2018-19 Proposed Superintendent’s BUDGET
Supporting Excellence Through Equity
Board of Education Meeting: April 17, 2018 Presenters: Raymond Sanchez, Superintendent of Schools Alita Zuber, Assistant Superintendent for Business
Education Plan Priorities
Class Size Infrastructure Professional Learning
Balancing Act
Superintendent’s 2018-19 Proposed Fiscal Education Plan Priorities Professional Development:
Class Size:
• Summer Staff Development and curriculum work • Instructional coaches to support job-embedded professional development.
• • • •
Pre-K -12 class sizes aligned with Board Policy; considers enrollment projections Support elementary STEM opportunities Claremont/Roosevelt and Brookside AMD: after-school programs maintained Support electives at OHS
AMD: 2017-2018 Class Size Averages Grade 6 average
Grade 7 average
Grade 8 average
ELA
23
21
19
Social Studies
26
22
21
Mathematics
Math=20; Honors=27
Math=23; Honors=21
Math=20; Honors=23 Algebra=24
Science
24
22
24 (Earth Science)
Superintendent’s 2018-19 Proposed Fiscal Education Plan Priorities Infrastructure School
Project
Ossining High School
Improve safety and traffic flow for driveway Replace unsafe windows
Anne M. Dorner Middle School
Replace worn out turf field Renovate Bathrooms
Roosevelt School
Replace Univents
Claremont School
More secure entrance
Safety Measures
2018-19 Budget Process Tax Levy Needed to Fund the 2017-18 budget
100,160,260
Tax Levy Used to Fund the 2017-18 budget
-
97,328,261
Amount Returned to Taxpayers (as suggested by State Auditors)
+
2,831,999
Appropriated Fund Balance for 2017-18 Budget
+
1,673,077
Starting Fund Balance Needed for 2018-19 budget
=
4,505,076
Budget Increase from 2017-18 to 2018-19 (first run)
+
4,147,936
Initial State Aid increase (Governor’s Budget - January)
-
239,865
Sub-total Funding Needed for 2018-19 budget Current Proposed Appropriated Fund Balance Cut From the Budget*
= -
8,413,147 3,800,000
=
4,613,147
Due to deep cuts in the budget a majority of the additional State Aid funding from the legislative budget was used to restore funding in budget cuts. *There were no cuts in personnel.
State Education Budget: Foundation Aid Last Year’s Amount: $11,055,563 Final Budget: $11,939,730 Difference: $884,167* *There are deducts from Foundation Aid throughout the school year for students attending State-supported schools for the blind or deaf; students placed in a family home at board, an orphan asylum or other such institution who previously resided in a school for the mentally retarded operated by the State Office for Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities; students residing in a school for the mentally retarded operated by the State Office for Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities who receive educational services in a public school district or a BOCES; students residing in an intermediate care facility (ICF) or an individualized residential alternative who receive educational services through the public school district of current location; students placed in a child care institution by the Family Court, the Office of Children and Family Services or the State Division for Youth who receive educational services at the expense of a local social services district agency; students placed in a residential psychiatric treatment facility, a residential treatment facility or a child care institution who receive educational services at the expense of a local social services district agency or the New York State Office of Mental Health; students incarcerated in a county operated correctional facility who receive educational services through the public school district of current location; runaway or nonresident homeless students who receive educational services through the public school district of current location; and students placed by the school district in a Children’s Residential Project (CRP) School on or after July 1, 1995. The deducts amounted to about $200,000 in previous years.
Fiscal Information 2018-19 Superintendent’s Proposed Budget: $128,748,937 Budget-to-Budget Increase: 2.45% Tax Levy Limit: 2.33% Tax Levy Increase: 2.33% Fund Balance Appropriation: $3,800,000
(2019-2020) Budget Projection Assumptions: Tax Levy increase: 2% ERS Employee Contribution Rate: 15.1% TRS Employee Contribution Rate: 12% Health Increase: 10% 2020 State Aid increase: $700,000 Appropriated Fund Balance or use of Reserve: $1 million
What still needs to addressed? Academic Intervention Services (AIS): Reading, AVID Class Size at OHS (Math and Social Studies) Special Education (OT/PT) Professional Development Supports Additional Security staffing
Fiscal Information 2018-19 Superintendent’s Proposed Budget: $128,748,937 Budget-to-Budget Increase: 2.45% Tax Levy Limit: 2.33% Tax Levy Increase: 2.33% Fund Balance Appropriation: $3,800,000
New Voting Machines Ossining School District will continue to use Electronic Optical Scan Voting Machines for the Annual District Budget Vote on May 15th
Find out more about the budget… Get your questions answered… ➢ Email questions to
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