Proposition Summary

EDUCATION FUNDING. REAL PROPERTY PARCEL TAX. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE. Provides additional public school funding for kindergarten through grade 12. Funded by $50 tax on each real property parcel. Exempts certain elderly and disabled homeowners. Funds must be used for class size reduction, textbooks, school safety, Academic Success facility grants, and data system to evaluate educational program effectiveness. Provides for reimbursement to General Fund to offset anticipated decrease in income tax revenues due to increased deductions attributable to new parcel tax. Requires school district audits, penalties for fund misuse. Revenue excluded from minimum education funding (Proposition 98) calculations. Summary of Legislative Analyst’s Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact: State parcel tax revenue of roughly $450 million annually, allocated to school districts for specified education programs.

Proposition Number

88

Year

2006

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Fail

Popular Vote Results

Y:1947312;A:23.3;N:6396956;B:76.7

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Initiative CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE.

For Author

REED HASTINGS, Past President, California State Board of Education; JACK O'CONNELL, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Against Author

DR. TOM BOGETICH, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (Ret.); JON COUPAL, President, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association; JOEL FOX, President, Small Business Action Committee

Rebuttal Author

CLIFFORD CORIGLIANO, SR., Teacher of the Year, 2003; ART PEDROZA, Member, California and American Federations of Teachers, AFL-CIO; LORIE McCANN, Parent-Teachers Association, Local President --

Rebuttal Against Author

SHELBI WILSON, California Teacher of the Year, 2006; RUSSELL "RUSTY" HAMMER, Former Chamber of Commerce Executive; STEPHANIE PRIDMORE, Local PTA President

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