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Old 10-06-2009, 10:03 AM
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About California's K–12 System
About half of all California students are Latino and about a third are white.
California’s students face particular academic challenges given that almost half of them are from low-income families and a quarter are identified as English learners.
The state contributes about $6 out of every $10 that goes to public education, and state leaders largely control how much funding each school district in California receives.
Each district has an elected school board that determines how to spend the money allocated by the state, but the board does so within the constraints of state and federal law and (with very few exceptions) collective bargaining commitments.
In 2006–07, California had more than 600 charter schools, serving 3.6% of the state’s K–12 student population.
California’s expenditures per pupil began losing ground compared with the national average in the late 1970s and have remained below the national average since 1982.
More than 80% of school expenditures are for salaries and benefits for certificated staff—including teachers, administrators, and other professionals—and classified staff, such as bus drivers, clerks, and cafeteria workers.
California public schools have only about three-quarters as many staff members as do schools on average in the United States.
Since 1998, California has invested more than $70 billion ($35.4 billion in state bonds plus $36.5 billion in local bond measures) in improving and expanding its school facilities.
http://www.edsource.org/sys_overview.html