2015-2016 Budget Engagement Forum€¦ · 2015-2016 Budget Engagement Forum ... schools/programs across all grade levels ... Board of Education budget work session CMGC,

2015-2016 Budget Engagement Forum

This is Our Moment to

Build on Our Momentum

Agenda

• CMS: Progress & Possibilities 15 minutes

• The Need for More Funding & 10 minutes

the Current Budget Landscape

• The Art of the Budget: An Interactive 30 minutes

Budget Conversation to Help Inform

our Future

• Q&A

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CMS:

Progress & Possibilities

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Education

is the most

powerful

weapon which

you can use

to change

the world

- Nelson Mandela

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Goal 1: Maximize academic achievement in a personalized 21st century learning environment

Goal 2: Recruit, develop, retain and reward a premier workforce

Goal 3: Cultivate partnerships to provide a sustainable system of support and care for each child

Goal 4: Promote a system-wide culture of safety, high engagement, cultural competency and customer service

Goal 5: Optimize district performance and accountability by strengthening data use, processes and systems

Goal 6: Inspire and nurture learning, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship through technology and strategic school redesign

Strategic Plan 2018 is our roadmap

for a better tomorrow

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We are making progress

Greater technology supports

to enhance teaching and learning

CMS classrooms have wireless

access to the internet

Teachers have been issued

laptops

Middle school students have

access to Chromebooks at

school and digital techbooks

to support science, social

studies and other subjects

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• iMeck Academy

• Hawthorne Academy of Health Sciences

• Technology, Entrepreneurship & Advanced

Manufacturing High School

• Middle College High School expansion with

Central Piedmont Community College

• Early College High School on UNCC campus

• Trillium Springs PreK-6 Montessori

• Expanded Science, Technology,

Engineering, Arts and Math

schools/programs across all grade levels

New 2014-15 academic options


Greater academic choice and

personalization

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More school and student support services

Many of our students, regardless

of socio-economic circumstance,

come to school with challenges

that can impede learning

To unlock every child’s full potential,

we must address social and emotional

needs as well as academic ones

Last year, we began a four-year plan

to provide more psychologists,

counselors and social workers for our

schools and students

+ 40 positions

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We added:

- six new Pre-K classes

- intensive training for literacy

teachers in grades one through

three

- summer reading programs for

rising first through fourth grade

students

- more literacy materials in our

classrooms


Increased literacy supports

for young learners

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More competitive pay for some employees

A meaningful pay raise helps retain

and attract the best educators for

our community’s children

State raises provided to all

employees for 2014-15 but

ranged from 0.3% to 18%

We will continue to advocate to make

salaries more competitive nationally

and versus neighboring states

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And we’re delivering better outcomes

for students

85.2%

graduation

rate

CMS outperforms

the state Average

SAT scores

increasing AP course

enrollment

growing

Dropout

rate

declining

Proficiency

scores

Increasing in all

tested areas

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But there is still much work to do

85%

graduation rate

means about

1 in 7

students

will not gain a

diploma

– a passport to a

better tomorrow

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The Need for More Funding

and the Current Budget

Landscape

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The need for more funding is real

• Student enrollment is growing

+ nearly 12,000 in five years

• Operating costs are increasing

i.e. utilities, health insurance and

retirement

• Benefit costs represent more than 50% of

overall budget growth

Since FY09, total budget +$117 million (+4%)

while benefit costs +$66 million (+49%)

• State-mandated program adjustments i.e.

Drivers education $2.6 million

• Fewer dollars for new initiatives

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State Revenue Forecast

• The state is projecting a $271 million

revenue shortfall for 2014-15

• Overall, the revenue forecast reflects a

very cautious approach for three reasons:

1. the fiscal implications of the tax code

changes uncertain

2. slower than expected wage growth

3. ongoing instability of the global

economy

• A key underlying assumption is that due

to the tax code changes, April 15th

tax

filing will result in lower refunds and

higher final payments by individual

income taxpayers.

• For 2015-16, the forecast projects a 3.9%

growth in revenues.

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Source: Fiscal Research and the Office and State Budget and Management Consensus Memo, Feb. 2015

The Art of the Budget:

An Interactive Budget Conversation

Needs. Wants. Trade-offs.

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capital budget - pays for the design and

construction of new schools, along with major renovation and

replacement of existing schools.

CMS has two budgets

operating budget - pays for day-to-day expenses, including salaries and benefits, textbooks and transportation.

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Developing the CMS Operating Budget:

It’s similar to a household budget

Examples for a typical household

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We start with the basics:

what we need to pay for before anything else

Growth/Sustaining

$8MM - $10MM Charter School

funding Pass through – 4 new charters approved for

2015

$7MM - $9MM

New Schools (2) and additional instructional

space

$ 1MM – $2MM

Ranges based on estimates for 2015-16

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+ +

Growth/Sustaining

$8MM - $10MM Charter School

funding Pass through – 4 new charters approved for

2015

$7MM - $9MM

New Schools (2) and additional instructional

space

$1MM – $2MM

Ranges based on estimates for 2015-16

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Then we add funding

for new academic options

+ 2015-2016 new

academic options

$1MM - $2MM

New academic options for 2015-2016

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School Theme

Oakhurst Elementary STEAM Academy, partial magnet

Kennedy Middle STEM Academy, partial magnet

Performance Learning Center Blended & Virtual Learning

county-wide option

E-Learning Academy @ PLC Blended & Virtual Learning

county-wide option

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• Salary increase for instructional staff (complete state increase)

