Brown's budget gives education big boost

Source: sfgate.com Posted By: Lillie S...4005 days ago

Over the next few years, California's public schools will reap billions of extra dollars in revenue as the state slowly emerges from the Great Recession.

From 2011-12 to 2016-17, school funding will jump by $19 billion from $47.3 billion to $66.5 billion, according to Gov. Jerry Brown, who presented his revised spending plan for the next fiscal year on Tuesday. The plan includes a $2.9 billion increase in the current year.

But public education is the only area of the state budget that is seeing....

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