Reinventing Education Act for the Children of Hawaii

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Overview of the DOE Operating Budget

• Reinventing Education Act for the Children of
  Hawaii
• REACH
• Our Goal. Our Children. Our Future.

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Overview Outline

• Two Types of State Budgets
• State Budgets and the Department of Education
• Overall Budget Program Structure
• Act 51 70 Budget Requirement
• Review of Programs

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Two Types of State Budgets

• Operating Budget
• This budget provides funding for the
• general operations of each department.
• The Committee on Weights will be focusing
• on the DOE Operating Budget.
• Capital Improvement Program (CIP)
• The CIP budget provides funding for
• construction and major repairs.
• The Committee on Weights will not be
  involved with the CIP budget.

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DOE Budget Summary Statistics

• DOE Total Operating Budget 1.7 billion
• DOE Total Capital Improvement Program
• (CIP) Appropriations
• 75 million in FY 2004
• 46 million in
  FY 2005
• Based on Act 200, SLH 2003

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What Percentage is the DOEs Budget Compared to
the Total State Budget?

• DOE Total Operating Budget is 24 of the Total
  State Budget of 7.63 billion.
• DOE General Fund Operating Budget of 1.46
  billion is 39 of the Total State General Fund of
  3.82 billion.

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DOE Budget Structure

• EDN 100 School-Based Budgeting
• EDN 150 Comprehensive Student Support
  Services
• EDN 200 Instructional Support
• EDN 300 State and District Administration
• EDN 400 School Support
• EDN 500 School Community Service
• EDN 600 Public Charter Schools

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Green Budget Book

• Presented to Legislature for last Biennium Budget
  2003-2005
• Provides general information on all DOE programs
  and operating budgets
• Table of contents should be referred to for quick
  access to subject matter
• May be a valuable reference document for
  Committee discussions

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EDN 100 School-Based Budgeting

• School Lump-Sum Budget Programs
• -- Initiated in Legislative Session 1993.
• -- Provided school program
  flexibility.
• Categorical Programs
• -- Specific purposes, such as athletics.
• Employee Fringe Benefits
• -- Appropriated by Legislature, fixed cost.

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EDN 150 Comprehensive Student
Support Services

• Comprehensive Student Support Services for All
  Students
• Special Education Services

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Act 51, With Weighted Student Formula
70 Budget Requirement
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What programs to include in the Weighted Student
Formula?

• Conceptually
• Include direct costs of instructional programs
• Include programs supported through staffing
  formulas and other direct allocations to schools
• Exclude non-instructional programs
• Exclude programs more appropriately managed
  centrally

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Questions ?
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