Budget Crisis
What kinds of cuts is our district making as a result of the current economic climate?

With school districts largely dependent on state funding, and recent state education budgets going from “flat funding” to much worse, local education agencies are being forced to reduce their expenditures.

Given that about 84% of the average school district's budget is directed toward staff salaries and benefits, districts are hard-pressed to cut spending without affecting at least some aspect of the hiring, retention, or salaries and benefits of employees. 

The California Department of Education conducted a survey of local education agencies (LEAs) in spring 2010 to find out how state budget cuts affecting them. Sixty-five percent of the districts that responded said they made cuts to building and school grounds maintenance, 58 percent cut funding for instructional materials, and 58 percent reduced funding for district administration. Forty percent of respondents have reduced the number of teachers; reduced or eliminated summer school; increased class sizes; and cut art and music classes, closed libraries, eliminated school nurse positions, and canceled sports programs, according to the CDE survey.

California Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jack O'Connell, also noted that these cuts came despite funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) that helped make up some of the gaps in state funding. With ARRA funds running out and the governor proposing another $1.5 billion in general-purpose funding cuts, the situation will be exacerbated, according to O'Connell.

    
Be informed, and don't allow our School District and School Board to continue being fiscally irresponsible. 

Get the Facts on the Proposed Budget Cuts.

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