District Budget Cuts: School Years 2012-13, 2011-12, 2010-11 - updated 6/26/2012
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2012-13 Budget Cut Information
2011-12 Budget Cut Information
2010-11 Budget Cut Information
2012 Information:
May 2012 Video of Rural Education Challenge Panel Discussion
April 2012 Negative Factor Increases
January 2012 Survey of 3 years of budget cuts
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School district budget cut discussions for School Year 2012-13:
June 2012: School district budget cut conversations for School Year 2012-13 - Ongoing discussions. Districts make final decisions by June 30, 2012.
- Cuts continue for the 3rd and 4th year
- Drawing down reserves
- Concerns in reduction of administrators with the implementation of Educator Effectiveness
- Furlough days continue and expand
- Class sizes continue to increase
- Lowered graduation requirements
- Reduce facilities and/or close schools
Cuts reported by individual school districts for 2012-13
Media reported cuts for school districts for 2012-13
Trends in the cuts for 2012-13
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2012 Reports & Videos
May 2012 - Video of the Rural Education Challenge panel discussion and forum May 31, 2012: unique challenges facing rural Colorado school districts with a panel of rural educators.
33 minute discussion: end of video features a community member speaking about community and business support
CSFP 2012-13 Trends of District Reported Budget Cuts - forum handout.
April 2012: Negative Factor Increases: 12.94% in 2011-12, increases to 16.1% for 2012-13, "Flat Funding?" - Districts Continue to Cut as districts face another year of drastic cuts, options to keep cuts away from classroom are unrealistic. April 11, 2012 update to Budget Conversations Reported by the Media. Update to Budget conversations reported to CSFP by individual districts will be the week of April 16.
January 2012: Survey Results: 3 Years of Budget Cuts to Colorado School Districts. At the end of 2011, the CSFP surveyed school districts regarding their budget reductions over the past three years (2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12).
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School district budget cuts for School Year 2011-12:
Cuts Reported by Individual School Districts
Detail 2011-12 Media Reported Cuts
Summary 2011-12 Media Reported Cuts
Trends of 2011-12 District Reported Budget Cuts
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School district budget cuts for School Year 2010-11.
Cuts Reported by Individual School Districts
Summary 2010-11 Media Reported Cuts
Trends of 2010-11 District Reported Budget Cuts
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