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EGUSD Budget Information

The Elk Grove Unified School District is closely monitoring the budget discussions taking place at the state level. As the district learns more about how state decisions will affect the district’s budget outlook, information will be posted on this Budget Watch page.

State law requires that California school districts submit a three-year balanced budget. In order to meet our state mandates, the district is being proactive in exploring possible areas to cut for the 2009-2010, 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 school years.

If you have any questions about the information on this page, please contact EGUSD Communications at (916) 686-7732.

Budget Timeline 2010-2011 School Year
Nov. 03, 2009	EGUSD’s Board of Education’s 1st reading of budget reductions for 2010-2011
Nov. 17, 2009	EGUSD’s Board of Education takes action on budget reductions for 2010-2011
Jan. 2010	Governor submits proposed state budget to the Legislature
Feb.	California’s Legislative Analyst releases formal analysis of the Governor’s budget
March 15	Deadline to send preliminary notices of potential layoff to certificated employees
May	Governor releases May revision of state budget
May 15	Deadline to send final notices of layoff to certificated employees
June 15	Constitutional deadline for Legislature to pass state budget bill
June/July	Governor must sign or veto the state budget bill within 12 days of legislative action. Governor may use line-item veto to reduce or eliminate specific expenditures.
July 1	Deadline for school districts to submit adopted budget to the County Office of Education
July 1	EGUSD’s budget reductions for the 2010-2011 school year go into effect

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November 18, 2009 Update

At the November 17, 2009, Board of Education meeting, the board approved a list of $42 million in cuts for 2010-2011 in order to submit a balanced budget as part of the first interim budget report due to the Sacramento County Office of Education on December 15, 2009. The list of cuts is preliminary and another step in the budget process. The Board will be asked to adopt the first interim budget report, which will reflect these cuts, at the December 8 Board of Education meeting. Scroll up to view the budget development timeline for California's school districts.

Based on the most current information available, EGUSD would need to make about $42 million in reductions to balance the state required multi-year projections through 2010-2011. If there are no changes to the current state budget in the January Governor's Budget proposal, EGUSD will need to make an additional $5.2 million in cuts to balance the state required multi-year projections through 2011-2012.

To view the Power Point presentation given at the board meeting and the list of identified reductions, click here.

The list includes a $2.5 million reduction to the district's athletic program. This figure represents the reduction of the entire athletic program. Superintendent Ladd is recommending restoring $1.6 million through some of the savings that would be gained from increasing the number of year-round schools to traditional or modified traditional schedules. At this time the programs associated with the remaining $800,000 have not been determined. The district will continue to work with parents and the community to find creative solutions to keep as many programs in place as possible, including a possible voluntary athletic contribution and fundraising.

The list of cuts is preliminary. Dollar figures associated with the positions are based on average salaries and benefits. These dollars will be adjusted as EGUSD moves through the budget cycle.

Conversion of 12 schools from year-round to traditional

In order to save money, the district is considering the possibility of moving 12 multi-track year-round elementary schools to traditional or modified traditional schedules. Schools were selected based on their current enrollment and enrollment projections over the next three to five years. The schedule change would result in a savings of $300,000 per school. District staff members have conducted a series of meetings with staff and communities at the following schools to explore this possibility:

Beitzel
Case
Ehrhardt
Fite
Herburger
Kennedy
Kirchgater
Leimbach
Mack
Morse
Reith
Union House

The Board of Education will hear a report on the calendar conversions at the January 5, 2010 meeting.

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October 20, 2009 Update

At the October 20, 2009, Board of Education meeting, Associate Superintendent of Finance and School Support Richard Odegaard gave the following presentation on EGUSDï¿½s Projected Budget Reductions:

View the Budget Reduction Update presentation as a (.pdf)

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EGUSD Athletic Budget Cuts Community Meetings

The Elk Grove Unified School District held four community meetings in October to discuss possible athletic budget reductions for the 2010-2011 school year. The following Power Point was presented at those meetings:

View the Proposed Athletic Budget Reductions presentation as a (.pdf)

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2010-2011 Possible Budget Reductions

2010-2011 Proposed Budget Reductions
2010-2011 Athletic Budget Reduction Plan

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September 15, 2009 Update

At the September 15, 2009, Board of Education meeting, Associate Superintendent of Finance and School Support Richard Odegaard gave the following presentation on EGUSD’s Projected Budget Reductions:

View the Projected Budget Reductions 2010-2011 presentation as a (.pdf)

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August 27, 2009 Update

The Elk Grove Unified School Districtï¿½s budget committee has resumed the work of identifying $40 million in ongoing cuts for 2010-2011 school year. The reduction of $40 million is on top of $17 million in one-time and $27 million in ongoing budget cuts that the Elk Grove Unified School District had to make for the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 school years.

