West Contra Costa Unified School District School Board Meeting September 2, 2009 School Board Meeting September 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 1

 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 2 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 3

The Un-Cola  By not funding the COLA the State has underfunded West Contra Costa School District by $9.2 million in  The additional cut resulted in another $4.2 million in lost funding  Total lost funding for revenue limit dollars  $13.4 million in

The Un-Cola Continues  We continue to lose the funds cut from  $13.4 million  COLA in not funded for we loose  $7.2 million  Additional cuts are made for we lose  $18.9 million  The economic crisis has caused a devastating loss of funding for our schools  $39.5 million in alone  $52.8 million over two years 8

What is Next?  The 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 14