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SFUSD previews two budget scenarios tied to state tax-extension vote; furlough days to continue
Summary
Deputy Superintendent Myong Lee told the Board the state faces a $26.7 billion gap and described two planning scenarios: if the Legislature places a tax-extension package on a June ballot and voters approve it, SFUSD would face only modest per‑pupil reductions; if not, district cuts would deepen by roughly $330 per ADA, more than $20 million for SFUSD.
Deputy Superintendent Myong Lee told the San Francisco Unified School District Board on Jan. 25 that the state is confronting an estimated $26.7 billion budget gap and presented two fiscal scenarios the district must plan for.
Lee said Governor Jerry Brown—s proposal mixes spending cuts and revenue extensions, including temporary tax increases that would require a two-thirds legislative vote to place on a June special election ballot and then voter approval. The package would rely on about $12 billion in new or extended revenues, and roughly $2 billion of that is tied directly to K–12 education, Lee said.
If voters approve an extension of the temporary taxes, the district would largely see flat funding for 2011–12 but no cost-of-living adjustment; Lee said that scenario would produce a modest reduction of about $19 per average daily attendance for a typical unified district—“a little less than $2 million for a district of our size,” he said. If the ballot measure is not placed or is rejected, Lee warned, schools would face a deeper cut—about $330 per ADA—amounting to more than $20 million for SFUSD under the more severe scenario.
Lee and Deputy Superintendent Carranza said the district would plan for both paths and will brief school communities as more details materialize. Carranza reminded the Board that schools and district offices will be closed Feb. 3–4 for Lunar New Year and a district furlough day and emphasized that furloughs were a difficult but necessary step to balance prior-year budgets.
Board members asked staff to provide more public-facing materials, to route questions through the district website, and to report specific local shifts in services the governor—s plan might require. Staff committed to a fuller budget update on Feb. 8 and a school-site planning summit on Feb. 12 to begin allocating site budgets under the two scenarios.
The presentation framed the near-term planning choices the Board and district will face as the state—s revenue and legislative timetable unfolds.
