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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Brian Tanguay’s Participation in the Lt. Governor’s Forum on Proposed Budget Cuts

At the February 25 “Working Together to Protect Public Education” forum of California education leaders, Brian Tanguay, CSEA’s Chapter 37 president, participated in a panel discussion on the anticipated effects of the governor’s proposed budget cuts. The forum was organized by California Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi. Brian, the districts’ purchasing/warehouse supervisor, was one of ten speakers who voiced concerns about the devastating impact that cuts would have on the educational community. The event speakers are representatives of 10 million K-12 schools, community colleges, state universities, and the University of California.

In a news release from the lieutenant governor’s office, Brian was quoted as saying, “The governor's proposed suspension of the Proposition 98 minimum funding guarantee for K-12 education will make achieving rigorous state standards even more difficult, force an exodus of talented teachers and support staff, and put additional pressure on an infrastructure that is already strained.”