Our kids get one shot at each grade level. When funding falls short, class sizes grow, programs disappear, and the teachers we want to keep leave for somewhere they feel valued. That's not abstract — that's what families in this state have been living through while Sacramento debates numbers on a spreadsheet.
California's Legislature did something important: they passed a budget that puts $2.7 billion more into education than Governor Newsom proposed. That money means real things — smaller classes, fully staffed schools, childcare that working parents can actually afford, and community colleges that stay open and accessible. The Legislature listened to families. Now the governor needs to hear the same thing before he picks up his pen.
I'm asking you to make clear to Governor Newsom that the Legislature's education investments need to survive the final budget negotiations. Don't let those $2.7 billion in education dollars get bargained away before July 1. Our kids, our teachers, and the families counting on childcare subsidies are depending on you to hold the line.
Please fight to protect the Legislature's full education funding in the final signed budget.
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