Twenty-five years ago, California voters approved – albeit very narrowly – the education community’s ballot measure that engraved a complex school finance structure into the state constitution.

Educators said that Proposition 98 would only give schools a “fair share” of the state’s revenue stream without raising taxes. Last year, however, those groups persuaded voters to pass a tax increase that was needed, they said, to fully finance Proposition 98’s provisions.

via Dan Walters: California school aid, safety net programs in budget conflict.