[quote=jennyo]
Also, can’t get savings in schools – Prop 98 sets a minimum guarantee. So even if enrollement declines, funding stays flat and just doesn’t grow. That’s why you hear teachers unions yelling about “cuts” when really they just aren’t growing at previous levels.[/quote]

Oh you could get funds from the schools, prop 98 allows 3 different formulas to fund, and this year the GUbinator is using the least used one. It will cut 7 billion in future school spending, I think by mostly not allowing preprogramed increases to take effect.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/14/MNS4159KA4.DTL&type=printable