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Resource Allocation & School Planning Councils in Your District
Presenter: Sterling Olson
Outline
Purpose/Why School Resource Allocations Roles and Responsibilities Ministry Funding Allocation System School District Spending Budget Process Centralized vs. Decentralized Sample Information 2
Purpose
Focus school and district resources on the improvement of student achievement.
Improve the transparency and accountability of school board allocation procedures and school-based budgets.
Enable school planning councils and other partner groups to understand funding and budget decisions.
Provide opportunity for school planning councils to consult with and provide advice to school boards related to allocations to schools.
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Why School Resource Allocations?
Changes to School Act Notional School Allocations Guidelines for School Planning Councils District Accountability Contracts for 2004/05 4
Changes to School Act
Bill 34 – May 13, 2002 Section 8.2
A Board must consult with a school planning council in respect of the following: (a) the allocation of staff and resources in the school 5
Notional School Allocations
Minister of Education states (August 26, 2003): That there be more awareness among the general public about how school boards allocate resources to schools.
Accepts the following recommendation: That steps be taken to require school boards to provide school resource information and to develop a collaborative process with SPCs so that funding and resource decisions are linked to school growth plans and accountability contracts.
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Guidelines for School Planning Councils
By a date set by the board, a school planning council must prepare and submit to the board a school plan for the school in respect of improving student achievement and other matters contained in the board’s accountability contract relating to that school.
Collect and analyze school resource allocation information.
Develop the plan for improvement.
Provide advice to the school board about the allocation of staff and resources in the school.
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District Accountability Contracts for 2004/05
The intent of the School District Accountability Contract is to focus district attention and resources on improving student achievement.
A description of the process to consult with School Planning Councils about the allocation of staff and resources in school is required.
A sample of the resources allocation form should be attached to the Contract.
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Roles and Responsibilities
Cabinet and Treasury Board
establish the overall budget and Individual Ministry amounts
Ministry of Education
sets priorities and allocates funding to the school boards issues budget and accounting instructions
School Boards
sets spending priorities and establishes budgets consults with School Planning Councils allocate funding to schools and programs
Schools
allocate funding to classrooms/programs 9
Responsibilities for School Resource Allocations
School Board
Allocate staff and resources to schools and programs Provides information about the allocation of resources to the school Consults with school planning councils about the allocation of staff and resources in the school
Principal
Provides information to the school planning council about the allocation of staff and resources in the school
School Planning Council
Provides advice to the school board about the allocation of staff and resources in the school 10
Allocation of Provincial Operating Funding
The system provides for: Student Allocation of $5,520 per FTE student Allocation of $250 per homeschooler Enrolment Decline Grant (50% for declining >1%) Unique student needs of ESL ($1,100), aboriginal education ($950), special education Level 1 ($30,000), Level 2 ($15,000), Level 3 ($6,000), and adult education Teacher salary differential between districts Unique geographic factors of climate, dispersion, remoteness, school district size, small communities (fixed) Transportation and Housing allocation (fixed) GAAP Funding The funding system was set for three years up until 2004/05 and significant changes are planned for 2005/06 11
School Board Variations
Enrolment ranges from 289 to 60,386 fte Funding varies from $5.2 to $376 million Average teacher salaries vary from $58,092 and $64,720 Dispersion, remoteness, climate and size of schools vary Enrollment changes 2002/03 to 2003/04: SD #36 Surrey SD #93 Conseil Scolarie SD #61 Victoria SD #85 Vancouver Island North
Total
868 209 (572) (239) 1.46% 7.61% (2.79%) (11.01%)
(6,591) (1.14%)
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School District Operating Spending
School Districts allocate their spending between 4 key functional areas: Instruction 13
School District Operating Spending
School Districts allocate their spending between 4 key functional areas: District and School Administration 14
School District Operating Spending
School Districts allocate their spending between 4 key functional areas: Operating and Maintaining buildings 15
School District Operating Spending
School Districts allocate their spending between 4 key functional areas: Transporting and Housing Students 16
School District Operating Spending: A Provincial Picture
Instruction Operations & Maintenance Administration Transportation 76% 13% 8% 3% Salaries Employee Benefits Supplies & Services 74% 15% 11% 17
Budget Process - A question of Balance School Districts need to establish their own process for preparation, consultation and approval of their operating budgets. Communication throughout the budget process is vital. When establishing Budget timelines, Boards need to take into account staffing deadlines and implementation processes.
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Budget Process and Accountability Cycle
School Planning & Goal Setting (Involvement of School Community) School Planning Councils Accountability Agreement Continuous Process Budget Goals & Guiding Principles of Board of School Trustees District Budget Preparation, Consultation and Approval Allocation of Budget to Programs and Schools Continuous Process
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Preparation of the Budget
Guiding principles and priorities are set.
