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File #: 25-1339    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Minute Order Status: Action Item
File created: 6/20/2025 In control: City Council Meeting Agenda
On agenda: 7/14/2025 Final action:
Title: CC - ACTION ITEM: (1) Consideration of a Request from Culver City Unified School District for $2.5 Million to $7.5 Million Per Year from the City of Culver City from Fiscal Year 2025-2026 through Fiscal Year 2027-2028; and (2) Provide Direction to the City Manager as Deemed Appropriate.
Attachments: 1. 2025-07-14 ATT Liaison Meeting 6.16 CCUSD Presentation.pdf, 2. 2025-07-14 ATT School District Funding Memo.pdf, 3. 2025-07-16 ATT 2023-24 LA County Public Schools Financial Report Excerpt.pdf
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CC - ACTION ITEM: (1) Consideration of a Request from Culver City Unified School District for $2.5 Million to $7.5 Million Per Year from the City of Culver City from Fiscal Year 2025-2026 through Fiscal Year 2027-2028; and (2) Provide Direction to the City Manager as Deemed Appropriate.

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Meeting Date: July 14, 2025

Contact Person/Dept.: Jesse Mays, Assistant City Manager

Phone Number: City Manager's Office - (310) 253-6000

Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [X] No []

Attachments: Yes [X] No []

Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (07/10/2025)

Department Approval: John Nachbar, City Manager (07/08/2025) _____________________________________________________________________


RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends the City Council (1) consider a request from Culver City Unified School District for $2.5 Million to $7.5 million per year from the City of Culver City from Fiscal Year 2025-2026 through Fiscal Year 2027-2028; and (2) provide direction to the City Manager as deemed appropriate.


BACKGROUND

At the June 16, 2025 meeting of the Culver City Unified School District - City Council Liaison Subcommittee meeting, representatives from Culver City United School District (CCUSD) requested City funding to help fill its budget shortfall. CCUSD's presentation from the meeting is attached (Attachment 1). The Subcommittee subsequently voted to put consideration of this issue on an upcoming City Council agenda.

CCUSD has presented two potential City funding scenarios:

* $7.5 million for 3 years, beginning in Fiscal Year 2025-2026
* $2.5 million for 3 years, beginning in Fiscal Year 2025-2026

Under both scenarios, CCUSD offered the City expanded public use of CCUSD facilities, including the maintenance and staffing necessary to open school campuses to the public during non-school hours, and additional flexibility for CCUSD to host City Parks, Recreation and Community Services programmi...

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