BILL NUMBER:  SB 84
  VETOED	DATE: 10/11/2009




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To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 84 without my signature.

This bill is unnecessary.  The state made many tough decisions to
balance the budget for 2009-10, including reducing general-purpose
funding for certain local educational agencies in order to ensure the
continuation of the Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA) program,
which provides targeted funding to improve academic achievement in
the state's lowest performing schools.  The intent in making these
reductions was to direct available federal resources to compensate
for the reductions.  This bill would delay implementation of these
reductions until comparable resources are identified, but does not
provide a solution.

Instead, my Administration has identified $355 million in federal
Fiscal Stabilization Funds that have been provided to the State for
the purpose of restoring reductions in the 2008-09 fiscal year.  As a
result, California will have a plan to achieve the savings included
in the 2009-10 Budget, while holding QEIA schools harmless.  With
this plan, it avoids the need for county offices of education to
require school districts to submit revised budgets detailing the
assumed revenue limit reduction that was previously anticipated.

My Administration will be working with the Legislature to implement
this plan.

For these reason, I cannot sign this bill.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger