October 27, 2005
State Schools Chief Jack O'Connell Backs
Federal School Energy Crisis Relief Act
Measure Will Help Schools Address Challenge of Rising Fuel Costs
LOS ANGELES — California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell announced his support for the federal School Energy Crisis Relief Act, which Congressman Joe Baca (D-Rialto) introduced today.
"This measure will provide much-needed relief for school districts trying to deal with financial challenges resulting from rapid and steep increases in the price of fuel," O'Connell said. "Schools in California have already been struggling to make ends meet after absorbing more than $9 billion in budget cuts over the last five years. The significant hike in fuel costs is punching holes in carefully balanced school district budgets. I commend Congressman Baca for authoring the School Energy Crisis Relief Act, which will help California's poorest school districts weather the fuel-cost spike and prevent cuts to education programs critical to student success."
The School Energy Crisis Relief Act would authorize the U.S. Secretary of Energy to provide school energy grants to school districts that are struggling with the added and unexpected costs their system must assume due to the recent spike in fuel costs. Eligible school districts, based on the number of students eligible for Title 1, would apply through a competitive grant process administered by the U.S. Department of Energy. Grant awards would be made based on each state's total population of students aged 5-17 and the regional cost of fuel. The U.S. Secretary of Energy would provide grants to eligible districts that demonstrate the greatest percentage increase or expenditure increase in fuel costs over a specific time period during the 2005-06 school year when compared to their fuel costs for the same time period last year. More than 180 school districts in California would qualify to apply for the energy grants (please see the attachment below listing the school districts).
"At a time when escalating fuel costs are creating budget shortfalls for many school districts, America cannot afford to compromise the education of our nation's children. We must provide relief to these school districts most in need now," said Congressman Baca. "Gas-price hikes threaten to exhaust the budgets of school districts caught unprepared for higher fuel costs. As a result, precious education dollars are being spent to fill the tanks of school buses and to heat classrooms."
The School Energy Crisis Relief Act is also supported by the National School Boards Association and the Council of the Great City Schools.
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Attachment
List of School Districts
Local Educational Agency (California) |
Title I, |
Total |
Percent of |
|---|---|---|---|
ABC Unified |
2,741 |
23,463 |
11.7% |
Alhambra City Elementary |
2,687 |
13,973 |
19.2% |
Alisal Union Elementary |
2,494 |
8,915 |
28.0% |
Allensworth Elementary |
42 |
108 |
38.9% |
Alpaugh Unified |
154 |
297 |
51.9% |
Alta Vista Elementary |
380 |
779 |
48.8% |
Alum Rock Union Elementary |
2,785 |
18,486 |
15.1% |
Alview-Dairyland Union Elementary |
127 |
355 |
35.8% |
Alvina Elementary |
49 |
130 |
37.7% |
Alvord Unified |
3,411 |
22,666 |
15.0% |
Anaheim Elementary |
6,290 |
27,511 |
22.9% |
Anaheim Union High |
4,812 |
30,649 |
15.7% |
Antelope Valley Union High |
3,121 |
19,940 |
15.7% |
Apple Valley Unified |
3,254 |
14,812 |
22.0% |
Arvin Union Elementary |
1,008 |
2,918 |
34.5% |
Azusa Unified |
2,727 |
14,698 |
18.6% |
Bakersfield City Elementary |
12,256 |
31,130 |
39.4% |
Baldwin Park Unified |
3,730 |
19,156 |
19.5% |
Ballico-Cressey Elementary |
110 |
321 |
34.3% |
Beardsley Elementary |
716 |
2,066 |
34.7% |
Bellflower Unified |
2,967 |
17,158 |
17.3% |
Bitterwater-Tully Union Elementary |
17 |
25 |
68.0% |
Brawley Elementary |
1,714 |
4,159 |
