Leon County School Board Budget Update

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Leon County School BoardBudget Update

• December 18, 2008

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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

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Local Share of Total Budget
Local Share has increased from 38.1 in 06-07 to
42.4 in 08-09
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Total Budget Reductions

• Leon County
• 23.1 Million
• July 2007 through December 2008

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Total Reductions

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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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).

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The State of FloridasEducation Funding

• Wayne Blanton, Executive DirectorFlorida School
  Boards Association
• Bill Montford, Exec. DirectorFlorida Association
  of District School Superintendents