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District staff outline school funding allocation method; board notes agenda addendum and holds roll-call
Summary
District staff described how school funding allocations are calculated—one portion based on APN and another based on attendance tied to Section 7—while the board chair announced an addendum to the agenda to be considered under action and a partial roll call was recorded.
During the board’s monthly meeting, a district staff member explained how the district’s school funding allocations are computed and described an addendum to the meeting agenda that would be considered under action items.
Melissa Schumacher (identified in the transcript by name) said the district’s allocation documents show a two-part funding methodology. She said the top portion of each school’s allocation is based on “APN” (as presented in the district documents), intended to reflect staffing needs if every student attended on the same day. The second portion, Schumacher said, is attendance-based and she described it in the meeting as tied to a “Section 7 allocation” used by the district to distribute funds to schools along with site-based discretion on supplies and staffing.
The board chair also noted an addendum to the agenda that “will be action under actionized for” (transcript wording). Subsequently, a roll-call sequence recorded at least two board members answering “yes” when polled: District 4, Cliff Rivera, answered “Yes,” and District 5, Randy Phillips, answered “Yes.” The transcript excerpt does not capture the full motion text, the mover/second, or the complete roll-call record.
The district’s staff presentation emphasized that each school’s packet shows the allocation breakdown on its pages and that attendance figures drive the second portion of funding. No dollar amounts or final votes related to the funding allocations were recorded in the transcript excerpt provided to reporters.
Board members did not record additional directions or formal budget decisions in the excerpt; the discussion as captured was explanatory and procedural.
