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Title: Leon County School Board Budget Update


1
Leon County School BoardBudget Update
  • December 18, 2008

2
Goals of Meeting
  • Provide a status report of the State financial
    picture regarding education
  • Provide a status report of Leon County Schools
    budget reductions that have been made since the
    2007-08 year
  • Provide an overview of budget reductions made by
    other school districts
  • Provide an assigned staff person to answer
    questions and do research
  • Begin a conversation with the school board
    regarding issues that may be considered for
    future budget reductions
  • Agree that the Superintendent will bring forward
    a plan in January to re-establish the reserve

3
Local Share of Total Budget
Local Share has increased from 38.1 in 06-07 to
42.4 in 08-09
4
Total Budget Reductions
  • Leon County
  • 23.1 Million
  • July 2007 through December 2008

5
Budget Cuts at District Level
  • District Office Positions General
    Fund 2.4 million
  • District IT Services 175,000
  • Community Programs 502,000
  • District Travel Reductions 100,000
  • District ESE Reductions 400,000
  • District Flex Budgets 300,000

6
Budget Cuts at District Level
  • Reduce Transportation Costs 100,000
  • District Maintenance 350,000
  • District Pre-K Reductions 100,000
  • 2008-09 Cuts at District 4,427,000
  • 2007-08 Cuts at District 6,000,000
  • TOTAL 10,427,000

7
Budget Cuts Directly Impacting Schools
  • Instructional Technology Teachers 1.1 M
  • Eliminated SAT 10/NRT 60,000
  • Change allo factor in staffing plan 4.75 M
  • Reduced reading coaches 770,000
  • Cut Middle School Deans to 150,000
  • Half-time

8
Budget Cuts Directly Impacting Schools
  • Reductions at the Ghazvini 350,000Learning
    Center
  • Closing The Academy for 1,100,000Academic
    s and Technology
  • TOTAL 8,280,000

9
Total Reductions
  • District Reductions 10,427,000
  • School Reductions 8,280,000
  • December 2008 Cuts 4,400,000
  • GRAND TOTAL 23.1 million

10
Re-establish the Reserve
  • December 10th Additional cut 4.4 million
  • The Superintendent will bring a proposal to
    re-establish 4 millionof the reserve fund to
    the Boardfor their consideration at theJanuary
    15th budget meeting.

11
From other School Districts
  • The following information is the result of a
    Florida Association of District School
    Superintendents survey of Floridas 67 school
    districts on what they have done or are
    considering doing, in order to meet budget
    reductions (N58)
  • Information from individual phone conversations
    with newly elected Superintendents was also
    included.

12
What other districts are considering
  • Eliminate Positions Retirements Reassignments
    back to Schools Consolidating Job
    Responsibilities
  • Close underutilized schools
  • Pay Property Casualty Insurance from 1.75 Mill
    Funds
  • Reduce district cost center budgets
  • Reduce contract and temporary services where
    possible

13
What other districts are considering
  • Reduce Travel
  • Reduce Cell phones
  • Cut district-wide budgets
  • Utilize fund balance reserves
  • Reduce over time pay
  • Reduce district level supply budgets
  • Place all district retired personnel back at a
    lower step
  • Restructure medical benefits program
  • Evaluate and review all staffing plan
    expenditures based on state mandates and
    requirements

14
What other districts are considering
  • Restructure special programs including ESE and
    ESOL
  • Reduce custodial hours
  • Closing district facilities
  • Review all non-instructional job vacancies
  • Extend advertising dates for job vacancies
  • Eliminate one paid holiday (contract issue)
  • Eliminate two paid holidays (contract issue)
  • Closing during Spring Break

15
What other districts are considering
  • Closing two weeks in July
  • Four Day Work Week
  • Restrict use of electricity and energy Increase
    use of facilities fees to cover utility costs
  • Install timers on utilities
  • Increase air conditioning settings by 1-2 degrees
  • Close all schools and district facilities during
    winter break
  • Eliminate 7-period day

16
What other districts are considering
  • Review and restructure all long term utility
    contracts
  • Review all fees and utility-related charges
    (stormwater, etc.)
  • Reduce energy costs through green initiatives
  • Reduce Field Trips
  • Adjust School Start Times (so all schools in each
    level begin at same time)
  • Combine Routes for Middle and High School

17
What other districts are considering
  • Eliminate Middle School Activity Buses
  • Reduce SPUR routes
  • Streamline magnet and other bus routes
  • Enforce two-mile walk for middle and high school
    students (except in hazardous conditions)
  • Single Day Furlough (contract issue)
  • Two Day Furlough (contract issue)
  • Single Day Furlough for district only (contract
    issue)

18
What other districts are considering
  • Two Day Furlough for district only (contract
    issue)
  • Reduce school budgets
  • Evaluate staffing plan (allo factor, class size,
    state funding requirements)
  • Not extending DROP for teachers
  • Rotating Semesters for Art and Music in
    Elementary Schools
  • Reduce instructional staff training

19
What other districts are considering
  • Reduce number of assistant principals and deans
    at secondary schools
  • Require secondary teachers to teach 6 out of 7
    periods instead of 5 out of 7 (contract issue)
  • Evaluate all activities and athletics at
    secondary schools
  • Modify guidance counselor ratios in secondary
    schools
  • Virtual School Education (earn money by providing
    classes).

20
The State of FloridasEducation Funding
  • Wayne Blanton, Executive DirectorFlorida School
    Boards Association
  • Bill Montford, Exec. DirectorFlorida Association
    of District School Superintendents
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