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MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
Montgomery County Board of Education
and
Montgomery County Delegation
ANNUUAL MEETING
November 17, 2009
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
MCPS Demographics
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
Enrollment1998–2009
1998
127,852
2009
141,777
10.9PERCENT
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
Enrollment over last two years
2,5002009–10
1,5002008–09
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
125,000
130,000
135,000
140,000
145,000
150,000
1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015
Enrollment to Increase 6,000 by 2015
141,777
130,689
147,917
ACTUAL PROJECTED
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
81.5%
85.0%
Percent of County Enrollment in MCPS Schools
in 1998
in 2008
MCPS Share of County K–12 Population on the Rise
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
Hispanic Student Enrollment
1998
17,815
2009
32,236
81.0PERCENT
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
Asian American Student Enrollment
1998
16,380
2009
22,177
35.4PERCENT
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
African American Student Enrollment
1998
26,820
2009
32,883
22.6PERCENT
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
White Student Enrollment
18.6PERCENT
1998
66,409
2009
54,048
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
1968 1978
1988 1998 2009
White African American Asian American Hispanic
MCPS Enrollment by Race/Ethnic Group
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
1998
28,768
2009
41,464
44.1PERCENT
MCPS Free and Reduced-Price Meals (FARMS)
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
Income Eligibility Guidelines
Household Size
Maximum Income Free Meals
Maximum Income Reduced-Price Meals
4 $28,665 $40,793
MCPS Free and Reduced-Price Meals (FARMS)
qualify for FREE meals70PERCENT
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
ESOL
1998
8,689
2009
17,664
103.0PERCENT
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
Highland Elementary School
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
MCPS Savings
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
Examples of Recent Savings
• Hiring Freeze• FY2008 - $17.7 million net savings
• FY2009 - $19.5 million net savings
• FY2010 - $9.7 million net savings target\
• Salary Reduction – 5.3% COLA foregone• FY2010 - $89 million
• Position Elimination • FY2009 - $4.4 million – 50 central office positions
• FY2010 - $12.2 million – 75 central office positions
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
Examples of Recent Savings(cont’d)
• Reorganizations• FY2010 – $634,000 – Department of Student Services
• FY2009 – $487,000 – Office of Chief Technology Officer
• Employee Benefits• FY2009 – $1.5 million – Cooperative bidding
• FY2010 – $1.2 million – Audit of benefits eligibility
• Transportation• FY2009 – $783,000 –Reduction in diesel fuel costs
• FY2010 – $970,000 – Postponed bus replacements
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
Examples of Recent Savings(cont’d)
• Utilities• FY2009 – $750,000 – Lighting technology upgrades
• FY2010 – $1.0 million – air conditioning restrictions
• FY2010 – $3.0 million – reduced electricity costs
• Operational Efficiencies• FY2009 – $255,000 – Mainframe computer eliminated
• FY2010 – $902,000 – Systematic team cleaning
• FY2010 – $850,000 – In-house copier maintenance
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
Key Legislative Priorities
• Maintenance of Effort
• Teacher Pension
• Capital Budget/School Construction
• Compulsory Age of Attendance
• Local Bills• Construction Permitting• Student Member of the Board
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
Maintenance of EffortKey Legislative Priority
The Montgomery County Board of Education supports:
Continuing the current maintenance of effort provision
Requiring that local education funding amounts are no less than the previous year’s level, despite fluctuation in enrollment.
Holding school systems harmless for MOE non-compliance by local governments by requiring the state to transfer from state disbursements or county state aid to school system state aid the amount by which counties failed to meet MOE.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
Maintenance of EffortKey Legislative Priority
The Montgomery County Board of Education opposes: Any amendments to statue or regulations regarding
Legal requirements to satisfy the minimum maintenance of effort requirement;
Limiting the application of the non-recurring cost exemption; The process for requesting waivers from the maintenance of effort
requirement; Criteria by which waivers would be automatically granted
Blanket legislative waiver with no clear funding requirement.
Imposing any penalty for the failure of Montgomery County or Prince George’s County to meet FY2010 MOE requirements.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
Pension/RetirementKey Legislative Priority
The Montgomery County Board of Education supports: Maintaining the teacher retirement program as a state-funded
categorical program.
Full state funding of the teacher retirement program.
The Montgomery County Board of Education opposes: Any shift in funding responsibility from the state to the counties.
Any imposition of a cap on the state’s share of teacher retirement funding.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
CIP Issues: FY 2011–FY 2016
CATERPILLAR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
State CIP Request(in millions)
• Construction funding balance $ 10,822
• Planning and Construction (forward) $ 15,045
• Systemic renovations $ 6,177
• Planning and Construction funding $107,085
• Planning approval $ n/a
Total $139,129
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
MCPS State CIP Funding HistoryFY2001-2010
(millions)
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
School ConstructionKey Legislative Priority
The Montgomery County Board of Education supports: Distribution of school construction funds equal to the percentage
share of student enrollment statewide.
Eliminate penalty for building additional classrooms intended to reduce class size in support of student achievement by revising to square footage Interagency Committee allowances for new and modernized schools.
Developing a mechanism to ensure locally forward-funded projects remain eligible for state funding, even after the project has been completed.
Establishing incentives for green and energy efficient school construction.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
Compulsory Age of AttendanceKey Legislative Priority
The Montgomery County Board of Education supports:Raising the compulsory age from 16 to 18.
Providing adequate supports to address the issues that caused students to leave school.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
Local BillsKey Legislative Priority
The Montgomery County Board of Education supports: Local legislation that authorizes MCPS projects to be
reviewed and permitted through the Montgomery County Department of Permitting Services.
Local legislation expanding the SMOB’s voting rights to be equal to those of adult Board members with the exception that the SMOB shall not vote on negative
personnel matters.
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