Post on 04-Aug-2020
Norfolk Public Schools
Dr. Sharon I. ByrdsongSuperintendent of Schools
Mrs. Rhonda R. IngramExecutive Director of Budget & Finance
School Board Business Meeting – March 4, 2020
Superintendent’s Proposed Operating BudgetFiscal Year 2020-2021
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Topics of Discussion
•School Board’s Goals and Priorities
•The Budget Process
•Fiscal Year 2019 – 2020 Funds
•Student Enrollment Trends/Projections
•Superintendent’s Proposed FY 2020 – 2021 Operating Budget
•Next Steps
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School Board Goals
• Improve Student Academic Achievement and Outcomes
•Ensure Safe, Caring, and Healthy Learning Environments
•Strengthen Family and Community Engagement
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School Board Priorities
1. Increase the percentage of schools earning full accreditation (100% fully accredited by 2022)
2. Increase the percentage of VDOE continuous improvement schools and NPS high academic performing schools
3. Decrease all subgroup achievement gaps (5% or less by 2024)
4. Increase the on-time graduation rate (85% by 2024)
5. Provide educational equity, options, and opportunities
6. Attract and retain highly qualified & effective staff (fully staffed at start of school)
7. Expand educational planning and create a five year capital improvement plan for facilities and technology
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School Board Priorities (Continued)
8. Promote a culture of safety, high attendance rates, decreased dropout rate, positive organizational culture, and student behavior
9. Attract and retain community partnerships and strengthen family engagement
10. Strive to improve relationships and increase governance capacity (School Board only)
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Budget Process
• October 2019Detailed budget instructions provided to departments
• November 2019Departments discussed needs and prepared budgets
• December 2019Governor’s Introduced 2020-2022 Biennial Budget released
School Board Budget Public Hearing – held on December 18, 2019
Departmental budgets were reviewed with department heads (FY2021 requests, FY2020 budget, and FY2019 actual expenditures)
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Budget Process (Continued)
• January/February 2020Preliminary estimates of revenues and expenditures presented to the Executive Leadership Team
Executive Leadership Team prioritized needs and made recommendations
House and Senate Budgets (forthcoming)
Present the Superintendent’s Proposed Operating Budget for FY2020-2021
• March 2020Public Hearing – March 4, 2020, Granby High School – 7:00 p.m.
School Board’s Proposed Budget Approval – March 18, 2020
• April 1, 2020School Board’s Proposed Budget to be submitted to Norfolk City Council
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Fiscal Year 2019-2020 All Funds
$336,161,810
$40,000,000
$20,000,000 $4,000,000
FY 2019-2020 Summary of Appropriation$400,161,810
Operating Funds Grants and Special Programs
School Nutrition Program Capital Improvement Projects
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Student Enrollment Projections
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32,272
31,766 31,485
31,142
30,702 30,359
30,116 29,977
29,383
28,858
28,183 27,974
27,667
31,639
31,176 31,020
30,498 30,260
29,859 29,724 29,607
28,925
28,432
27,934 27,628
27,352
26,000
27,000
28,000
29,000
30,000
31,000
32,000
33,000
FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021Proj
Fall Membership March 31 ADM
STUDENTS
Source: Virginia Department of Education
FY 2020 – 2021 Estimated Revenue
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$ in Millions
Revenue Category
FY 2020
Estimate
FY 2021
Estimate
Change
from FY20
Percent
Change
State $ 197.5 $ 206.6 $ 9.1 4.6%
City - Reg Approp 125.4 128.4 3.0 2.3%
City - Crossing Guards 0.6 0.6 - -
CTI Debt 3.8 3.8 - -
Federal 5.7 5.7 - -
Other Revenue 3.2 3.2 - -
Total Revenue $ 336.2 $ 348.3 $ 12.1 3.6%
City - Add'l Appropriation $ 4.3 - - -
FY 2020-2021 Operating Budget Estimated Revenue Sources
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$ in Millions
Note: Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding.
