Above is a tabular break down of revenues and expenditures of the San Bernardino Unified School District. On his last day as chief financial officer, Mohammad Islam laid this budget out before the school board. He said that their was a $23M budget deficit for FY (Fiscal Year) 12-13 and that it was structural. As I understand it, this is separate from the short falls if Prop. 30 fails. In addition the board addressed this on September of this year.
I happened to catch this meeting accidently while going through the public access channels (ATT cable allows you to view various cities’ govt. channels). I was concerned enough to email the secretary for the school board for this document because on T.V. the screen the numbers are barely legible.
The two line items that stand out for me are on the expenditures side of the ledger. About $24M is spent on school supplies for the district. I wonder what is the breakdown per school. It just seems high.
Another is Services, Other Operating Exp. which is vague and I hate vague line items on budgets. What are these services and other operating Expenditures comprised of?
On the revenue side, I know we get majority of our money from the state but I would like to know what is Revenue Limit Sources and if there is a formula.
I will tell you this much, at least I cracked the surface of the byzantine process that is the education budget on the local level.
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