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Budget update draws broad public alarm over proposed school cuts, AP funding and layoffs
Summary
Staff presented an improved revenue outlook after the governor’s January budget and proposed restoring site funding, but community speakers warned that proposed classroom consolidations, layoffs and changes to AP funding tied to a tentative UESF agreement would disproportionately hurt Black and other focal students and asked for more transparent school‑level impact data.
A staff budget update on Feb. 8 delivered both welcome and worrying news: improved state revenue projections created room to restore millions to site budgets, but the district’s structural enrollment decline means painful trade‑offs remain. The public response was immediate and forceful: parents, educators and students urged transparency and alternatives to site cuts and warned that proposed changes would fall heaviest on historically underserved students.
CFO Megan Wallace told the Board that the governor’s January proposed budget raised the LCFF COLA to 5.33% and increased special education per‑pupil funding, producing about a $40 million improvement in the district’s outlook. Staff proposed restoring roughly $35 million to school site…
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