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Introduction • Welcome everyone to our first Budget meeting just for SPC’s. Part of the school act states that districts must consult with SPCs on staffing and resources, plus our own policy 1030R1 provides for this as well. So the purpose of this meeting is to increase understanding of how we budget funds for the schools. This will also allow better discussions when the Board sets its budget priorities for the year. • We are going to review some overall budget information • Present details of school budgets • We’ll then review how the school growth plans tie into our budgets • Talk about School Centered Leadership Budget Process Goals • Engage Schools and Communities in the Process • Ensure that the decisions are aligned with the student achievement goals, both district and school • Make spending decisions that reflect priorities for district and school programs • Ensure that the decisions are clearly communicated and periodically reviewed Some Challenges • The next few slides are meant to help you understand some of the challenges we face. Actual FTE w /o NIDES 97-05 Projection 06-09 11000 10000 9000 8000 7000 6000 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 5000 C o mo x V a l l e y e s t i ma t e d p o p u l a t i o n B C St a t s 9 7 - 0 4 60500 60000 59500 59000 58500 58000 57500 57000 56500 56000 19 9 7 19 9 8 19 9 9 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 19 94 19 /95 95 19 /96 96 / 19 97 97 19 /98 98 19 /99 99 / 20 00 00 20 /01 01 20 /02 02 / 20 03 03 20 /04 04 / 20 05 05 20 /06 06 20 /07 07 / 20 08 08 20 /09 09 20 /10 10 / 20 11 11 20 /12 12 20 /13 13 /1 4 Percent (%) School-age and Senior Population as a percent of BC total, 1994/95 – 2013/14 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Year 5-19 65+ Substititute Costs 98-2005 2,000,000 1,500,000 1,000,000 500,000 0 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total benefits cost 98-05 10,000,000 9,000,000 8,000,000 7,000,000 6,000,000 5,000,000 4,000,000 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Constant pressure • • • • • • • • • Substitutes 100,000 Benefits 200,000 Teacher Increments 300,000 Less Students 900,000 Staff Savings -450,000 P&VP+ EXC steps 30,000 Supplies Inflation 125,000 Total 1,205,000 Over the next four years to 09/10 this would mean we need to reduce staff, programs, or supplies by a total of $4,820,000 • Assumes no raises Effect of declining enrolment Funding per student $5,756.00 Classroom instruction [based on 25 to 1 ratio] $3,000.00 Supplies $110.00 Balance that need to be cut from other staff, supplies or Programs This is per student! Decline in enrolments for next 4 years, 729 FTE $2,646.00 $1,928,934.00 Project Surplus\Deficit • At this time we are projecting a surplus of 892,000 that is slightly higher than the planned surplus in the preliminary budget. • This was a deliberate plan of the Board as they were trying to stretch out the large budget increase last year to allow what had been added back into the budgets to be maintained for more than one year Budget Estimates for 06/07 • With enrolment of 8902 FTE our revenues would total $65,352,298 • Our expenditures for the year would be $ 65,609,958 This would leave a balance of to be cut of $257,903 This is on a status quo basis and doesn’t contemplate adjustments to class size [which should be cut in half as we put in those extras half way through the year], increased costs, or reductions in instructional staff for declining enrolments. • One surprise is that last year the Ministry announced we would get 150 million extra in 05/06 and 20 million extra in the two year after that. Guess what is being used to fund the extension of the class size adjustments that were originally funded out of the strike savings • This year the budget process will be more complicated as we first have to remove all the effects of the strike and then the adjustments that the ministry added back. We also can expect there will be a wage increase but at this time we have no firm numbers and can only hope all increases will be funded by the Ministry. In the future we expect any extra funding from the Ministry to be targeted. Staffing of Schools Teaching Staff • • • • • • • Legislated class size K-3 Class Kindergarten Multigrade with K Grade 1-3 Multigrade without K Primary/intermediate split District average 19 19 21 21 21 Individual 22 22 24 24 24 • District class size ratios (targeted) for 4-12 • Class Average Targeted Max • Grade 4-6 • Grade 7-9 • Grade 10-12 30 30 30 28 23 24 Support Staff • See handout Special Education Staffing • Creating School Profiles Allocation Needs Criteria • Student designations (numbers of students identified as learning disabled, moderate intellectual disability, moderate behaviour) • Number of low incidence students (level 1/ 2) • Number of Intensive