CA State Budget Passed – State’s demise imminent

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[quote=AN]Are you trying to say everything else we’re spending are more important than water testing or are you trying to say our government is stupid and don’t have their priority straight?[/quote]

The latter. I, for one, welcome our mutated ocean-swimming children overlords.

[jennyo]

If you go to http://www.dof.ca.gov, the entire state budgets going back at least a decade are posted. You do have to be somewhat of an expert to read it, but generally you are correct in your percentages, in terms of General Fund spending. There is a document called the 7A or Salaries and Wages supplement which is usually published in March, which lists salaries for all state government departments. If you take the salaries and wages document info, and then look at the Governor’s proposed budget, it uses that bottom line and then details new/proposed changes (new positions or salary increases), a line for staff benefits, and a line for operating expenses and equipment. That is usually (99 percent of the time) the “state operations” budget of state departments. Listed separately is a line for local assistance, which shows funding that is passed through the state to local governments. Much of the education and health/human services spending falls into this category. Corrections is by far the largest “state operations” expenditure.

Anyway, just a starting point if you are looking for info. The 7A has all positions, not just GF so you would need to look at the budget document to get the fund splits. There are many departments that don’t get General Fund, including most of the Resources and EPA agency budgets. The actual Budget Act (the law that is supposed to be passed every year on July 1) contains a control section at the back of it, 3.60, which identifies the percentages of salaries the state must contribute to retirement/pension benefits. Most state employees are in Tier 1 Miscellaneous, but law enforcement and public safety are identified separately.

An important thing to remember is that the Governor’s Budget is only “proposed,” the Budget Act is the actual budget, because it reflects changes the legislature has made through the enactment process. So to see Budget Act expenditures in the Governor’s Budget, you will need to look at the middle, or current year column, because it would reflect existing law.

[jennyo]

If you go to http://www.dof.ca.gov, the entire state budgets going back at least a decade are posted. You do have to be somewhat of an expert to read it, but generally you are correct in your percentages, in terms of General Fund spending. There is a document called the 7A or Salaries and Wages supplement which is usually published in March, which lists salaries for all state government departments. If you take the salaries and wages document info, and then look at the Governor’s proposed budget, it uses that bottom line and then details new/proposed changes (new positions or salary increases), a line for staff benefits, and a line for operating expenses and equipment. That is usually (99 percent of the time) the “state operations” budget of state departments. Listed separately is a line for local assistance, which shows funding that is passed through the state to local governments. Much of the education and health/human services spending falls into this category. Corrections is by far the largest “state operations” expenditure.

Anyway, just a starting point if you are looking for info. The 7A has all positions, not just GF so you would need to look at the budget document to get the fund splits. There are many departments that don’t get General Fund, including most of the Resources and EPA agency budgets. The actual Budget Act (the law that is supposed to be passed every year on July 1) contains a control section at the back of it, 3.60, which identifies the percentages of salaries the state must contribute to retirement/pension benefits. Most state employees are in Tier 1 Miscellaneous, but law enforcement and public safety are identified separately.

An important thing to remember is that the Governor’s Budget is only “proposed,” the Budget Act is the actual budget, because it reflects changes the legislature has made through the enactment process. So to see Budget Act expenditures in the Governor’s Budget, you will need to look at the middle, or current year column, because it would reflect existing law.

[jennyo]

If you go to http://www.dof.ca.gov, the entire state budgets going back at least a decade are posted. You do have to be somewhat of an expert to read it, but generally you are correct in your percentages, in terms of General Fund spending. There is a document called the 7A or Salaries and Wages supplement which is usually published in March, which lists salaries for all state government departments. If you take the salaries and wages document info, and then look at the Governor’s proposed budget, it uses that bottom line and then details new/proposed changes (new positions or salary increases), a line for staff benefits, and a line for operating expenses and equipment. That is usually (99 percent of the time) the “state operations” budget of state departments. Listed separately is a line for local assistance, which shows funding that is passed through the state to local governments. Much of the education and health/human services spending falls into this category. Corrections is by far the largest “state operations” expenditure.

Anyway, just a starting point if you are looking for info. The 7A has all positions, not just GF so you would need to look at the budget document to get the fund splits. There are many departments that don’t get General Fund, including most of the Resources and EPA agency budgets. The actual Budget Act (the law that is supposed to be passed every year on July 1) contains a control section at the back of it, 3.60, which identifies the percentages of salaries the state must contribute to retirement/pension benefits. Most state employees are in Tier 1 Miscellaneous, but law enforcement and public safety are identified separately.

