COMPTON : Budget Miscalculation to Force School Cuts
The Compton Unified School District must make about $2.5 million in cuts because of budget miscalculations.
Officials said they are optimistic that cuts in the district’s $88-million budget can be made without layoffs or severe program reductions. Some of the money is likely to be saved through a limited hiring freeze and the elimination of one to two dozen unfilled positions, they said.
The miscalculations surfaced during a routine county review of the district’s budget. The district vastly overestimated its ending balance from last year, among other problems. As a result, county officials have twice rejected the school district spending plan. The district has until the end of the month to resolve remaining budget difficulties or face the appointment of an outside committee to manage district finances.
Supt. J. L. Handy said administrators are still trying to determine what went wrong with the budget and how to avoid the problem in the future.
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