From the Governor’s new budget proposal:
Total 2005-06 Proposition 98 support for K-12 education will increase 6 percent over the revised 2004 Budget Act level, as adjusted for changes in local revenues, average daily attendance growth (ADA), and forecasted economic factors.
You’d almost think we were looking at an increase in funding for next year, but as Nanette Asimov, writing in the Chron, tells us,
Because the proposed increases cover only cost-of- living adjustments and new enrollment, school districts with declining enrollment — which encompass half the state’s students — won’t see much of the new money.
CUSD, as we all know by now, is one of those districts with declining enrollment.
The January budget proposal is only the first shot in the budget wars; we’re not likely to know the final outcome for another six months or more. But it’s not a promising start.