NOVEMBER 2012BALLOT INTIATIVES

SVEA Rep. Council9/11/12

Daniel Moon, SVEA PresidentLisa Eck, SVEA Executive Director

Today’s GoalsToday’s Goals 1. Educate SVEA leaders & members

2. Provide a forum for Q & A

3. Activate SVEA leaders & members to ensure we are doing everything we can to protect our rights!

This is NOT a partisan issue!

Tennessee Indiana Florida California

April 13, 2011Lengthen time to earn permanent status (due process rights) from 3 years to 5 years

April 20, 2011Governor signed Senate Bill 575 Limits collective bargaining

March 17, 2011Merit pay in 2014 As of July 2011, tenure eliminated. (due process rights). Chips away collective bargaining rights.

Special Exemptions

Act Prop. 32

OnNovember

2012Ballot

June 1, 2011Loss of collective bargaining rights Gave Districts option to “ditch” mandated salary schedule

May 2011Eliminated teacher’s ability to attain permanent status (due process rights)

June 2011Teacher retirements increaseFlorida Comprehensive Assessment Tests

January 24, 2012Virtual Schools (VS). VS will receive the same $6,000 in funding per student.

May 10, 2011Passed bill permitting the creation of VIRTUAL Charter Schools

Test scores = 50% of evaluation. Teachers rating near the bottom for 2 years are fired.

The Faces of Education Reform

Bill Gates Michelle Rhee Jonah Edelman

2012 Nov. Election2012 Nov. Election

Challenge #1:Prop. 32: Special Exemptions Act

November 2012 Election Ballot Initiative

What’s Ahead?What’s Ahead?

Initiative Title: PROHIBITS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS

BY PAYROLL DEDUCTION

INCLUDES PROHIBITIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES

It will eliminate our ability to protect & advocate for: Public education funding;

Teacher retirement and collective bargaining;

Best educational practices (class size, assessment and

testing, standards, instructional materials);

Teacher evaluation tied to multiple measures;

School board elections, and more.

This initiative will kill our ability to communicate our

message to legislators and the public.

IF IF PROP. 32 PROP. 32 passes…passes…

1998 2005 2012

14 years ago 7 years ago Today’s reality!

Prop. 226 Prop. 75 Prop. 32

Californians voted

NO!

Californians voted

NO!

Urging

No Vote

History Repeats ItselfHistory Repeats Itself

In November 2000, Timothy C. Draper spent $25 million--more than half of his own money-- to promote a school-voucher school-voucher proposal proposal in California. In 2000, Draper's Proposition 38 would have required the state to pay $4,000 per year for any child to attend private school.

Bucher & DraperBucher & Draper

Mark Bucher is a successful businessman and O.C. attorney. The prominent, outspoken, politicallyfar-rightfounder of the Educational Alliance, is a longtime public employee AND union adversary. The Ed. Alliance has financially supported numerous candidates running in O.C. school board races over the years.

Then vs. Now: What’s the Difference?Then vs. Now: What’s the Difference?Getting people to think that by voting for the initiative they are taking corporate money out of politics.PROP. 32 proposes to prohibit

unions and corporations from contributing to

candidates or committees that contribute to candidates.

Voters may see this as taking corporate and union money out of the political game, but this is NOT true!

It’s MISLEADING!

Maintains loopholes for corporations to continue to

make unlimited political contributions, giving corporate special interests

even more power.

Singles out middle-class workers and their unions

It does nothing to STOP corporations or CEOs from contributing to campaigns.

Corporations/wealthy almost never use payroll deductions to make campaign contributions.

MISLEADINGMISLEADING

Misleading attempt

to tilt the balancetilt the balance

of power even

more in favor of

the top 1%!

Special ExemptionsSpecial Exemptions

Corporations already outspend unions 15 to 1 on politics. Center for Responsive Politics (CRP), opensecrets.org

UNFAIRUNFAIR

GOAL: to prevent

educators (middle class/workers)

from using their collective

political voice to protect

students, improve schools

and the profession.

UNFAIRUNFAIRThe California Teachers Association will be curtailed from being a strong advocate for:

Increasing funding for schools and colleges,

Preserving adequate salaries and secure retirement plans,

Protecting our right to collectively bargain,

Class Size Reduction, opposing No Child Left Behind, and taking a stand on local school board races & ballot measures.

