{"id":2221611,"date":"2024-04-15T17:18:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T21:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-teachers-brace-for-hundreds-of-job-cuts-after-bowser-budget-proposal\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T17:21:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T21:21:53","slug":"dc-teachers-brace-for-hundreds-of-job-cuts-after-bowser-budget-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-teachers-brace-for-hundreds-of-job-cuts-after-bowser-budget-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"DC educators prepare for anticipated job losses following Mayor Bowser&#8217;s budget plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdc-teachers-brace-for-hundreds-of-job-cuts-after-bowser-budget-proposal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2221611&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Teachers and staff in \u2062Washington, D.C.&#8217;s \u200bpublic \u200dschools are concerned about potential job \u200ccuts with Mayor Muriel Bowser&#8217;s \u2062new budget proposal. Despite a 12% increase in funding \u200cfor District of Columbia\u2064 Public \u2062Schools, totaling $181 million, schools are projected to face budget shortfalls due\u200d to various factors. This proposal,\u2064 pending council approval, violates a law ensuring consistent school funding, marking the second consecutive year of non-compliance by Bowser.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Teachers and staff in Washington, D.C.\u2019s public schools fear there may be 200 positions cut due to Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/muriel-bowser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Muriel Bowser\u2019s<\/a> new budget proposal.<\/p>\n<p>While Bowser included in her city\u2019s budget proposal a 12% increase to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>District of Columbia<\/a> Public Schools\u2019s funding formula, giving schools an additional $181 million, schools are still likely to fall short of meeting their budgetary needs. The shortfall comes as money from one-time federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>pandemic<\/a> aid depletes, teacher\u2019s salaries have increased, and city revenue remains stagnated. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during a news conference at Capitol One Arena in Washington, Wednesday, March 27, 2024.(AP Photo\/Stephanie Scarbrough)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bowser\u2019s budget proposal, which still needs to be approved by the council, violates a 2022 law that was designed to ensure that public schools received the same amount of funding they did the year before. This is the second year in a row that Bowser has disregarded the law, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/education\/2024\/04\/14\/dc-school-staff-cuts-bowser-budget-proposal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>per<\/a> the <em>Washington Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The reduction in staff would represent 2% of people who work in schools, but it will be felt in schools in nearly every ward of the city. Wards 2 and 5 are the only parts of the city that will see an increase in staff come 2025. Ward 8, which includes some of the most underresourced areas of the city, will reportedly experience the highest number of lost positions with 99. <\/p>\n<p>A loss in positions would mean bigger class sizes, but they could also mean a loss in specialized roles such as behavioral counselors. The school budgets are also determined by how many students need specialized services, meaning schools get more funding for \u201cat-risk\u201d children who are homeless, in foster care, or live in low-income homes.<\/p>\n<p>Between the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years, schools received $65 million in \u201cstability funding\u201d to help schools maintain staffing when enrollment fluctuates. For this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wash-gov-inslee-signs-bill-banning-sports-teams-use-of-native-american-mascots\/\" title=\"Wash. Gov. Inslee signs bill banning sports teams\u2019 use of Native American mascots\">coming school year<\/a>, the one-time funding will drop to just $11 million. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause we don\u2019t have the one-time funding that we\u2019ve had to hold schools at what they had the year before, you are naturally going to see some reductions,\u201d Lewis Ferebee, District of Columbia Public Schools chancellor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/education\/2024\/04\/14\/dc-school-staff-cuts-bowser-budget-proposal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> the outlet. \u201cIf your enrollment was decreasing and you still have the same number of staff, that cliff that you now have is going to be steeper. You\u2019ve got more to right-size because you\u2019ve been funded at a level of students that have no longer been in your building.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The school system received $304 million in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-recall-threat-ca-gov-newsom-unveils-largest-state-tax-rebate-in-american-history\/\" title=\"Amid Recall Threat, CA Gov. Newsom Unveils \u2018Largest State Tax Rebate In American History\u2019\">federal pandemic aid<\/a>, leading\u00a0to the hiring of more staff. Since the pandemic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-mayor-seeks-funding-for-police-after-police-budget-slashed-last-year\/\" title=\"Portland mayor seeks funding for police after police budget slashed last year\">full-time positions<\/a> in schools grew by 18%, but enrollment has only grown by 3% since the 2020-21 school year, per Ferebee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew though at that time that we couldn\u2019t sustain that level of increase in perpetuity,\u201d he said. \u201cThe challenge of this moment is we\u2019re now there where we\u2019re phasing out the last elements of that investment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teachers and staff at Washington, D.C.&#8217;s public schools are concerned about potential cuts with Mayor Muriel Bowser&#8217;s budget proposal possibly leading to the loss of 200 positions. 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