BILL NUMBER:  AB 18
  VETOED	DATE: 09/19/2012




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 18 without my signature.

This bill would establish a 21-member California Task Force on School
Finance to review and analyze alternative formulas for allocating
funds to public schools.

I agree that California's complex school finance laws need urgent
attention. Creating a task force, however, may actually delay action
on reforms.

Rather than create a task force, let's work together and craft a fair
Weighted Student Formula.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.