West Contra Costa Unified School District

School Board MeetingSeptember 2, 2009

Major Changes from the May Revision to the July Budget Revision

More categorical flexibility is provided List of ending fund balance program sweeps is broadened to include:

Adult Education Deferred Maintenance Transportation California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) Targeted Instructional Improvement Grant (TIIG) Instructional Materials

Textbook adoptions are deferred for five years

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Shortened school-year option adopted School Districts can reduce student instructional day calendar, but it

must be negotiated Was 180 days, can now be 175

Routine restricted maintenance (RRM) contribution reduced to zero Home-to-school transportation funding is verified cut by 20% of prior-

year funding level All education mandates are deferred

Governor’s May proposal to fund three education mandates was not adopted

2Major Changes from the May Revision to the July Budget Revision

Major Changes from the May Revision to the July Budget Revision

Eliminated non-Proposition 98 Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA) funding is tweaked Districts’ revenue limit funds are redirected to QEIA and the program is

extended one additional year This means that we are penalized for qualifying for a grant! QEIA was a settlement for funding taken from education Districts had to apply to get this funding Districts are now penalized if they participated in the program $5.3 million for West Contra Costa Unified

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2008-09 The Un-Cola

By not funding the COLA the State has underfunded West Contra Costa School District by $9.2 million in 2008-09

The additional cut resulted in another $4.2 million in lost funding

Total lost funding for revenue limit dollars $13.4 million in 08-09

Funded Revenue Limit After Deficit

$4,500

$4,700

$4,900

$5,100

$5,300

$5,500

$5,700

$5,900

$6,100

$6,300

$6,500

2008-09 Revenue LimitBefore Deficit

2008-09 RL After Deficit

2008-09COLA

No COLA

RL Cut

WCCUSDRevenue Limit of $5,821

WCCUSDFundedRevenue

Limit$5,646

6,127 $6,127

$329

$152

$5,646

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$5,000

$5,200

$5,400

$5,600

$5,800

$6,000

$6,200

$6,400

$6,600

2009-10 Revenue LimitBefore Deficits

2009-10 Revenue LimitAfter Deficits

$6,389 $6,389

2009-10COLA

No 2009-10COLA

2008-09COLA

No 2008-09COLA

2008-09 RL Cut

Funded RL

WCCUSD"Base"

Revenue

$261

$681

$329

$152

$4,966

2009-10 RL Cut

2009-10 The Un-Cola Continues

We continue to lose the funds cut from 08-09 $13.4 million

COLA in not funded for 09-10 we loose $7.2 million

Additional cuts are made for 09-10 we lose $18.9 million

The economic crisis has caused a devastating loss of funding for our schools

$39.5 million in 09-10 alone $52.8 million over two years

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What is Next?

The 2008-09 unaudited actuals will be received by the Board September 16 A revised Fiscal Recovery/Multi Year Financial Projection will be provided on

September 16 This will include ratified agreements with employee groups

School Supervisors

West Contra Costa Administrators Association Mid Year Cuts…

Are very likely…. We will continue to watch Sacramento closely and provide updates on

changes to the Board

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