41.2% |
Buena Vista Elementary |
24 |
72 |
33.3% |
Burnt Ranch Elementary |
17 |
41 |
41.5% |
Buttonwillow Union Elementary |
148 |
402 |
36.8% |
Cajon Valley Union Elementary |
4,359 |
24,026 |
18.1% |
Calexico Unified |
2,536 |
7,332 |
34.6% |
Capistrano Unified |
3,346 |
57,155 |
5.9% |
Cascade Union Elementary |
799 |
2,200 |
36.3% |
Chino Valley Unified |
2,710 |
36,146 |
7.5% |
Chula Vista Elementary |
3,523 |
26,248 |
13.4% |
Clovis Unified |
3,709 |
33,038 |
11.2% |
Coachella Valley Unified |
5,762 |
14,985 |
38.5% |
Colton Joint Unified |
4,981 |
24,165 |
20.6% |
Columbine Elementary |
39 |
69 |
56.5% |
Compton Unified |
13,647 |
40,184 |
34.0% |
Corcoran Joint Unified |
1,299 |
3,367 |
38.6% |
Corona-Norco Unified |
4,009 |
40,683 |
9.9% |
Cox Bar Elementary |
15 |
36 |
41.7% |
Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified |
1,678 |
4,054 |
41.4% |
Cuyama Joint Unified |
112 |
307 |
36.5% |
Del Paso Heights Elementary |
1,090 |
2,957 |
36.9% |
Delano Union Elementary |
2,692 |
7,305 |
36.9% |
Desert Sands Unified |
5,075 |
25,976 |
19.5% |
Di Giorgio Elementary |
66 |
189 |
34.9% |
Dinuba Unified |
1,796 |
5,272 |
34.1% |
Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified |
975 |
2,865 |
34.0% |
Downey Unified |
3,135 |
24,870 |
12.6% |
Earlimart Elementary |
1,036 |
2,010 |
51.5% |
East Side Union High |
2,661 |
26,421 |
10.1% |
El Centro Elementary |
2,302 |
6,807 |
33.8% |
El Monte City Elementary |
3,685 |
13,888 |
26.5% |
Elk Grove Unified |
7,602 |
52,322 |
14.5% |
Escondido Union Elementary |
3,994 |
23,867 |
16.7% |
Fairfax Elementary |
541 |
1,548 |
34.9% |
Fairfield-Suisun Unified |
3,134 |
26,373 |
11.9% |
Farmersville Unified |
886 |
2,364 |
37.5% |
Feather Falls Union Elementary |
21 |
46 |
45.7% |
Flournoy Union Elementary |
17 |
25 |
68.0% |
Fontana Unified |
8,154 |
40,563 |
20.1% |
Fresno Unified |
31,967 |
86,091 |
37.1% |
Garden Grove Unified |
10,882 |
55,266 |
19.7% |
Gazelle Union Elementary |
19 |
58 |
32.8% |
General Shafter Elementary |
81 |
227 |
35.7% |
Gerber Union Elementary |
205 |
620 |
33.1% |
Glendale Unified |
7,681 |
37,216 |
20.6% |
Golden Feather Union Elementary |
111 |
333 |
33.3% |
Grant Joint Union High |
3,965 |
15,866 |
25.0% |
Hacienda La Puente Unified |
3,599 |
26,232 |
13.7% |
Hawthorne Elementary |
3,452 |
13,033 |
26.5% |
Hayward Unified |
2,922 |
30,568 |
9.6% |
Hemet Unified |
4,208 |
19,378 |
21.7% |
Hesperia Unified |
2,766 |
17,319 |
16.0% |
Indian Springs Elementary |
20 |
48 |
41.7% |
Inglewood Unified |
7,902 |
26,143 |
30.2% |
Jurupa Unified |
4,831 |
21,862 |
22.1% |
Kern Union High |
6,207 |
29,012 |
21.4% |
Kings Canyon Joint Unified |
2,918 |
9,293 |
31.4% |
Kings River Union Elementary |
286 |
744 |
38.4% |
Klamath River Union Elementary |
20 |
55 |
36.4% |
Lake Elsinore Unified |
2,913 |
20,028 |
14.5% |
Lakeside Union Elementary |
218 |
544 |
40.1% |
Lamont Elementary |
986 |
2,878 |
34.3% |
Lancaster Elementary |
3,894 |
17,054 |
22.8% |
Lassen View Union Elementary |
135 |
364 |
37.1% |
Lennox Elementary |
2,217 |
6,400 |
34.6% |
Lewiston Elementary |
69 |
211 |
32.7% |
Lindsay Unified |
1,573 |
3,816 |
41.2% |
Live Oak Unified |
675 |
2,023 |
33.4% |
Lodi Unified |
6,539 |
31,974 |
20.5% |
Long Beach Unified |
29,349 |
105,425 |
27.8% |
Los Angeles Unified |
236,403 |
872,296 |
27.1% |
Lost Hills Union Elementary |
155 |
462 |
33.5% |
Lynwood Unified |
4,983 |
19,563 |
25.5% |
Madera Unified |
5,944 |
17,350 |
34.3% |
Manchester Union Elementary |
39 |
116 |
33.6% |
Manton Joint Union Elementary |
18 |
47 |
38.3% |
Maple Elementary |
32 |
97 |
33.0% |
Marysville Joint Unified |
3,392 |
11,568 |
29.3% |
McFarland Unified |
1,115 |
2,748 |
40.6% |
Mendota Unified |
895 |
2,392 |
37.4% |
Merced City Elementary |
4,540 |
13,686 |
33.2% |
Merced Union High |
2,555 |
9,546 |
26.8% |
Modesto City Elementary |
6,205 |
21,100 |
29.4% |
Modesto City High |
