Maple SD State Adopted Budget 2010-11

1. Maple SD – State Adopted Budget 2010-11

2. Funding Riddle This story is taken from Sacbee / Capitol and California Schools face funding riddle with new state budget dlambert@sacbee.com Published Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 The new state budget looks like one that would make California school officials happy. State legislators restored $1.7 billion to schools, cut by the governor in his May budget revision. But lawmakers deferred payment until next July, and education leaders – weary from years of cuts – don't trust that the money will make it to schools. The budget also suspended Proposition 98, which guarantees a minimum funding level for public education. This resulted in a loss of $4.3 billion to schools, according to School Services of California Inc., a consulting firm that advises school districts. Districts aren't quite sure what to do. "Our guidance has been to open the planning books and plan for current law, but close the checkbook and don't spend it," said Ron Bennett, president of School Services. On average, schools should receive 5.17 percent more in funding than was anticipated in May, Bennett told The Bee. "We think that's a good thing," he said. "If the money stays, it provides some relief." But some experts aren't convinced that will happen, saying the budget is based on questionable revenue. Bennett estimates there is about $5 billion of "wishful thinking." "The next governor walks in, and they will have a big deficit," he said. "We're not sure what they'll do, and it makes us nervous." Keeping the cash flowing – after $18 billion in cuts to education in the last few years – becomes more complicated as the state delays payments to districts. The state had four payment deferrals built into the law in 2008. This year's budget includes five – including deferral of the $1.7 billion until July of 2011 – for a total of $7 billion, Bennett said. "These deferrals help the state but put the school district at much more risk," said Mike Dencavage, chief financial officer for San Juan Unified. Districts can apply for an exemption, but essentially only if they are facing bankruptcy. Most will borrow to keep the cash flowing.

3. The Economy Financial recovery for the state as a whole and for public agencies is dependent upon employment Unemployment is key and CA remains higher than the rest of the nation For Sept., U.S. 9.6%, CA 12.4%, Kern 15.1% Predictions of an early recovery in the spring of 2010 proved to be overly optimistic Recovery is slow at best and realistically nearly nonexistent Most projections are that the economy will remain sluggish until at least 2012 Still, not all the news is bad Things are not getting worse No “double-dip” recession – at least not yet The ugly real estate and construction markets are economy killers The keys to recovery? Improvement in the construction industry, Improvement in employment 2

4. Major Changes from May Revisionto the Final Budget May Revision: Reduced revenue limits by $1.5 billion Final Budget: Fully restores revenue limit cut based on flawed state budget assumptions, i.e. overly optimistic revenue projections, $1.4B, $4B in Federal revenue for which there is no current legislation, 12 months of expenditure reductions with only 8 months left in the fiscal year to implement, etc. May Revision: “Fully funded” negative 0.39% COLA Final Budget: Holds school agencies harmless from negative COLA May Revision: No funding for prior-year mandates Final Budget: $300 million in one-time mandate funds, of which$100 million is for 2010-11 claims and $200 million is for prior-year claims allocated on a per-ADA basis, approximately $28/ADA 3

5. 2010-11 K-12 Revenue Limits – Maple SD 4

6. SSC Financial Dartboard 5

7. Will Flexibility Really Go Away? Depending on the program, current law only allows for flexibility through 2011-12 or 2012-13 As LEAs work through the multiyear projections, this question comes up because much has shifted from restricted uses What we know The LAO has made recommendations about continued flexibility and additional Tier III programs Many LEAs would be hard pressed to revert to previous program rules and uses This topic will have to be brought to the forefront with the new Administration for answers regarding assumptions for the “out” years But for now plan for losing the flexibility, as that is current law 6

8. Next Steps The first interim reporting period closed October 31 and the report will be received by the Board by December 15 Adjustments to the budget will be made based on the Revised State Budget Our revision to the budget requires: Clarifying assumptions How much revenue? Do we designate the increased RL dollars for a future potential cut considering the fragility of the state’s budget assumptions? What flexibility options remain available? How will expenditures change? What is the impact of Federal Jobs Bill funding? 7

9. Questions