California and its' families.

I am disappointed that there was a $2 billion cut to K-12 and that admissions were cut for eligible students at UC and CSU for the first time in the state's history.

And in this regard, I am committed to work to make sure there are no more cuts to K-12. Spending per student is now well below the national average. If we're going to remain competitive, we've got to make sure we provide a quality education to every child in this state.

And, I am excited to have been part of the team that was able to restore higher education funding, so some students who had been turned away were able to enroll after all. But it was too late for most. They enrolled somewhere else. The Legislature failed to keep its promise to these students and to their parents. I don't believe we should ever let that happen again.