1 / 18

UPLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 2008-09 Budget Update: Charting a Course During a State Fiscal Crisis

UPLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 2008-09 Budget Update: Charting a Course During a State Fiscal Crisis. Presented by Gary Rutherford, Ed.D. Superintendent January 13, 2009. LAST YEAR’S BUMPY RIDE.

fox
Download Presentation

UPLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 2008-09 Budget Update: Charting a Course During a State Fiscal Crisis

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. UPLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT2008-09 Budget Update:Charting a Course During a State Fiscal Crisis Presented by Gary Rutherford, Ed.D. Superintendent January 13, 2009

  2. LAST YEAR’S BUMPY RIDE • December 2007 - Staff identified more than $1.7 million in cuts to justify negotiated settlements with all employees. January 2008 – Governor of California declared a state fiscal crisis, proposing severe cuts. UUSD immediately imposed spending/hiring restrictions and a target of $4.2 million in reductions was set for the 2008-09 budget.

  3. THE PLAN: 2007-2010 Restore a balanced budget using a deliberate and thoughtful approach to reduce spending by $4.6 million over the next three years: • 2007-08 Implemented spending freeze to build and enhance the year’s ending balance • 2008-09 Identified and implemented reductions to address the majority of the necessary cuts; used ‘planned deficit spending’ as a one-time solution, pending additional cuts • 2009-10 Identify and implement the balance of cuts needed to restore a balanced budget

  4. THE PROCESS • February 2008 – Superintendent established a State Fiscal Crisis Response Team to collect input from key stakeholders. Team’s confidential report was used in budget development. • April 2008 – Second Interim Report accepted by the Board, included a two-year “solvency scenario” that identified more than $5.4 million in potential spending cuts, carried out over two years to balance the budget.

  5. Reduce teaching positions $787,900 Categorical reallocations $510,273 Reduce administrator positions $415,559 Attendance Recovery Program $349,097 Reduce classified positions $338,719 Eliminate Food Services allocation $142,090 Reduce K-6 Library Tech hours $123,692 Reduce District/Site supply budgets $87,139 Eliminate .5 FTE District Nurse $53,238 Reduce transportation allocation $38,000 TOTAL FOR 2008-09 $2,846,707 (leaving $2.5 million for next year) SUMMARY OF MODIFICATIONS

  6. DEFINING THE NEW PROBLEM • The state’s struggling economy has severely reduced expected revenues. Combined with rising state expenses, we expect that the state will need $27.8 billion in budget solutions over the 2008-09 and 2009-10 fiscal years. Closing a projected $28 billion($41 billion?) budget shortfall will be a monumental task. - Legislative Analyst’s Office November 2008

  7. THE PROBLEM IN K-12 EDUCATION Less than four months ago, and just weeks after the Legislature approved the latest budget in the State’s history, the Governor laid out his plan to make up a record $14.5 billion revenue shortfall by slashing $4.5 billion from next year’s education budget. The State Legislative Analyst responded with a proposal to reduce by $2.5 billion.

  8. FROM BAD TO WORSE “These cuts would be to a system that already ranks 46th out of 50 states, according to Education Week.” “The fact that California spends $1,900 less per pupil than the national average is shameful.” - Dr. Gary Thomas San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools

  9. BRINGING THE PROBLEM HOME • The District is grappling with the impossible task of increasing our target up to$5 million in additional cuts to the district’s operating budget over the next two years, as identified in our First Interim Report, while maintaining our district’s outstanding instructional offerings and support programs. This, following a crippling $4.5 million already slashed in 2007-2009.

  10. The Governor released his State Budget Proposal on December 31, 2008. He now estimates the potential deficit (without corrective action) to be $41.6 billion. His proposals for the K-12 Education Budget include both mid-year and 2009-10 reductions. BREAKING NEWS…

  11. Eliminate 0.68 percent COLA Reduce K-12 revenue limit by 4.5 percent (includes cutting 5 days from 180 to 175) Further deferral of apportionment to July Provide flexibility options for current year: Transfer categorical funds to meet critical needs with board approval (including prior year balances) Examples: CSR, Adult Ed, Child Nutrition, SI, EIA, Textbooks and others Eliminate the deferred maintenance match requirement Reduce Restrict Maintenance from 3 to 1 % Reduce required reserve from 3 to 1.5 % K-12 PROPOSAL: MID-YEAR

  12. Eliminate COLA Further reduce K-12 revenue limit by $1.1 billion Carry forward all categorical flexibility and maintain 175 days K-12 PROPOSAL: 2009-10

  13. GUIDING PRINCIPLES • The collapse of the state budget threatens all districts with fiscal chaos. We will do everything in our power to make sure that the Upland Unified School District will be the last district in California to “hit the wall.” • Reductions in programs, services, materials, equipment, and people are inevitable during a time of diminishing resources. We are committed to keep cuts as far away as possible from our primary mission – student learning. • Long after this challenging season has passed, the district will be remembered more for how we treated people than for what actions the district was forced to take. We will treat people with empathy, dignity and respect.

  14. A BALANCED, BLENDED SOLUTION • Enhance the bottom line by implementing a spending and hiring freeze, creating a temporary one-time ‘fix’ • Conservative, planned deficit spending using supplemental reserves, again a temporary ‘fix’ • Identify additional cuts in spending • Identify additional revenue sources • Exercise all flexibility provisions for restricted funds (pending emergency state action) • Hope for the best; plan for the worst • Advocate, advocate, advocate

  15. Exercise full flexibility in categorical program shifts (pending emergency action) Eliminate K-3 grade class size reduction Eliminate 9th grade class size reduction program Reduce home-school transportation costs Charge fees for home-school transportation Further reduce all supply budgets Eliminate additional classified positions Eliminate additional management positions Suspend all junior high athletics Reduce art, music and PE programs Increase average class size in grades 4-12 SOLVENCY SCENARIO CONSIDERATIONS

  16. Suspend step & column increases Across-the-board unpaid furlough days Across-the-board salary rollbacks Eliminate/reduce teacher stipends for athletics and extra-curricular programs Eliminate funding for ½ probation officer and/or school resource officer Reduce professional development offerings Eliminate Instructional Media Center (IMC) Reduce number of counselors School consolidation Return county special ed programs to district Measure K program will not be impacted SOLVENCY SCENARIO CONSIDERATIONS

  17. January - Budget presentations at all sites, departments, Council PTA - Monitor legislative process February - Town Hall Forums UJHS – Feb. 3, 7 p.m. PJHS – Feb. 9, 7 p.m. By March 15 - Board action to initiate certificated reduction-in-force - Second Interim Budget By June - Adopt 2009-10 Budget Ongoing - Monitor & adjust lay-off actions TENTATIVE TIMELINE

  18. budget@upland.k12.ca.us

More Related