By Doug Cunningham

A budget cut of $4.8 billion will hurt. That’s the California Teachers Association’s message as it launches a six week "Cuts Hurt" bus tour protesting Gov. Arnold Schwarzennegger’s proposed education cuts.

Sanchez: "This is a very serious situation for public schools in the state of California, one we haven't faced - of this magnitude - in quite awhile."

California Teacher’s Association President David Sanchez. He says people throughout California need to mobilize and make their voices heard to stave off this steep, education budget cut.

Sanchez: "We wanna get parents, we wanna get the public - make them aware of what's happening to our public schools if the governor's proposed budget is in fact implemented. We want the public to get mad and to start calling the governor and the legislature. To write, email, call them, to tell them not to balance the budget on the backs of our students."

Sanchez acknowledges state economic problems, but says there ways of bringing in additional revenues to adequately support California education.