Board adopts BSEP plan after debate over program cuts; ethnic-studies TSA reduction draws objection
The board approved the BSEP 2026–27 annual plan after staff recommended program reductions to absorb cost pressures; the vote passed 3–1 with President Chang voting no after unsuccessful amendment attempts to retain the ethnic-studies TSA at 1.0 FTE.
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Staff presented the BSEP (Measure H) annual plan that includes program shifts and targeted reductions to create capacity for contractual salary increases and other cost pressures. Cathy Fleming and the Planning & Oversight co-chairs described a set of approximately $1.12 million in program reductions plus shifts to carryover and other funds; Vicki Davis warned that BSEP budgets had absorbed roughly $700,000 from the general fund and that several programs used carryover that would be exhausted in two to three years.
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