Transcript The mystery of CPS budgeting - Better Government Association

February 20, 2014
Little Village Library
Welcome
Intro to the BGA
Robert Reed
Director of Programming and Investigations
Better Government Association
School Budgets 101
Sarah Karp
Deputy Editor
Catalyst Chicago
CPS budgeting
Like school lunches, we don’t know
what goes in, but we don’t like the
result.
Where does CPS get its money?
• 40 % from
property
taxes
Federal revenue
State revenue
Local property taxes
Personal property and
replacement taxes
Other local revenue
Fund balance
Old system
• Schools allocated teachers based on the
number of students.
• Small enrollment swings didn’t change
the bottom line.
• Teacher salary didn’t matter to principals
because they were given positions
• Less flexibility for principals
This year: Student-based budgeting
• Core allocation money
follows the student.
$4,140 per
student
• Schools get less SBB core allocation
depending on number of students
who are more severely disabled
How CPS arrived at this amount
• Adding together last years expenditures
on things that would be covered by SBB.
= $2 billion
• But the amount was reduced because of
the district’s budget deficit
subtract $81 million
On top of SBB schools get:
• Administrative base to pay for 1 principal, 1
counselor and 1 clerk
• Salary adjustment for veteran teachers
• Magnet schools and magnet cluster schools
• Federal and state poverty money, based on
number of students who qualify for free and
reduced lunch.
Hammond elementary school
0
0
84,272
0
FY 2014
Approved
Budget
0
0
0
0
90,460
2,154,276
0
2,759
0
332,014
0
0
Public Building Commission O & M
59,037
0
Special Education Fund
State Maintenance Program Grant
0
6,550
24,874
0
State Special Education Block
Grant
Student Based Budgeting
Summer Office Support
Supplemental Ancillary Teaching
Positions
Supplemental General State Aid
(SGSA)
Transportation - Safety Personnel
532,940
661,456
0
2,002
24,320
1,950,636
0
0
0
0
0
0
61,205
58,976
3,017,820
3,027,956
Fund Grant Description
Bilingual Ed TPI & TBE
CHILDREN-AT-RISK
College Ready Funding
Extended Day Learning Time
Full Day Kindergarten
General Education Fund
Operations - Custodians
Other Gen Ed Funded Programs
Workers'& Unemployment
Compensation/Tort
FY 2013 Expenditures as
of 6/30/2013
• Slight increase in
students
• 2013: 428;
• 2014: 438
Replaced by studentbased budgeting:
• College-ready funding
• Full-day kindergarten
• general education fund
• supplemental ancillary
teaching positions
Where did Hammond principal/lsc
decide to spend money?
$71,515
$300,000
-$252,000
Where did Hammond principal/LSC
spend money?
• New $80,000 investment in parent
engagement/community outreach
• Instruction investments in art, reducing class
sizes for kindergarten through third grade and
preschool
• Reduced spending in professional
development, curriculum development and
recess support
South Lawndale non-charter schools
• Overall, 12 schools down $2.5 million
• Farragut High School lost 107 students;
budget decreased by $1.7 million
• Only three schools saw budget increases: two
welcoming schools (Castellanos and
Cardenas); Kanoon Magnet and Hammond
• Small population drops in other elementary
schools (less than 20 students)
Charter schools
• Same per-pupil
amount as district
run school.
• “administrative
base”
• salary adjustment
• stipend for inkind services
(operations,
maintenance,
security and
magnet positions)
Elem k - 3
Elem 4-8
H.S.
Weighting
1.07
1
1.24
Per pupil
$4,429
$4,140
5,132
Admin Base
$542
$507
$623
Teacher
adjustment
$98
$91
$112
Stipend for
services
$1,758
$1,643
$2020
$6381
$7887
Total
$6827
Plus, state and federal poverty money
Extra money
•
•
•
•
Government Grants
Private foundation grants
Parent fundraising
Charters bring in more---more than half bring
in over $100,000 in private money
• Less than 10 district-run schools bring in more
than $100,000
For more information
• To find information about specific schools:
http://www.cps.edu/finance/FY14Budget/Pages/
Budget.aspx
• School-level budgets are under “Interactive
Reports” under the “Find your school budget” tab
• Read Catalyst-Chicago online and in print