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Budget Update

Budget Update . Board Meeting July 24, 2012 Rob Ball, RSBA Interim Superintendent. Effects of the Recession Are Still With Us. Compared with 2007-08, beginning in 2008-09, ongoing state General Fund revenues have been consistently down by about 15%

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Budget Update

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  1. Budget Update Board Meeting July 24, 2012 Rob Ball, RSBA Interim Superintendent

  2. Effects of the Recession Are Still With Us • Compared with 2007-08, beginning in 2008-09, ongoing state General Fund revenues have been consistently down by about 15% • Beginning in 2008-09, the state immediately cut education funding by about 15% and has maintained that cut through 2012-13 • Cuts to other segments of the State Budget came later and were not as deep • Unemployment remains near record levels • Former taxpayers remain as “tax receivers” • There is likely to be little improvement at the state or national level in the near term – job creation continues to lag • Over the past five years, California’s biggest export has been jobs! • The state deficit continues to grow, and it is unlikely that the situation will improve much in 2012-13 or 2013-14

  3. Cuts to Education Are Likely to Continue • The state has balanced its Budget based upon a continuation of its policy of projecting higher revenues and proposing cuts to education if those revenues are not received • But even if the temporary taxes proposed by Governor Jerry Brown pass, education funding will not increase in 2012-13 • The public is confused; declarations of increases to Proposition 98 are contradicted by budget cuts at the local level • The state simply does not have the money to provide additional funds to education • Claims that education funding is going up are simply untrue • Local educational agencies (LEAs) have not received a single new ongoing dollar since 2007-08 • We understand that funding can’t be restored; we don’t understand why state politicians continue to claim that more money is going to schools

  4. California’s Education Spending

  5. California’s Education Spending • Per unit of average daily attendance (ADA), California spends only 84.2% of the national average for K-12 education • California spends $9,136 less per ADA than the average of the top five states • California has the largest class sizes in the nation • In 2011-12, its ratio of students to teachers was 22.2:1 • For the same year, nationally, the ratio of students to teachers was 14.7:1, a difference of more than seven students • In 2011-12, average K-12 teacher salaries in California were estimated to be $69,496, compared to the national average of $56,643 • Note: California’s high cost of living and extremely high class sizes do contribute to higher salaries

  6. Revenue Limit Deficit Factors

  7. 2012-13 Cash Flow • The 2012-13 apportionment schedule assumes the Governor’s tax initiative passes • Therefore, monthly apportionments will be reduced by the estimated $6.9 billion in revenues assumed to be generated by the tax initiative • To reflect this in LEA cash flow projections, the total revenue limit entitlement after deficit is reduced by an estimated 21.2% • Then property taxes are subtracted to arrive at state aid, and the 5-5-9 schedule, adjusted by deferrals, is followed • The State Budget assumes schools will receive $2.9 billion from the tax initiative – $4 billion goes to support other state non-K-14 education programs • In essence, schools are being shorted the cash to fund other state programs and reduce state borrowing

  8. 2012-13 Cash Flow • But wait – there’s more! • The $1.2 billion in one-time RDA asset liquidation funds will be used to offset state aid • The funds will be issued to LEAs in June 2013, outside of the Principal Apportionment • And, finally, the intrayear and interyear deferrals are applied • All of this means that, for the first several months of 2012-13, apportionment cash going to schools will be lower than ever • The state uses local school agency cash at no cost • And the increased cost of short-term financing is borne by schools

  9. 2012-13 Principal Apportionment Schedule – Estimated

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