Legislators will have plenty to ponder on the education front as they head home for the weekend. The House and Senate Education Committees heard presentations from several public education constituencies this week
Co-chairs of the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee set aside nearly three hours on Thursday to review the public schools budget request, but the hearing was over in about half that amount of time. Overall, Superintendent Ybarra’s budget request would increase public school funding by $87.1 million, a figure well below the governor’s proposed $101…