Sen. Dave Cortese is advocating for Senate Bill 743, which aims to redirect state funding to underserved schools, addressing disparities in the current funding model based on property taxes and enrollment. By establishing an education reserve account funded during surplus years, the bill seeks to enhance resources for low-income districts, enabling them to improve education quality, reduce class sizes, and attract better teachers. Advocates emphasize the urgent need for equitable funding to create meaningful educational opportunities for all students.
"This isn't an equalization that works by robbing Peter to pay Paul, that's not how this works. We are adding to public education through general fund surpluses that frankly should've been dedicated to this purpose years and years ago."
"We can invest in that, we know how to do that, we just don't have the funding," Vander Zee told San José Spotlight.
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