Manteca Unified stands to receive $12 million in additional funding from the state for the upcoming 2018-2019 school year but may have limited wriggle room — if any — to fund new ongoing initiatives.Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed state budget commits $3 billion to bridge the remaining 3 percent gap to complete full funding of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), the landmark school funding law that essentially restores all spending power losses local districts incurred in 2008 when the Great Recession hit.The $12 million is just over 5 percent of the $252 million budget the district will be working with. It reflects 100 percent funding of Manteca Unified under the LCFF as well as a 2.5 percent cost of living increase. While the $12 million will be built into state funding for the district going forward into future years, no additional funding is on the horizon except for cost of living adjustments.“We’re good for next (school) year,” Manteca Unified Director of Business Services Jacqui Breitenbucher noted, adding that won’t be the case in subsequent years.That’s because of a number of things.uThe district is committed to annual step raises — in addition to negotiated raises — that will cost $2.2 million next year.uNow that the district has full funding under the LCFF they can no longer shift money from categorical programs to help balance the general fund as state law allowed when there was a gap between the targeted funding and actual LCFF funding.
Budget clouds on horizon
$12M jump for MUSD blunted by retirement costs, other factors

