1. School District No. 46 (Sunshine Coast) 2008/2009Budget Consultations March, 2008

2. Working Together Creating Our Future 3. Overview

2007/08 Educational Highlights

Budget Timelines

Enrolment Information

District Revenues & Expenditures

2008/09 Funding Challenges

2008/09 Proposed Educational Initiatives

4. 2007/08 Educational Highlights

District staff and other educational partners continued to initiate and implement new programs this year:

Two Strongstart Centres opened at Gibsons and Sechelt Elementary Schools

Fast ForWord Program initiated (Language and reading skill building using technology)

Full time Autism Teaching position created, including a separate website with comprehensive information available on autism

Dolly Parton Imagination Library program for preschoolers

Culinary Arts Level I Apprenticeship Program

Residential Construction Framing Apprenticeship Program, Level I, initiated in spring 2007, and continues into spring 2008

Distance Learning course numbers grew fourfold

Full time numeracy teacher starts March/08 to support implementation of new math curriculum

Learning Community Team projects in every school

5. Early Learning Programs 6. Early Learning Programs Community based event. Provide learning tools and information about childs development. Children birth-5 years and their parents Early Years Fair School based event. Provide Ministry of Education book. Provide learning tools and information about childs development. Parents of children 3 years Ready Set Learn Three 90 minutes sessions yearly. Provide learning tools and information about childs development.Parents of children birth-5 years SPARK! Provide childrens book.Teach How to Read to a Newborn Invite to Early Learning programs. Parents Prenatal Class Description LevelProgram 7. 8. Early Learning Programs Provide a childrens book to each child once a month. Children birth to 5 years Dolly Parton Imagination Library Weekly program, March-June. Provide activities, information, guided support specific to school entry. Children age 4 and their parents. kinderSPARK! Daily program, September-June. Provide snacks,activities, information, guided support. Children birth-5 years and their parents. StrongStart Description LevelProgram 9. 10. Literacy Programs Builds language and reading skills through a web-based computer program focusing on auditory processing. Students K-12 Fast ForWord Monthly program for children age 5 (kindergarten) and their parents. Kindergarten Parents as Literacy Supporters Students are taught to teach each other to read. Available for older students. Available for Numeracy. Currently for Kindergarten and grade 1 students Peer Assisted Learning Description LevelProgram 11. Sunshine Coast Alternative School An expanding student centered program, meeting the needs of individual students, allowing them to reconnect to school, and complete grade 12 12. 13. Budget Timelines

October/2007: Principals prepare three year enrolment projections

November/2007:Board level discussions regarding the budgetprocess.

February/2008:Management and Administrator team meetings

February 2008: Principals revise three year enrolment projections

March 6/2008:Finance Committee reviews budget process

March 10,11, Budget consultation meetings at Madeira Park 12/ 2008: Elementary, Chatelech Secondary, and GibsonsElementary

14. Budget Timelines-continued

March 14/2008:Ministry of Education announces 2008/09 PreliminaryBudget funding

March 25/2008: Management analysis of public budget(week of) discussion input, review of actual Ministryfunding received

March 28/2008: First draft of school budgets to Principals

April 8/2008:Budget consultation report presented atApril Board meeting

April 15/2008:Staffing plans for 2008/09 to PersonnelDepartment

May 13/2008:Preliminary Budget Bylaw approval

June 30/2008: Preliminary budget submission to Ministryof Education

15. Enrolment Information

District Enrolment, which dictates the level of funding we receive, continues to shrink due to:

Demographics :In February 2008,206students enrolled in Kindergarten versus355students in grade 12

Ministry Funding Formula Change :Grade 10,11 & 12 students are now funded by course, not by head count

This reduction has been partially offset by an increase in the number of students enrolled in Distance Learning

16. Enrolment History - 18 Years 17. Current District Enrolment by Grade 18. Enrolment- Past, Present & Future 19. 2008/09 Ministry Funding

The Ministry of Education will be announcing our 2008/09 funding on March 14, 2008.What we do know prior to this announcement:

No increase will be made to the basic funding block.

$122 million for the province will be added to offset negotiated wage and benefit costs

The only new education money added is for new Strong Start Centres, with funding to continue for those centres already in place

20. District Revenue

School District Revenue is largely derived from provincial grants:

2007/08 Total Budget $37.0 million

Provincial Grants(93%) $34.3 million

Other Revenue ( 7%) 2.7 million

(Interest income, Surplus space rental income,

International students, carry forward prior year reserves)

Note:No local taxation revenue is available to SD46. All school taxes flow to the general revenue of the province to offset the overall cost of public education in B.C.

21. Expenditures 22. Expenditures contd 23. Balancing. the Challenge. 24. Balancing the Financial Challenges:

Projected enrolment decline due to

fewer students $240,000

Projected enrolment reduction due to

Ministry formula change293,000

Projected Cost Pressure s200,000

Total Projected Funding Challenge $733,000

25. Funding Challenge: Enrolment Decline

2007/08 Enrolment 3502

2008/09 Estimated Enrolment 3295

Projected enrolment decline207

Loss of 207 students is due to:

Fewer students entering schools167

Ministry Funding Formula change40

(See next slide for this financial impact)

After direct expenditure reductions (for wages, benefits & supplies) the decline due to167 fewer studentsresults in an estimated net funding shortfall of

$240,000

(All student numbers are stated as FTEs)

26. Funding Challenge: Shrinking Provincial Grant due to Formula Change:

The impact on our District:(all student numbers are FTEs)

Ministry now funds Grade 10,11 & 12 students by course,

not by head count.This reduces FTE student numbers by90

This loss partially offset by an increase in students enrolled

in Distance learning courses of 50

Net Loss of 40 FTEs in 2008/09 results in a net shortfall,

(after direct expenditure reductions for wages, benefits

and supplies) of approximately$60,000

Elimination of funding for retirement costs (GAAP)233,000

Total Estimated Provincial Grant reduction: $293,000

27. Funding Challenge: Cost Pressures

Increasing costs for supplies and services such as learning resources, computers, software, and utilities could total$100,000.

Carbon neutral initiatives introduced in the 08/09 BC budget could add another$100,000to costs.

(EG: Diesel for school buses, gas for district vehicles, natural gas to heat schools)

28. Rising..to the Challenge 29. Looking Ahead to 2008/09 Educational Programs

New Provincial Curriculum implementation, including the creation of a full time numeracy teacher

Possibility of new Strong Start Centers

Continuation and possible expansion of Early Learning Programs

Distance Education Program will continue to grow and require additional staff

Continuation and possible expansion of Apprenticeship Programs

Continuation of Fast ForWord program

30. Working Together Creating Our Future 31. Feedback from 2008/2009Budget Consultations

What programs/services are we providing that youd like us to continue providing?

Are there existing program/services that youd like to see expanded?

Are there new programs that youd like to see offered?

Given that financial pressures are a constant challenge, are there areas/programs/services that could have a reduction in funding with a minimal impact on students?EG:Energy savings, Book Mobile (sharing learning resources)