Millions of California schoolchildren are strapping on their backpacks and heading to class this week to begin a new academic year. And this fall many teachers still have their jobs, thanks to Proposition 30, which is pumping new money into public education. Over the past five years, schools lost roughly $20 billion in state budget cuts, but the tax measure approved last fall is allowing many schools to finally start to recover.
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