What Makes It News?
San Jose Mercury News writers tackled “Gov.
Jerry Brown unveils ‘good news’ budget revision” this week. Part of the coverage revealed that Gov. Brown
negotiated with both sides of the alley before he recut the state’s January budget.
But this time, Democrats were angered that their efforts to strengthen certain
educational programs landed on the threshing floor.
Governor Brown plans for education included leaving pre-K programs at same levels; and
advancing the state’s contribution to the retirement system for teachers and
also demand that the educators funding increases to 35 percent of their
payroll. It would be interesting to focus on the teacher’s retirement system,
mostly after California large cities Stockton and Vallejo de-funded retirement plans after filling bankruptcy.
News value
Impact: The news impacts the entire
region: families with kids, the recruitment of future teachers and the level of
education taught in public schools; plus employers seeking educated local applicants will decide if staying in the region is good
for there future growth.
Conflict: Teachers salaries in Santa Clara
County travels the scale from the top in the state at $103, 000 in Mountain
View-Los Altos to San Jose Unified at $67,100.
This shift will determine how much a threat that a 35 percent bite out of their paychecks for the state’s retirement program will change their lifestyles
or their desire to remain in the county.
( source: Sacramento Bee)
Local Angle: A report
might reach out to local teachers to discuss how they will manage a change in
their take-home pay and how they think
it might impact hiring new educators in the future. Education News shows California sitting at a
grade C and it might be interesting to review how this cut and other
educational shifts might impact that grade.
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