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Budget Reduction Recommendations
February 8, 2010
Evansville Courier & Press
It’s a Nationwide Situation
School funding
cuts to hit in
JanuaryIndiana
All school districts freeze
teacher salariesOhio
Class size incity schoolsrises
New York
School district cuts athletics
Arkansas
Deep funding
cuts for schools
in state budget
Michigan
School district
cuts all sports
programsCalifornia
Music programs face cuts
Minnesota
Budget plan cuts books and school staffVirginia
Evansville Courier & Press
It’s Also a Statewide Situation
School district
budget reduced
by $3 millionLiberty
Budget cut talks
begin, officials
talk tax hikeLindbergh
High school teachers to teach 6 of 7 periods
Lee’s Summit
Vo-tech teacher extended days reduced by 50%Fort Osage
District cuts
$18 million
from budgetSt. Louis
Public schools
ask teachers to
take pay cutSt. Louis
SROs cut due to school budget cuts
Troy
School budget cuts unpopular but crucialKansas City
Budget Reductions
Year $ Reductions FTE Reductions
2008-09 $7,789,817 81.61
2009-10 $4,329,519 71.05
2010-11 $5,652,682 75.03
Total $17,772,018 227.69
Columbia Public Schools
2010-11 Budget Assumptions
Columbia Public Schools
10 percent reduction in state funding
0 percent assessed valuation growth
Conservative estimates in 5-year plan
2010-11 Budget Parameters
Columbia Public Schools
Operate salary schedules, including educational credit
Maintain benefits plan
Support district portion of career ladder funding
Build year-end balances to a minimum of20 percent for 2013-14
Scenario 1: Cautiously Optimistic No Reductions Needed After
2010-11 Budget
Assumptions Improved assessed
valuation assumptions as follows:
0% for 2010-111% for 2011-122% for 2012-132% for 2013-142% for 2014-15
Full state funding in 2010-11 (including return of expected 2009-10 holdback)
Continued full state funding with promised formula increases in 2011-12 and beyond
Results Excess budgets in 2010-
11 until 2014-15 No additional budget
reductions after 2010-11 until 2015-16 or after
Projected fund balances of 24% or higher during 5-year period
Columbia Public Schools
Scenario 2: FlatContinued Reductions Needed
Assumptions Improved assessed
valuation assumptions as follows:
0% for 2010-111% for 2011-122% for 2012-132% for 2013-142% for 2014-15
10% reduced state funding in 2010-11
Flat state funding in 2011-12 and beyond
Results Operating deficit for
2010-11 Additional budget
reductions in 2011-12 through 2014-15
Fund balances trending downward from a projected 19.70% for 2009-10 to a projected 16.69% at 6/30/15
Columbia Public Schools
Scenario 3: Conservative Model
Continued Reductions Needed
Assumptions Improved assessed
valuation assumptions as follows:
0% for 2010-11.5% for 2011-121% for 2012-131% for 2013-141% for 2014-15
10% reduced state funding in 2010-11
Flat state funding in 2011-12 and beyond
Results Operating deficit for
2010-11 Slightly higher
additional budget reductions in 2011-12 through 2014-15than Scenario 2
Fund balances trending downward from a projected 19.70% for 2009-10 to a projected 16.86% at 6/30/15
Columbia Public Schools
Recommendations for 2010-11
Columbia Public Schools
Equity
Efficiency Reorganization
Non-personnel-based Adjustments
(Estimated)
Columbia Public Schools
Description Amount
Materials, services, and supplies $750,000
Facilities usage fees revenue $224,500
Columbia Area Career Center equipment (one-time savings) $200,000
Universal expenses budgeted to Nutrition Services $63,308
Special education materials and supplies $23,540
Total $1,261,348
Personnel Reductions(Estimated)
Columbia Public Schools
Description Amount FTE
Curriculum and Instruction $146,510 3.7
Clerical $350,000 10
Health Services/clerical $100,000 5
Middle school cafeteria supervision $34,500
Media specialists $181,500 3
Secondary (teachers, administrators, and support staff) $1,331,000 22
Elementary (teachers, administrators, and support staff) $769,500 12
Special Education (certificated and paraprofessional) $340,770 7
Elementary guidance $121,000 2
Elementary science specialists $624,965 10.33
Add 1% index on last step of each column (all employees) $(46,250)
Total $3,953,495 75.03
Compensation Reorganization(Estimated)
Columbia Public Schools
Description Amount
Adult Education expenses absorbed into Adult Education budget $70,372
School resource officer reduction—savings after covering increased costs for 2010-11 $40,000
Middle school athletics $38,000
Elementary before- and after-school choir stipends $35,000
Reduction in extended-day contracts ($77,500 in year 2) $154,467
Before- and after-school supervision, K-12 $50,000
Parents As Teachers $50,000
Total $437,839
Managing Long-term Costs
Columbia Public Schools
Competitive salaries$
Student enrollment
Aging buildings
Employee benefits
Budget Reduction Recommendations
February 8, 2010