Dear Editor:
Unfortunately, the budget crisis is not the only reason for
layoff of teachers. Good old Sacramento politics can also be blamed
for the problem.
Dear Editor:
Unfortunately, the budget crisis is not the only reason for layoff of teachers. Good old Sacramento politics can also be blamed for the problem.
A law signed last fall by Gov. Gray Davis prohibits school districts from contracting services if it undercuts school district pay rates of janitors, drivers and other non-teaching employees. Contracting some services could result in savings, which could be used to retain teachers. How is it that the state can justify funding cuts to school districts but not allow them the flexibility to cut expenses at a time of financial distress?
Apparently the answer lies with the power that the California Schools Employees Association has over the legislature and the governor. This appears to be another example of pay for play that the Davis administration has so frequently employed.
Meddling by Sacramento politicians in the affairs of school districts is the reason public schools are failing to in their effort to provide quality education. Kids will be hurt unless this bad law is repealed.
Warren Seifert, Gilroy
Submitted Wednesday, March 19 to ed****@****ic.com
