Parents for Public Schools-San Francisco

Proposition H - The Public Education Enrichment Fund

Third-third funding

Plans to allocate the third-third of Prop H money are currently on hold until the budget impact of State budget cuts is finalized. For more on State budget cuts, please see our Issues page, Education Budget Issues.

Read all of the proposals for the "third-third" of Prop H allocations from the SFUSD website or at http://groups.google.com/group/peef-cac-prop-h/files
See the Superintendent and CAC recommendations (2.02mb,xls).

Proposition H Projects for 2008-2009; Lisa Schiff; Beyond Chron; December 13, 2007. School Beat is about where things stand in determining which projects to fund next year with Prop. H money.

PROPOSITION H BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Thanks to PPS Member Dana Woldow on the PPS listserve for giving us this link to the text of Proposition H, the Public Education Enrichment Fund:

Go to http://www.municode.com
then Online Library
then California
then San Francisco
then SF charter
then section XVI, 123.1

Prop H Resolution

Thank you to PPS Member Cliff Staton for posting the entire resolution (English, 65kb,pdf) introduced by Supervisor Sean Elsbernd, with co-sponsors Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin and Supervisor Ed Jew.

Thanks to PPS Member Dana Woldow for the link to the video of the BOS Budget and Finance Committee meeting on December 14, 2006 where this was discussed (from the SFGOV website, SFGTV section). http://tinyurl.com/2bqebg

Thank you to PPS Member Anne Crawford for taking the initiative to call the City Controller's office to get a link to the report presented in the video: http://tinyurl.com/2s5gch

PPS-SF Position on Prop H Funding:

Parents for Public Schools of San Francisco (PPS-SF) has been a strong supporter of Proposition H since its inception, working to secure its passage and helping community members understand its structure and application. Because the children we care for are the direct recipients of the City's support via Proposition H, we are vitally aware of how significant those contributions are and what a difference they are already making for children in our schools. The value of Proposition H support is that no matter what form it comes in, either monies or in-kind services, it represents additional, new support to the schools from the City. Cash, expansions of existing programs to new sites, entirely new programs--all of these are of great benefit to our children. To that end, PPS encourages all involved in discussions over future Proposition H contributions to assert and ensure that such contributions are new.

Arts Master Plan

See the Arts Education Master Plan (Note: this is a large pdf file).

How the Arts Education Master Plan aligns with the Strategic Plan (English, pdf)

Parents Advocating for School Accountability (PASA)

For more information on Prop H advocacy, go to the Parents Advocating School Accountability page

PRESS

SF Schools receiving reserve funds to curb cuts; CBS 5; May 7, 2008

Mayor touts plan for city to help improve schools; Jill Tucker; SF Chronicle; February 14, 2007

Proposition H Projects for 2008-2009; Lisa Schiff; Beyond Chron; December 13, 2007

School Beat: Governance and Funding Across the State and in Our District; Lisa Schiff, Beyond Chron, March 22, 2007

School Beat - Meeting the Letter and the Spirit of Proposition H; Lisa Schiff, Beyond Chron, February 1, 2007

In-kind Aid Beats Cash for Schools, Supes Say; Bonnie Eslinger and Joshua Sabatini, The Examiner, Jan 31, 2007

School Board's Marathon Spend-a-thon; Jill Tucker, SF Chronicle, January 25, 2007

School Board Notes: Board Adopts Prop H Spending Plan; Nicole Achs Freeling, GreatSchools.net