"School board president Richard Barrera called it a tax at the Jan. 26 San Diego Unified School District’s Board of Education meeting. SDUSD chief district relations officer Bernie Rhinerson called it a penalty. And Channel 10 News in a report on Jan. 28 called it a “hefty fine.”
But is the district’s $13.5 million loss for increasing class sizes over the 20-student cap in the lower grades really any of those things?
Before San Diegans become too outraged, the school district should make sure everyone understands that this “tax” or “hefty fine” is really a funding reduction in a statewide incentive program, not a payment the district must make to the state. The distinction is important."
But is the district’s $13.5 million loss for increasing class sizes over the 20-student cap in the lower grades really any of those things?
Before San Diegans become too outraged, the school district should make sure everyone understands that this “tax” or “hefty fine” is really a funding reduction in a statewide incentive program, not a payment the district must make to the state. The distinction is important."
