Board Presentation on State Budget and Jobs Bill October 25, 2010

Governor’s May Revision and PLESD Budget Governor’s January Budget Proposal/ 2nd Interim showed a $497,000 deficit for Budget Process brought the Board to make $497,000 worth of cuts. Governor’s May Revision –Made a 3.85% cut on the Revenue Limit- This ends up being a $276 per student cut for us. This was a $1.7 Billion cut for the State. –The COLA was -.39% PLESD Budget showed $193,000 deficit

State Budget 100 Days Late- The latest ever Built on questionable assumptions Budget –The 3.85% cut on the Revenue Limit ($1.7 Billion Statewide)- went away –$1.7 Billion of this budget year’s dollars will now be deferred to next year. – The COLA is still -.39% but the deficit factor was lowered to % to offset the COLA.

Federal Jobs Money  The Federal Government passed $1.2 Billion for educational jobs in California  PLESD will receive $221,000  Money must be spent by September  Money must be spent on hiring school level employees to new positions or rehiring positions that were laid off or eliminated.

State Budget Effect on PLESD  The removal of the 3.85% cut on the Revenue Limit brings an additional $281,777 to PLESD. Unless there are mid year cuts!!!  Offsetting the -.39% COLA brings $26,333 to PLESD.

Staff Input Process  We held a district wide staff meeting.  I presented much of the same information to the staff that you are hearing tonight.  We broke into 6 groups.  Each Group brainstormed uses for the Federal Jobs Money  Carousel Walk  Group Discussions  Personal Input  Administration tallied the input

Staff Input Results Excel Spreadsheet

Administration Input Furlough Days19 Literacy Coach18 Counselor13 Office Staff6 Rehire CSEA Layoffs5 Math Coach4 Intervention Specialist3 Yard Duty3 Technology Coordinator1

What do we do next? 1.Better State budget- Do we spend it? 2.Jobs Bill- How do we spend it? 3.One time dollars- a)Do we spend it and when? b)How much do we spend? c)How do we spend it?