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Board adopts 2017–18 Public Education Enrichment Fund spending plan after adjustments
Summary
Board approved the PEAF (Public Education Enrichment Fund) 2017–18 spending plan after staff incorporated PEFCAC recommendations and an updated revenue estimate; revisions reallocated a $490,000 increase across SLAM and other general uses and shifted some positions between PEAF and the General Fund.
The Board approved the district's Public Education Enrichment Fund (PEAF) spending plan for school year 2017–18 after staff presented second‑reading changes on March 21.
Staff reported an updated revenue estimate that added $490,000 to the allocation; roughly half of that increase ($245,000) was applied to SLAM programs (sports, libraries, arts and music) and the rest to other general uses. Specific adjustments included absorbing step/column and benefit increases, allocating additional supplies and materials for athletics and libraries, and retaining arts/music step increases. Staff also shifted certain costs (1.2 FTE in formative assessment and two clerks in STEM) from PEAF to the General Fund per PEFCAC recommendations while increasing the number of nurses and social workers funded under the combined budgets.
The revised plan allocated $15,475 of the additional funds to preserve the African American Leadership Initiative and budgeted $225,000 in the digital learning budget to support a three‑school middle school redesign (including MLK). Commissioners requested periodic reporting and asked staff to return cost analyses and implementation plans as part of regular updates; staff said a June amendment is possible if revenue estimates change.
The vote to adopt the second‑reading spending plan passed on roll call (tally recorded in the transcript as six ayes; subsequent lines reference seven ayes). Staff and PEFCAC co‑chairs were thanked for rapid turnarounds on requested changes.
