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SFUSD outlines $113 million shortfall and a menu of cuts, labor measures and revenue options
Summary
Superintendent Garcia and staff told the Board of Education the district faces a $113 million shortfall tied to the governor’s budget and proposed a package of measures — sweeping some categorical (tier‑3) funds, front‑loading Prop A parcel tax money, major labor‑negotiation savings and deep cuts to summer programs — while urging advocacy and possible litigation against the state.
San Francisco Unified School District officials told the Board of Education on Jan. 26 that a revised analysis of the governor’s proposed state budget raised the district’s projected deficit to $113 million over the next two fiscal years. Superintendent Garcia and Deputy Superintendent Lee said the change stemmed from the governor making a one‑time $250 per‑pupil reduction effectively permanent and from expected reductions in federal and state stabilization funds.
The presentation laid out a series of options staff say could, in combination, close most of the gap: redirecting some tier‑3 categorical funds (programs the state has made more flexible), fronting $15 million of Prop A parcel‑tax proceeds through a memorandum of understanding, sweeping selected centrally budgeted unrestricted…
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