On Tonight's Board of Education Agenda: Layoffs and Budget Talks

At tonight's Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District Board of Education meeting, members will consider issuing layoff notices to classified employees and discuss the 2011-12 budget, in addition to setting goals for the coming year. 

Faced with shrinking budgets and uncertainty regarding Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget proposals for 2011-12, members will discuss the reduction of classified personnel and/or hours effective June 30.

These include non-teacher positions such as custodians, librarians, groundskeepers and special education assistants, among others. (See additional positions and the resolution in a PDF attached to this article's photo gallery.)

Brown's plan calls for the Legislature to enact $12 billion in cuts and place an initiative on the June ballot to extend a series of taxes set to expire this year.

Voter approval of Brown's proposed five-year extension of specific taxes, set to expire this year, could help the district, school officials .

The proposed measure, which would continue increases in sales, income and vehicle taxes, is part of Brown's plan to clear a more than $25-billion deficit in the state.

If the measure is placed on the ballot and adopted by voters, the financial impact for PVPUSD is estimated at a reduction of $19 per student (average daily attendance) in Proposition 98 guaranteed state funding for 2011-12.

If the measure is not placed on the ballot or fails to pass, the impact on districts such as PVPUSD has been estimated to be a loss in state funding of an additional $330 per student (ADA) or more.

Board of Education members will also discuss tentative budget assumptions to begin the budget process for the 2011-12 school year.

Also on the agenda is board action to set direction and priority of work for the coming year. The Board will present proposed district goals to the superintendent.

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