Res 00-085 RESOLUTION NO. 00- 085
a RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA
IN OPPOSITION TO PROPOSITION 38
THE SCHOOL VOUCHER INITIATIVE
WHEREAS, Proposition 38 will appear on the November 7, 2000 General Election
ballot; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 38 would use public funds to provide $4000 vouchers for
private and religious schools; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 38 gives $4000 vouchers for students already in private and
religious schools, reducing the amount of money available for local public schools; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 38 will hurt neighborhood public schools because every
student who leaves a public school for a subsidized voucher school means a loss of critical
funds for that neighborhood public school - that means fewer textbooks, computers and
supplies; and
WHEREAS, voucher schools will be essentially unregulated; and
WHEREAS, voucher schools are not accountable to taxpayers - although they
would receive taxpayer money, voucher schools are not required to make decisions at
meetings open to the public and are not required to have their finances audited; and
WHEREAS, voucher schools are exempt from the state's rigorous accountability
system, and students are not required to meet state educational standards to move to the
next grade or to pass an exit exam to graduate from high school; and
WHEREAS, voucher schools, not parents, will decide if a child can attend their
schools; and
WHEREAS, providing $4000 vouchers for the 700,000 current private school
students will require nearly $3 billion, and Proposition 38 provides no funding for this
purpose; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 38 will require increases in county and state bureaucracies
to monitor a separate voucher account for each voucher school student, potentially costing
millions per year in addition to the voucher subsidies; and
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WHEREAS, paying for Proposition 38 will result in higher taxes or cuts in vital
services;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Poway
hereby opposes Proposition 38 known as the School Voucher Initiative.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED, by the City Council of the City of Poway
California, at a regular meeting thereof this 29th day of August, 2000.
ATTEST:
Lo~Anne Peoples, City C~erk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
)ss
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
.~yor
I, Lori Anne Peoples, City Clerk of the City of Poway, do hereby certify under penalty
of perjury that the foregoing Resolution No. 00-085 was duly adopted by the City Council
at a meeting of said City Council held on the 29th day of August, 2000, and that it was so
adopted by the following vote:
AYES: EMERY, GOLDBY, REXFORD, CAFAGNA
NOES: HIGGINSON
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
Lo~i-Anne Peoples, ~ity Cl6r~-
City of Poway