Levine Op-Ed in the Los Angeles Daily News: Cutbacks Would Lead to Bleak School Year

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Note: Assemblymember Levine will join Dr. David Long, the Governor's Secretary of Education and other panelists today at the California state PTA convention in Long Beach, to discuss the proposed school budget cuts at a workshop called "Hot Topics of the Legislature."

This op-ed appeared in today's Los Angeles Daily News:

"CALIFORNIANS are gearing up for the dog days of summer at the beach, lounging in the bleacher seats at Dodger Stadium and in summer-school classrooms.

That's right, summer school -- where many kids today are willing to give up their Boogie boards for books to improve a grade, jump on the math fast track or get physical education out of the way to take Advanced Placement chemistry in the fall.

For a good many California teens, summer school is usually the prep work needed to get into the college of their choice.

But Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed budget -- which cuts $4.8billion in education funding - is throwing a wrench into summer school, and it's not even June. Such slashing could cause big problems for college-bound students. ..."

Go to the Daily News for more.