From the LAUSD Budget Realities website:
“This website was created to
give employees, students, parents and education partners an accurate
presentation of LAUSD budget realities. Please review the pages on this website
to learn how we are focusing our efforts on instruction, reducing our spending,
and working with our bargaining units to find shared solutions and agreements
on furlough days and other cost-saving measures.”
I call this explanation and the site Fair and Balanced®
But what about other Budget Realities not
represented in LAUSD’s realities.
PEAC These are increases from 2010-11 to 2011-12
(same time as enrollment is declining) from
·
4.2% increase in Superintendent office salaries
·
97% increase in instructional materials up to $81.6 million
·
59% increase in general supplies
·
$12.3 million increase in library supplies (library services were
but 71%)
·
315% increase in travel and conferences to $24.9 million
·
Added new administrative positions to pilot a new evaluation
system
UTLA 16 Budget changes to make now
AALA open letter
1. Open the books in public now. The budget approval
process last June was criminal. Board Members got the proposed budget
only a week in advance. Forget about the public. Even the City and
County have processes that demand weeks and months of advance
conversation. The District doesn't. Open the books in public now.
2. Cut salaries in the
Supe's office. It was estimated to stay the same in 2011-12 amidst
massive cuts in all other salaries.
3. Cut DIBBLES and other
assessments.
4. Cut the early start
calendar. That would save money this academic year.
5. End the two major consulting
contracts the District has around VAM/AGT and teacher evaluation.
6. Sell Beaudry or rent it
out. Have District staff work from school sites threatened with Prop 39
co-location.
7. Cut instructional materials
(how many corporate contractors?). It was estimated to increase in
2011-12.
8. Cut general supplies (how
many corporate contractors?). It was estimated to increase in 2011-12.
9. Cut travel and
conferences. It was estimated to increase in 2011-12.
10. Cut insurance costs. It was
estimated to increase in 2011-12.
11. Cut rentals, leases, and
repairs. It was estimated to increase in 2011-12.
12. Cut buildings and
improvements. It was estimated to increase in 2011-12.
13. Cut other services and
operating expenses. It was estimated to increase in 2011-12.
14. Cut interfund transfers. It
was estimated to increase in 2011-12.
15. Cut sub-agreements
for services. It has ballooned, even as of the December
interim report on the LAUSD budget.
16. Go into the LAUSD reserve.
AALA open letter
Available here:
(read the whole thing)
All realities are valid. What assumptions you take with you and
how you reason to accept one reality over another…
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