Oakland Unified School District COMMUNITY MEETING – JANUARY 22, 2011 Community Schools, Thriving Students

Agenda  OUSD Schools Snapshot  The California State Budget Process  How does OUSD get funding?  What can you do to help?  OUSD’s School Site Budget Process  How do OUSD schools get funding now?  Equity-based Budgeting Activity  What does equity mean in school funding allocations?  What should be taken into account? Community Schools, Thriving Students

Snapshot of OUSD Schools –  13 th Largest School District in California ( )  Number of Schools*: 97 (excluding Street Academy, Gateway, and Advanced Path)  Student Enrollment*:36,656 (excluding Gateway and Special Day Classes)  Average Student/Teacher Ratio:22.7 (excluding Prep Teachers)  Average School Size:378  Students per School:  13 schools or more students  46 schools - between students  38 schools or less students Community Schools, Thriving Students

The California Budgeting Process Sacramento – State Budget Alameda Office of Education (Common Msg) OUSD What are schools to do? School Services of California - Dartboard January Proposal. May Revise October Budget Passes Community Schools, Thriving Students

Governor’s Proposed Budget Community Schools, Thriving Students

The Governor’s Challenge  New Governor, new approach, same lousy environment  The Governor faces the biggest deficit ever faced by any governor in U.S. history ($25 Billion)  And he inherits huge economic problems and a divided Legislature  All of his proposals are opposed by someone:  Republicans oppose new taxes  Democrats oppose spending cuts  Taxpayers oppose more debt  You cannot balance this Budget without taxes, spending cuts, and maybe some debt Community Schools, Thriving Students

The Governor’s Proposal  So, how does the Governor propose to dig the state out of this economic quagmire?  Cuts – lots of them  But with the acknowledgement that education has already taken more than its fair share of cuts  Realignment  To restore local control of service delivery and save the state money  Continuation of taxes and categorical flexibility  Temporary taxes would be extended by five years  Categorical flexibility includes adult ed, maintenance, textbook adoption, class-size reduction penalties, and others  Basically the Governor has two plans:  If the taxes are extended, the cuts are as budgeted in January  Education would be flat funded for  If the taxes are not extended, an estimated additional $9 billion in cuts would be needed, including large cuts to education Community Schools, Thriving Students

Risks to the Budget Proposal  Flat funding for K-12 education is dependent upon voters approving the extension of the current temporary taxes  The Legislature must place this proposal on the ballot, requiring two- thirds vote in each house  Two Republicans in each house must agree – will be a tough sell!  Voters may turn this down even if it gets on the ballot  Legislature must approve shifting special funds (Proposition 63 for mental health and Proposition 10 for First 5 Program)  Two-thirds vote is required  The Legislature must approve the local government realignment proposal and place the tax extension proposals on the ballot to pay for realignment Community Schools, Thriving Students

Impact of Governor’s Budget on OUSD Community Schools, Thriving Students

How has state funding changed over time?

Proposed Funding vs Enacted Budget  The Governor’s Budget does not fund the 1.67% estimated COLA ($107 for unified districts)  The funded base revenue limit drops approximately $19 per ADA from the level % Deficit $6,493 -$1,273 -$1,148 $6, % Deficit Community Schools, Thriving Students

Unrestricted Expenses (1 st Interim) Current School Site Allocations Directly to schools$175,475, Centrally Funded for schools$3,496, Total School based expenses$178,971, Central Site Cost$39,680, District Wide$4,039, Total Central & District Wide Expenses$43,720, TOTAL UNRESTRICTED EXPENSES$222,691,668.02

Impact of Governor’s Budget on OUSD Community Schools, Thriving Students

Questions

What You Can Do  Join Youth Together’s Budget Campaign

OUSD’s School Site Budget Process  Results-Based Budgeting  Two Primary Goals:  Stop historical pattern of unequal funding across the city  Give school communities more power to do what works at their schools Community Schools, Thriving Students

RBB – How It Works RBB Community Schools, Thriving Students Our Focus Today

Our Task Force Work  Select a funding allocations model and process that supports all students and all schools to meet the OUSD goal of academic and fiscal solvency  Use learnings from our community, our experiences, and other task forces to guide our decision-making and recommendations Community Schools, Thriving Students

What does equity mean in school funding allocations?  Working Definition  Equitable funding means giving more resources to students who are furthest away from opportunity.  Questions  What do we measure to determine a student’s distance from opportunity?  What factors do we prioritize? Why? Community Schools, Thriving Students

Next Steps  Participate in the Budget Campaign – Advocate and Vote!  Come to a task force meeting  Next meeting: Monday, January 24 5p nd Ave, 4 th Floor  Give feedback at thrivingstudents.org Community Schools, Thriving Students