California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed Friday to provide $20,000 stipends for teachers who teach at a high needs school for four years.
The proposal would eat up $100 million of the state's budget.
His budget proposal for the next fiscal year also includes health care for 27,000 older low-income immigrants who are in the country illegally.
When it comes to encouraging more teachers, the Democratic governor says it's vital to train teachers.
Under his immigration proposal the immigrants would have to be Medicaid-eligible to get the money under his proposed budget that has a $5.6 billion surplus and includes $21 billion in reserves for an inevitable economic downturn.
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