Gov. Brown ponders shorter school year to save money
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Children in frigid areas have "snow day" school closures. Could students across sunny California face "budget days" in bad fiscal times?
Gov. Jerry Brown and school officials warn that shutting down school one month early - 20 instructional days - is a real possibility next year without an extension of higher taxes. Some see Hawaii, which slashed 17 days in 2009-10, as an example that drastic measures are possible.
But there remain significant hurdles to imposing a monthlong closure in California, particularly getting approval from teachers' unions and lawmakers. Republicans suggest that Democrats are raising the possibility as a scare tactic.
Gov. Jerry Brown and school officials warn that shutting down school one month early - 20 instructional days - is a real possibility next year without an extension of higher taxes. Some see Hawaii, which slashed 17 days in 2009-10, as an example that drastic measures are possible.
But there remain significant hurdles to imposing a monthlong closure in California, particularly getting approval from teachers' unions and lawmakers. Republicans suggest that Democrats are raising the possibility as a scare tactic.
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