The California public school system is getting worse off as time goes on, with teachers who could care less, and do the bare minimum to receive a paycheck. “California’s public school system lacks the capacity to deliver on today’s higher standards and expectations for all its students Educators and policy makers believe that greater capacity will require additional funding.”(Perry,2008)With the need for this funding as it is there is no possible way for the California school system to get by if funding were to be cut anymore. "School Districts decide how to spend the funds and allocate resources to the schools they govern, within legal and regulatory constraints, restrictions placed on funds by the state legislature and/or governor, and based on collective bargaining agreements with district employees."(Learn More California,2008) The district decides which schools need how much money, and try to provide as much as they can. At this point in time some sports even have to pay their own way considering the it costs to compete. "It is happening again as the Capitol's political figures wrestle with a deficit that's worse than usual and as Gov. Schwarzenegger proposes-semi seriously-a $4.8 billion whack in state aid to schools."(Walters,2008) That amount of money can determine new text books, teachers with more experience, and acceptable supplies. How is anyone expected to learn without these things. "Despite unprecedented material wealth in the United States, we allow nearly thirteen million children to live in poverty and nine million to go without health insurance. the majority live in working families."(wright,2008)These children are already in a bad place as it is. They are the ones most likely to have to work once they graduate high School. By taking away this funding their chances of graduating decrease greatly school financing, as  Schwarzenegger proposes, certainly doesn't make the task of improving performance any easier, but as the Stanford researchers implied, merly spending money doesn't, unto itself, guarantee a better outcome. There is virtually no statistical correlation between a state's level of per-pupil spending and it standing in national academic tests or high school graduation rates." The money that the schools have right now is hardly enough to pay for all of the expenses. If there were a proper amount students would thrive and prosper. "(bach,2008) The cuts, which would save $125 million annually, would affect about 900,000 children nationwide and 63 percent of children in military families,according to the National Association of Federally Impacted Schools. Several local districts would lose a significant amount of funding and would have to cut staff." (stewart,2008)If this were to happen students would be crammed in classes, that are already overfilled. We would be watching the educational opportunities of our youth go down the tubes. "A bill to "equalize" funding for public schools statewide cleared its first legislative hurdle on Tuesday. More than a year in the making, the controversial measure aims to resolve disparities in school finding driven by swings in property values from one district to the next. It would take $32 million in property tax revenue from land-rich districts and give it to power schools using the same per-student funding formula now used to dispense income tax dollars."(Monteray Country Herald,2008) This bill may put many large school at risk, considering that they need more money than others to handle their student body number. "California under funds education compared to the rest of the nation," said Joe Jaconette, superintendent of the Carmel Unified School District.California ranks at the bottom of per-student spending among the 50 states. New Jersey spends about $8,000 a year per student, Jaconette said, almost twice as much as California's $4,500."(Contra Costa Times,2008). California's Public School students are already at such a disadvantage, this state spends the least amount of money on schools than all other. We know, all of us know, that it is time to make things right. "The crowd, which overflowed onto the Capitol's west lawn, cheered Hertzberg and others who demanded that lawmakers use a major portion of the state's surplus, forecast to be between $11 billion and $13 billion, for education."This surplus donation will be a great help to the funding, by helping with updated books ,a and school Restoration to create a better learning environment. "(shepard,2008).To individual schools, that could mean cuts of $330 per student, or $10,000 per classroom, according to state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell.The Los Angeles Unified School District has about 746,000 students, meaning it could lose up to $246 million a year."The money itself is not the big deal, its is the fact that it is being taken away from kids, who themselves do not even want to attend school. "Education funding makes up a huge chunk of the state budget, currently accounting for about 40 percent. When economic times are bad, schools suffer, but get an IOU from the state for the mandated increase. In good times, schools get about half of new revenues to restore what they missed out on. Now, because of the economic downturn, that IOU stands at $3.5 billion over the past two years -- money schools say they were counting on."(Folmar,2008).