An important thing to remember is that the Governor’s Budget is only “proposed,” the Budget Act is the actual budget, because it reflects changes the legislature has made through the enactment process. So to see Budget Act expenditures in the Governor’s Budget, you will need to look at the middle, or current year column, because it would reflect existing law.

[jennyo]

If you go to http://www.dof.ca.gov, the entire state budgets going back at least a decade are posted. You do have to be somewhat of an expert to read it, but generally you are correct in your percentages, in terms of General Fund spending. There is a document called the 7A or Salaries and Wages supplement which is usually published in March, which lists salaries for all state government departments. If you take the salaries and wages document info, and then look at the Governor’s proposed budget, it uses that bottom line and then details new/proposed changes (new positions or salary increases), a line for staff benefits, and a line for operating expenses and equipment. That is usually (99 percent of the time) the “state operations” budget of state departments. Listed separately is a line for local assistance, which shows funding that is passed through the state to local governments. Much of the education and health/human services spending falls into this category. Corrections is by far the largest “state operations” expenditure.

Anyway, just a starting point if you are looking for info. The 7A has all positions, not just GF so you would need to look at the budget document to get the fund splits. There are many departments that don’t get General Fund, including most of the Resources and EPA agency budgets. The actual Budget Act (the law that is supposed to be passed every year on July 1) contains a control section at the back of it, 3.60, which identifies the percentages of salaries the state must contribute to retirement/pension benefits. Most state employees are in Tier 1 Miscellaneous, but law enforcement and public safety are identified separately.

An important thing to remember is that the Governor’s Budget is only “proposed,” the Budget Act is the actual budget, because it reflects changes the legislature has made through the enactment process. So to see Budget Act expenditures in the Governor’s Budget, you will need to look at the middle, or current year column, because it would reflect existing law.

[jennyo]

If you go to http://www.dof.ca.gov, the entire state budgets going back at least a decade are posted. You do have to be somewhat of an expert to read it, but generally you are correct in your percentages, in terms of General Fund spending. There is a document called the 7A or Salaries and Wages supplement which is usually published in March, which lists salaries for all state government departments. If you take the salaries and wages document info, and then look at the Governor’s proposed budget, it uses that bottom line and then details new/proposed changes (new positions or salary increases), a line for staff benefits, and a line for operating expenses and equipment. That is usually (99 percent of the time) the “state operations” budget of state departments. Listed separately is a line for local assistance, which shows funding that is passed through the state to local governments. Much of the education and health/human services spending falls into this category. Corrections is by far the largest “state operations” expenditure.

Anyway, just a starting point if you are looking for info. The 7A has all positions, not just GF so you would need to look at the budget document to get the fund splits. There are many departments that don’t get General Fund, including most of the Resources and EPA agency budgets. The actual Budget Act (the law that is supposed to be passed every year on July 1) contains a control section at the back of it, 3.60, which identifies the percentages of salaries the state must contribute to retirement/pension benefits. Most state employees are in Tier 1 Miscellaneous, but law enforcement and public safety are identified separately.

An important thing to remember is that the Governor’s Budget is only “proposed,” the Budget Act is the actual budget, because it reflects changes the legislature has made through the enactment process. So to see Budget Act expenditures in the Governor’s Budget, you will need to look at the middle, or current year column, because it would reflect existing law.

[Coronita]

Anyone see the Carmel Valley “newspaper” lately? Looks like with the budget cuts, a lot of those afterschool programs are about to be axed along with some teachers.
…Why is it that when the state has a budget issue, the first places people love to cut is schools? Just curious if there is a correlation to CA being at the bottom of the education stack in the U.S. and what our state government/fed chooses to axe first.

At least the superintendent sort of speaks the talk:
“We haven’t been happy in tackling these cuts,” McClain said. “But we can’t continue to live beyond our means and maintain our budget.”

Fortunately, not “bad” cuts yet, just all the bells and whistles…But me thinks it’s going to get a lot worse….

Here’s the soft-print version:
http://www.carmelvalleyleader.com/news/253699-dmusd-considers-laying-off-19-esc-teachers

DMUSD considers laying off 19 ESC teachers
Feb 12, 2009
By Karen Billing

As many as 19 teachers in the Extended Studies Curriculum program may be laid off and the Del Mar Union School District Board of Trustees may cut out the art and physical education arms of that curriculum if the school board approves Superintendent Sharon McClain recommendations.

