Not much left but employee costs in schools budget

07-23-2010

By Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego

More than nine out of every 10 dollars in the day-to-day budget for San Diego Unified will go to pay employees and cover their benefits this coming school year. That means the school district has fewer things to cut or reduce besides staff as it faces another year of budget cuts. That number has increased over the past seven years from 83 percent to 90 percent. It's expected to rise to 91.6 percent in two years. The growing percentage is a reflection of two trends: How hard the school board has tried to pare back on other costs such as supplies, travel and outside contracts before slashing its staff, and the creeping costs of employee benefits, even as spending on salaries is cut. (more...)

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