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2007-2008 Philadelphia Schools Summary Budget


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SRC adopts budget with cuts

The widespread reductions promise to get even more painful without $63 million more in funding.

Cuts detailed for the first time yesterday include:

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.

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