Voter Guide Highlights: Statewide Races Statewide Propositions Congressional Races Legislative Races About this Election Archive of Campaign Promises 2002 Map Series CVF-NEWS County Election Information Follow the Money For more election information, visit CVF's voter guide homepage Join CVF Contact CVF Copyright 1994-2002, California Voter Foundation. www.calvoter.org All rights reserved. cvf Proposition 49 Official Title: After School Programs. State Grants. Initiative Statute. Results YES 56.6 NO 43.4 Official statewide election results are available from the Secretary of State's web site. Campaign Web Sites & Contact Information Follow the Money   Top Ten Donors for and against this proposition   Official Campaign Finance Reports Who Signed the Ballot Arguments News Coverage For More Information... Official Summary: Increases state grant funds available for before/after school programs, providing tutoring, homework assistance, and educational enrichment. Makes every public elementary, middle/junior high school, including charter schools, eligible for after school grants ranging from $50,000-$75,000. Maintains local funding match requirement. Provides priority for additional funding to schools with predominantly low-income students. Requires that, beginning 2004-05, new funding for before/after school programs not be taken from education funding, guaranteed under Proposition 98. Gives priority to schools already receiving grants and requires increasing expenditures only if state revenues grow. Additional annual state costs for before and after school programs of up to $455 million, beginning in 2004-05. Web Sites YES www.joinarnold.com NO www.stop49.org Contact Information YES   Citizen for After School Programs 3110 Main Street, #210 Santa Monica, CA 90405 (310) 664-9002     info@joinarnold.com NO   Trudy Schafer League of Women Voters of California 926 J Street, Suite 515 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 442-9210     stop49@lwvc.org Who Signed the Ballot Arguments YES   NO Arnold Schwarzenegger   Barbara Inatsugu, President, League of Women Voters of California Wayne Johnson, President, California Teachers Association   Warren Rupf, President, California State Sheriffs' Association   John Coupal, President, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association     Jan Harp Domene, President, California State Parent Teachers Association     Tom Porter, California State Director, AARP     News Coverage For the most current election-related news stories, CVF recommends the Rough & Tumble web site. (please note: some of the links below may no longer work, because many newspaper web sites move stories into fee-based archives after a certain amount of time)   Arnold pitches after-school initiative, Stockton Record, October 11, 2002 Teacher unions split on Prop. 49 Teacher unions split on backing Prop. 49, Contra Costa Times, September 24, 2002 Funds at issue for after-school plan, Contra Costa Times, August 21, 2002 School Initiative Leads in Funding, Los Angeles Times, August 10, 2002 Schwarzenegger will be back -- for signatures, Sacramento Bee, February 4, 2002 For More Information, CVF Recommends...   Secretary of State's Official Voter Information Guide Text of the Measure Official Pro/Con Arguments Analysis by the Legislative Analyst   Easy Reading Voter Guide   The League of Women Voters Pro/Con Analysis   California Budget Project Analysis Next Proposition This page first published September 24, 2002 -- last updated November 6, 2002