Title: Leon County School Board Budget Update
1Leon County School BoardBudget Update
2Goals 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
3Local Share of Total Budget
Local Share has increased from 38.1 in 06-07 to
42.4 in 08-09
4Total Budget Reductions
- Leon County
- 23.1 Million
- July 2007 through December 2008
5Budget 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
6Budget 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
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- TOTAL 10,427,000
7Budget 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
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8Budget 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
9Total Reductions
- District Reductions 10,427,000
- School Reductions 8,280,000
- December 2008 Cuts 4,400,000
- GRAND TOTAL 23.1 million
10Re-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.
11From 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.
12What 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
13What 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
14What 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
15What 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
16What 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
17What 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)
18What 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
19What 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).
20The State of FloridasEducation Funding
- Wayne Blanton, Executive DirectorFlorida School
Boards Association - Bill Montford, Exec. DirectorFlorida Association
of District School Superintendents