State$206.6 (59.3%)
City$132.8 (38.1%)
Federal$5.7 (1.6%)
Other Local and Miscellaneous
$3.2 (0.9%)
Superintendent’s Funding Priorities for FY 2020 - 2021
•Compensation
•Safety and Security
•Additional Resources for Schools
•Building Repairs and Maintenance
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Priorities Supported Within the Proposed Budget
• Compensation – Implementation of Pay and Compensation Study (Phase IV)increase starting pay for teachers from $44,220 to $45,000
provide one step increase for all employees to receive an average of a 3.4% pay raise depending on their current placement on the salary scale
• Health Insurance Premium
increase in premium to be shared by the employer and employees, effective Dec. 2020
• Teacher Part-Time Hourly Rate
increase rate from $25 to $30
• Classified Part-Time Hourly Rate
increase rates to remain competitive
• Teacher Stipends
provide a stipend for secondary teachers whose caseloads are above 150 students (SOA)
• Stipends – Academic (Co-Curricular)
increase rates to remain competitive
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Priorities Supported Within the Proposed Budget
• Stipends – Extracurricular Activities
increase rates to remain competitive
• Stipends – Athletics
increase identified Virginia High School League (VHSL) and middle school stipends
• Governance Training
contract services for School Board and Superintendent of Schools
• NPS Strategic Plan
contract services to support the development of a division level strategic plan
• Educational Planning
contract services to support division level educational planning efforts
• Booker T. Washington Feasibility Study
support further development of the school’s specialty program
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Priorities Supported Within the Proposed Budget
• Recruitment and Retention Initiative
support stipends for teachers and teacher assistants @ (6) schools
• Psychologist Internship Program
additional social-emotional supports for students
• Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
realign job responsibilities of a division-level administrator to lead the “re-energizing” of
the initiative to support the management of student behaviors
• National Mathematics and Science Initiative (NMSI)
supports programs at Lake Taylor and BTW High Schools
• Early Learning – Virginia Preschool Initiative (VPI) Classroom (1)
(1) teacher and (1) paraprofessional - increase in projected enrollment
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Priorities Supported Within the Proposed Budget
• Instructional Specialist for Southside STEM Academy @ Campostella (1)
support enhancement of the integration of the STEM curriculum
• English as a Second Language (ESL) Teachers (6)
address an increase in student enrollment and proposed change of SOQ standards
• Mathematics (6) and Reading (4) Specialists
support one full-time specialist at every elementary school
• Special Education Teachers (2)
address programming needs
• Special Education Teacher Assistants (3)
address programming needs
• Behavior Specialists (5)provide additional behavioral intervention supports for schools
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Priorities Supported Within the Proposed Budget
• Security Officers (2)
provide full-time support at Ghent (K-8) and Crossroads School (PreK-8)
• Security Officers (28)
provide one (1) full-time school security officer for every traditional elementary school
• Health and Physical Education Assistants (11)
supports the wellness of students - three days per week of physical education for K-4
students; supports extending recess for Prek-2 students
• School Counselors (7)additional social-emotional supports for students; addresses proposed reduction in SOQ
staffing ratios
• School Counselors (10)
contract adjustment from 11 to 12 months to provide additional support to secondary
schools to address students’ social-emotional needs during the summer and to assist with
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Priorities Supported Within the Proposed Budget
• Attendance Technicians (5)
support attendance and academic progress of students
• Bus Attendants (15)
assist with efforts to safely transport students with disabilities to school
• Assessment Coordinators/Data Analysts (15)
will coordinate all assessment functions at the secondary school level to improve efficiency
of year-round testing and support schools with data analysis at all levels
(school/teacher/classroom/student); will support disaggregation of data to improve
response time for adjusting classroom instruction
• Assistant Principal (1)
provide one (1) assistant principal for every traditional elementary school
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Priorities Supported Within the Proposed Budget
• Grow Our Own Program – Reading and Mathematics Specialists
partner with a local university to grow the pipeline of reading and mathematics specialists
• Grow Our Own Program – Principals & Assistant Principals
support internal program to develop future building level leaders
• Professional Development – Literacysupport enhancement of the division’s literacy plan
• Professional Development – Trauma-Informed Care
support training for division-level staff (train-the-trainer model)
• Professional Development – Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)
support training for division-level staff (train-the-trainer model)
• Core Content Teacher Specialists (8)
contract adjustment from 11 to 12 months to provide additional support for literacy
integration
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Priorities Supported Within the Proposed Budget
• Wellness Champions
stipends for wellness champions at every school (see School Wellness Policy)
• Art and Music Education
increase of the per pupil allocation from $2.50 to $3.50 at the secondary level
Other Budgetary Considerations
• Special Education Audit (awaiting findings)
• NPS Safety and Security Task Force (awaiting findings)
• Communications and Media Relations Audit (awaiting findings)
• St. Pauls Initiative – Choice Neighborhood Grant (CNI) Funding
explore opportunity to secure three (3) psychologist positions to support students who are
displaced at the elementary, middle, and high school levels
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Health Insurance for FY 2021(Effective December 2020)
• 12.0% increase in premiums to be shared by employer and employees
• Currently have three (3) plans:• HSA1500
• POS1000
• POS750
• With four (4) tiers:• Employee Only
• Employee + Spouse
• Employee + Minors
• Employee + Family
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Employee's Per Pay Period Net Pay - Impact of the 12.0% Increase in Health Insurance Premiums
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Excludes FIT and SIT (depending on employee filing status and IRS table) and voluntary deductions such as
VALIC, NFT, LTD Hartford, United Way, etc. Rates are effective December 2020.
