HOW MUCH CAN THE DISTRICT SPEND in 2011-12?
2010-11 Expense Budget: $73,000,000
Planned 2011-12 Expense Budget: $77,000,000
- Governor's projected 5.5% cut
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= Revised 2011-12 Expense Budget: $72,900,000
= $4,100,000 reduction in spending
HOW DID THEY COME UP WITH the $4.1M REDUCTION?
Savings from employee paid 5.8% WRS: $2,671,450
Savings from employee paid 9% Health Ins.: $ 750,000
Savings from conversion of 1 FTE to SPEA: $ 34,000
Savings from replacement of 29 retirees: $1,000,000
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Total Cost savings (reductions) $4,455,450
That first number seems pretty exact, while the latter two seem pretty, rounded, don't they? OurDough pants fuel?
BUDGET ADDITIONS FOR 2011-12
Add 1.0 FTE Minority Recruitment HR Specialist: $ 75,000
Restore building/dept. budgets to 2008-09 level: + $255,000
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Net additions $330,000
NET BUDGET PICTURE
Reduction to budget: $4,100,000
- Budget Savings: $4,455,450
+ Budget additions: $ 330,000
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Net Budget impact $ 25,450
WHAT is the ESTIMATED IMPACT ON PROPERTY TAXES?
Levy Increase: 4.5%
Mill Rate Increase: 4.5%
Estimated tax increase ($200K home) $109.50
NOTE 1: there is a projected surplus of at least $450K for this school year, if the school board should vote to apply that against the 2011-12 budget, the levy/mill rate increase would drop to 3.5% ($86.00 on a $200K home)
NOTE 2: This is a district-wide projection. No estimates of impact to individual municipalities can be made at this time.
BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS
- 2.3% growth (+162 students).
- 0% property value growth.
- Maintains existing programs and class size guidelines
- Maintains SAGE at CHB and WS
- Adds 14.7 new staff positions (increase in students + HR position)
- Retains 7.0 additional FTE formerly funded by Federal Stimulus $
- Layoffs only for course selection changes and cuts to state/federal funding, (e.g. Title 1 and ATODA).
- District allowed to apply unspent revenue cap dollars from previous years.
Add 1 FTE staff to tech dept. (data programmer) $ 65,000
Add 2.0 FTE Increase E.S.L. teachers, part A $110,000
Add 3.2 FTE for Equitable Social Workers Services $176,000
Add 3.0 FTE K-5 RtI Interventionist $165,000
Math software for Everyday Math $ 10,920
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TOTAL Wish List: $526,920
Note: adding everything here would raise the tax levy/mill rate 1.2%, which would amount to about $28.50 (on a $200K home), Every 1% increase in the mill rate translates to about $0.122 on the mill rate ( or an additional $24.50 on a $200K home)
BUDGET CUTS CONSIDERED BUT REJECTED and Never Discussed Publicly
- (-3.5 FTE) Do not replace 3.5 LMC positions (3-4 by attrition). Elementary have 0.5 LMC specialist PLUS add 0.5 support staff in the library (up from current 0.5)
- (-3.5 FTE) Eliminate K-4 Health Instruction (not mandated) - (2 by attrition; 1.5 layoff)
- (-3.5 FTE) Raise class size guidelines for grades 6-12 by 0.5 students per class (-1.5 HS, -1 CHUMS, -0.5 at PV and PM: 3.5 total)
- 1 Teacher mentor
- Raise Fees
- Reduce Extracurricular (Eliminate interscholastics before 7th and 8th?)
- Reduce Support Staff