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Friday, 19 February 2010 |
 Amador County – The Amador County Unified School District faces a budget deficit of over $8.2 million in the 2009-2010 fiscal year, according to an internal report discussed during the department’s regular meeting last week. The widening deficit is calculated based on projected versus actual funding from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s budget proposal. Another $5.6 million is expected to be added to the difference between projected versus actual funding in 2010-2011, increasing the total deficit to $13.9 million by next year. Superintendent Dick Glock said this spells bad news for local education and job security. “What we’re probably going to have to do is layoffs, and we don’t know yet how severe those will be,” he said. The Amador County Unified School District board must vote whether to send out precautionary layoff notices, with a final determination to be made by May 1st. The projected funding for 2010-2011 is $26,464,047; more than $5.6 million more than what actual funding is expected from the state. Actual funding determinations are based on ADA, or Actual Daily Attendance. “This is the part that’s really sad because everyone’s done a great job and the thanks they get is some sort of reduction,” said Glock. Story by Alex Lane
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Last Updated ( Friday, 19 February 2010 )
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