Proposition 55 Argumentative Essay

Proposition 55 should be passed because of the fact that the school system would receive funding from $4 billion to $9 billion. This funding will prevent cuts in school budget as well as cuts in extracurricular activities. According to “Can Gov. Jerry Brown keep the promises he made with Proposition 30?”, an article by Chris Megerian in the LA Times, “education funding could face billions of dollars in cuts, said Jennifer Wonnacott, a spokeswoman for this year’s tax campaign.” These cuts mean that the first cuts to be made will be the teachers and that will only damage the teacher shortage even more. The article, “Yes on 55 school claim misses the mark”, by Chris Nichols, an author for the online website of Politifact.com states that these cuts would …show more content…
Passing Proposition 55 will ensure that our children will not face another round of cuts.” (Voter's Guide) Back when proposition 30 was not in effect, many teachers were laid off because of the insufficient amount of money the school had. The cuts did not stop there, they went on to cut many programs along the lines of music, art, etc. If proposition 55 passes, schools will not go through this all over again. “Proposition 55 prevents cuts to California community colleges, preventing tuition increases and helping make classes more available to California's 2.1 million community college students.” (Voter's Guide) Not only did these cuts affect the k-12 system, but it also had its toll on community colleges around the state. Voter’s Guide is showing how there was a tuition increase in the time prior to 2013, but after proposition 30 passed, tuition started to drop. In the event that proposition 55 fails to pass, there is a high risk of these tuition prices going up, and this means less students will be able to attend community college because of the fact that tuition has risen in the last couple