Sacramento Press / SCUSD budget gap grows by $10 million

Sacramento Press / SCUSD budget gap grows by $10 million

 SCUSD budget gap grows by $10 million

School district facing eighth year of reductions

Story By Maria L. Lopez

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Sacramento City Unified School Superintendent Jonathan P. Raymond announced today that the district will need to reduce its 2010-11 general fund budget by $28 to $30 million. The projection was readjusted after review of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s budget proposals.

Raymond said the district had expected to trim $18 million from next year’s budget but revised the estimate after the Governor’s proposals were released.

Raymond said that since 2002-03, SCUSD has cut more than $144 million from its budget. “While the news is not good, we will do what we have to do to meet the needs of our students. We will need the best thinking and efforts of everyone from our staff and parents to community members to meet this new challenge,” Raymond stated. “The priority will be students and what we