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Gimmicky budget deal spares California schools, community colleges

Gov. Gavin Newsom answers a reporter’s question about his revised 2024-25 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento on May 10, 2024.

Credit: AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

True to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s promise, the 2024-25 budget compromise that the Legislature announced Saturday and will pass this week will spare TK-12 and community colleges from cuts that other state operations will bear.

TK-12 funding will be flat and will continue Newsom’s major commitments to multiyear, multibillion-dollar programs, including community schools and before- and after-school expansion.

watch Newsom’s State of the State

Gov. Gavin Newsom will release a recorded State of the State speech Tuesday at 10 a.m.

It will broadcast as the Legislature meets throughout the week to pass the 2024-25 state budget, which Newsom negotiated with Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas and Senate President pro Tem Mike McGuire.

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