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April
2,
2009
Dear
Colleagues,
Friends,
Families
and
Supporters
of
City
Schools:
I
am
writing
to
alert
you
to
a
grave
danger
to
the
future
of
our
children.
Last
Friday,
the
Senate
Budget
and
Taxation
Committee
proposed
changes
to
the
Budget
Bill,
discussed
and
adopted
yesterday
in
the
full
Senate,
that
threaten
funding
for
education
for
this
coming
fiscal
year
and
for
years
to
come.
Most
notably,
the
proposal
cut
key
education
funding
formulas
that
were
contained
in
the
Governor’s
proposed
budget
and
in
the
House
version
of
the
Budget
Bill.
Yesterday,
the
Senate
voted
to
approve
these
changes.
Specifically,
the
Senate
Budget
Bill
contains
the
following
provisions:
a.
Reduction
of
the
proportion
of
payment
for
the
cost
of
non
‐
public
placements
from
80/20
to
70/30
(this
is
also
part
of
the
House
Budget
Bill).
b.
Taking
40%
of
the
funds
allocated
for
GCEI
(the
geographic
index)
and
putting
it
into
the
Public
School
Construction
Program
(without
guarantees
to
the
districts
losing
dollars)
‐‐
reducing
GCEI
funding
to
a
60
percent
level
in
FY
2010.
GCEI
is
part
of
Thornton,
and
both
the
Governor’s
budget
and
the
House
version
of
the
Budget
Bill
proposed
to
fund
it
at
100%.
This
represents
a
cut
of
almost
$9M
in
our
budget.
c.
The
inflation
factor
is
not
reinstated
in
FY11
and
FY12
as
previously
adopted
by
the
November
2007
Special
Session.
d.
Changing
the
application
of
the
supplemental
grant
from
1%
to
.5%
in
FY
2011,
then
down
to
a
flat
hold
harmless
in
FY
2012.
e.
Eliminating
the
mandated
inflation
factor
increase
in
the
student
transportation
grant
in
FY
2011
and
FY
2012.
The
impact
of
these
proposed
cuts
on
Baltimore
City
dwarfs
the
loss
of
opportunity
any
funding
that
we
will
receive
as
a
result
of
the
stimulus
dollars
coming
to
City
Schools
from
the
federal
government
as
formula
driven
grants
such
as
Title
I
(for
free
and
reduced
lunch
eligible
students)
and
IDEA
(for
students
with
disabilities).
We
estimate
the
impact
to
be
$12M
in
FY
2010,
$36.5M
in
FY
2011
and
$70.8M
in
FY
2012
(when
there
is
no
guarantee
of
federal
stimulus
funding).
These
estimated
figures
represent
a
reduction
in
funding
compared
with
what
we
would
have
expected
under
the
November
2007
Special
Session
funding
levels.
These
figures
do
not
include
reductions
in
construction
funding
for
aging
schools
or
school
improvement
funding
that
City
Schools
received
in
the
past
(which
aggregate
to
the
loss
of
another
$6M).
I
want
to
thank
Senators
Joan
Carter
Conway
and
Lisa
Gladden
for
advocating
forcefully
that
these
changes
should
not
happen.
I
have
great
faith
in
our
City
Delegation
and
trust
that
the
Senate
and
House
members
on
the
Conference
Committee
will
agree
to
the
House
version
of
the
Budget
Bill.
While
the
House
version
reduces
our
City
Schools
budget
by
$3M
in
FY
2010
(in
comparison
with
the
Governor’s
proposed
budget),
it
represents
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I urge everyone to contact their Delegates and Senators and ask them to support the House version of the budget, which does not have most of the cuts referred to in Dr. Alonso's memo.