Now that the legislature has settled the budget (if you think settled means having the shebang rely on a May 19 vote) and districts are beginning to make cuts. A lady at one of our board meetings said she was in Sacramento and learned that the governor is referring to the cuts as "expenditure solutions". Sadly, these expenditure solutions are structured in a way that it makes the instructional functions of the district much more vulnerable than other functions. Specifically, they gave "sweep" rights to state programs such as gifted, teacher credentialing, school improvement (the only money that principals have available to customize their school/leadership/professional development/materials offerings". Rights were given to sweep any carryover that school BUILDINGS and instruction had left. What is not evident is many principals and districts had frozen this money in the prior year, so that "sweep" is a two year deprivation. PLUS the legislature gave "flexibility" for four future years of the same dollars.
Get out there. Find out how your district is making the cuts.