Behaviour Intervention/ Serious Mental Illness students (level 3) • Number of aboriginal students • Numbers of ESL/ ESD students • Counseling caseloads • K screening • FSA results • Letter grades • Provincial exam results • Elementary students “not yet meeting expectations” in literacy and numeracy • DART assessment data • Early numeracy assessment data • Growth plan data • Satisfaction surveys • TCS district results • EDI information • Socio economic data (numbers of students in care/ numbers of families on social assistance, numbers of students on independent living) • Transition rates (transience) • Family income/ family education levels • School meal programs • Long term tracking of feeder schools • Attendance FinalFTE (incl Int'l) Elementary 250.00 per school 430.00 860.00 47.00 13.00 health and safety/pupil 2.50 core french 1.25 per immersion pupil per school per pupil Secondary Library Resources per small school(<200) per pupil Middle General Supplies Learning Resources 11.00 Equipment Replacement Equipment Repair 920.00 230.00 8.00 2.00 Optional Maintenance still 4.00 50.00 8.00 2.00 4.00 600.00 600.00 1,210.00 1,290.00 320.00 94.00 26.00 16.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 2.50 core french 3.75 20.00 per immersion/cadre pupil 103.00 75.00 16.00 4.00 per school 690.00 1,380.00 1,470.00 370.00 per pupil 118.00 33.00 20.00 5.00 4.00 20.00 5.00 4.00 health and safety/pupil per immersion/cadre pupil 25.00 2.50 130.00 to be determined 63.00 health and safety/pupil School Growth 80.00 Detailed School budgets • Handouts School budgets and their tie into School Growth Plan • 3 main areas of funding. • School Growth funds of $4 per student, learning resources, and library supplies. Can also move other general supplies funds. • Look at goals like literacy and might want to add funds into more books at the library • If improved math is the goal may want more math manipulative • Examples School Growth Funds • These funds are set at $4 per student • If the school doesn’t spend the funds, they are put back into the pool. Our expectation is for the funds to be spent each year. • If a school does spend all of the funds they can apply to the district for additional support. They would need to develop a plan and rationale for their project or idea School Centered Leadership • Following is some excerpts from a presentation given by the Deputy Minister Emery Dosdall • The object of his presentation was to develop a shared understanding of SCL and how it allows for effective local decisions to improve student achievement • Certainly an indication of how serious the Ministry takes the role of SPCs and parents in decision making around budgets • Might be the future? • We have the responsibility to improve performance for all students • Our achievement levels are high when compared to other jurisdictions • Pressure from parents and community for even higher levels • Pressure to keep up with other jurisdictions as they improve • A performance plateau will require significant change to see continued improvement • Give schools more control over decision making in order to increase student achievement • When decision are made closer to the students the right decisions are made • Effective schools are empowered schools • Leadership for learning is required in every school • Offer to participate given to all school districts, may provide some incentives for early adopters Students Community Pac School Improvement Plan School Resource Plan Teachers Support Staff Principal SPC Superintendent Student Performance Data Trustees Secretary Treasurer • Move decision making closer to the students • Give schools greater authority and ability to make decisions that impact the learning of their students • Requires effective and appropriate involvement of staff parents and students • They hope to pilot this idea in one or more schools in 06/07 in each participating district • Again. I included this as more as a discussion point to see where we as a district would stand on this issue Budget Time lines • We will get detailed numbers and instruction in the middle of March • I will ask the Finance Committee later this week to help me set out the consultation meeting schedule. In general terms I would like to see one soon after spring break with all our education partners and then one with the public soon after that to allow the Board to receive feed back to discuss changes at a later public meeting Priorities • This would be a good time to review what in your minds should be the priorities for the Board to consider in setting next years budget. • That would also be both things that need to be maintained/ added or less emphasis placed on them. • We will shortly have some budget information to go on the web and that will include directions on how to provide input to the trustees on the upcoming budget. Questions? • Thoughts?