Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had proposed suspending Proposition 98, which requires the state to spend at least 40 percent of the general fund on education, for the duration of the fiscal crisis. Although the budget does not suspend the proposition, it reduces the amount of money the state must spend, on the assumption that federal stimulus money would offset much of the cuts. To help districts cope with the cuts, schools would be allowed to reduce instruction by up to five days a year. Jack O'Connell, the school superintendent, has said the cuts would also result in larger class sizes, canceled summer school and no new textbooks.

Effects of the cuts