The Law and the Effects on Educators
Has the legal process helped or hindered education? Once again California schools seem to be in the middle of political legal battles that results in experiencing teacher shortage and low enrollment. According to McKinney (2017), the California education system provides instruction and services of support to 6,000,000 students in grades K-12. Today, that number has been declining. In the past, California schools were once thriving as an educational system. In the video First to Worst, it shows California schools as beautiful buildings, updated textbooks, arts, sports and were not overcrowded. As time went on, new enacted laws from state, federal and the legal processes were more confusing and hindered education to thrive. With the passing of Proposition 13 it centralized all decision-making and local control over money spent was no longer existent. According to authors Kermerer and Sansom property taxes were limited to 1 % of assessed value and it required a tw...