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Report of the Working Group on Facilities and Finance - K-12 Education

MEMBERS

Kenneth Hall, (Finance & Facilities Working Group Co-chair, K-12)
Chairman of the Board
School Services of California

Thomas Duffy (Vice-chair, Facilities)
Consultant
Coalition for Adequate School Housing
Robert Agee
Associate Director, Budgets
University of California, Davis

Deborah Bettencourt
Deputy Superintendent
Folsom Cordova Unified School District

Duwayne Brooks
Director
California Department of Education School Facilities Division

Nicholas Ferguson
Assistant Superintendent for Business Services
Riverside Unified School District

D. Michael Foulkes
Manager, State and Local Government Affairs
Apple Computer, Inc.

Norton Grubb
Professor
University of California, Berkeley
School of Education

Steve Juarez
Director of Financial Management
The J. Paul Getty Trust

Patricia Koch
Assistant Superintendent, Business Services
Huntington Beach Union High School District

Susan Lange
Deputy Superintendent for Finance, Technology and Administration
California Department of Education

Michelle Lawrence
Superintendent
Berkeley Unified School District

Janet Meizel
Tech Coordinator & Teacher
Davis Senior High School

Mary Perry
Deputy Director
EdSource

Larry Picus
Professor
University of Southern California
Rossier School of Education

Arnold Plank
Superintendent
Torrance Unified School District

Rick Pratt
Assistant Executive Director, Governmental Relations
California School Boards Association

Ronald Prescott
Deputy Superintendent, Retired
Los Angeles Unified School District

Kenneth Shelton
Deputy Superintendent
Administrative Services / CBO
Solano County Office of Education

Donald Shelton
Assistant Superintendent, Business Services
San Diego County Office of Education

Gerry Shelton
Administrator, Office of Fiscal Policy
California Department of Education
Mr. Jai Sookprasert
Sr. Representative
California School Employees Association

Lafenus “Stan” Stancell
Chief Deputy Director (Retired)
Department of Finance

Kathy Tanner
Director of Facilities, Planning and Operations
Del Mar Union School District

Judy W. Thomas
Manager, Research and Finance Department
California Teachers Association

Bob Wells
Executive Director
Association of California School Administrators

Colleen Wilcox
Superintendent
Santa Clara County Office of Education

Donald Zimring
Deputy Superintendent
Las Virgenes Unified School District

Working Group Consultant

Michael Ricketts
Joint Committee to Develop
a Master Plan for Education –
Kindergarten through University

Facilities Work Team Support

Patti Herrera
Administrative Assistant
Murdoch, Walrath, & Holmes

Presenters

Michael Cohen
Principal Analyst
Legislative Analyst’s Office

Martin Helmke
Consultant
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee

Marianne O'Malley
Principal Fiscal and Policy Analyst
Legislative Analyst's Office

Kim Rueben
Research Fellow, Economics
Public Policy Institute of California

Steve Sims
Manager
Franchise Tax Board

Jon Sonstelie
Professor
University of California, Santa Barbara
Senior Fellow
Public Policy Institute of California
Table of Contents
Summary 1. Finance 2. Equity 3. Community
4. Accountability 5. Facilities Appendices Members