CUTS AHEAD FOR SAC CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
School districts throughout the state are crunching the numbers now that they have Governor Schwarzenegger’s budget plan to work from.
By: Steve Milne Thu Jan 14, 2010 |
Aired 1/14/2010 on All Things Considered -Aired 1/14/2010 on Morning Edition
(Sacramento, CA)Although the governor has committed $50 billion in funding to education, his budget plan also calls for school districts statewide to cut administrative costs by $1.5 billion.
And it doesn’t look good for the Sacramento City Unified School District. Jonathan Raymond is the district’s superintendent.
“It was a tough day. We learned, after studying the governor’s budget that our budget target went from $18.5 million to now it looks like $28-$30 million.”
Raymond says they’ll be looking at making cuts…including staff reductions.
“Between 80% and 90% of a school district’s budget is staff and it’s personnel. But we’re not just simply talking about massive layoffs. We’re talking about looking across our budget for savings in every we can.”
District officials have to come up with a balanced budget plan by mid-March.
And it doesn’t look good for the Sacramento City Unified School District. Jonathan Raymond is the district’s superintendent.
“It was a tough day. We learned, after studying the governor’s budget that our budget target went from $18.5 million to now it looks like $28-$30 million.”
Raymond says they’ll be looking at making cuts…including staff reductions.
“Between 80% and 90% of a school district’s budget is staff and it’s personnel. But we’re not just simply talking about massive layoffs. We’re talking about looking across our budget for savings in every we can.”
District officials have to come up with a balanced budget plan by mid-March.