Calif. teachers campaign for education propositions
By Karma Dickerson, Fox-40
SACRAMENTO — Today is the last day to register to vote in California.
Mike Patterson
The campaigns are hitting the streets to register and persuade voters.
California Teachers Association members were campaigning statewide Sunday in favor of two education initiatives. Proposition 55 would sustain funding for schools through an extension of the tax on people making over $250,000 a year.
Mike Patterson, a teacher at South Tahoe High School, says if Proposition 55 doesn’t pass, his district would lose 10 percent of their funding.
“Class sizes will go up, programs will go away — it’s not good for students,” said Patterson.