The cutbacks were necessary even though Gov. Jerry Brown’s recently signed a budget expanded state education spending by $3.9 billion or just over 5 percent, according to reports. It’s the seventh year in a row that Brown has expanded school funding; however, students and teachers aren’t feeling the difference, according to Alex Barrios, chief communications officer for SCUSD.
The additional state funds will go to rising health care costs and increased mandatory state pension contributions. The total budget is decreasing from $567 million last year to $555 million. Brown has also warned of a coming recession, and Sacramento, like other large urban centers, has had to make cuts to upcoming budgets in preparation for a slowdown, the district said in a press release. The deficit is up to $24.3 million from $15.3 million last year and projected to reach $34.4 million in 2019-20.
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