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Statement of the Cobb County School District regarding Gov. Perdue’s proposed budget
We are currently reviewing Gov. Perdue’s proposed budget announced Friday and its call for an additional 3 percent cut in K-12 funding this budget year. The proposal includes the requirement that all state employees, including teachers, take three furlough days before June 30, 2010. The Governor’s proposed budget will be considered by the Legislature and likely will undergo multiple revisions before it reaches final approval. Nevertheless, these recommendations provide a clear picture of the budget crisis that is impacting our state and public education. Approximately 50 percent of the Cobb County School District’s revenue comes from state funding. These proposed cuts will come on top of $77 million that has already been cut from the current Cobb County School District budget. These cuts eliminated instructional programs, lowered employee salaries 2 percent, and reduced the district’s reserve fund by $10 million.
Once the state budget is approved, and as the school district begins its own Fiscal Year 2011 budget development, all options to address the continued decline in state funding will be considered. The Cobb County School District does maintain one advantage regarding additional furlough days. Most Cobb teachers would have been required to make up three missed days as a result of school being closed in September 2009 due to flooding, and for the Jan. 8, 2010 snow day. If the state furlough is approved, most Cobb teachers would no longer be required to make up those three missed days.
The school district will continue to keep staff and the public informed as state and local budget development proceeds.
We are currently reviewing Gov. Perdue’s proposed budget announced Friday and its call for an additional 3 percent cut in K-12 funding this budget year. The proposal includes the requirement that all state employees, including teachers, take three furlough days before June 30, 2010. The Governor’s proposed budget will be considered by the Legislature and likely will undergo multiple revisions before it reaches final approval. Nevertheless, these recommendations provide a clear picture of the budget crisis that is impacting our state and public education. Approximately 50 percent of the Cobb County School District’s revenue comes from state funding. These proposed cuts will come on top of $77 million that has already been cut from the current Cobb County School District budget. These cuts eliminated instructional programs, lowered employee salaries 2 percent, and reduced the district’s reserve fund by $10 million.
Once the state budget is approved, and as the school district begins its own Fiscal Year 2011 budget development, all options to address the continued decline in state funding will be considered. The Cobb County School District does maintain one advantage regarding additional furlough days. Most Cobb teachers would have been required to make up three missed days as a result of school being closed in September 2009 due to flooding, and for the Jan. 8, 2010 snow day. If the state furlough is approved, most Cobb teachers would no longer be required to make up those three missed days.
The school district will continue to keep staff and the public informed as state and local budget development proceeds.
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