Giant jackpots and record-breaking lottery sales are not translating to California classrooms, according to education advocates.
The lottery is a multi-billion dollar industry that prides itself on partially funding public education. However, Nikki Milevsky, president of the Sacramento City Teachers Association, questions how the money is being used.
“I know if you ask the average teacher, ‘What’s the lottery funds doing for your classroom?’ The average teacher in Sacramento city certainly could not say where that money goes,” Milevsky said. “So, we don’t see it, it’s somehow spent at the district’s office.”