• Expand literacy supports

• Strengthen student support services

• Provide mobile devices to more students

• Maintain current level of teacher assistant positions

• Add more Pre-K classes

• Maintain current levels of transportation funding/services

• Salary increase for all staff (beyond what the state does)

Some Potential New Budget Investments

Then we add new initiatives needing

funding to advance student achievement

http://bbpsgr.edu.in/new_initatives.html

Then we consider new initiatives to

advance student achievement

Basics + commitments

$17MM – $23MM

$4MM - $5MM

+ Instructional staff salary increases

(Completing legislative increase to $35,000 for 1st – 4th year and local supplement for step increase for salary

bands)

Some examples – for illustration purposes only

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$2MM - $3MM

+



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Instructional staff salary increases

(Completing legislative increase to $35,000 for 1st – 4th year and local supplement for step increase for salary

bands)

Literacy (Summer camps,

WestEd and specialists)



$17MM – $23MM

$4MM - $5MM



Student support services

(support for students’ social

emotional needs i.e. Phase II of

multi-year plan -~ 40 positions)

$3MM – $4MM

+



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(Completing legislative increase to $35,000 for 1st

– 4th year teacher and local supplement for step increase for salary bands)



$2MM - $3MM

$17MM – $23MM

$4MM - $5MM




(support for students’ social

emotional needs i.e. Phase II of

multi-year plan -~ 40 positions)

+ Basics +

commitments


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(Completing legislative increase to $35,000 for 1st

– 4th year teacher and local supplement for step increase for salary bands)

21st Century Learning

(continue 1 to 1 student devices in

two additional grades)

$3MM - $6MM



$3MM – $4MM

$2MM - $3MM

$17MM – $23MM

$4MM - $5MM

Teacher Assistant positions

(maintain current levels given

declining funding)

$4MM - $5MM

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+






declining funding)

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+



Pre-K classes (eight new

classrooms)

$1MM

$4MM - $5MM




declining funding)

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classrooms)

+ Transportation (maintain current

levels of funding/service to offset anticipated

funding reductions)

$1MM – $2MM

$1MM

$4MM - $5MM




declining funding)

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classrooms)

+ Transportation (maintain current

levels of funding/service to offset anticipated

funding reductions)

$9MM - $10MM

Teacher and support staff

raises (an additional one

percent salary increase for all CMS employees)

$1MM – $2MM

$1MM

$4MM - $5MM


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$17MM – $23MM

$4MM – $5MM

Literacy Supports

$2MM – $3MM


$3MM – $4MM

Instructional staff

salary increases

21st Century Learning

$3MM – $6MM


$4MM – $5MM

Pre-K classes

(eight new classrooms)

$1MM

Transporta-tion

$1MM – $2MM

Grand Total: $44 million - $59 million

And the grand total is…

$9MM – $10MM

Salary increase

for all staff

How does what we might want

compare to historical funding?

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$(33,999,394)

$(15,117,391)

$26,089,101

$9,093,563

$19,111,884

$31,692,046

$(40,000,000)

$(30,000,000)

$(20,000,000)

$(10,000,000)

$-

$10,000,000

$20,000,000

$30,000,000

$40,000,000

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015

$ Change vs Prior Year

$ Change

2015-2016 Aspirational

Grand Total

$44MM – $59MM

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Instructions to log onto Mentimeter

Web address: www. govote.at Enter code: 29 64 81

Community Prioritization Exercise

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• Salary increase for instructional staff (complete state increase)

• Expand literacy supports

• Strengthen student support services

• Provide mobile devices to more students

• Maintain current level of teacher assistant positions

• Add more Pre-K classes

• Maintain current levels of transportation funding/services

• Salary increase for all staff (beyond what the state does)

Some Potential New Budget Investments

Please rate the items below on a scale from (1-5), with the number 1 being least important and the number 5 being the most important

Feb 26; March 2 & 4 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Community engagement meetings – include budget/district update and Q&A

Hopewell HS Southwest MS Albemarle Rd MS

March 24 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Board of Education budget work session

CMGC, Room 267

April 14 Superintendent presents 2015-16 Budget Recommendation BOE meeting

April 27 & May 4 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Community meetings on Superintendent’s Budget Recommendation

Vance HS JM Robinson MS

April 28 6:00 p.m.

Public hearing on Superintendent’s Budget Recommendation BOE Meeting

May 5 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Board of Education budget work session

CMGC, Rooms 527/528

May 12 6:00 p.m.

Board of Education approval of 2015-16 Budget Request BOE meeting

May 15 Board of Education’s 2015-16 Budget Request submitted to the county

Date Activity Location

What’s Next - Key Dates

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TBD County Manager’s Recommended Operating and Capital Budgets presented to BOCC

CMGC Meeting Chamber

May 19 12:00 p.m.

Board of Education/Board of County Commissioners workshop on budget

CMGC, Room 267

TBD Public hearing on county’s budget CMGC Meeting Chamber

TBD County adopts 2015-16 Operating Budget CMGC Meeting Chamber

July-Sept 2015-16 Operating Budget finalized and approved by BOE BOE meeting

Date Activity Location

What’s Next - Key Dates

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Q&A 37

Preparing over145,000 Mecklenburg County

children to be leaders of change

Documents

2015-2016 Budget Engagement Forum€¦ · 2015-2016 Budget Engagement Forum ... schools/programs across all grade levels ... Board of Education budget work session CMGC,