Cal. School Bds. Assn. v. State of California
In September 2011, plaintiffs[1] filed a petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief alleging that the calculation used by the Legislature to appropriate funds for K-14 education in the 2011-2012 Budget Act violates article XVI, section 8 of the California Constitution, the school funding measure added to the Constitution by Proposition 98 in November 1988 (Proposition 98).[2] Proposition 98 includes what is referred to as a “minimum funding guarantee†that requires the Legislature to appropriate for K-14 education “[t]he amount which, as a percentage of General Fund revenues . . . equals the percentage of General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts and community college districts, respectively, in fiscal year 1986-1987.†Plaintiffs allege that the 2011-2012 Budget Act violates the “minimum funding guarantee†by excluding from general fund revenues, and diverting to a newly created special fund to support the realignment of public safety programs, 1.0625 percent of sales and use tax revenues.
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