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Parent and staff clash over proposed closure of MJUSD adult education program
Summary
A former adult education supervisor told trustees the district's adult education program is externally funded through grants and partnerships and should not be closed; district staff countered that some grants did not cover all costs and that the loss of ESSER startup funds and administrative limits left a general-fund exposure.
At the May 13 Marysville Joint Unified School District board meeting, Natalie Carnagas, who said she recently supervised the district's adult education program, urged trustees not to characterize the program's elimination as a simple budget cut.
"The adult education program at MJUSD is fully funded through external grants and partnerships," Carnagas told the board, identifying three primary funding sources she said supported the program: a CCSPP grant, a partnership with Yuba County Health & Human Services for CalWORKs, and an ELL IET grant in partnership with Yuba County One-Stop and the Yuba County Office of Education. Carnagas said the district submits monthly invoices and is reimbursed, and that the program even generated a small indirect-recovery amount for the district.
District staff (Amy Stratton and others) acknowledged the program had grant-funded components but said the CCSPP grant language is intended for K—2 education and administrative-cost limits had been exceeded; staff added that ESSER one-time startup funds that helped initially were no longer available. A district presenter said those factors, plus general-fund exposure for certain costs, led staff to propose closure; staff described the agenda item as a discussion and said formal action would occur at a subsequent meeting.
Why it matters: Adult education programs provide services to adult learners and partner agencies; the proposed closure would end those offerings unless an alternative funding path is secured. The parties disagreed on whether the district's general fund is at risk and whether existing grant structures could have sustained the program.
Next steps: The agenda item was a discussion; the board did not vote on closure at this meeting. Staff indicated they will return with action on the item at the next regular meeting.
