Schools to Seek Funds if Malibu Incorporates
Should Malibu become a city, the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District is ready to ask it for money.
The school board last week approved a policy calling for Malibu--if it votes next month to incorporate--to provide financial help to the struggling school district. It is in the city’s “vital interest . . . to have an excellent public school system,” the policy states.
Malibu voters will decide June 5 whether to incorporate and will also elect a five-member City Council. School board members said they plan to solicit support for the board’s policy from the 31 City Council candidates.
The school district on May 7 approved the same policy statement for the city of Santa Monica and appealed to the City Council for $3.1 million to maintain programs and staff for the coming school year. The district also asked for a long-term funding commitment from the city.
In the past, Santa Monica has given the district $500,000 a year.
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