Bill Text: CA SB637 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Education finance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-01 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB637 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB637-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 637	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Romero

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act relating to education finance.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 637, as introduced, Romero. Education finance.
   The California Constitution requires the state, from all state
revenues, to first set apart the moneys to be applied for the support
of the public school system and public institutions of higher
education. The Constitution requires that the moneys to be applied by
the state for the support of school districts and community college
districts be not less than the greater of 3 amounts computed pursuant
to specified tests. Statutory provisions require the Superintendent
of Public Instruction to perform various computations for purposes of
allocating these moneys to local educational agencies in the form of
revenue limit funding and grants for various categorical education
programs.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation regarding public school finance.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation regarding public school finance.