At the school board’s Feb. 11 meeting, McClain recommended that the ESC program be trimmed to include only technology, science and music based on input from parent surveys asking which programs they valued most.

“We haven’t been happy in tackling these cuts,” McClain said. “But we can’t continue to live beyond our means and maintain our budget.”

Currently there are 39 teachers in the ESC program and only 19 are needed to cover the contractual agreement of the program, McClain said. Seniority will play into the lay-off decisions and teachers are expected to receive preliminary notice by March 15.

A final decision on the cuts is expected to come at the next board meeting on Feb. 25 at 6 p.m.

About 50 people attended Wednesday night’s meeting at Del Mar Hills Academy.

Public comment included an art teacher near tears and a student who expressed how much her art and PE classes mean to her.

The cuts do not mean that PE and art won’t be taught in district schools. The subjects are already taught in the classroom. The cuts mean that they won’t be taught by specialized teachers in the ESC program, who bring “depth and complexity” to these subjects.

The board also discussed a shift in the way the ESC program is funded. By the 2010-11 school year, there will be no more site-specific fundraising for programs. Funds donated to the Del Mar School Education Foundation will be spread out among all schools equally, to provide parity.

As fundraising efforts have already begun at school sites for the 2009-2010 school year, McClain recommended giving schools until April 15 to raise the money needed to keep their ESC programs in 2009-2010.

Some parents expressed concern about specific sites not raising enough in that short timeline.

[Coronita]

Anyone see the Carmel Valley “newspaper” lately? Looks like with the budget cuts, a lot of those afterschool programs are about to be axed along with some teachers.
…Why is it that when the state has a budget issue, the first places people love to cut is schools? Just curious if there is a correlation to CA being at the bottom of the education stack in the U.S. and what our state government/fed chooses to axe first.

At least the superintendent sort of speaks the talk:
“We haven’t been happy in tackling these cuts,” McClain said. “But we can’t continue to live beyond our means and maintain our budget.”

Fortunately, not “bad” cuts yet, just all the bells and whistles…But me thinks it’s going to get a lot worse….

Here’s the soft-print version:
http://www.carmelvalleyleader.com/news/253699-dmusd-considers-laying-off-19-esc-teachers

DMUSD considers laying off 19 ESC teachers
Feb 12, 2009
By Karen Billing

As many as 19 teachers in the Extended Studies Curriculum program may be laid off and the Del Mar Union School District Board of Trustees may cut out the art and physical education arms of that curriculum if the school board approves Superintendent Sharon McClain recommendations.

At the school board’s Feb. 11 meeting, McClain recommended that the ESC program be trimmed to include only technology, science and music based on input from parent surveys asking which programs they valued most.

“We haven’t been happy in tackling these cuts,” McClain said. “But we can’t continue to live beyond our means and maintain our budget.”

Currently there are 39 teachers in the ESC program and only 19 are needed to cover the contractual agreement of the program, McClain said. Seniority will play into the lay-off decisions and teachers are expected to receive preliminary notice by March 15.

A final decision on the cuts is expected to come at the next board meeting on Feb. 25 at 6 p.m.

About 50 people attended Wednesday night’s meeting at Del Mar Hills Academy.

Public comment included an art teacher near tears and a student who expressed how much her art and PE classes mean to her.

The cuts do not mean that PE and art won’t be taught in district schools. The subjects are already taught in the classroom. The cuts mean that they won’t be taught by specialized teachers in the ESC program, who bring “depth and complexity” to these subjects.

The board also discussed a shift in the way the ESC program is funded. By the 2010-11 school year, there will be no more site-specific fundraising for programs. Funds donated to the Del Mar School Education Foundation will be spread out among all schools equally, to provide parity.

As fundraising efforts have already begun at school sites for the 2009-2010 school year, McClain recommended giving schools until April 15 to raise the money needed to keep their ESC programs in 2009-2010.

Some parents expressed concern about specific sites not raising enough in that short timeline.

[Coronita]

Anyone see the Carmel Valley “newspaper” lately? Looks like with the budget cuts, a lot of those afterschool programs are about to be axed along with some teachers.
…Why is it that when the state has a budget issue, the first places people love to cut is schools? Just curious if there is a correlation to CA being at the bottom of the education stack in the U.S. and what our state government/fed chooses to axe first.

At least the superintendent sort of speaks the talk:
“We haven’t been happy in tackling these cuts,” McClain said. “But we can’t continue to live beyond our means and maintain our budget.”

