A state budget that makes $25 billion in cuts will drastically impact the Sacramento region—especially the $9.6 billion education industry in six counties. “The education industry is critical to our region’s economic prosperity,” said Matthew Mahood, Sacramento Metro Chamber president & CEO. “Not only for the work the sector does to educate our residents—but also for the huge injection of dollars into the region. Education institutions employ thousands of people who make consumer purchases th... hsilliman Hal Silliman comment-49223 2011-04-15T16:28:20Z 2011-04-15T16:28:20Z Yes, perhaps they were coming back from Old Sacramento on a field trip. Also on Friday, there were 2 Folsom school bands playing in the Downtown Plaza--doing a really great job. Their musicanship was fantastic. School is learning how to be a part of the world. Hal Silliman 2011-04-15T16:28:20Z Hal Silliman comment-49222 2011-04-15T16:25:54Z 2011-04-15T16:25:54Z The numbers came from the S.F. Examiner. As to UC Davis' portion, that's from an official UC Davis publication: Budget Plan A Kelly Ratliff, associate vice chancellor in charge of the budget, outlined the campus’s budget shortfall: • $73 million cut in state funds (UC Davis’ share of an overall cut of $500 million in UC funding). Hal Silliman 2011-04-15T16:25:54Z Tony Sheppard comment-49189 2011-04-15T04:26:31Z 2011-04-15T04:26:31Z That number for Budget cuts to the UC and CSU systems is off, I think. The CSU is currently slated for a $500m cut in an estimate based on the tax extension going to ballot and passing, If that doesn't happen, then the CSU alone can expect approx. $1B in cuts. That's over 40% of its state funding, following multiple and significant prior cuts. And the funding formula is pretty simple, with only two sources of income - state funding and student tuition. So you'll either see massive tuition increases or the number of available seats in classrooms is going to plummet as class sections and staff/faculty disappear in unprecedented numbers. We've seen two days of student protests on campus, but the students would be better served camping out in the State Capitol than camping out outside the campus president's office. It's the legislature that needs to hear the message and it's the legislators who are going to need to hire extra staff to take the phone calls from angry parents whose children can't get into their first, second,...,or twenty third choice of campus. Or, alternatively, they'll be allowed onto campus (as there are few mechanisms in place to bar entry) but they will have a hard time graduating because either the classes won't be offered or they won't be able to get into them. Meanwhile the staff haven't had raises for years, the faculty salaries lag behind comparable institutions, the faculty contract was frozen a couple of years ago, and staff, faculty, and administration all took a year of voluntary pay cuts, misidentified as furloughs. People who think there is "bloat" in the university system need to point out exactly where it is. Tony Sheppard 2011-04-15T04:26:31Z Rhys02 comment-49188 2011-04-15T03:22:16Z 2011-04-15T03:22:16Z I was just at Downtown Plaza at about 4:30PM and about 100 school kids were coming down the elevator, from what I am sure was not a math or science class. Get back to basics; stop trying to be parents and maybe someone will care what happens to these budgets. The waste and bloat is there for everyone to see. Rhys02 2011-04-15T03:22:16Z