SMMUSD HDQTRS — Already dealing with state cuts to education and facing a $14 million budget gap, local public school officials learned this week they will have to grapple with the effect of a revenue grab by a neighboring school district.
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Ramon Cortines last month directed his staff to begin restricting the number of permits issued to students who live in LAUSD territory but wish to attend school in another public school system.
The policy change would mean as many as 80 percent of the 12,250 students who receive permits to attend school outside of LAUSD would have to return to their home district, Cortines said in a memo dated Feb. 16. Because the school district receives a per-pupil payment from the state, the change is expected to net LAUSD $51 million, he said.
At the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, where 1,227 students attend district schools on permits but live within LAUSD's boundaries, officials said they were concerned losing a significant number of students could further impact the
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Ramon Cortines last month directed his staff to begin restricting the number of permits issued to students who live in LAUSD territory but wish to attend school in another public school system.
The policy change would mean as many as 80 percent of the 12,250 students who receive permits to attend school outside of LAUSD would have to return to their home district, Cortines said in a memo dated Feb. 16. Because the school district receives a per-pupil payment from the state, the change is expected to net LAUSD $51 million, he said.
At the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, where 1,227 students attend district schools on permits but live within LAUSD's boundaries, officials said they were concerned losing a significant number of students could further impact the
