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Financial Slides for August 6, 2002, BOE Meeting

Overview of financial decisions impacting school districts with details on terminations, budget cuts, and organizational changes. Comparison of cost-saving measures in California and nationwide.

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Financial Slides for August 6, 2002, BOE Meeting

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  1. Financial Slides for August 6, 2002, BOE Meeting

  2. Administrative Directives • Use of all hourly and employment agency employees will be terminated effective August 31. • New integrated position management process begins September 1. • All central office overtime and extra-time will be eliminated effective September 1. • Position reclassification requests are immediately integrated into new position management process. • All Temporary Out of Class (TOC) assignments will be reviewed through the position management process and non-critical assignments will cease immediately.

  3. Administrative Directives • Central office food purchases (other than those for student instruction or the feeding of students) are eliminated effective August 1. • The Logistics Division will immediately serve as the districts only authorized agent for bidding, negotiating, purchasing, and executing agreements for goods, services and materials - except for annual textbook adoptions and facilities management. • An immediate District-wide freeze is imposed for the purchase and implementation of all new or upgraded computer software, unless coordinated through Information Technology. • All out of district travel and professional development using general funds is eliminated effective July 31.

  4. What Are Other School Districts Doing? • California Districts • Los Angeles: • Increase class size (4-12) • Delaying IT Projects • Cut $46 Million from Central Office • Cut medical and health benefits • Decreased workers’ compensation funding • Oakland: • 10% cut across all non-school departments • Administrator and Staff layoffs • Hiring freeze • Staff development cut

  5. What Are Other School Districts Doing? • California (continued) • Poway: • Lower teacher salaries • 2 area superintendent positions cut • 10 other positions eliminated • School building closures • Kindergarten transportation cut • Middle school special day classes cut • Master teacher program postponed • Fresno: • Reduced high school discretionary funds • Cut clerical positions • Reduced campus assistant duty days

  6. What Are Other School Districts Doing? • Nationwide • Detroit: • Administrator layoffs • Administrative facility closures • Support staff layoffs • Transportation cuts • Cleveland: • 20% reduction in every administrative department • Milwaukee: • Salary reductions • Office supplies cut • Conference and travel cut

  7. What Are Other School Districts Doing? • Nationwide (continued) • Seattle: • Teacher, administrator and support staff layoffs • Employee benefits changes • Administrative facility closures • Rochester, NY: • Teacher, administrator and support staff layoffs • Educational programs, field trips, and extracurricular programs cut • Capital expenditure/equipment and IT freeze

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