2,685 |
15,274 |
17.6% |
Montebello Unified |
9,653 |
38,267 |
25.2% |
Moreno Valley Unified |
6,929 |
37,627 |
18.4% |
Mountain View Elementary |
3,736 |
11,730 |
31.8% |
Mt. Diablo Unified |
3,462 |
45,797 |
7.6% |
Mulberry Elementary |
12 |
28 |
42.9% |
Needles Unified |
478 |
1,383 |
34.6% |
New Hope Elementary |
108 |
292 |
37.0% |
Newport-Mesa Unified |
3,252 |
27,371 |
11.9% |
North Sacramento Elementary |
2,491 |
6,768 |
36.8% |
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified |
3,466 |
27,618 |
12.5% |
Oakland Unified |
17,387 |
73,030 |
23.8% |
Oceanside Unified |
4,478 |
25,771 |
17.4% |
Ontario-Montclair Elementary |
6,997 |
31,395 |
22.3% |
Orange Center Elementary |
201 |
381 |
52.8% |
Orange Unified |
4,065 |
40,862 |
9.9% |
Oro Grande Elementary |
60 |
138 |
43.5% |
Oroville City Elementary |
1,041 |
3,071 |
33.9% |
Oxnard Elementary |
3,703 |
19,170 |
19.3% |
Pajaro Valley Joint Unified |
4,658 |
24,219 |
19.2% |
Palermo Union Elementary |
474 |
1,253 |
37.8% |
Palm Springs Unified |
5,109 |
23,884 |
21.4% |
Palmdale Elementary |
5,012 |
23,053 |
21.7% |
Palo Verde Union Elementary |
200 |
480 |
41.7% |
Paramount Unified |
4,649 |
19,930 |
23.3% |
Parlier Unified |
1,239 |
3,288 |
37.7% |
Pasadena Unified |
6,221 |
33,681 |
18.5% |
Pixley Union Elementary |
329 |
778 |
42.3% |
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified |
2,505 |
31,212 |
8.0% |
Planada Elementary |
380 |
1,028 |
37.0% |
Plum Valley Elementary |
32 |
77 |
41.6% |
Pomona Unified |
9,243 |
41,407 |
22.3% |
Pond Union Elementary |
177 |
114 |
155.3% |
Porterville Unified |
4,024 |
10,706 |
37.6% |
Raisin City Elementary |
144 |
335 |
43.0% |
Redlands Unified |
3,118 |
22,797 |
13.7% |
Reef-Sunset Unified |
943 |
2,793 |
33.8% |
Rialto Unified |
6,851 |
31,975 |
21.4% |
Richgrove Elementary |
351 |
730 |
48.1% |
Richland-Lerdo Union Elementary |
967 |
2,852 |
33.9% |
Rio Linda Union Elementary |
2,920 |
12,322 |
23.7% |
Riverside Unified |
8,029 |
43,805 |
18.3% |
Rockford Elementary |
99 |
254 |
39.0% |
Rowland Unified |
3,673 |
23,946 |
15.3% |
Sacramento City Unified |
16,395 |
64,611 |
25.4% |
Salinas Union High |
2,912 |
15,376 |
18.9% |
San Bernardino City Unified |
19,563 |
58,309 |
33.6% |
San Diego City Unified |
34,829 |
162,704 |
21.4% |
San Francisco Unified |
11,397 |
78,935 |
14.4% |
San Jose Unified |
4,986 |
40,968 |
12.2% |
San Juan Unified |
6,960 |
59,296 |
11.7% |
San Lucas Union Elementary |
49 |
137 |
35.8% |
San Pasqual Valley Unified |
435 |
895 |
48.6% |
San Ysidro Elementary |
1,261 |
3,799 |
33.2% |
Santa Ana Unified |
14,917 |
64,524 |
23.1% |
Santa Maria-Bonita Elementary |
4,017 |
13,217 |
30.4% |
Semitropic Elementary |
37 |
90 |
41.1% |
Silver Fork Elementary |
12 |
18 |
66.7% |
Stockton City Unified |
13,783 |
46,356 |
29.7% |
Stone Corral Elementary |
71 |
134 |
53.0% |
Sunnyside Union Elementary |
205 |
484 |
42.4% |
Sweetwater Union High |
5,555 |
33,014 |
16.8% |
Terra Bella Union Elementary |
545 |
1,401 |
38.9% |
Thermalito Union Elementary |
1,275 |
2,563 |
49.7% |
Traver Joint Elementary |
103 |
249 |
41.4% |
Tulare City Elementary |
2,565 |
8,580 |
29.9% |
Tulelake Basin Joint Unified |
220 |
600 |
36.7% |
Vallejo City Unified |
3,230 |
25,283 |
12.8% |
Ventura Unified |
2,667 |
21,407 |
12.5% |
Vineland Elementary |
411 |
933 |
44.1% |
Visalia Unified |
6,794 |
26,501 |
25.6% |
Vista Unified |
4,402 |
30,898 |
14.2% |
Wasco Union Elementary |
1,086 |
3,301 |
32.9% |
Washington Union High |
504 |
1,178 |
42.8% |
Weaver Union Elementary |
569 |
1,463 |
38.9% |
West Contra Costa Unified |
7,560 |
45,404 |
16.7% |
West Fresno Elementary |
742 |
1,125 |
66.0% |
West Park Elementary |
104 |
285 |
36.5% |
Westmorland Union Elementary |
221 |
468 |
47.2% |
Winton Elementary |
743 |
1,919 |
38.7% |
Woodlake Union Elementary |
724 |
1,688 |
42.9% |
Woodville Elementary |
384 |
891 |
43.1% |
