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Sacramento, CA (tentative figures)
The Unified School District estimates $2 million in cuts to the district budget, eliminating as much as $65,000 for some of the neediest schools. They would be forced to cut 7-8 schools from the Title 1 program and eliminate approximately 100 instructional personnel, affecting 3,290 students. Reading tutorial sites will be closed and educational technology programs eliminated.
San Diego, CA
Title 1 funds currently provide services at 111 schools, but federal budget cuts threaten to eliminate 50 schools from the program--suspending services to approximately 11,000 students. At least $3.5 million would be cut. Programs that would be affected: supplemental reading and math programs, educational technology programs, health and social services, staff development, and parental involvement activities.
San Francisco, CA
District officials fear that the loss of over $2 million in federal funding could mean eliminating 12 schools from the Title 1 program--affecting 4,162 low-income students. The remaining schools could face eliminating library staff and teacher assistants, closing computer labs, and gutting reading labs by eliminating staff specialists, materials and equipment.
Fresno, CA
Title 1 cuts threaten to curtail funding and services at 15 of the 90 schools in the Fresno School District. They estimate laying off 100 instructional positions which are used for extensive tutoring in reading & math.
Chicago, IL
Preparing for a worst-case scenario, the Chicago Public Schools expect that 18% of their $176 million federal budget would be cut, which translates into 600 teacher lay-offs.
Boston, MA
The cut in Title 1 would mean a 15% cut in Federal funds for Boston schools. The city will have to eliminate Title 1 services at 14 of their 79 Title 1 schools and will also have to lay off teachers.
Detroit, MI
Detroit public schools risk a 18% cut in Title 1 funds, a loss of $16.8 million which translates into cutting services to 10,000 students and laying off 419 teachers.
Mt. Clemens, MI
Macomb County, MI, 25 miles Northeast of Detroit, will lose $1.3 million and the county seat, Mt. Clemens, will be forced to cut 180 students from its reading & math assistance programs as well as the teachers serving them.
Raymond, MS
The Hinds County Schools could lose $200,000 in Title 1 funds for the next school year. Since the teachers must be notified of employment by March 14, the district will likely release 10 teachers. This means 200 fewer students will be served in a district that has Title 1 funds for 2000 of the 3500 children eligible for the program.
Lisbon, OH
The Beaver Local School District near Ohio's eastern border would face the loss of the entire Title 1 Middle School program, including 3 teachers, and remedial reading & math services serving 120 children.
Philadelphia, PA
The Philadelphia school system risks losing 13.4 million of its Title 1 budget, which would affect 62 of the 168 Title 1 schools. They would face eliminating 80 teaching slots, 203 assistant positions, as well as staff development programs. Services would be cut to over 45,000 students, including reading improvement programs and classroom textbooks.
Dallas, TX
Dallas Public Schools must submit a draft budget by March 21 to their school council and finalize teacher contracts in May. They plan to assume no cuts in their budget until further notice. However, demographic changes are expected to increase next year's enrollment by 4,000 students. Funding levels static with the previous year's budget would force a 15-20 percent cut of their Title 1 teachers. Federal funding below last year's level would force even greater cuts.
Brenham, TX
This district of 4,700 students, 70 miles northwest of Houston was already hit by 1995-96 school budget cuts, which caused them to fire 10 teacher aides. Further reductions would cripple their ability to provide services to underprivileged children.
Houston, TX
Houston Public Schools face losing $7.8 million in Title 1 funds. With the teacher notification date approaching at April 1, the district estimates 240 teachers would be eliminated. Counseling and social services to 14,000 students would be curtailed.
Tyler, TX
District officials expect that a 17% cut in Title 1 funds in this East Texas community of about 1,300 students would affect employment of at least 26 teachers, 12 teacher assistants, and 2 parental involvement positions.
Montross, VA
With a high percentage of low-income students, district officials are particularly concerned about further cuts to school programs. Last year, this rural community near the Chesapeake Bay has had to drop four out of six Title 1 pre-school programs during this past year. The district budget has almost no money for materials and supplies.
Monroe County, W.V.
This school district receives 25% of its $13.5 million budget from federal funds. They must announce teacher contracts by April 1, and expect to lay off 15-20 teachers in six schools. Cuts will force the elimination of creative programs, including "Project TLC," a program combining Title 1 and Head Start funds to help prepare the youngest children for school, as well as a "Parents as Teachers" program which brought 50 new parent volunteers into the elementary schools.
Milwaukee, WI
The pending 17% cut in Title 1 funds would mean a $7.9 million cut to the 119 schools serving over 52,000 public-school students. This would mean fewer students participating in supplemental reading, writing and math sessions, teacher lay-offs, and curtailing technology programs and teacher training.
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