HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution 64-355RESOLUTION NO, 64 -355
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TEMPLE CITY, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING THE
DRASTIC CHANGES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN
CALIFORNIA AS PROPOSED IN ASSEMBLY BILL 46
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 46 providing for drastic changes in
school district organization in California and for the elimination
of all existing school districts and the reorganization of these dis-
tricts on a county -wide basis, except chartered city school districts,
has been introduced in the 1964 First Extraordinary Session of the
California Legislature, and
WHEREAS, it would result in a static and impersonal educational
program that would dilute the curriculum on the basis of quantity
education, rather than quality education, and in a tragic loss in
local board control of education, accompanied by the inevitable loss
of local interest and support that is so vital to a successful public
school system, and
WHEREAS, it would be impossible for the board and administration
of such large school districts to know and to meet the unique re-
quirements of individual students and communities within the district,
and would not result in a significant reduction in the cost of educa-
tion as claimed by the supporters of the bill, but it would result
in a loss of local control of school financing, and
WHEREAS, school district organization should be voluntary and
not mandatory, and the state law already provides for the orderly
organization of school districts, if the people desire it, and the
local people are more aware of the needs for school district organi-
zation and are more capable of making the correct decision for their
area. To reorganize against the wishes of the people would be dis-
astrous to public education in California.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT: The City Council of the
City of Temple City, California, urgently requests firm and vigorous
opposition by legislators representing this area to Assembly Bill 46
and any other attempts to usurp the responsibility for school district
organization from the people of the local school districts.
PASSED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Temple City,
California on this 9th day of March, 1964.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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