Posters all over De Anza illustrate the efforts that students, faculty, and staff are putting into helpting Proposition 30 pass.
The proposition on the Nov. 6 ballot would raise taxes for education and avoid large budget cuts.
Kim Nakagawa, a student mentor for professor Nicholas Yuen, says that she has been advocating for Prop 30 by spreading awareness to family and friends and urging them to vote.
She said she believes that the importance in spreading awareness for Prop 30 helps students, especially community college students, get an education that will benefit them in their futures.
Prop 30 also extended to funding for social programs for younger students.
Nakagawa also believes that Prop 30 will present these students with more opportunities for academic success.   
But a recent Field Poll showed Prop 30’s support falling below 50 percent. Failing to pass this proposition could cause devastating effects.
Prop 30 also affects students who are transferring to California four-year colleges after graduating from De Anza.
If Prop 30 fails to pass, both the University of California and California State University systems will get a $250 million cut.
The UC system would likely increase tuition by a minimum of 20 percent to respond to the shortfall.
The CSU system would also be likely to raise tuition and admit 20,000 fewer students.
Community colleges would get another $338 million cut in the middle of the 2012-13 academic year, and faculty could expect more job losses and furloughs.