The Business Services Division of the Colton Joint Unified School District provides services and support to the schools and district employees in the areas of Fiscal Services, Risk & Benefits, Energy Management, Facilities, Maintenance & Operations, Transportation, Purchasing & Warehouse, Nutrition Services, and Printing Services. The Business Services Division is committed to supporting the District's Vision on Literacy to ensure student and employee success by providing the best services and quality products.
Education Protection Account (EPA)
Proposition 30, The Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012, approved by the voters on November 6, 2012, temporarily increases the state's sales tax rate for all taxpayers and the personal income tax rates for upper-income taxpayers.
The revenues generated from Proposition 30 are deposited into a newly created state account called the Education Protection Account (EPA). School districts, county offices of education, and charter schools (LEAs) will receive funds from the EPA based on their proportionate share of the statewide revenue.
According to Article XIII, Section 36 of the California Constitution, school districts, county offices of education, and community college districts are required to determine how the money received from the Education Protection Account (EPA) is spent in the school or schools within its jurisdiction. The district must annually post an accounting of how much money was received from the EPA and how that money was spent on its website.
Additional information regarding EPA can be accessed at the California Department of Education website: http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/pa/epa.asp.
Budgets
The state funding model for K-12 education, known as the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), went into effect in 2013-14.