2012-13 BUDGET

A sound, basic education for all

Our Mission

“…we recognized that by mandating a school system ‘wherein all the children of this state may be educated,’ the State has obligated itself constitutionally to ensure the availability of a ‘sound basic education’ to all its children.”

-Court of Appeals Decision – June 26, 2003

Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. The State of New York

Quotes

� “I think the inequity in education is probably the civil rights issue of our time. There are two education systems in this state. Not public and private. One for the rich and one for the poor and they’re both public systems.”

� “Mr. Cuomo also committed to redistributing state school aid from wealthy, politically powerful suburban school districts and sending more dollars to high-need rural and urban schools, saying the governor had a duty to be “the great equalizer.”

Who was the speaker for both?

Andrew Cuomo in 2010

Our Budget

-1.44%$20,380,5832011-12

+0.29%$20,678,5842010-11

-0.36%$20,617,8652009-10

$20,691,5232008-09

ChangeBudgetYear

Two years ago

� Network Technician (.4)

� Clerk Typist (retirement)

� Physical Education (retirement, .5 replacement)

� One ELL (English Language Learners-retirement)

� In-House Support for Assistive Technology (.5 Speech)

� Two Teaching Assistants

� .4 School Psychologist (voluntary change)

� ES Home School Counselor

� Share Occupational and Physical Therapy services

� One English position (retirement)

� Half an Administrative position

� Two elementary positions

Last year

� One Reading Teacher

� One Salaried Bus Driver

� One Social Studies Teacher

� One Special Education Teacher

� One RTI coordinator

� .5 Art Teacher

� .5 Enrichment Teacher

� .5 Math Teacher

� .5 Speech Teacher

� .4 English Teacher

Loss of Aid

2.0 Million2011-2012

1.2 Million2010-2011

State Aid LossYear

Cost to provideFair Education

Local Ability to

Pay

State Aid

AverageWealth

Local Ability

State Aid

LowerWealth

Local Ability to

Pay

State Aid

HigherWealth

The Concept

The Problem

20.08

$17,437

0.499

WilliamsonWilliamson

9.6014.00Local Revenue Effort

$30,978$19,921Expenditures Per Pupil

5.31.00Combined Wealth Ratio

NYS NYS

Schools Schools

with CWR with CWR

>2.5>2.5

NYSNYS

Schools Schools

AverageAverage

The Problem

($1,361)

$113

($1,474)

Per StudentPer Student

WilliamsonWilliamson

($510)Gap Remaining

($ 5)Gap Restoration 2012-13

Budget

($515)

Gap Elimination

2011-12 Budget

Per Student NYS Per Student NYS

SchoolsSchools

w/CWR >2.5w/CWR >2.5

State Budget IncreasesSchool Aid Decreases

$0

$10

$20

$30

$40

$50

$60

$70

$80

$90

$100

2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012

$ B

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on

Operating Funds

School Aid

Is New York really “38th in results?”

38th?

NYS Education System is Highly Ranked

NYS is ranked 3rd overall at 83.9

Our Graduation Rates

94%2011

93%2010

93%2009

Graduation RateYear

Revenue

($73,900)$20,306,700 $20,380,600 Total Revenue

0.0%$0 $150,000 $150,000 Fund Balance

2.0%$184,700 $9,416,700 $9,232,000 Property Taxes

-3.3%($10,100)$300,000 $310,100 Other

0.0%$0 $400,000 $400,000 Sales Tax

5.8%$50,000 $910,000 $860,000 Use of Reserves

-100.0%($478,000)$0 $478,000 Federal Aid

2.0%$179,500 $9,130,000 $8,950,500 State Aid

% Diff$ Diff2012-132011-12

2012-13 BUDGET

� Expenditure Assumptions

+ 2%BOCES

- 10%Materials & Supplies, software, texbooks, etc

- 5%Contractual items

- 10%Equipment budget

+ 2.8% Staff Salaries

+ 2% Professional Salaries

2012-13 BUDGET The Major Cost Drivers

� Health Ins up 18% = $ 424,000

� Retirements Costs– ERS up 20% = $ 66,700

– TRS up 13.25% = $ 121,800

� Total Hlth & Retrmnt Incr = $ 595,500

� Projected Salary Incr = $ 223,000

� Total Major Cost Drivers = $ 818,500

In Summary

� We need to cut at least $800,000 to bring in a budget of approximately $20,500,000.

� This budget amount is estimated to be within the tax cap limit.

2012-13 BUDGET Budgets Cuts vs. Use of Reserves

� Deferring Budget Cuts compounds the problem in each succeeding year

– Adjust 2012-13 budget as much as possible to create a lower base budget for following years.

� Limit increase use of Reserves in a year when State Aid is increased

– Current Scenario has 5.8% increase of Reserves to fund budget in 2012-13

Potential Cuts-Right-sizing

� .6 English

� .8 Science

� .4 Social Studies

� 1 Special Education (may not be a job loss if students brought back to district)

� .5 Groundskeeper

Enrollment

Enrollment December 2011

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Cuts to Program

High School Reading Teacher moves to ES

3-ES, 2-MS, 1-HS remain

1.0 Reading

AIS supported by Learning Center (HS), teaching assistants (grade 5,6) and math teachers (grades 7,8)

.9 Math 7-12

Support in classroom provided by Teaching Assistants in K-2

.5 Math AIS

HS librarian covers MS library

ES librarian picks up Enrichment

.5 Elementary

CoveredCut

Other Potential Cuts

� Cut all field trips except end of the year 4th, 8th and 12th grade celebrations.

� Only have one modified team in soccer and basketball.

� Look at implementing bus stops on the 5-12 run.

Next Steps

� We are within $100,000 of being within the tax cap limit.

� We can wait and see if the aid picture changes.

� We can wait to see if there are any retirements (3/17 deadline).

� We can decide to over ride the tax cap limit.

Tax Cap Limit

Within the tax cap limit-simple majority

Estimated Levy increases 2.8%

Estimated Rate increases 1.28%

Does the Board want to consider over-riding the tax cap limit?