Board approves $2.205 million school supplemental split between school baseline and state reserve after debate over funding sources

Supervisor Kim advanced an ordinance to appropriate funds to the San Francisco Unified School District for programs aimed at getting juniors and sophomores back on track to graduate. Kim said updated district data showed roughly 2,000 juniors were off track and she proposed a supplemental originally for approximately $2.7 million; amendments negotiated during the meeting reduced the request to $2.205 million.

Supervisor Kim explained the reduction came from two sources: the district identified $200,000 of internal savings and agreed to cut $250,000 from an intended allocation, and she proposed a revised funding split so $1,412,000 would come from the school district set‑aside (Public Education Enrichment Fund, sometimes called PEAF or Prop H funds) and the remainder from…