School Financial Emergency
Reports to the education community and the public on the impact of California's state budget crisis on education funding.On January 6, 2011, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson declared a state of financial emergency in California’s schools. He launched a department-wide review and urged Californians to come to the aid of schools across the state.
"There’s simply no other way to describe it: this is an emergency. Every day, teachers, school employees, and principals are performing miracles, but the $18 billion in cuts over the last three years are taking their toll. We have 174 districts teetering on the financial brink. If this isn’t an emergency, I don’t know what is. The law won’t let me call out the National Guard. So I’m saying to every Californian: ‘Your schools need your help. And they need it now.’"
— Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Teacher Reduction In Force Tally
As of March 15, 2011, the number of estimated teachers receiving Reduction In Force notices is 18,886 with 300 local educational agencies reporting. Please check back often, because this number may change.
Budget Cuts
The following data is collected from newspaper reports and the Fiscal Emergency Information Request - Letterssurvey requested by Torlakson to superintendents from around the state. This is not a complete list of proposed cuts by local educational agencies (LEAs). If there are no listings for a particular LEA, this means they have not yet reported their data. Please check back often for updated information.
Alameda | Alpine | Amador | Butte | Calaveras | Colusa | Contra Costa | Del Norte |
El Dorado | Fresno | Glenn | Humboldt | Imperial | Inyo | Kern | Kings | Lake | Lassen |
Los Angeles | Madera | Marin | Mariposa | Mendocino | Merced | Modoc | Mono |
Monterey | Napa | Nevada | Orange | Placer | Plumas | Riverside | Sacramento |
San Benito | San Bernardino | San Diego | San Francisco | San Joaquin | San Luis Obispo |
San Mateo | Santa Barbara | Santa Clara | Santa Cruz | Shasta | Sierra | Siskiyou | Solano |
Sonoma | Stanislaus | Sutter | Tehama | Trinity | Tulare | Tuolumne | Ventura | Yolo | Yuba
News Releases
- March 21, 2011: Interim Status Report.
- March 11, 2011: Torlakson Warns Districts to Plan for the Worst.
- January 10, 2011: Torlakson Comments on State Budget.
- January 6, 2011: Torlakson Declares Financial Emergency.
