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SFUSD board adopts revised FY2020–21 budget with city and philanthropic support amid community calls to restore equity funding
Summary
The board approved revisions to the FY2020–21 budgets after staff presented adjustments and outlined new funding sources, including a proposed $15 million from the mayor and philanthropic gifts (about $10M and $9M). Public commenters urged restoring cuts to African American programs and preserving bus drivers’ health coverage.
The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education voted on Aug. 11 to adopt revisions to its FY2020–21 budgets, after the district presented proposed changes and identified new revenue sources to help close a budget gap created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chief Financial Officer Megan Wallace said the district is using a combination of sources — including $15 million proposed in Mayor London N. Breed’s recommended budget and philanthropic gifts — to balance the revised budget within the statutory window for…
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