Fortunately, not “bad” cuts yet, just all the bells and whistles…But me thinks it’s going to get a lot worse….

Here’s the soft-print version:
http://www.carmelvalleyleader.com/news/253699-dmusd-considers-laying-off-19-esc-teachers

DMUSD considers laying off 19 ESC teachers
Feb 12, 2009
By Karen Billing

As many as 19 teachers in the Extended Studies Curriculum program may be laid off and the Del Mar Union School District Board of Trustees may cut out the art and physical education arms of that curriculum if the school board approves Superintendent Sharon McClain recommendations.

At the school board’s Feb. 11 meeting, McClain recommended that the ESC program be trimmed to include only technology, science and music based on input from parent surveys asking which programs they valued most.

“We haven’t been happy in tackling these cuts,” McClain said. “But we can’t continue to live beyond our means and maintain our budget.”

Currently there are 39 teachers in the ESC program and only 19 are needed to cover the contractual agreement of the program, McClain said. Seniority will play into the lay-off decisions and teachers are expected to receive preliminary notice by March 15.

A final decision on the cuts is expected to come at the next board meeting on Feb. 25 at 6 p.m.

About 50 people attended Wednesday night’s meeting at Del Mar Hills Academy.

Public comment included an art teacher near tears and a student who expressed how much her art and PE classes mean to her.

The cuts do not mean that PE and art won’t be taught in district schools. The subjects are already taught in the classroom. The cuts mean that they won’t be taught by specialized teachers in the ESC program, who bring “depth and complexity” to these subjects.

The board also discussed a shift in the way the ESC program is funded. By the 2010-11 school year, there will be no more site-specific fundraising for programs. Funds donated to the Del Mar School Education Foundation will be spread out among all schools equally, to provide parity.

As fundraising efforts have already begun at school sites for the 2009-2010 school year, McClain recommended giving schools until April 15 to raise the money needed to keep their ESC programs in 2009-2010.

Some parents expressed concern about specific sites not raising enough in that short timeline.

[Coronita]

Anyone see the Carmel Valley “newspaper” lately? Looks like with the budget cuts, a lot of those afterschool programs are about to be axed along with some teachers.
…Why is it that when the state has a budget issue, the first places people love to cut is schools? Just curious if there is a correlation to CA being at the bottom of the education stack in the U.S. and what our state government/fed chooses to axe first.

At least the superintendent sort of speaks the talk:
“We haven’t been happy in tackling these cuts,” McClain said. “But we can’t continue to live beyond our means and maintain our budget.”

Fortunately, not “bad” cuts yet, just all the bells and whistles…But me thinks it’s going to get a lot worse….

Here’s the soft-print version:
http://www.carmelvalleyleader.com/news/253699-dmusd-considers-laying-off-19-esc-teachers

DMUSD considers laying off 19 ESC teachers
Feb 12, 2009
By Karen Billing

As many as 19 teachers in the Extended Studies Curriculum program may be laid off and the Del Mar Union School District Board of Trustees may cut out the art and physical education arms of that curriculum if the school board approves Superintendent Sharon McClain recommendations.

At the school board’s Feb. 11 meeting, McClain recommended that the ESC program be trimmed to include only technology, science and music based on input from parent surveys asking which programs they valued most.

“We haven’t been happy in tackling these cuts,” McClain said. “But we can’t continue to live beyond our means and maintain our budget.”

Currently there are 39 teachers in the ESC program and only 19 are needed to cover the contractual agreement of the program, McClain said. Seniority will play into the lay-off decisions and teachers are expected to receive preliminary notice by March 15.

A final decision on the cuts is expected to come at the next board meeting on Feb. 25 at 6 p.m.

About 50 people attended Wednesday night’s meeting at Del Mar Hills Academy.

Public comment included an art teacher near tears and a student who expressed how much her art and PE classes mean to her.

The cuts do not mean that PE and art won’t be taught in district schools. The subjects are already taught in the classroom. The cuts mean that they won’t be taught by specialized teachers in the ESC program, who bring “depth and complexity” to these subjects.

The board also discussed a shift in the way the ESC program is funded. By the 2010-11 school year, there will be no more site-specific fundraising for programs. Funds donated to the Del Mar School Education Foundation will be spread out among all schools equally, to provide parity.

As fundraising efforts have already begun at school sites for the 2009-2010 school year, McClain recommended giving schools until April 15 to raise the money needed to keep their ESC programs in 2009-2010.

