California Continuation Education Association Document

Title: Veto Message

Author: Governor Pete Wilson

Date: October 10, 1997

Friday, October 10, 1997

"To the members of the Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill No. 792 without my signature.

This bill would establish a formula for equalizing the funding of continuation high schools.

The cost of fully implementing this proposal is almost $60 million. This bill provides $800,000 in resources via redirection for the first year of the program. Therefore, it is a reasonable assumption that the state will be under considerable pressure to provide significant funding in future years.

Another issue, of equal or greater import, is that we don't have basic information on what impact, if any, the different rates of funding are producing in student outcomes. The problem needs to be identified in terms of student achievement, not just discrepancies in funding, before a request for more resources can be discussed," S/Pete Wilson

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