Employee's Per Pay Period Net Pay - Impact of the 12.0% Increase in Health Insurance Premiums
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Excludes FIT and SIT (depending on employee filing status and IRS table) and voluntary deductions such as VALIC,
NFT, LTD Hartford, United Way, etc. Rates are effective December 2020.
Balancing the Budget
Description FTEs Increase Decrease
Compensation $ 9.5
Employee benefits including health insurance and retirement 1.2
Teachers (ESL, NMSI, pre-k and special education) 11.0 0.7
School counselors including assessment coordinators/data analysts 22.0 1.4
Specialists (mathematics, reading, STEM, and behavior) 16.0 1.1
School administrator 1.0 0.1
Teacher assistants (HPE, pre-k, and special education) 15.0 0.5
Attendance technicians 5.0 0.2
Other professionals (occupational therapist and HR generalist) 1.5 0.1
Building safety and support (security and custodian) 31.0 1.3
Bus attendants 15.0 0.3
Increase stipends and differentials (extra-curricular/athletics/academics)
and part-time pay
0.6
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$ in Millions
Balancing the Budget (Continued)
Description FTEs Increase Decrease
Extend contracts of counselors and core content specialists 0.1
Strategic plan, educational planning and feasibility study for BTW 0.4
Professional development (mathematics/reading, social emotional
learning, trauma-informed care, and literacy)
0.4
Psychologists internship program 0.1
Enrollment decline - 12.0 $ 0.8
Vacant bus driver positions to offset cost of 15 bus attendants/HR
generalist- 12.0 0.3
Others 0.3
Re-basing of salaries and benefits including attrition savings 4.5
Total 93.5 $18.0 $ 5.9
Net Increase in FY2021 Expenditures $12.1
Net Increase in FY2021 Revenues $12.1
Difference $ 0.0
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$ in Millions
Superintendent’s Proposed Operating Budget FY 2020 – 2021
Using Governor Northam’s Introduced 2020-2022 Biennial Budget presented on December 17, 2019,
with a projected March ADM of 27,352 and the most recent projection from the City’s Local Revenue
Allocation Policy, the Superintendent’s Proposed FY 2020 – 2021 Operating Budget is:
$348,290,828 which is $12.1 million or a 3.6% increase over the current year
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Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Operating BudgetExpenditures by Cost Category
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$ in Millions
Salaries$211.1 (60.6%)
Employee Benefits
$86.4 (24.8%)
Other Costs$50.9 (14.6%)
Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Operating Budget Expenditures by Major Categories
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$ in Millions
NOTE: Totals may not add due to rounding
Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Budget Next Steps
•March 4, 2020 – School Board Budget Work Session and Public Hearing
•March 18, 2020 – School Board Budget Approval at Business Meeting
•April 1, 2020 – School Board’s Proposed Budget submitted to Norfolk City Council
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Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Budget Next Steps
•May 2020
Norfolk City Council appropriates funding for the School Board’s Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Budget
School Board adoption of School Board’s FY 2020-2021 Budget
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Comparison of Governor’s, Senate and House 2020-2022 Biennial Budgets for FY 2021
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Governor Senate House
Compensation none none 2% effective July 1, 2020
At-Risk
increase add-on range from a maximum of 16.0% to 23.0% Same as Governor
increase add-on range from a maximum of 16.0% to 24.0%
Games of Skillnew funding - state share of $71.29 per pupil eliminate eliminate
Supplemental Lottery total lottery proceeds projected to decrease
projected to increase and go towards school construction grant program
projected to increase and go towards supplementary lottery per pupil amount
Staffing Ratios of ESL increase from 17 per 1,000 to 20 per 1,000 same as Governor
increase from 17 per 1,000 to 18.5 per 1,000
Total Funding Change from Governor's Budget $1.9M $2.8M
Superintendent’s Proposed Operating BudgetFY 2020 – 2021
Questions / Comments
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