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SFUSD outlines $23 million contingency plan if Prop 30 fails
Summary
Deputy Superintendent briefed the board on a contingency plan estimating a $23 million hit if Prop 30 failed; proposed measures include a five-day calendar reduction ($9.9M), hiring/expenditure freezes ($6.5M target), $1.5M from mandate block grant, and $400K in revenue recovery.
Deputy Superintendent Lee told the Board of Education on Oct. 9 that the district's contingency plan for a failed Proposition 30 would amount to roughly $23 million for fiscal year 2012-13. Lee said the largest single item in that outline is $9.9 million from reducing the school calendar by five days, an action included in collective bargaining provisions.
Other elements cited in the contingency summary included an anticipated $1.5 million from a mandated-cost block grant option that districts may now access, a target of about $6.5 million from hiring and expenditure freezes that have not yet been specifically identified, and a $400,000 target for additional revenue recovery efforts (for example, enhancing Medi-Cal reimbursement documentation).
The deputy superintendent said the district's unaudited actuals for FY 2011-12 produced an ending fund balance roughly $4.7 million higher than the budgeted assumption, which would help mitigate the shortfall. Board members discussed the need to begin earlier budget conversations so options are not compressed into the spring budget cycle.
Commissioners asked staff for more detail as contingency planning proceeds; the Budget and Business Services Committee will continue to develop proposals and report back to the board. No binding fiscal decisions were made at the Oct. 9 meeting; the briefing was informational and intended to prepare the board for possible scenarios should the statewide measure fail.