WE cannot create a better future for our students and our state unless the voices of teachers, firefighters, police and nurses are heard. WE are the voice for the middle class!

UNNECESSARYUNNECESSARY Current law already protects

workers’ political rights

Every CTA/SVEA member can “opt out”

Attempts to fix something that doesn’t need fixing in order to hide its real intent.

In the end, union protection is the greatest union protection is the greatest

protection STUDENTS protection STUDENTS havehave…a “special interest” group

that speaks for children, public education and the teaching profession.

STUDENTS: Our Special InterestSTUDENTS: Our Special Interest

Good decisions include the classroom teacher’s input. Teachers need a voice!

Educational decisions should not be guided by politicians and entrepreneurs who do not have any public education experience.

Prop. 32 would prohibit unionsprohibit unions from

using ANY funds collected by payroll deduction for

political purposes, effectively killing the ability of

unions to raise the funds necessary to fight in the

political arena and maintain a level maintain a level

playing field.playing field.

WE defeated Props. 226 & 75WE defeated Props. 226 & 75

2012 Election2012 Election

Public Education Funding

Challenge #2:Prop. 30: Schools & Local

Public Safety Protection Act

Revenue InitiativeRevenue Initiative

Working together we can work toward erasing our state deficit and put

our state and the families that live here on the path to economic security!

State Budget Review

California Teachers Association

-25.00%

-20.00%

-15.00%

-10.00%

-5.00%

0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13

Cumulative Revenue Limit COLAs & Deficit

Statutory COLA Funded COLA Deficit

Loss of Revenue

Loss of COLA

PROP. 98

Possible Trend When Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012 Passes

Prop. 30: Addresses Public Education Funding & the General Fund

• It’s a fair approach that reaches out to address the most significant needs.

• It appeals to a broad spectrum: business, labor, friends of education, public safety, local government.

• The funds it will generate helps not only K-14 education, but also other essential public service programs.

• It helps repay $$ owed to Prop. 98 while helping balance the state budget by giving an approximate $3B - $5B relief to the General Fund.

• By 2015-16, K-12 schools would get at least an additional $2,500 per student.

1% personal income tax for households earning $500K+ (singles @ $250,000)

Revenue: Two SourcesRevenue: Two Sources

2% personal income tax for households earning $601K+

3% personal income tax for earnings over $1 million

Personal Income tax increases would be in place 2012-2018.

2% of Californians would be impacted

Increase sales tax by a one-quarter (¼) of a penny

Sales tax increases would be in place 2013-2016.

ALL Californians would be impacted.

If Prop. 30 fails . . .fails . . .The current state budget deficit

of approximately $16 billion will experience immediate cuts to balance the 2012-13 budget.

Effective January 1, 2013:

Consequences if Prop. 30 FailsConsequences if Prop. 30 Fails

2012-13 SVEACONTINGENCY LANGUAGE

IF the Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act PASSES in November 2012:1.1. Automatic reinstatement of two (2) additional furlough days to the 12-13 school/employee work year2.2. Parties meet no later than Jan. 15, 2013, to negotiate potential restoration of the remaining six (6) furlough days

SVEA 6/5/12 Rep. Council Meeting

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Competing Revenue InitiativesInitiative Analysis Criteria

Prop 30: Schools and Public Safety Protection Act

Prop 38: Our Children, Our Future (Munger)

Brings State Budget into Balance

$8B+ $3B General Fund/4 yrs.

Prop. 98 Impact $2.9B increase No increase, outside Prop. 98

Who Taxed? Higher income tax on the wealthy; 0.25% sales tax increase for all

Income tax increase for all, on progressive scale

Attractive to Broad Coalition

Labor & business PTA; narrow focus of K-12 & ECE advocates

$/Year Generated $8B - $10B $8-$10BFunds Education and Other Services

Frees up General Fund $ to pay for Higher Ed. & other essential services

K-12 & ECE only; includes bond debt repayment for 4 years

California Teachers Association

Repays $$ Owed to the Education (Prop. 98)

Helps balance the State Budget

Fair & Temporary Approach

Prevents massive Education Cuts

Endorsed by a broad spectrum: business, labor, friends of education, public safety and local government

Funds K-14 Education and Other Essential Public Service Programs (police, fire fighters, nurses, & more)

Prop. 30: Key PointsProp. 30: Key Points

Q & A