

Stay up-to-date Sign-up below to receive breaking news alerts from EdSource by text message. West Contra Costa Unified, a district of about 26,000 students serving Richmond and surrounding areas, anticipates a loss of around $30 million in the 2022-23 school year barring no change in the funding formula, said Tony Wold, the district’s associate superintendent of business services. Those figures likely won’t be made public until early next year. 6, districts filed their “census day enrollment” figures, which is the enrollment figure used in the state funding formula. Statewide, enrollment in K-12 public schools in California fell by almost 3%, or 160,000 students, in 2020-21, according to annual data released in April by the California Department of Education. But that will no longer be the case unless the Legislature extends the “hold harmless” rule or takes other action. Districts’ baseline funding depends on the number of students enrolled, minus the daily average number of absent students.įor the past two school years, districts were “ held harmless ” for the declines during the pandemic and were funded based on their enrollment and attendance figures for the pre-Covid 2019-20 school year. Without state intervention, many districts face substantial cuts in state funding and could be forced to make significant budget cuts in the 2022-23 school year due to a fall in enrollment and attendance to which funding is tied. Eyes on the Early Years Newsletter Archiveĭespite this year’s return to in-person learning, districts throughout the state are seeing major declines in both enrollment and average daily attendance and fear the reductions could result in significant funding cuts next school year.Local Control Funding Formula Explained.California’s Homeless Students: Undercounted, Underfunded And Growing.

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