Costs of providing existing services are projected into the next year (salary and benefits, utilities, etc.) Factors that will change such as student enrolment, inflation, contract changes, one time items are determined.
Revenues, any surplus/deficit from the previous year are projected and the net budget position (shortfall or surplus) is determined.
Options and strategies to address net budget position are identified.
Decisions are finalized.
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SD #91 Budget Allocation Criteria
Addresses board goals Stays within existing resources Equitable Understandable Predictable Encourages efficiencies Decision neutral 21
Centralized vs. Decentralized
The level of school control over budgets and the allocation of resources varies across the province.
There isn’t one “best way” to allocate resources.
What decisions are flexible?
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Who Makes the Decisions?
A significant number of districts indicate that they allow schools limited decision making (primarily around what the supplies budget can be spent on).
Conversely, there is a fairly high number of districts that, subject to varying constraints, allow some decisions to be made at the school level around staffing as well as supplies and service.
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Who Makes the Decisions
WHO MAKES THE DECISIONS?
20 15 10 5 0 Limited Expanded
Scope of School Level Decision Making
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What Information is Provided by Districts to Their Schools?
Districts provide information to schools about the number of teachers and the amount available for teaching supplies.
Many districts also supply $ information associated with the teaching and other support staff.
In most cases, districts provide a rationale or funding formula that derives the $ amounts that they have announced.
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SD #91 (Nechako Lakes) 2004/05 School Allocation Funding Worksheet School: Sample School Enrolment Data (FTE)
Regular Enrolment Kindergarten Grade 1-3 Grade 4-7 Grade 8-10 Grade 11-12 Total Regular Enrolment Adult Enrolment Aboriginal Enrolment ESL/ESD Enrolment M.I.D. Enrolment Allocated FTE Staffing: Fixed Principal/V.P. Time Fixed P/VP Teaching Time Teachers Total Allocated FTE Staffing 14.0 84.0 42.5 0.40 0.60 4.6640 Targetted Aboriginal Education ESL / ESD Special Education / Level 1,2,3 (per Charlene) Adult Supply Allocations School Funds Allocations 2003/04 School Surplus Board Initiatives (Fine Arts, Low performing, etc.) Other School Allocations
Total funding to be allocated
(Not including aboriginal education)
Cost Center:
42.5 - * $ 800 * $ 1,100 98.0 5.6640
= $ 34,000 = $ - 76,444 - 14,040 10,224 2,960 109,126
$ 212,794 19
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SD #91 (Nechako Lakes) School: Sample School P/VP FTE Total A.O. FTE Teacher FTE
Kindergarten (2 classes) Gr. 1 Gr. 1/2 Gr. 2/3 Gr. 3 Support
Total Teacher FTE T.A. Hours per day Total T.A. Hours Clerical Hours per day Total Clerical Hours N.H.S. Hours per day Total N.H.S. Hours
Admin
141 102
0.40 0.60
0.40 - -
1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.30 5.50
5.50
0.75 0.75
1.50
Regular Instruction
0.60 - - - 5.30 2004/05 School Allocation Budget Worksheet
Career Programs Learning Assistance French Immersion
103 - - - - - 104 - - - -
0.06
0.06 105 - - - - -
Special Education Teacher Assistant annual cost per hour : School based 10 month clerical annual cost per hour : Noon Hour Supervisor annual cost per hour : Library
107 -
0.10
0.10 - - -
$ 4,954 $ 5,400 $ 4,350 Counselling
108 - - - - - Cost Center: Level 1 Level 2 - - - - -
Special Education Programs
- - -
0.15 0.05
0.15
5.50 5.75
14.25 Level 3 - - - 0.05
3.00 2.25
2.25 19 117 -
ESL / ESD
130 - 1.00 TOTAL - 1.00 - 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.66 - - - - - - - - 5.66 - 5.50 5.25 5.75 16.50 - 5.50 5.50 - 0.75 0.75 1.50 Funding Available
Regular Teachers
$ 417,708 $ 81,741 $ 29,700 $ 6,525
Funding to be Allocated
TOTAL COST
212,794
Total Funding Available Special Ed. Progams:
Teacher annual cost : Level 1 (119), Level 2 (118), Level 3 (116) Other are 117 and 132 $ 73,800
Total Cost from above Funding Available for other services and supplies
$ 556,997 535,674 27
Outline
Purpose/Why School Resource Allocations Roles and Responsibilities Ministry Funding Allocation System School District Spending Budget Process Centralized vs. Decentralized Sample Information 28