California’s budget deficit will test if school spending is the key to achievement

^{BY DAN WALTERS, CalMatters Opinion Comuminist
Photo: Siskiyou High School – Yreka, California ca. 1894
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In summary

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new budget and the Legislature’s budget analyst have widely differing estimates of the state’s revenues and deficit. That means they also diverge on how much money should go to the state’s schools.

When California’s governors and legislators write state budgets, they begin with projecting how much revenue the…