Support for The Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Act
of 2004
WHEREAS The
Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004 (2004
Statewide School Bond) provides $12.3 billion in general obligation bonds to
relieve overcrowding, reduce class size and repair and upgrade California’s
elementary, middle and high schools, community colleges and universities; and
WHEREAS The
2004 Statewide School Bond measure is the second half of a two-part statewide education
bond package to repair, upgrade and build new school facilities, and the first
half of the package (Proposition 47) was approved by California’s voters in
2002, and passage of the second half of the package is equally as important to
continue the work we’ve started; and
WHEREAS Within
6 weeks of voter approval of Proposition 47 more than 300 school districts and
their school construction and repair projects funded, and the remainder of the
2002 bond funds will soon be exhausted as new classrooms are built and old
schools are repaired; and
WHEREAS California
has the second most overcrowded classrooms in the country; 22% of all K-12
public school students are on year-round class schedules because there isn’t
enough space in overcrowded school districts; and one third of all K-12
classrooms in the state are portable trailers; and
WHEREAS The
2004 Statewide School Bond provides matching funds for school districts that
have already or will soon pass local school construction bond measures; and
WHEREAS More
than 710,000 new students are expected to seek enrollment at a
RESOLVED That the Academic Senate of San Francisco State University support
the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004 as a
way to fund the need for facilities facing
RESOLVED That the Academic Senate SFSU
urge campus administrators and organizations to increase public awareness of
the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004 and
its importance to public education in California; and be if finally:
RESOLVED that this support be
communicated to the committee for YES on the Kindergarten-University Public
Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004