The 45 member budget committee is comprised of district administrators, principals and union representatives. This year parent representatives serving on the districtï¿½s finance committee also joined the budget committee. The committee is being asked to look at budget reductions through the following four lenses:

Keep people before things
Safety and security is a top priority
Maintain cleanliness
Academic programs and services

The committee was presented with a 2010-2011 budget development list of $40 million in ongoing, non-negotiated, possible reductions. Click here to see the list. The list does not include a number of items that must be negotiated with EGUSDï¿½s labor organizations.

EGUSD Superintendent Steven M. Ladd, Ed.D, who is facilitating the meetings, made it clear to the committee that the list represents a starting point in the conversation only and was not final but underscored that cuts must be made. It will be the work of the committee to refine the list with input from the staff, parents and community members.

In the case of the possible reductions to the athletic budget, an Athletic Budget Reduction Team was formed to identify $800,000 in possible reductions. The committee has looked at possible reductions through the following lenses:

Quality of each site Athletic Department
Title IX Equity
Equity amongst all schools ï¿½ no booster funded programs
Safety of student-athletes/coaches/spectators
Ability to sustain varsity programs ï¿½ donï¿½t eliminate multiple levels of a sport
Percentage/number of students affected by modified or eliminated sports

To see a draft list of budget cuts identified by the Athletic Budget Reduction Team, click here.

In September, Superintendent Ladd will begin visiting school sites to speak with staff members about the district budget. In addition, in October the district will hold a series of community forums to invite parents, staff and students to join the discussion, present ideas and ask questions.

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August 2009 Update

Californiaï¿½s adopted budget will have a significant financial impact on the Elk Grove Unified School District over the coming years. Based on the most current information, EGUSD faces the need to reduce its operating expenses by approximately $40 million by the school year 2010-11, and the outlook for future years seems bleak. These reductions are on top of the millions of dollars that the district has already cut in past years.

For the 2009-2010 budget, the district used its ending-fund balance and reserve funds to keep as many people working as possible during this school year. Upon receipt of approximately $26 million in federal stimulus dollars, EGUSD included these one-time dollars in the 2009-10 budget. However, due to Californiaï¿½s declining state revenues, even with this investment of federal one-time dollars, EGUSD still faces the need to reduce the 2010-11 budget by approximately $40 million.

In anticipation of a brewing storm, over 18 months ago, EGUSDï¿½s administration and Board of Education began to control spending as much as possible. In addition, the district continues to work collaboratively on solutions to control rising costs such as energy and health care. The district will continue to look to creative solutions to increase revenue and cut costs.

The district Budget Committee will reconvene in August to gain an understanding of the areas that have been identified for reduction in 2010-2011 and to explore any other possible ideas that have not emerged thus far. You can share your ideas an input through the Budget Watch online comment section below. We will continue to update the Budget Watch page as we have new information to share.

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PLEASE SHARE YOUR IDEAS WITH US!

The Elk Grove Unified School District has set up this webpage to provide an avenue to gather ideas of how to approach budget cuts imposed on the district by the state for 2009-2010. We appreciate any ideas you might have as to how to solve the problem. Please use the comment fields below to give us your suggestions and/or thoughts on the budget deficit.

We have provided space for you to include contact information in the designated fields. This is not mandatory information. We will not share this information with anyone. We would like to be able to contact you in case we have questions about your comments or suggestions.

Thank you in advance for your input. Ideas and feedback will be important as we work together to solve EGUSD's budget deficit.

Steven M. Ladd, Ed.D.
Superintendent

Please share your ideas in the space below: