Post by judi on Jan 13, 2011 8:11:49 GMT -5
We here in Nevada are still waiting to hear the budget proposals the new governor will be sending to the legislature, but our local school board asked the district financial director to estimate the impact of different reductions in the Distributive School Account on overall revenue for the district. It was scary, to say the least! With overall projected revenues for our district at between $39 million to $40 million, a 10% reduction in the DSA would result in a revenue reduction of $5.1 million, a 15% reduction in the DSA would result in a reduction of $6.9 million, and a 20% reduction would reduce revenue $8.8 million. Last year, the budget reduction was $6.3 million, and 70 positions out of just over 700 employees were cut. In addition, the new governor has indicated that he would support vouchers, reducing an already declining student count on which the DSA is based. I wonder when we will revert to a locally run, neighborhood based one-room school, instead of trying to insure that all the children in the county get a quality education.