WJUSD: "Excellence for all" includes $1 million cut in faculty, $1.14 million cut in staff

From the Woodland Record:

Excerpts from the WJUSD staff recommendation of May 19:

WJUSD currently has a "qualified budget" meaning additional budget cuts are needed for the District to submit a balanced 3 year budget as required. The Yolo County Office of Education requires submission of the budget by the end of June 2011. A study by FCMAT [Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team], which considered the additional state cuts to education, was used to identify the amount of the additional budget cuts needed. The amount of additional cuts recommended by FCMAT was 3.9 million dollars. Cutting 3.9 million dollars will restore the WJUSD budget to a positive status and provide a 3% Reserve for Economic Uncertainties. The amount of dollars that must be cut from the District's budget is highly susceptible to change. There are reports the state's funding for education may be less than currently reported, which will make further cuts necessary if the reports tum out to be true.

Implications:

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Access the WJUSD staff report here.