Issue link: http://educator.cta.org/i/1476161
Compiled by Julian Peeples Quotes & Numbers $1.1 billion Additional funding for community schools included in the 2022-23 California State Budget, which was signed into law by Gov. Newsom on June 30. 27 School shootings nationwide in 2022, including the tragic May 24 mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 21 dead, including 19 children. $100 million Funding approved last year for community colleges to hire more full-time faculty — now under investigation by the California State Auditor due to questions about whether colleges spent the money for the intended purpose. " You read books; you don't ban them. You teach the truth about our history; you don't deny it. You protect our children's safety, not the gunmakers' profits. You see our children as they are; you don't deny their identities." — NEA Executive Director Kim Anderson, during her speech at the 2022 Representative Assembly " Proposition 13 is just one example of what happens when a purported progressive state allows a privileged few to hoard opportunities and resources at the expense of the greater good." — Report by the Opportunity Institute on the impact of Prop. 13 on intergenerational inequities in schools and communities. (The 1978 California constitutional amendment limits property taxes to 1 percent of the property 's assessed value, resulting in slowed growth in property tax revenues — a main source of education funding) " Again and again, you have been champions of social justice, and it is clear educators are a central part of moving our nation forward … You are not only essential to our children's future — you are essential to the future of our democracy." — Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States, during her visit to the 2022 NEA Representative Assembly " It's very frustrating to hear people say, 'It's not about the guns.' The shooter killed six people on my campus in 16 seconds. Sixteen seconds! … It's discouraging to keep hearing these arguments from people who haven't experienced this. They have no clue. The only thing that will help is less guns." — Kaitlin Holt, Saugus High choir teacher and Hart District Teachers Association member, who treated a student's gunshot wounds during the 2018 Saugus High shooting 50 Islander Images/Unsplash Y E A R S S I N C E the adoption of Title IX, the federal legislation that granted all student-athletes equitable access to competitive sports, as well as educational and professional opportunities. 14 cta.org In the Know