Transcript School Funding Information

School Funding
Information
Off the Record Meeting
May 11, 2007
2005-07 Biennium
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Essential Budget Level (EBL)
 $5.318
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billion
Close of Session Funding Level
 $5.240 billion
 $78 million lower than EBL
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Later additions (lottery, general fund)
 $65
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million
Total Funding for 2005-07
 $5.240 billion + $65 million = $5.305
 $13 million LOWER than EBL
billion
2007-09 Biennium
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Essential Budget Level (EBL)
 $5.791
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billion
K-12 Education Coalition Funding Proposal
 Partners:
COSA, OEA, OSBA, OSEA, Stand for
Children, AFT-Oregon, OAESD, Oregon Small
Schools Association
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Our ultimate goal – funding schools at the
Quality Education Model (QEM)
 2007-09
estimate of QEM - $7.78 billion
For 2007-09
The Education Coalition supports…
State School Fund Grant
$6.0 billion
 School Improvement Fund $ 300 million
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$6.3 billion
Governor’s Budget
State School Fund Grant
$6.0 billion
 School Improvement Fund $
60 million
$6.06 billion
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Co-Chairs Budget
State School Fund Grant
$5.985 billion
 School Improvement Fund $ 260 million
$6.245 billion
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Essential Budget Level
$5.791 billion
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Above EBL
$ 454 million
Total Funding, 05-07 to 07-09
SSF
05-07
07-09
Increase
$5.305B
$6.245B
17.7%
($5.985B+$260M)
Local Revenue
$2.609B
$2.806B
7.6%
TOTAL
$7.914B
$9.051B
14.4%
$1.137 Billion Increase
State School Fund Revenue
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Co-Chairs Budget (refer to handout)
School Improvement Fund
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$260 million
$181/ADMw for School Districts
 $8/ADMw for Education Service Districts
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School Improvement Fund
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What you can spend it on
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Early Childhood Support (including Pre-K and Full-Day K)
Class Size Reduction
Increasing Instructional Time (summer, before/after school, etc.)
Mentoring, teacher retention, professional development
Remediation, alternative learning, student retention
Services to at-risk youth
Programs to improve student achievement gaps
Vocational education programs
Literacy programs
Other research-based student improvement strategies approved
by the State Board of Education
School Improvement Fund
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Process: Apply to Department of Education
 Applications
to shall include
Activities to be funded
 Goals for increasing student performance
 Becomes part of the district improvement plan
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 Evaluation
ODE shall evaluate annual progress
 ODE shall issue biennial report to Legislature
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“Big” Opportunity: 2009 Session
07-09 (PROJ) 09-11 (PROJ) Increase
SSF
$6.245B
$7.411B
18.7%
($6.870B+$541M)
Local Revenue
$2.806B
$3.067B
TOTAL
$9.051B
$10.477B 15.8%
$1.426 Billion Increase
9.3%
What’s Next
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May 15 – Updated State Revenue Forecast
May 17 – Education Coalition Partners meet with CoChairs (Rep. Mary Nolan, Sen. Kurt Schrader)
 Holes to Fill in Co-Chairs Budget: Higher education
funding for community colleges and universities
 Other Issues:
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Federal Forest Fees
Updates to the SSF Estimates (2005-06 closeout, 2006-07,
2007-08)