superintendents 2011-12 proposed budget february 9 2011 final

8/7/2019 Superintendents 2011-12 Proposed Budget February 9 2011 FINAL

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Superintendents Proposed

2011-2012 Budget

Daniel G. Lowengard

Superintendent of Schools

Suzanne Slack

Chief Financial Officer

February 9, 2011


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2010-11 Business Partners Education Resource Strategies (ERS)

Robert Schaffer Associates (RSA)

SEI Design & Fanning Howey District wide Master Plan


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Education Resource StrategiesFindings

Restructure Special Education

Reduce Teaching Assistants Reduce School Safety Officers

Reduce Custodians

Central Office spending and staffing in line with comparable

districts


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2011-2012 Funding GAP$ in MillionsSource Expenses Revenue GAP

Fund Balance $ 19 $ 6 $ 13

ARRA / Jobs Bill 14 5 9

Say Yes to Education 16 1 15

ERS / TRS 4 0 4

Rollover Expense 9 0 9

Total $ 62 $ 12 $ 50


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Budget Workout - RSAThree Teams Formed to Narrow the Budget GAP

Team Goal

Team I Revenue / Grants / Funding $ 15 m

Team II Consolidation & Collaboration 15 m

Team III Staffing & Student Services 30 m

Total $ 60 m


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Revenue / Grants / FundingBudget Recommendations Long-Term Recommendations

Foundation Grants $ 3.0Fund Balance 4.0

Federal Jobs Bill 2.4

Total $ 9.4

City Collaboration $ 3.0PLA Grants 1.5

State Aid Equity 15.0

Medicaid Billing 3.0

Total $ 22.5


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Consolidation & CollaborationBudget Recommendations Long-Term Recommendations

Operations & Maint. $ 7.0Repurpose Facilities 3.0

Share Clerical Support 0.5

Total $10.5

Health Insurance $ 2.8Repurpose Facilities 2.0

County Social Services 0.0

Total $ 4.8


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Staffing & Student ServicesBudget Recommendations Long-Term Recommendations

Special EducationReconfiguration $ 7.5

Staffing Reductions 15.0

Total $ 22.5

Contract Re-negotiations $ 7.0

Say Yes to Education 4.0

Total $11.0


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Budget Workout ResultsProjected GAP 2011-12 $50.0 m

Expense Projection Adjustments - 3.1

Revised Projected GAP $ 46.9 m

Team I Revenue / Funding / Grants $ 9.4

Team II Consolidation of Services 10.5 $ 42.4 m

Team III Staffing & Student Services 22.5

Net Budget Gap after Workout $ 4.5 m


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New York State School FundingNew York State spends more money on education than

any state in the nation and is ranked 46th in terms ofequity.

State Aid / Pupil CWRSyracuse $11,815 0.294

Rochester $13,068 0.273

Buffalo $15,082 0.306

CWR Combined Wealth Ratio is a measure of a districts wealth. CWR of 1.0 is average.


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Executive Budget Proposal


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Executive Budget ProposalGap Elimination Adjustment $ 24 million 9.7%

includes ARRA & Jobs Bill

Net State Aid Reduction $ 16 million 6.1%

Planned on ARRA 6

Additional Gap $ 10 million

New York State is ranked 46th out of 50 in terms of thefairness of its funding for public schools.


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State Aid Trend - SyracuseState Aid has

decreased $25

million, or 9% in

three years.


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Zero Based Budgeting Board of Education Business Administration

Supply Center

Print Shop

Information Technology Personnel

Records Management

Operation of Plant

Insurance

Curriculum & Instruction Regular Education

Special Education

Repurpose Facilities

Summer School

Library Media & Audiovisual

Guidance

Security

Health Services

Clerical Staff Administrative Staff

Athletics

Fine Arts

CPI

Travel After School

Utilities

Borrowing Costs

Unsettled Contracts


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What is included Say Yes to Education in 4th Quadrant

JSCB Debt with minimal offsetting Building Aid

Increased ERS / TRS contribution rates Increased Health Insurance - Federal Health Care Reform

Swing Space for two more school renovation projects

Fund Balance Use of $10 million, leaving $6 million

unreserved for future budget years

Contractual Union Wages

Elimination of 538.8 Full-Time Equivalent Positions


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General Fund Revenue

State Aid, 74%

Property

Tax, 16%

Fund Balance,

4%

Other, 6%


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General Fund Expense

Salaries &

Benefits, 75%

Contractual

Services, 16%

Supplies &

Equipment, 2%

Debt &

Other, 7%


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2011-12Balanced BudgetRevenue $ in Millions

State Aid $ 243.8

Tax 55.5STAR 7.8

Fund Balance 10.0

Federal 8.0

Other 6.6

Total Revenue $ 331.7

Expense $ in Millions

Salaries & Benefits $ 247.3

Contract Services 53.1Equipment & Supplies 6.7

Debt 16.7

Other 7.9

Total Expense $ 331.7


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Next Steps to Finalize Budget $5.3 m Expense reduction some combination of wage

concessions and position reductions

Continue to lobby for additional State Aid in Legislative

Budget

Early Retirement Incentive, if approved, to minimize

layoffs and unemployment expense

Consider Chapter I Accrual option


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Timeline of Budget Events Special Budget & Finance

February 16th 5:30 pm

February 28th 5:00 pm

March 9th BOE AcceptBudget and PositionReductions

March 31st NYS Legislative

Budget Release April 13th BOE Adjusted

Budget with LegislativeState Aid

April Mayor submits Citywide budget to CommonCouncil

April/May CommonCouncil Study Session toreview District Budget

May Common Council

hearing and approval ofDistrict Budget

June Board of EducationAdoption

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