Despite sparing education amidst large-scale state cuts, the governor's revised budget proposal is not likely to save the San Mateo-Foster City School District from making heavy slashes to its own meager budget for next year, says the superintendent.
Gov. Gray Davis yesterday proposed a $676 million increase to the $33.2 billion education budget, with 7.3 percent increases in per-pupil spending, a $7.7 million increase for special education, and a significant $540.8 million one-time allocation to help school districts offset rising energy costs.
But his budget also cuts the cost-of-living adjustment from 3.91 to 3.87 percent, and is cutting in half to $160 million funding for teacher training to improve student performance in reading and math.
San Mateo-Foster City School District Superintendent Rick Damelio said that although he has not reviewed the governor's revised budget, he doesn't think that the district will get the $900,000 it needs to
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