CULVER CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

COMMUNITY BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE

MINUTES - REVISED

Place:�������� District Administration Office	Date:�� May 5, 2004
������������������ 4034 Irving Place	Time:� 6:15 p.m.
������������������ Culver City,� 90232

Committee Members Present

David El Fattal, Chairperson������������������������������������������ Rosalind LaBriola, Site Representative

Michael Arena, Alternate id El Fattal, Chairperson��������� David Mielke, Certificated Representative

Debbie Brandt, Alternate���������������������������������������������� Ron Ostrin, Representative

lJanet Chabola, Representative�������������������������������������� Emilio Pack, Site Representative

Alan Elmont, Alternate������������������������������������������������� Ami Shilton, Representative

Cecelia Hale, District Representative����������������������������� Connie Wong, Classified Representative

Michael Laase, Representative�������������� �����������

Committee Members Absent

Michael Cousineau, Representative

Judy Richter, Alternate

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order by Chairperson, David El Fattal, at 6:15 p.m.

Approval of Minutes

The minutes of the April 14, 2004 meeting were reviewed.� It was moved by Alan Elmont and seconded by Janet Chabola to approve the minutes.� The motion passed unanimously.

Special Education Issues and Costs

Rose Ecker, Director of Pupil Personnel Services, gave an overview of the Special Education Program.� The presentation included information about Special Education laws (Federal Public Law 94-142, now known as IDEA), the SELPA to which Culver City USD belongs along with Santa Monica and Beverly Hills school districts, number of students served, staffing, budget, and Maintenance of Effort.

Revenue

Although the passage of IDEA promised to provide districts with 40% of the money needed for Special Ed services, typically we receive around 11%.� CCUSD�s current federal funding is 17%.� Mrs. Ecker reviewed restrictions about how federal and state dollars can be used to provide services to designated special needs students (infancy to age 22).

Maintenance of Effort (MOE) requirement states that the District�s current contribution (i.e. Local General Fund Contribution) to Special Ed cannot go below previous year�s contribution, even if the number of students served decreases.

See Rose Ecker�s handout for details.

Transportation

Discussion continued about the pros and cons of eliminating home-to-school transportation.� David El Fattal is putting together some additional information about transportation costs.

Recommendations to Board of Education Timeline

David El Fattal and committee members discussed how and why it is too late in the process to give the Board recommendations for the 2004-2005 budget.� David El Fattal shared that the Board would like to meet with CBAC members in a budget workshop.� The meeting is tentatively scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 8, 2004.

CCFT Budget Presentation to CBAC

Dr. Hale responded to the suggestion that was made at the April 14, 2004 CBAC meeting regarding a CCFT budget presentation to CBAC.� Dr. Hale shared that the Board is concerned that having the unions do presentations for CBAC runs the risk of putting CBAC in the middle of current negotiations with the unions.� She also shared that CCFT made its budget presentation to the Board in a public meeting which was open to all CBAC members.� Mr. Elmont voiced the disagreement felt by some committee members and would like to discuss the matter further with the Board.� Prior to the close of the discussion, David Mielke shared information about employee salaries with CBAC.

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 8:06 p.m.