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Contract Negotiations
Click here to see our Intial Proposal to the District (Dated 1-15-2010)
Click here to see the Initial Proposal from the District (Dated 1-15-2010)
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March on Sacramento March 5, 2010
Click Here for Info on the 3/5/10 MARCH FOR CALIFORNIA'S FUTURE
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Budget Update: Just the facts by Connie Jenkins
The following is a synopsis of the current state of the VCCCD budget.
In July, the state of California passed a budget which cut CCC funding $630 million by reducing base funding, eliminating growth funds (COLA having been axed from the beginning), and slashing categorical programs.
At VCCCD: Although the District credited $2.2m in new income from the prior year's growth, the state reduced base funding by roughly 1,000 students, or $4.5m, giving with one hand and taking it back with the other, as it were.
For fiscal year 2010, the District projects it will receive general fund revenues of $134.8m - $6.1m less than last year, a reduction of 4.4%.
Categoricals were cut by an additional $4.8m, an average of 37%. Some funds were totally eliminated. Matriculation was cut 57%. (These numbers may be modified in Nov. /Dec.)
Federal stimulus funds will restore an estimated $422K or 3% of the above total funds, resulting in a reduction of $4.4m or 34% over all.
Enrollment: The district deposited $2.2m in growth funds (464 FTES) into the reserves in June at the end of 2008-09. Total 2008-09 enrollment: 29,348-2,500 unfunded, an increase of 11.2% in one year. (Enrollment in 2007-08 was 26,381.)
Although the district is projecting a 1% decline in enrollment for the current year as a result of class cuts and the cancellation of the 4-week summer session, enrollment for the fall semester is up about 2% district-wide. This year, over 3,000 FTES will not be funded by the state.
If all of our enrollment were funded, the district would gain an additional $14m!!
Expenditures: The adopted budget projects spending of $136m. Despite these severe funding cuts, the district budget projects a 1% increase in expenditures ($1.34m) over last year. However, they have budgeted $1.1m less on faculty salaries (a 2% decrease).
We know that about 100 adjunct faculty were cut last January. We do not know yet whether there have been further reductions this year or more are coming for spring. The cancellation of the 4-week summer session will affect both full-time and part-time faculty. Forty-one classified employees have been laid off so far this year. Two management positions have been left unfilled. However, the number of managers district-wide has grown from 44 in 2005 to 57 now, an increase of 30%.
Reserves: The district's unrestricted general fund reserve totals $20.6m or 15.1%. If you include the $1.3m in reserves held by the campuses, it's $22.8m or 16.8%.
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