Politics & Government

Trigger Cuts: Sac City Unified to Lose $2.5M

Midyear budget cuts will halve the district's transportation funding.

Public schools in Rosemont didn't exactly dodge a bullet–they were "grazed" by one, Sacramento City Unified School District Superintendent Jonathan Raymond said this week.

California's revenues will miss lawmaker projections, causing Gov. Jerry Brown to enact $1 billion in midyear "trigger cuts," according to the Associated Press.

Those cuts will slice the Sacramento City Unified transportation budget in half–a $2 million loss–according to a letter distributed by Ramond this week (PDF).

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"We will still provide this service, but we will have to find the money elsewhere in our budget," Raymond wrote. "It would be unconscionable to cut this service to our elementary school families in mid-year."

The midyear trigger cuts will also lower the per-student "average daily attendance" funding school districts receive–a $544,000 hit to Sacramento City Unified.

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So while the news isn't as bad as it could have been–the $2.5 million reductions could have been as much as $12 million–the district will again have to make due with less starting next month.

Raymond also warned of the possibility of more cuts next year.

"Even if K-12 schools are budgeted for 'flat funding' in 2012-13, our district will still face a $25.26 million shortfall due to rising costs, declining enrollment and the loss of one- time funds," he wrote. "This is likely our 'best case' scenario."


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