News Impacting CA Schools for the Week Ending June 25
Sacramento
In the past few years, the State has deferred payments to school districts to address budgetary and cash flow problems at the State level. This practice has gotten so bad that numerous school districts have had to take out loans to address their own cash flow issues. In a bit of good news, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed a bill that does not give districts all the money they should receive before June 30, but at least 57 percent. At least $1.1 billion will still come late.
Reforming State and Local Governance
November 2010 will once again be busy for voters. Ballot measures to legalize marijuana, decrease the margin needed to pass a State budget, increase the margin to increase fees, repeal AB 32, Congressional redistricting, eliminate the newly created commission on redistricting means there will be plenty of commercials on the television.
School Districts Impacts
After passing three parcel taxes in the past eight years, Alameda Unified School District lost their latest attempt by a slim margin of one percent with 65.6% Yes.
In a growing trend, employee groups are agreeing to salary rollbacks in addition to furlough days. In Saddleback, teachers and other certificated employees must take a 9.73 percent pay cut that includes a mix of furlough days, higher insurance costs and salary rollbacks. In Sacramento, SCTA members will be required to give up $950 in salary in each of the two years of the agreement. District officials say that the $2.1 million in savings from that giveback this year is the equivalent of three furlough days for SCTA members.
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