Fund SFUSD

rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/fund-sfusd?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-fund-sfusd' style='width: 100%'></div> The Boardline https://actionnetwork.org/groups/the-boardline Fund SFUSD https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/730/626/normal/Coins.jpg San Francisco is facing a public school funding crisis—but the money to stabilize our schools is already here. Sign this petition to call on San Francisco leaders to establish a local funding stream that redirects a fair share of Excess ERAF back to SFUSD for special education funding and salaries and benefits that help educators afford to live here. Why City-Level Funding? SFUSD and parent organizations across San Francisco have been calling on the State of California to increase funding for urban school districts like SFUSD. We fully support this state-level advocacy. What many people do not realize is: State advocacy is important, but changes to the State’s Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) do not materially increase how much money SFUSD gets from the State — the formula primarily affects the amount of funding SFUSD gets from San Francisco’s own property taxes. San Francisco can choose to fund schools adequately now without waiting for state-level changes — using existing ERAF property tax dollars. This approach requires no new taxes, only new priorities. You can learn more about LCFF, Excess ERAF, and the over $2 billion in San Francisco property taxes that were originally set aside to support public education that have instead flowed to the City here. San Francisco does not need to wait for action from the state to do right by its public schools. The money is already here. What is needed is the will to ensure that education dollars serve the students they were meant to support. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/fund-sfusd