San Diego Unified School District Budget Reductions Update

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San Diego Unified School DistrictBudget
Reductions Update

• December 16, 2008

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Potential Mid Year Budget Reduction Solutions for
08/09 School Year

• Expense Items District Can Action on
• Workers Compensation fund 4.5M
• Savings on Freezing Vacant Positions for 4 months
  (08/09) 6.20M
• Shift costs of Custodians to Redevelopment 9.0M
• Staff Reductions TBD
• Easter Work Furlough 2.4M
• Eat into Ending Balance 4.0M
• Purchased Services 2.0M. Initial workings with
  Portolan Group.
• Total Preliminary Potential Savings 28.1M
• Expense Items Requiring Legislative Action
• Categorical Flexibility TBD
• CSR Funding for K-3 251 Ratio TBD

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Potential Revenue Increase Solutions for 09/10
School Year

• Implement ASAP Food Service Program changes
• Multiple HS Lunch periods 1.20M
• Elementary lunch on minimum days .87M
• Expand breakfast program .47M
• Improve Attendance 6.0M

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Potential Expense Reduction Solutions for 09/10
School Year

• SERP-Early Retirement TBD
• Health Care
• District provides Kaiser and employee pays
  difference if choosing Pacific Care 5.66M
• Increase Co-Pay from 5 to 10 saves 1.57M
• Changing from Super-Composite Rate Structure to
  Tier Rate Structure with VEBA .60M
• Positive Open Enrollment (if we realize 1
  reduction) 1.24M
• Decrease Double Spousal Benefit Coverage by 25
  .31M

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Potential Budget Reduction Solutions for 09/10
School Year

• Salary Roll Back 1 is 8.93M
• Reinstate 6 day reduction for OSS 1.14M
• Close Central Office during Spring Break 2.44M
• Close Central Office during Thanksgiving Break
  1.36M
• Reducing Overtime TBD

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Potential Budget Reduction Solutions for 09/10
School Year

• Continue to Right-Size Central Office staffing
  TBD
• Counseling staffing levels (increase MS HS
  ratio by 5) 2.30M
• Nursing (increase range by 50) .27M
• Librarians (reduce allocation to .6) 1.66M
• Landscaping for every 10 positions .50M
• Custodial service for every 10 positions .50M
• Regional Management Concept (Vice Principal) (96
  VPs x 6 reduction) .53M

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Potential Budget Reduction Solutions for 09/10
School Year

• CSR changes - K-3 (Class ratio at 29.71
  assumption is no receipt of funding from State
  for CSR) 10.62M
• Class size increases (4-12) for every 1 student
  saves 5.61M
• Eliminate K-2 CSR at 151 for 29 schools 8.76M
• Eliminate 9th grade CSR 3.89M
• Eliminate Elementary Prep Time 12.86M
• Reduce Substitute Pay by 1 .08M

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Potential Budget Reduction Solutions for 09/10
School Year

• Implement Bell schedule changes 1.0M
• Shift General Fund Contribution to restricted
  maintenance operations 15M.
• Small School Closures (10 schools) 4.50M
• Maintenance Agreement reduction
• Software Maintenance Contracts TBD
• IKON usage by 1 .34M
• Transportation Charter School Alternative .20M
• Prop MM (80 FTE) bench time before moving to Prop
  S TBD

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Potential Budget Reduction Solutions for 09/10
School Year

• Evaluate Programs for Savings
• OCILE 6.10M
• GATE (teacher allocation) 7.95M
• JROTC 2.75M
• VAPA 3.20M
• Special Ed- TBD
• Athletics-Freshman Sports .14M
• Athletics 9th-12 grade 3.22M
• Magnet Programs 8.9M
• Intersession and Summer Schools TBD
• Change of State Instructional Material formula
  TBD
• Instructional Media Center Cost .30M

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