Schools are still hurting

05-18-2011

By James Rufus Koren/San Bernardino Sun

The revised state budget plan released Monday provides about $3 billion more to public schools, but local school officials say even if that money materializes, it won't mean reversing the deep cuts districts have had to make. "There's people thinking we can restore furlough days and undo some layoffs, but that's not the case," said Walter Con, the director of business services for Bear Valley Unified School District. The 2011-12 budget proposal presented Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown assumes the state will see about $6.6 billion more in tax revenue than originally thought. Of that windfall, schools will get about $3 billion. But the lion's share of that money will go to undo some of the state's deferrals - that is, delayed payments - to school districts, including a $2.1 billion deferral approved by the Legislature in March. In other words, said Fontana Unified School District Superintendent Cali Olsen-Binks, "They're giving us money they owe us, and they're giving it to us this year instead of deferring it to next year." (more...)

Also: San Jose Mercury News

Document Actions

Print this

Personal tools

Sections

Schools are still hurting

Document Actions