Bloomberg News (1/7, Marois) reported that California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said that "California's public schools are mired in a fiscal crisis" and cautioned "that renewed cuts might push some districts further toward insolvency after three consecutive years of deficits." He added that 174 California districts "are in financial jeopardy and may require state oversight. He called on Governor Jerry Brown to resist making more cuts to elementary and high-school education."
KGO-TV San Francisco (1/7, Anthony) added on its website that Torlakson also said, "The law won't let me call out the National Guard. Your schools need your help. And they need it now. Continuing some of the current taxes that are in place, that the taxpayers got used to paying, that were put in place to protect schools and education, we need to do that."
The San Jose Mercury News (1/7, Gonzales) observed that in addition to Torlakson's declaration, he also identified ways that his office hopes to save districts money ahead of the Governor's budget announcement. Specifically, "Torlakson's ideas of giving districts additional financial flexibility and streamlining the school construction process pleased local education leaders." Howard Blume also covered this story in a blog for the Los Angeles Times (1/7).
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