CA: Budget cuts will greatly impact the students directly

California schools struggling with budget-trimming decisions

Los Angeles Times  February 23, 2009

Under the budget approved by the state of California on Thursday, schools and community
colleges will be forced to cut $7.4 billion from their budgets this
year and $3.2 billion next year.  In previous years with budget cuts educators were able to trim areas not visible to parents and students, but this time teacher layoffs, increasing class sizes, and the eliminations of programs that are not mandated by state and federal
law will affect everyone.