Deferrals, Deficits

And other Demagoguery

of California School Finance

Defe

rrals ‘12-13 late (“deferred”) payments

to school districts from the State:$7.4 billion orAbout $1,240 per ADA

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eda

Effec

t$225 million will arrive

after the end of the budget year on June 30 th.

Pers

pect

ive The combined total expenditures of Albany, Alameda, Berkeley, Emery, and Piedmont were about $277 million!

Defic

it Fa

ctor

s .77728Or 77.728% of the actual revenue limit entitlement

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Oakland UnifiedRevenue Limit : $6,711After Deficit: $5,217

State’s Share (66%): $3,455After Deferral: $2,444

After Education Protection Account : $1,355

Boss

to

Empl

oyee

Boss to Employee: I know I promised to

give you a Cost of Living raise every year – but I can’t afford it. I’ll give you 77 cents on the dollar for now but I’ll make it up to you later. Trust me.

Boss

to

Empl

oyee

Boss to Employee:Oh, and I don’t have enough cash to pay you for all twelve months, but I’m good for it. So, I’ll only be paying you through February. You’ll get the rest of it in July or August, okay?

Boss

to

Empl

oyee

And did I mention that I don’t expect to get some of my big contracts until late in

the year – so I’m going to have to give you December, January and February’s checks in June. But hey, at least it’s still this year, right?

And

that

is th

e ea

sy p

art And this is just the

money with no strings attached.Add to this over 40

programs with unique funding restrictions.

Loca

l Con

trol

Fund

ing

Form

ula

Eliminate those 40+ categorical programs and let local governing boards set priorities.

Equi

tyAllocate funding

according to the same formula to all districts

By G

rade

Spa

n Based upon grade spans:K-3: $6,342 per ADA

4-6: $6,4377-8: $6,6289-12: $7,680

35%

Su

pple

men

tal G

rant

Add a 35% supplemental grant for each unduplicated student count :English Language

Learner ORFree/Reduced Price Meal Count ORFoster Children

Conc

entra

tion If a district has more

than 50% such identified students…Add another supplemental grant for each student above 50%

Add-

Ons Add 11.23% to the K-3

grade span for the purposes of Class Size ReductionAdd 2.8% to the 9-12

grade span for the purposes of Career Tech Education

Majo

r Pro

gram

s Ou

tsid

e th

e LC

FF Special EducationHome-to-School

TransportationTargeted Instructional Improvement Grant

Child Nutrition

Flexib

ility

and

Acco

unta

bilit

y

Local Control and Accountability Plan

14-15Template to be adopted by the State Board of Education

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tat

Full

Impl

emen

tatio

n

Department of Finance:Alameda (38%) $9,379Albany (27%) $8,926Berkeley (40%) $9,932Emery (85%) $11,456Oakland (70%) $10,951Piedmont (1%) $8,237

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of A

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eda

Coun

ty

Castro V (18%) $8,712Dublin (12%) $8,443Fremont (22%) $8,896Hayward (76%) $10,911Livermore (26%) $9,030New Haven (52%)

$9,741Newark (54%) $9,896

More

of A

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eda

Coun

ty

Pleasanton (8%) $8,451S Leandro (71%)

$10,694S Lorenzo (62%) $10,304Sunol Glen (10%)

$8,273

Than

k yo

u!Thank you!