Some parents expressed concern about specific sites not raising enough in that short timeline.

[Coronita]

Anyone see the Carmel Valley “newspaper” lately? Looks like with the budget cuts, a lot of those afterschool programs are about to be axed along with some teachers.
…Why is it that when the state has a budget issue, the first places people love to cut is schools? Just curious if there is a correlation to CA being at the bottom of the education stack in the U.S. and what our state government/fed chooses to axe first.

At least the superintendent sort of speaks the talk:
“We haven’t been happy in tackling these cuts,” McClain said. “But we can’t continue to live beyond our means and maintain our budget.”

Fortunately, not “bad” cuts yet, just all the bells and whistles…But me thinks it’s going to get a lot worse….

Here’s the soft-print version:
http://www.carmelvalleyleader.com/news/253699-dmusd-considers-laying-off-19-esc-teachers

DMUSD considers laying off 19 ESC teachers
Feb 12, 2009
By Karen Billing

As many as 19 teachers in the Extended Studies Curriculum program may be laid off and the Del Mar Union School District Board of Trustees may cut out the art and physical education arms of that curriculum if the school board approves Superintendent Sharon McClain recommendations.

At the school board’s Feb. 11 meeting, McClain recommended that the ESC program be trimmed to include only technology, science and music based on input from parent surveys asking which programs they valued most.

“We haven’t been happy in tackling these cuts,” McClain said. “But we can’t continue to live beyond our means and maintain our budget.”

Currently there are 39 teachers in the ESC program and only 19 are needed to cover the contractual agreement of the program, McClain said. Seniority will play into the lay-off decisions and teachers are expected to receive preliminary notice by March 15.

A final decision on the cuts is expected to come at the next board meeting on Feb. 25 at 6 p.m.

About 50 people attended Wednesday night’s meeting at Del Mar Hills Academy.

Public comment included an art teacher near tears and a student who expressed how much her art and PE classes mean to her.

The cuts do not mean that PE and art won’t be taught in district schools. The subjects are already taught in the classroom. The cuts mean that they won’t be taught by specialized teachers in the ESC program, who bring “depth and complexity” to these subjects.

The board also discussed a shift in the way the ESC program is funded. By the 2010-11 school year, there will be no more site-specific fundraising for programs. Funds donated to the Del Mar School Education Foundation will be spread out among all schools equally, to provide parity.

As fundraising efforts have already begun at school sites for the 2009-2010 school year, McClain recommended giving schools until April 15 to raise the money needed to keep their ESC programs in 2009-2010.

Some parents expressed concern about specific sites not raising enough in that short timeline.

[Coronita]

You know… Not to pick on the octet mom (again)…But….I read the papers recently…Each of her kid is costing $130k+ per month for all the medical/care/etc….That, my friends, is coming from us taxpayers…

It’s so easy to blame the problem on illegal immigration,etc. BUT, I think the real problem is CA is just a mis-managed state across the board…It’s been a state too generous too long…And it’s now pretty fvcked up… I think I’m going to start a blog… “ThatsFvckedUp.com”

[Coronita]

You know… Not to pick on the octet mom (again)…But….I read the papers recently…Each of her kid is costing $130k+ per month for all the medical/care/etc….That, my friends, is coming from us taxpayers…

It’s so easy to blame the problem on illegal immigration,etc. BUT, I think the real problem is CA is just a mis-managed state across the board…It’s been a state too generous too long…And it’s now pretty fvcked up… I think I’m going to start a blog… “ThatsFvckedUp.com”

[Coronita]

You know… Not to pick on the octet mom (again)…But….I read the papers recently…Each of her kid is costing $130k+ per month for all the medical/care/etc….That, my friends, is coming from us taxpayers…

It’s so easy to blame the problem on illegal immigration,etc. BUT, I think the real problem is CA is just a mis-managed state across the board…It’s been a state too generous too long…And it’s now pretty fvcked up… I think I’m going to start a blog… “ThatsFvckedUp.com”

[Coronita]

You know… Not to pick on the octet mom (again)…But….I read the papers recently…Each of her kid is costing $130k+ per month for all the medical/care/etc….That, my friends, is coming from us taxpayers…

It’s so easy to blame the problem on illegal immigration,etc. BUT, I think the real problem is CA is just a mis-managed state across the board…It’s been a state too generous too long…And it’s now pretty fvcked up… I think I’m going to start a blog… “ThatsFvckedUp.com”

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