INT TEROFFIC CE CORR RESPONDE ENCE Los L Angele es Unified S School Dis strict t Office of o the Supe erintendent

TO: FROM: SUBJEC CT: Memb bers, Board of o Education n Dr. Jo ohn E. Deasy y, Superinten ndent BOAR RD ITEMS FOR BOA ARD MEETI ING - TUES SDAY, APR RIL 16, 2013 D DATE: Apr ril 12, 2013

A numbe er of clarifica ations as our r budget proc cess closes. In reading th he public sta atements from UTLA an nd AALA, th heir position ns to demand d that the Bo oard accelera ate the restor ration of positions s and reversa als of previou us cuts, I am m concerned about helpin ng you as the ey prepare fo for their pub blic action wi ith you at yo our May Boa ard meeting. I have direc cted the follo owing with respect to o budget pre eparation. 1) For the last se everal years I have autho orized hundr reds of off no orm position ns across the e district. Most t of these pos sitions were requested b y individual l Board offic ces for differ rent ci ircumstances for specific c sites. It has s become ve ery obvious t that the ineq quitable distribution of o these posit tions flies in n the face of g generally restoring posit tions or pr roviding rais ses (which a number of Board B Memb bers have sa aid publically y that it is th heir desire to do) or o restoring cuts across the t system o or fulfilling p previous Boa ard Resolutions which w also require additio onal funding g. We have n norms which h you authori ize in the bu udget an nd I have be een providing g off norm positions p thro oughout the district for t the last two years. Theref fore I have re emoved ever ry off norm p position in th he budget fo or the upcom ming sc chool year. I have placed d the funds that t were to support thes se positions i in a line item m. We W will seek direction fro om the Boar rd during its public meet ting to autho orize any off f norm position ns throughou ut the district going forw ward. This wi ill result in b bumping of in ndividuals or r individuals s that will no ot have posit tions particu ularly admini istrators. I am m su ure our union ns will unde erstand becau use they hav ve been so vo ocal about re estorations un niversally ac cross the sys stem. 2) A Board actio on item will be coming to t the Board d separately t to continue B Breakfast in the Classroom. C This T program m as you know w was desig gned for two reasons to p provide break kfast to o the overwh helming majo ority of our youth y who l live in circum mstances of poverty in a se etting that as ssured they would w be abl le to particip pate in, versu us the choice e of going or r not going to the cafeteria, c and d the increas sed revenue from this pro ogram has p provided the ab bility to mai intain and hir re numerous s cafeteria em mployees an nd help offse et the cafeter ria deficit as we continue not t to want to raise r prices. This years revenue enh hancement fr from th he dramatic raise r in parti icipation wa as six million n new dollars to the distr rict. This allo owed th he district to maintain nin ne hundred positions. p Th he district w will be prepar red to send o out la ayoff notices s should you u decide not to t continue t the program m. We look fo orward to the e Boards B direc ction on this however; an nticipated rev venues have e been remov ved from the e bu udget because the progra ams is currently awaitin ng authorizat tion and the p positions tha at are as ssociated wi ith the progra am are also not n in the bu udget. 3) Any A new buil lding propos sal, where I have h been as sked to facili itate that hap ppening ob bviously req quires ongoin ng general fu und expense es once open ned. At a tim me where the general fund is still reelin ng from a str ructural defic cit and multi iple demand ds on the gen neral 1

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fund going forward. I will look forward to Board authorization for each and every new construction project. We have a number of past resolutions which have required funding from the general fund and we have struggled to meet these as we reversed furloughs to provide all of our employees with a full year salary. We have precious dollars this year and new dollars next year and competing demands from Labor Unions quite clearly articulated to roll back of cuts, pay raises and restoration of positions. To place you in the most optimal position for negotiations and responses to what I believe will be a very public and intense meeting in May. We will bring each of the resolutions waiting funding back to the Board for re-authorization and a decision on where the funds come from to be dedicated to for these various programs. The expansion of individual programs and small schools frequently increases ongoing support from the general fund. The administration will be bringing individual programs forward for your direction to continue their expansions and the specific supplemental dollar amounts associated so that we can make a transparent decision about investment in these programs or in other demands coming to the Board so that we may attempt to remove any mystery about our fixed dollars and were we need to place them. We will seek the vote of the Board to authorize the continuation of all programs and or small schools that are under enrolled or no longer fiscally sustainable by a combination of the revenues needed and the revenues generated, so that we can make the best decision on maintaining these programs realizing the investment of precious general fund dollars. KLCS is requesting 1.4 million in additional funding for next year to maintain its programing. We will seek the Boards direction and decision on this investment in light of the other competing investments for precious general fund dollars that could be used to buy personnel in schools. We have built a number of schools in the past two years and have not maintained the school police force at the ratio that we had prior to the last three years of new school openings. The administration will seek authorization of the Board whether to include or not include an increase in the police force from the general fund portion of the budget.

In summary, the proposed budget currently has no dedicated funding stream for any of the items above except for item one of this memo. The administration looks forward to receiving direction from you on these and other items as we put together the final budget and seek to be a strong partner with the demands of our Labor partners.