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Open Finance Committee Meeting
February 23, 2015
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Preliminary Budget 2015/2016
• November – January: budget development
• January – February: budget revisions
• February – March: budget finalization
• April 21: budget vote
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2014/2015 Budget: Overview of Revenue Sources
• Local Tax Levy = 91% • State Aid = 3.5% • Federal Aid = 1.1% • Other
– Miscellaneous Revenue = 1% – Capital Reserve = 2.4% – Other = 1%
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2015/2016 Budget: Projected Revenue Sources
• Local Tax Levy – 2% increase = $1,154,852
• State Aid – Flat?
• Federal Aid – Flat?
• Other – Reduction in capital withdrawal
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Budget Prior Two Years
• 2013/2014: 3.46% tax levy increase – “second questions” for school counseling staff and
security personnel
• 2014/2015: 3.34% tax levy increase – “second question” for STEM staff and resources
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2015/2016 Budget: Anticipated Expenditures
• Sufficient funding to maintain program excellence and current class sizes.
• Modest capital improvements – Restrooms at CHS – 40% state funding for the above
• Staff to support special education programming funded through “breakage” or retirement savings.
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Overview of Revenues and Expenditures
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Estimated Tax Impact
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Outstanding Factors
• State Aid – Governor’s budget address takes place
tomorrow; state aid figures released within 48 hours.
• Tax levy waivers
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How Chatham Compares
1. Budgetary costs are taken from the NJDOE Taxpayers’ Guide to Education Spending, 2014 (http://www.state.nj.us/education/guide/2014/)
2. Performance data are taken from the NJDOE School Performance Reports, 2015 (http://education.state.nj.us/pr/) 3. AP Participation Rate = Number of students, as a percentage of 11th and 12th graders, who took at least one AP test in 2013-2014 4. Post-Secondary Enrollment = % of students enrolled in higher education 16 months after high school graduation
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Calendar • March 2: Deadline for BOE candidates to file • March 9: Open Finance Committee meeting • March 9: Submittal of preliminary budget to ECS • March 23: Public Budget Hearing • March 31: Deadline for voter registration • April 21: Vote-by-mail applications must be received by County Board of Elections
April 21: Budget Vote, Referendum Vote, and School Board Election
7:00 am – 9:00 pm, CMS and CHS