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2000/01/25 City Council Resolution (7)Resolution No: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK SUPPORTING PASSAGE OF PROPOSITION 26 The LET'S FIX OUR SCHOOLS INITIATIVE WHEREAS, more than two million California students attend class in temporary facilities, and the state must build six new classrooms every day if it is going to accommodate the quickly growing student population; and WHEREAS, without significant new construction and modernization, existing schools will not be ready to handle the several hundred thousand additional students over the next decade; and WHEREAS, the Let's Fix our Schools Initiative would amend the California Constitution and Education Code to allow passage of critically- needed local school bonds with a simple majority of 50 percent plus one, rather than the current two- thirds vote required, while holding local school districts strictly accountable for prudent and responsible spending; and. WHEREAS, at a time when California families want safer schools, more class size reduction, and better access to 21s' century learning tools like computers and the Internet, we need to ensure that local school districts have the funds to create classroom environments that help students learn; and WHEREAS last year voters passed Proposition 1A, a $9.2 billion statewide bond to provide st to �Al matching funds for local school facilities construction and improvements and school districts can ly A t receive Proposition 1A state bond funds if they can generate matching funds through local bonds; and WHEREAS, local school bonds require a two- thirds vote to pass, forcing many districts merous grueling campaigns. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park that it supports passage of the Let's Fix Our Schools Initiative on the March, 2000 statewide ballot.