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Cyrah Caburian
From:Jean Bedord <Jean@bedord.com>
Sent:Tuesday, October 6, 2020 3:35 PM
To:City Clerk
Subject:Presentations for city council meeting tonight
Attachments:Bedord Council - 2020-10-06 Oral Communication.pptx; Bedord Council - 2020-10-06 Agenda #
10.pptx
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Could make these PPT slides available to the regular meeting of the city council tonight:
* Oral Communications
* Agenda Item #10
Please include in the public record. Thanks much!
Warm regards,
Jean Bedord
10/6/2020
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Responsible Support of Education
•Jean Bedord
•Cupertino City Council
•October 6, 2020
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Responsible Support of Education
Support Local School Districts
•Support Measure M for FUHSD
•Renew $98 per parcel tax to provide $5 million per year to Fremont Union
High School District
•Needed to balance budget after expiration in 2022
•DO NOT Support square foot parcel tax for CUSD
•Berkeley Schools Excellence Program (BSEP) is example – RENEWAL
•NEW tax highly unlikely to pass – requires 2/3 approval
•Student enrollment decline is an elementary school a year – funding is per
student so revenue drops proportionally to # of kids
•District must cut $5‐7 million for next fiscal year or risk state intervention.
NEW taxes are not an option
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FUHSD Square Footage Ballot Parcel Tax
•Tax Measures require 2/3 approval
•Measure O for CUSD in March 2020 failed
•Measure H for FHDA (DeAnza) failed
•Significant Costs
•Study done in 2018 by FUHSD ‐ $25K
•District cost to put on ballot ‐ $100K to $2M (money not used for instruction)
•Private fund raising for campaign – minimum $100K
FUHSD Board decided against this tax measure – seasoned
Superintendent and board
CUSD has neither, so NOT a financially viable option
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