Regional Workshops

Thought provoking, highly insightful, top quality discussion on the adequacy of education funding for California's education system.

CSU, Sacramento President Alex Gonzalez; Secretary of Education Richard Riordan; CTA President Barbara Kerr; Deputy Chief of Staff for Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, Rick Simpson; and Program Budget Manager Jeannie Oropeza from the department of finance, shared their divergent views of the adequacy of education funding.

Special Advisor to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bonnie Reiss; Former President of the California School Board Association Louise Perez and SMUD Director and Economic Development Executive Larry Carr spoke about the Governor's views on education and the economic impact of a quality education and quality schools.

Director of the White House Initiative on Education Excellence for Hispanics Adam Chavarria and the Director of the Governor's Initiative to Turn Around Failing Schools Margaret Fortune spoke about the federal dollars and how to fix ailing schools.

The remaining program was focused on alternative funding sources for education including speakers: Dr. Mary Currey, CSUS; Jackie Siminitis from SBC and Dan Quigley from PG&E who offered some wonderful insight on the roles companies play in education.

The last panel looked at avenues for the State Lottery to look at additional funding for education and the panel members included: Acting Director Chon Gutierrez, California State Lottery, and Vice President of the California Teachers Association, David Sanchez.  The panel was moderated by David Hernandez, also with the California Teachers Association.

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California State Lottery Rolls Out Mega Millions

Will increase $175 million more for California schools

Acting Director Chon Gutierrez announced at the April 12 workshop in Sacramento that the State Lottery Commission had adopted regulations to implement the multi-state Mega Millions game.

In late June 2005, the State Lottery rolled out the Mega Millions game and saw over $2 million in sales on the first day.  In an article printed by The Sacramento Bee  it was noted that this new game will generate $175 million of additional revenue for California's educational system.

Congratulations to Mr. Gutierrez for his leadership and tenacity to make this happen.

The State Lottery is one of the strategic partners involved with this initiative.

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