SRC adopts budget with cuts
The widespread reductions promise to get even more painful without $63 million more in funding.
Stipends for student teachers, a program run through the Philadelphia Education Fund: $2.1 million
Philadelphia Mural Arts contract, which includes students in a project to beautify schools with murals: $448,260
International Baccalaureate program at elementary schools, a rigorous academic curriculum: $400,000
Urban Family Council Contract, which provides teen pregnancy and prevention: $127,500
Philadelphia Arts in Education project that brings professional artists into schools: $330,404
Contract with Dr. Paul Fink, who advises the district on students with behavior problems: $30,000
World Affairs Council contract at Bodine High School for International Affairs: $102,752
Teacher assistance center contract: $22,500
Philadelphia University Summer College Facilitation program: $67,000
Reduction in Communities in Schools after-school program, Philadelphia Academies contract, Philadelphia Education Fund middle school contract.
Other cuts include:
Fifteen percent reduction in central office staff: 14.1 million
Funding for six outside managers of public schools, including the for-profit Edison Schools Inc.: $6 million, or about a third of the money spent on providers.
Reduction in the number of retirees hired back on contract: $2.7 million.
The district says some of the programs are being eliminated due to low usage or because they duplicate programs run in-house.
For a video, a blog from the meeting and budget documents, go to http://go.philly.com/schoolbudget
Contact staff writer Susan Snyder at 215-854-4693 or ssnyder@phillynews.com.




