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District reports nearly $2.5 million in Prop 28 arts funding, spent about $2.1 million last year
Summary
District staff presented the annual Prop 28 report showing almost $2.5 million received, about $2.1 million spent (84% on personnel), supporting 13.95 FTE across 25 schools and approximately 14,560 students. Board members asked whether the funds created new positions or shifted existing ones.
A district presenter summarized the annual Prop 28 arts funding report, saying the district received "the almost $2,500,000 that we received last school year. We did expend about 2,100,000," and that the program reached roughly 25 schools and about 14,560 students.
The staff presentation explained how the California Department of Education allocates Prop 28 dollars to school sites based on enrollment and unduplicated pupil counts and that sites have three years to spend the allocation. A staff member told the board that 80% of Prop 28 funds must be used for hiring staff and that the district spent 84% of last year’s Prop 28 allocation on personnel costs, including salaries and benefits.
The report listed staffing supported by Prop 28 at about 13.95 full‑time equivalent positions and noted that some elementary sites contract with outside vendors for arts instruction. Staff also explained that portions of teacher salaries and benefits are supplemented by the district’s LCAP and that some positions previously paid with ESSER funds were later shifted to Prop 28 when ESSER ended.
Board members did not take new policy action during the presentation; the item provided the statutory report required to show how the district used Prop 28 money and where positions and services are being delivered.
