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Modesto board approves realignment as COVID one-time funds sunset after heated debate
Summary
The Modesto City Schools Board approved staff’s recommended realignment tied to sunsetting COVID one-time funds after extensive public comment and trustee questioning about cuts to MTSS coaches, para‑professionals and campus supervisors. Trustees and teachers urged delays and alternative funding strategies.
The Modesto City Schools Board of Trustees voted Nov. 18 to approve a staff plan realigning positions and budgets as COVID-era one-time funds come to an end, a move administrators said is necessary to close a looming budget gap.
Deputy Superintendent Brad Gdau told the board the district is managing “nearly $150 million in one-time funds” and that many of those grants have firm expiration dates, forcing staff to propose staged reductions beginning in 2025–26. Staff recommended reductions that would affect MTSS para‑professionals, instructional coaches and campus supervisors, and presented mitigation ideas including revised memoranda of understanding with the teachers’ union to use After‑School (ELOP) funding for portions of coach roles and pursuing Community Schools grants to extend some…
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