Any idea how much education funding will be reduced for 2011-12?
IUSD, along with other districts across the state, had been anticipating another hit of around $330 per student for the fiscal year that begins July 1, amounting to a loss of $8.9 million locally. But there are rumblings now that the state may try to reduce education spending by $825 per student, which would be a loss of more than $22 million for Irvine. County officials and school finance experts have informed IUSD that Irvine is as well positioned as any district in the state fiscally, thanks to the proactive steps taken by the Board of Education and staff. Yet the above cuts are so massive that they threaten to fundamentally alter our district’s educational profile, and it’s hard to imagine how other districts in California would even remain solvent.
