Transcript No Time to Quit - Sully District

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FY 2003 Proposed Budget Facts:
• Budget Totals
$1.6 billion
• Budget increase
9.2 percent
• Requested increase in
county transfer:
12.7 percent
(One percent transfer
increase equals $10.8 million.)
• Total requested
county transfer:
• County Guideline
$1.2 billion
6.46 percent
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JLARC study confirms
state underfunds
public education
in Virginia.
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FY 2003 Proposed
Operating Revenue
($ in millions)
Federal
Aid
$31.0
Sales
Tax
$107.2
State Aid
$205.6
Beginning
Balance
$10.0
City of
Fairfax
$27.4
Other
Revenue
$8.6
County
Transfer
$1,217.4
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State Funding Issues
New state
Local Composite Index (LCI)
reallocates Northern Virginia
tax dollars to downstate
school divisions.
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Another revenue source
dwindles:
Loss of revenue
from sales tax: $10 million
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FY 2003 Proposed
Expenditures
($ in millions)
Transportation
$80.9
Facilities
Management
$81.6
General
Support
$77.4
Instruction
$1,367.3
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FY 2003 Authorized Positions
1,357.0
School
Custodians
1,626.8
NonschoolBased
Positions
455.7
State/Federal
Projects
1,396.5
School Office
Personnel
2,223.7
Instructional
Assistants
13,040.8
School-Based
Teachers
273.5
Psychologists,
Social
Workers, and
Instructional
Specialists
602.5
School-Based
Administration
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Why has the
Superintendent’s FY 2003
proposed budget
increased by $136 million?
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Growth in Student
Membership
2,959 new students expected
$ in millions
• Compensation
$19.5
• Materials
6.3
• Temporary buildings
2.0
$27.8
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Competitive Compensation
$ in millions
• Employee steps
• Salary adjustment (2%)
$ 30.2
24.8
$55.0
Average proposed compensation increase
is 4.6 percent, including
step increases.
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Competitive Compensation
• Health care
rate increases
$ in millions
$18.8
• ERFC rate increase
2.6
• VRS life rate increase
1.1
$22.5
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Preparing Students to
Succeed
$ in millions
• Excel (8 schools)
• Success by Eight
(6 schools)
• Modified Calendar
(2 schools)
• Student Accountability
$6.7
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2.0
$9.6
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Additional Major Cost
Increases $ in millions
• Summer school
• Debt service
• Turnover and vacancy
costs, inflation, textbooks
and supplies, etc.
$5.5
$5.7
$9.9
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FCPS: Efficient and Costeffective
Low per-pupil cost
Resources going to classrooms
Significant budget cuts
Cost-saving initiatives
Grant funding, partnerships
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Per Pupil Cost
FY 2002
$12,000
$10,000
$8,000
$6,000
$4,000
$2,000
$0
Source: Metropolitan Area Boards of Education (MABE)
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Guide, FY 2002
Positions Allocated to Schools
100%
87%
92%
75%
150%
25%
1990
2003
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Comparing Administrative
Costs
2.00%
1.50%
1.47%
1.00%
.94%
.50%
Regional
Average
FCPS
Source: Metropolitan Area Boards of Education (MABE)
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Guide, FY 2002
The Stark Reality
$ in millions
• Loss of revenue
• Membership growth cost
Net impact
$36.0
27.8
$ 63.8
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So, why not make cuts?
(We have.)
$ in millions
• FY 2001 cut
$30
• FY 2002 Approved cut
30
• FY 2002 Midyear cut
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TOTAL CUTS
$ 70
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Without additional funding,
we face…
• Increased class size
• Loss of salary competitiveness
• Loss of instructional programs
• Aging classroom technology
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Over and over, Fairfax County
has made the commitment to
provide a quality education for
all its children.
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The commitment has paid
big academic dividends.
• 67.6% graduates with Virginia advanced
studies diploma
• Highest graduation rate for minority students in
national study
• SAT average scores higher than Virginia, US
• 92% to post-secondary education
• 46.9% juniors, seniors complete
IB/AP course(s)
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The community has benefited.
• FCPS has a national reputation for academic
excellence.
• Real estate values remain high.
• Schools and businesses work as partners.
• Schools attract industry.
• Graduates return to become Fairfax County
taxpayers.
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What happens next?
January 17
School Board budget work session
January 29
School Board public hearing
January 31
School Board budget work session
February 7
FY 2003 advertised budget adopted
April 8
School Board presents budget to
Board of Supervisors (BOS) (tentative)
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What happens next?
April 8-10
BOS budget public hearings
April 22
BOS sets transfer to schools
May 6
May 13
May 20
May 23
School Board budget work session
School Board public hearing
School Board budget work session
School Board adopts FY 2003
approved budget
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Communicating with
State Legislators
To find out who your state representative
is, contact the Fairfax County Voter
Registration office at 703-222-0776. Links
to representatives are available on the
FCPS web site www.fcps.edu/legupdate/.
Your representative’s address, telephone,
fax number, and e-mail address can be
obtained either at the above telephone
number or on the Fairfax County web site
www.fairfaxcounty.gov and go to “voting.”
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Citizen Participation
To sign up to speak at School Board
public hearings, call 703-246-3646.
To sign up to speak at Fairfax County
Board of Supervisors public hearings,
call 703-324-3151.
The Superintendent’s FY 2003 proposed
budget is available at www.fcps.edu.
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Fairfax County Public Schools
10700 Page Avenue
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
www.fcps.edu
January 2002
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