Schools are facing new round of cuts

01-05-2010

By Cheri Carlson/Ventura County Star

Months after losing hundreds of teachers, raising class sizes and cutting school days, public school officials likely will again be faced with budget deficits heading into 2010-11. Even without further state funding cuts, school districts will have to find ways to fill holes left by short-term fixes to deal with this year’s steep state cuts, including one-time federal stimulus cash handed out in 2009. “The quality of education in California is going to be affected because of the financial problems at the state level,” said county Associate Superintendent Ken Prosser.This month, California school districts had to hand in their first revised budgets of the fiscal year, a multi-year financial plan. Local districts turn in reports to the Ventura County Office of Education, which provides an independent review before certifying results for the state. (more...)

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