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Measure G Quality Local Schools and Academic Excellence Measure Hayward Unified School District Parcel Tax - 2/3 Approval Required Pass: 12736 / 70.83% Yes votes ...... 5245 / 29.17% No votes
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Results as of Jul 12 3:12pm, 100.00% of Precincts Reporting (105/105) |
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To protect critical education programs, with funds that cannot be taken by the State, including: math, reading, writing, and hands-on science classes/labs; enhancing library services, technology and college preparation programs; providing programs for all students to meet State academic standards; and attracting and retaining qualified teachers; shall Hayward Unified School District be authorized to levy $58 per parcel annually, for five years, with an exemption for senior citizens, mandatory citizens' oversight and all money used for classrooms?
DONNA R. ZIEGLER County Counsel
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Arguments For Measure G |
Our schools need stable funding that cannot be taken by the state. Measure G will
help maintain quality schools in Hayward and help our students achieve academic
excellence.
Successive state fiscal crisis have led to drastic funding cuts in our classrooms, generating more than $26 million in cuts in our schools With ongoing state cuts to education and unpredictable state funding for the next several years, we cannot allow our schools to decline any further. Measure G will not solve all of our funding needs. It will however prevent more devastating cuts to Hayward Unified classrooms, operations and academic programs, by:
Measure G requires:
Argument in Favor of Measure G Signers 1. K. Mercedes Faraj; Hayward Ed. Association-Pres 2. Jerry W Macklin; Pastor 3. Julie R. McKillop; CPA/Business Owner 4. Doris J. Rodriquez; Retired Councilmember/ Grand Parent 5. Ken Rawdon; Mt Eden High Teacher, Choir Director
(No arguments against Measure G were submitted) |
Full Text of Measure G |
This Measure may be known and referred to as the "Quality Local Schools and Academic Excellence Measure" or as "Measure G".
FINDINGS: The California budget crisis has led to funding cuts at the Hayward Unified School District (the "District") and to classroom support for students. The decline in California's economy, followed by a decline in State revenues, has led to drastic reductions in school districts' financial resources. Federal stimulus aid resulted in a significant infusion of one-time additional financial resources for the District and helped to mitigate the impact on some + but not all + of the cuts.However, federal support was not a permanent solution and the further deterioration in the California State budget has exacerbated the effects on Hayward schools. This 2011-12 fiscal year, the District will be forced to address budget reductions in the amount of $7.4 million as a result of the Governor's November 2012 budget trigger. Additionally, the District has sustained losses in excess of $26 million since the 2008-09 fiscal years related to increasingly declining California state revenues. The Board of Trustees of the District (the "Board") has determined, in its best judgment, that in order to maintain quality local schools and to achieve academic excellence, an election is advisable and has placed a local funding measure on the June 5, 2012 ballot: To protect critical education programs, with funds that cannot be taken by the State, including:
Based upon these findings, provides as follows: Section 1. Terms of the Measure.
The qualified special tax shall be known and referred to as the "Quality Local Schools and Academic Excellence Measure" or "Measure G." Proceeds of the Measure shall be authorized to be used to provide quality education in the District by: To protect critical education programs, with funds that cannot be taken by the State, including:
Section 2. Accountability Provisions.
Section 3. Levy and Collection.
Section 4. Severability. The Board hereby declares, and the voters by approving this Measure concur, that every section, paragraph, sentence and clause of this measure has independent value, and the Board and the voters would have adopted each provision hereof regardless of every other provision hereof. Upon approval of this Measure by the voters, should any part be found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid for any reason, all remaining parts hereof shall remain in full force and effect to the fullest extent allowed by law. |