Transcript Building a Budget for 2009 – 2010

Building a Budget
for
2009 – 2010
2008 - 2009 Budget
• Believe we will come in under the
projected $2.1 million deficit
• Fiscal stability and responsibility
• Positions our school district in a solid spot
2009 - 2010
Enrollment and Staffing
• 70 – 100 students less than 2008 – 2009
• Due to graduating 70 more students than
we are projecting will register for
kindergarten
State Impact to Building
Our Budget
• Major shortfall at state level
• Shortfall increasing significantly in last few
months
– $3 billion in fall
– $5.8 billion in December when the Governor
built her budget
– $8.3 billion in February
– $9 billion in March (this is the target that our
legislators will use to build the state’s budget)
State Impact to Building Our
2009 - 2010 Budget
• Roughly 41% of the state budget goes to
K-12 education
• Shortfall at the state level means less
funding for K-12 education
Federal Impact to Building Our
2009 - 2010 Budget
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
signed by President Obama
– Stabilization package
– Title One and IDEA
Budget Reduction Process
• Goal is to be open, honest and transparent
and to seek wisdom from stakeholders to
make budget reductions of $2 million
• Communication about the budget started
at the beginning of January (Sunday Evening
News, Connections, Staff Meetings, Website, Board Meetings and
Workshops)
• Received a significant number of ideas
and suggestions
Reductions
• K – 12 system: $1,354,950
• System Administration: $337,300
• Aligning Staff with Enrollment and
Programs: $318,200
K-12 System Reductions
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Moving back to half-day kindergarten
Classified Staff reductions
Sixth Grade Camp and Elementary Swim Program
Move to .5 counseling program at each elementary school
TOSA positions at EHS
Literacy Camp (break even)
Increased staffing formula 6 -12
Athletic Director at EHS
Reduction of Secondary Instructional Council monies 6-12
Shifting CTE monies to cover administrative responsibilities of
program
System Administration
• Reductions to all system administration
departments, Superintendent contract 2
days
• 9 – 12 Late Arrival
• Leadership Team advance and opening
day adjustments
Aligning Staff with
Enrollment and Programs
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2.2 FTE
Grant In-directs
System athletics
PE/Music schedules
Communication
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Meetings in each building scheduled
Parent letter home
Connections Newsletter
Website communication
Next Steps
• Board Meeting 3.16.09
• Release of March Budget forecast from
the state
• Release of actual budget from our state
legislature
• Collaboration with EEA and PSE to
minimize impacts to staff
• Community Meeting to share budget
reductions 3.24.09