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SCHOOL FINANCE FUNDAMENTALS

An overview that determines the state and local revenue of a typical small/rural school

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Student Information Required

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Total Refined ADA 295.000

Sp Ed FTE 3.860

Sp Ed WFTE 12.240

Career & Technology FTE 10.260

Comp Ed Students 108.000

Biling/ESL ADA 2.930

Gifted Ed ADA 14.750

Regular ADA (1-2&4 above) 280.880 Texas Association Of Rural Schools

STATE ALLOTMENT CALCULATIONS

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   The first calculation is the Cost of Education Index (CEI). The CEI adjusts the Basic Allotment, a per pupil cost as set by the state, to account for personnel cost due to the cost of doing business in any given school district.

In our example the district has an index of 1.04 (a 4% add on) that is applied to 71% of the BA. It’s estimated that 71% of a district’s cost is for salaries.

Let’s see how the formula works ! Texas Association Of Rural Schools

THE ADJUSTED BASIC ALLOTMENT Basic Allotment @$4,765

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ABA = ((BA *.71) * CEI) + (BA *.29) ABA = (($4,765 *.71) * 1.04) + ($4,765 *.29) ABA = ($3,383 * 1.04) + $1,382 ABA = $3,518 + $1,382 ABA = $4,900 This represents an increase of $135 per pupil over the original Basic Allotment. Texas Association Of Rural Schools

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State Allotment Calculations (Continued)

     The next step is the Small or Mid-size school calculation. This adjustment recognizes the high cost of small classes.

The mid-size adjustment is for districts under 5000 pupils and the small adjustment is for districts under 1600 pupils. Both work the same way.

The small district adjustment has two factors: .0004 for districts over 300 sq miles and .00025 for districts under 300 sq miles and presumed to be small by choice. Mid-Size uses .000025.

In our next example we will assume our typical small school has less than 300 sq miles. Texas Association Of Rural Schools

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THE ADJUSTED ALLOTMENT The Adjusted Basic Allotment@ $4,900

AA = (1+((1600-ADA)*.00025)) * ABA AA = (1+((1600-280.88)*.00025)) * $4,900 AA = (1+(1319.12*.00025)) * $4,900 AA = (1 + .32978) * $4,900 AA = I.32978 * $4,900 AA = $6,516 This represents an $1,616 per pupil increase over the original Adjusted Basic Allotment and $1,761 per pupil over the original Basic Allotment.

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STATE ALLOTMENT CALCULATION (Continued)

  We are now ready to calculate the Foundation School Program cost for our typical small school.

The pupil or student counts from our first slide x their appropriate weights x the Adjusted Allotment of $6,516.

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FOUNDATION PROGRAM COST Typical Small / Rural School

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Reg. Program (280.88 X $6,516) $1,830,214 Sp Ed (12.240 X $6,516) 79,756 Career& Tech (10.26 X1 .35 X $6,516) 90,253 Comp Ed (108 X .20 X $6.516) 140,746 Biling/ESL (2.930 X .10 X $6,516) 1,909 Gifted (14.75 X .12 X $6,516) 11,533 Transportation (Separate Calculation) 31,597 New Facilities Allotment (Campus ADA X $250) 0 High School Allotment (80 ADA x $275) 22,000 Total FSP Cost $2,208,008 Texas Association Of Rural Schools

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FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM Local Share Calculation

Our District Has a Wealth of $28,529,448 State Requires an $1.00 per $100 Local Share Therefore The local Share is: $28,529,448 X .0100 = $285,294 Now let’s summarize where we are… Texas Association Of Rural Schools

A SUMMARY OF STATE AID TO THIS POINT ALSO CALLED TIER 1

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Reg program $1,830,214 Sp Ed 79,765 Career & Tech 90,253 Comp Ed 140,746 Biling/ESL 1,909 Gifted 11,533 Transportation 31,597 New Facilities 0 High School_____________________22,000 Total FSP $2,208,008 Less LFA - 285,294 Net State (Tier 1) $1,922,714 Texas Association Of Rural Schools

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STATE ALLOTMENT CALCULATIONS CON’T Guaranteed Yield Allotment( GYA)

  A district’s GYA is partly based on Weighted ADA so we must calculate the district WADA.

WADA equals the Total FSP less the transportation, the new facilities and high school allottments divided by the original BA less one half the effect of the ABA.

 Thus : WADA = ( FSP – TRANS, FAC ,HS ) / ((( ABA – BA ) *.5 ) + BA ) WADA = (2,208,008- 53,597 ) / ((( 4,900 – 4,765 ) *.5 ) + 4,765 ) WADA = 2,154,411 / (( 135 *.5 ) + 4,765 ) WADA = 2,154411/ ( 67.5 + 4,765 ) WADA = 2,154,411 / 4,832.5 WADA = 445.82 Remember Refined ADA for the district was 280.88,therefore the use of WADA becomes an extreme issue for small/rural schools.

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GUARANTEED ALLOTMENT GYA (Continued)

  The GYA or Tier 2 (The Golden Pennies) is calculated using the following: 1. WADA ( Calculated @ 445.82 ) 2. District Wealth ( $ 28,529,448 ) 3. District M&O Tax Rate above the Local Share of Tier 1(DTR) The Total M&O Tax Rate ($1.00), plus the GYA Pennies currently aloud by the State is $.06 ; therefore the DTR is $.06 4. Local Revenue (LR) is the amount raised by the DTR times District Wealth, therefore LR is $17,118 ($28,529,448*.0006) 5.State Guaranteed Level of wealth (GL) of $590,200 per WADA (Austin ISD) is stated as $59.02 per $.01 of tax effort The GYA formula is as follows: GYA = ( G L * WADA * ( DTR * 100 ) – LR We will examine the formula on the next slide Texas Association Of Rural Schools

CALCULATING THE GYA

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  GYA = (GL * WADA * (DTR * 100) – LR GYA = ($59.02 * 445.82 * ($.06*100)) - $17,118) GYA = ($59.02 * 445.82 * 6) - $17,118) GYA = $157,874 - $17,118 GYA = $140,756 Therefore the 2 nd Tier (The Discretionary Tier) revenue for our typical small district is $ 140,756. Now we will Summarize Tier 1 and Tier 2.

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A SUMMARY OF REVENUE TYPICAL ISD

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  TIER 1 (FSP) $2,208,008 Less Local Share - 285,294 Net Tier 1 1,922,714 TIER 2 (GYA Discretionary Tier) 140,756 Technology @ $30 per ADA 8,850 TOTAL STATE AID $2,072,320 $ 2,072,320   LOCAL REVENUE Tier 1 Local Share $ 285,294 Tier 2 Local Share 17,118 TOTAL LOCAL $ 302,412 $ 302,412  GRAND TOTAL $ 2,374,732 Texas Association Of Rural Schools