Educational Services Recommendation Federal School Fiscal Stabilization Funds

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Educational Services RecommendationFederal
School Fiscal Stabilization Funds

• Chico Unified School District
• July 22, 2009

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Background

• February State provided school districts with
  the ability to use many state funded categorical
  funds in flexible ways
• March CUSD Board passed a resolution
  identifying preliminary budget priorities for
  state funded categorical programs

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Background (Contd)

• June
• District received notification from the State of
  California of additional pending cuts to revenue
  limit.
• CUSD also received notification of 4.4 M in
  one-time Federal School Fiscal Stabilization
  Funds (SFSF). These funds can be used to retain
  specific programs and services, avoiding further
  cuts.
• When July 1 CUSD budget was adopted, it was
  determined that 2.2 M of the SFSF dollars would
  be allocated in 2009-10 and 2.2 M in 2010-11.

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Educational Services Recommendation

• The Educational Services Department has been
  meeting during June and July to prioritize
  educational programs for the District for the
  next two years.
• Additional recommendations will be forthcoming at
  a future Board meeting regarding Title I and
  Special Education Federal Stimulus Funds these
  dollars are not yet budgeted.
• Educational Services recommends the use of SFSF
  dollars to fund the following programs

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Programs

• International Baccalaureate
• Safe Schools
• School Improvement Program
• Secondary Specialized Programs
• Pupil Retention Promotion Block Grant
• Academy For Change
• Cal Safe Program
• PAR
• By using these funds in this manner,
  approximately 40 FTE positions will be retained.
  These positions include both classified and
  certificated positions.