San Diego's School Board Closes Budget Gap

San Diego's Board of Education has submitted a $1.18 billion budget for the 2009-10 school year, as required by state law, on June 30.

The following reductions and reorganizations were approved by the Board for the 2009-10 school year.

-- Shift Cost of Professional Development From Unrestricted To Title II, $2,500,000

-- Special Education Staff Reductions (53.425 FTE), $2,616,350

-- GATE Program Staff Reductions (1 FTE), $96,262

-- Eliminate 9th Class Size Reduction (47 FTE), $3,941,263

-- Eliminate K-2 Class Size Reduction of 15:1 for 29 schools (includes prep time 105 FTE), $8,120,000

-- Eliminate 8 World Language Teachers, $664,000

-- Increase Gate Seminar Program Teacher Ratio From 23:1 to 25:1 (4 FTE), $330,108

-- Increase Class Size K-3 from 20 to 24 (316 FTE) Planning Time Teachers (24 FTE), $14,577,124

-- Eliminate Grant K-8 Magnet Funds, $198,000

-- Increase Lunch Prices by $0.25 (Increase in Revenue), $625,000

-- Landscaping (reduced by 8 positions, currently vacant), $430,256

-- Increase Minimum Bus Rider Number From 8 to 15, $4,238,000

-- Reduce Supplies By 25% at School Sites, $1,500,000

-- Reduce Vice Principals by 30 FTE, $3,360,000

-- Year 2 IDEA, $7,025,000

-- Textbook Adoption and Replacement, $6,500,000

-- School Library allocations that would fund: .5 librarian and .5 library tech at each high school and middle school; .5 librarian and .5 library tech at each atypical school; and .5 library assistant at each elementary school, $2,475,000

-- Merging distribution and warehouse services (Food Services/Warehouse, 18 FTE, $1,100,000

Go to the Budget website for more information.