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Governor’s May Revise (State Budget) Unveiling at 10 AM Today

Byuclafaculty

You can see it live-streamed at 10 AM at www.calchannel.com.  As noted in prior posts, bits and pieces have been leaking out as is traditional.  From the UC perspective, the elements to watch are contingent allocations based on performance goals and earmarks such as for online education.

Another tradition is advance interpretation in the news media:
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2013/05/jerry-brown-to-propose-1-billion-for-common-core-education-standards.html

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/05/14/5417832/browns-revised-budget-has-more.html

http://www.californiascapitol.com/2013/05/where-has-all-the-surplus-gone-gone-to-classrooms-everywhere/

http://www.news10.net/rss/article/244970/525/5-key-things-worth-watching-in-Browns-revised-budget

http://www.edsource.org/today/2013/school-funding-will-be-focus-source-of-contention-of-browns-revised-budget/31977 

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