California Special Election Watch: New Television Ads = “The Big Lie”

The Alliance for a Better California has “No on Prop 74” Campaign Releases Two New Television Ads.

Today the “No on Prop 74” campaign released two new television commercials airing statewide to outline the Governor’s continued broken promises and how his initiative will devastate public schools and drive teachers out of the profession.

“It is essential that voters understand just how devastating Prop. 74 really is to our public schools,” said Barbara E. Kerr, president of the California Teachers Association. “At a time when our state will need 100,000 new teachers over the next 10 years, this Governor is working to blame teachers for the problems in our schools and drive both new and experienced teachers out of the profession.”

The Videos are here.

Watch the new No on 74 commercial “Record.”

Watch the new No on 74 commercial “Stop Playing.”

Let’s look at the “Big Lie (s)”

Commercial #1

Teacher: Governor, you’ve already broken your promises on education. Now you’re sponsoring Proposition 74, a ballot measure that allows one principal to fire a teacher without giving a reason – or even a hearing. While doing nothing to improve teacher training.

Parent: Parents like me are voting no on Prop 74 to send the Governor a message: Stop playing politics with our schools. And get to work on smaller class sizes, up-to-date textbooks, and restoring music and art classes—the things our kids really need.

Proposition 74 official title and summary is here.

• Increases length of time required before a teacher may become a permanent employee from two
complete consecutive school years to fi ve complete consecutive school years.
• Measure applies to teachers whose probationary period commenced during or after the 2003–2004
fiscal year.
• Modifies the process by which school boards can dismiss a permanent teaching employee who receives
two consecutive unsatisfactory performance evaluations.

LIE: Proposition 74 does not allow one principal to fire a teacher without giving a reason – or even a hearing.

Current California law gives a school district the right to terminate a probationary teacher already. Proposition 74 will lengthen the probationary period from two to five years.

Commercial #2

NARRATOR:
Before taking Governor Schwarzenegger’s word that his Prop 74 is good for schools…

… look at his record:

Schwarzenegger borrowed two billion from our schools and broke his promise to pay it back.
He wants to reduce school funding by another four billion and give himself the power to make more cuts without consulting anyone else.
Now his Prop 74 allows a principal to fire a teacher without giving a reason – or even a hearing.

Prop 74. Another bad Schwarzenegger idea that hurts our schools.

LIE: Proposition 74 DOES NOT allow a principal to fire a teacher without giving a reason – or even a hearing. The principal can recommend the school board do that now to a probationary teacher.

LIE: Governor Schwarzenegger has actually budgeted increased funding for California Schools to the tune of $3 Billion.

Flap is looking forward to Governor Schwarzenegger’s reply.

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Cross-posted to the Bear Flag League Special Election Page