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Franklin Public Schools

FY2017

Budget Hearing

Dr. Maureen Sabolinski, Superintendent of Schools

Miriam Goodman, School Business Administrator

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Agenda

Revenue

Budgeted Expenses

Budget Drivers

Unmet Needs

Statewide Picture

Final Takeaways

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State Revenue

Foundation budget

The spending target imposed by the Education Reform Act of 1993 for each school district as the minimum level necessary to provide an adequate

education for all students

$9,513

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State Revenue

Free and reduced price lunch data is no longer available for all districts

as a result of districts’ participation in the USDA’s Community Eligibility

Program. As a result, the foundation budget will now be calculated

using economically disadvantaged enrollment in place of formerly

available low income enrollment. The rate has changed to reflect the

new metric.

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State Revenue

Community EligiblityProvision

Economically Disadvantaged

$3,815 per pupil

Additional Resource: Redefining Low Income - A New

Metric for K-12 Education Data

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State Revenue

Required Municipal ContributionLocal effort from property wealth

Local effort from income

Municipal revenue growth factor

Municipal contribution is calculated then

apportioned based on foundation enrollment to

FPS and regional school districts which we

belong (Tri County and Norfolk County).

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Required Net School Spending

Local Contribution

+

Chapter 70 Aid

Required NSS => Foundation Budget

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CHAPTER 70 FUNDING

47.5% of FY17 budget

*FY17 Preliminary Amount

$0

$5

$10

$15

$20

$25

$30

Millions

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State Revenue

Chapter 70

FY17 PRELIMINARY ALLOCATION

$27,545,516

FY14 House 1 Budget Allocation

Chapter 70 Trends, FY93 to FY16

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$0

$10,000,000

$20,000,000

$30,000,000

$40,000,000

$50,000,000

$60,000,000

$70,000,000

$80,000,000

93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Fiscal Year

Chapter 70 Aid

Foundation Budget

Required Net School Spending

Actual Net School Spending

Percentage over Net School

Spending

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Grant Revenue FY16

Federal Entitlement Grants

Title I, Title II, IDEA, IDEA Preschool, SPED

Program Improvement

$1,447,017

State Grants

Full Day Kindergarten, Academic Support,

School Safety Zone Improvement

$228,950

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Other Sources of Revenue

Revolving Accounts

Circuit Breaker

Lifelong Learning

Food Service

Transportation

Athletics

Extracurricular

School Choice

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One-Time Funds Budgeted

Funding Source FY16 FY17 Difference

Lifelong Learning 50,000 80,000 30,000

School Choice 600,000 1,000,000 400,000

Pre K Revolving 271,345 694,445 423,100

Pay to Ride 600,000 1,000,000 400,000

Athletics 323,000 323,000 0

Extracurricular Participation 35,500 51,860 16,360

LLL/Café/Grants 300,000 300,000 0

Circuit Breaker 2,000,000 2,930,485 930,485

Totals 4,179,845 6,379,790 2,199,945

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FY17 Proposed Budget

Salaries 76%

Health & Medicare Costs

9%

Out-of-District Tuition 7%

Other Expenses5%

Transportation3%

$58,250,000

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FY17 Proposed Budget

Represents an increase over FY16 of

$1,300,000

2.28%

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Budget Drivers

Contractual Obligations

to employees

Special

Education

Tuitions

HealthCare

Special Education Challenges

79 students access the curriculum in a

placement outside of the district because their

needs exceed the capacity to educate them in

district schools

8 students moved into Franklin in the 2015-2016

school year requiring a placement outside of the

district

10 additional students required an out-of-district

placement over the course of the school year

FY17 projected cost for these 18 students

exceeds $1M 3/18/2016

Special Education Challenges

Mandated to provide a Free Appropriate

Public Education in the Least Restrictive

Environment – team decision

Examples: Multiple, severe and significant disabilities

Unable to learn and benefit from the traditional

learning environment

May pose a safety risk to themselves and/or to others

Medically Fragile

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Decrease of 7.0 FTE Teaching Positions

Decrease of 3.0 FTE Educational

Assistants

Reductions will be addressed through

retirements and attrition

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OVERALL Personnel

Change

Unmet Needs

Expanding counseling services to be more

proactive

Providing students with skills to be more

resilient

Expanding STEM programming

Technology Support to be more proactive

New Innovations across the curriculum to

stay current

Media specialists3/18/2016

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HOW DO WE

COMPARE?

Percentage of Persons Under 18

3/18/2016*http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/25/2525172.html

Framingham 20.9%

Foxborough 21.0%

Newton 21.6%

State of MA 21.7%

Norfolk County 22.3%

Attleboro 22.7%

Mansfield 23.8%

Wellesley 26.9%

Sharon 28.0%

Needham 28.2%

Franklin 28.5%

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PER PUPIL EXPENDITURES*

Franklin

$12,435

State Average

$14,920

•FY15 detail data can be found at http://finance1.doe.mass.edu/statistics/

20% below

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PER PUPIL EXPENDITURES

8,000

9,000

10,000

11,000

12,000

13,000

14,000

15,000

FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15

Franklin

State Average

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FY15 Town of

Franklin

State

Average

Excess

(Deficit)Percentage

Administration 328.96 530.11 (201.15) -61%

Instructional Leadership 684.99 971.81 (286.82) -42%

Classroom and Specialist Teachers 5,259.43 5,607.52 (348.09) -7%

Other Teaching Services 840.68 1,168.44 (327.76) -39%

Professional Development 218.09 198.11 19.98 9%

Instructional Materials, Equipment and Technology 377.30 430.36 (53.06) -14%

Guidance, Counseling and Testing 345.59 438.96 (93.37) -27%

Pupil Services 1,031.35 1,435.42 (404.07) -39%

Operations and Maintenance 1,061.54 1,144.31 (82.77) -8%

Insurance, Retirement Programs and Other 1,535.37 2,490.06 (954.68) -62%

Total Expenditures per Pupil * 12,435 14,920 (2,485) -20%

*Columns do not sum to the total due to spending categories not reported by DOE (approx. 5% of total)

DESE Categories of ExpensesSource: Massachusetts Department of Education

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DESE Categories of ExpensesSource: Massachusetts Department of Education

Final Takeaway

Fiscally conservative in using revolving

funds in prior years

Significant increase in the use of one-time

funds to offset this FY17 budget

Balanced FY17 budget, but this trend of

using of one time revolving funds cannot

continue in future years based on Town

Administrator’s 5-year forecast

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Final Takeaway

Spending down reserves at a rate that is

unsustainable

Not filling vacancies left by retirements at

elementary level

Approved housing (600+ units in Franklin

puts added pressures on the school

population (must assess the impact)

2018 will be a challenge

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Thank You