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Up to 1,125 school employee notices will be sent March 15 Elk Grove Citizen : News

Elk Grove Citizen : News

Up to 1,125 school employee notices will be sent March 15


By Citizen staff
Published: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 4:07 PM PST
The newly revised layoff notices to balance the Elk Grove Unified School District’s 2010-11 budget was revised upward from about 600 to more than 1,125 this week. Notices will be sent out on March 15.  This is about 20 percent of the district’s workforce that will receive the “pink slips.”

Certificated

Non-Administrative FTE:  497.1

Administrative FTE: 48.5


Total FTE: 545.6

Total Layoff Notices: Approximately 650 to 750.

Of the certificated employees or educators, 105 FTE are typically noticed annually because they are funded through categorical or grant dollars.

Classified

Non-Administrative Full Time Employees (FTE):  248

Administrative FTE: 24.2

Total FTE: 272.2

Total Layoff Notices:  375

Of the classified, 196 FTE are typically noticed annually because they are funded through categorical or grant dollars.

Totals:

FTE:  817.8

Layoff Notices:  Approximately 1,025 to 1,125.

The school district board will set the first preliminary budget for 2010-11 at their March 15 board meeting.

However as state and federal funding does change or is approved, that will affect the outcome of the number of employees impacted.

Elk Grove school district opens their new school year in mid-August.  The likelihood of the state legislature even passing the budget by then is dim, putting another cloud over the situation.