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April 21, 2011

Board of Education Workshop2011-2012 Budget Update

April 21, 2011


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Legislative Update


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Our View of Where Austin Is

Senate Expected cut to public education atapproximately $4 billion

House Expected cut to public education atapproximately $6.5 billion

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Two School Finance Bills

HB 2485 (Hochberg) - voted out of House Public Education Committee

Eliminates target revenue and moves all districts to formula system

Sets the basic allotment at $4,720 * the lesser of $1.06 or the district's effective rate

Equalized Wealth Level is increased from $319,500 to $453,000 and the Guaranteed Yield(

golden pennies) is increased from $31.95 to $45.30

Moves to current year property values

Increases the compensatory education weight from 0.2 to 0.22

Increases the bilingual education weight from 0.1 to 0.11

No longer eliminates Gifted and Talented weight

Sets the Career and Technology weight at 0.15

Eliminates the High School allotments

Limits reduction for districts losing more than $500 per WADA

Any amount over $500 per WADA loss is reduced by two-thirds the first year

Any amount over the $500 per WADA loss is reduced by one-third the second year

Loss limit is eliminated beginning in 2014

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Two School Finance Bills

SB22 (Shapiro) Voted out of Senate Finance CommitteeReduces Foundation School funding by a total of $4 billion this biennium.

Achieves reductions by reducing revenue targets to 93.5 percent of their current levels in 2011-

12 and 92.35 percent thereafter.

Maintains the basic allotment at the current level, but reduces the "regular program allotment" to

98.5 percent of its current level.

The basic allotment is set to increase to $4,900 (from $4,765) beginning in 2015-16.

Allows the commissioner to withhold up to $65 per pre-kindergarten student from FSP funding in

the first year of the biennium only for the state readiness certification program. .

Modified the pre-k language to create a pre-k accountability system through TEA rather than the

state center.

Repeals hold-harmless beginning in 2016-2017 (gets rid of target revenue)

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HB 2485 and SB 22How do these affect HISD?

HB 2485

2011-2012 Reduction ($173,612,116)

2012-2013 Reduction ($217,320,918)

SB 22

2011-2012 Reduction ($110,111,597)

2012-2013 Reduction ($127,570,420)

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Two Flexibility Bills

SB12 (Shapiro) On Senate Intent Calendar

Allows districts to furlough educators for up to six non-instructional days

Allow salary reductions once funding for district falls below 2010-11 levels;

Moves the current 45-day contract nonrenewal notice deadline to 10 days prior to the end of the school

year;

Allows districts to perform reductions in force after declaring financial exigency only after teacher salaries

have been reduced (through furloughs and/or a straight salary reduction) by at least the same percentage

that the districts funding decreased from the 2010-11 school year;

Eliminates the double testing requirement of eighth-grade students taking high school courses; and

Provides that accelerated instruction required after a student fails to perform satisfactorily on an

assessment a third time is not required to commence until the beginning of the next school year.

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Two Flexibility Bills

HB 400 (Eissler) Taken up by full House Thursday Repeal the current minimum salary schedule required for classroom teachers, full-time

librarians, full-time counselors, and full-time school nurses.

Eliminate the requirement to advance an employee one step on the minimum salary schedule

for each year of experience, through at least step 20.

Change the class size mandate that currently doesnt allow any class in grades kindergarten

through fourth to exceed 22 students, making it instead a district-wide average of 22 in

those grades, with a hard cap at 25.

Lift the requirement that educator contracts be 187 days of service though it would still require

a minimum of 180 days of instruction, allowing districts to furlough employees.

Streamline RIF process and clarify how long a financial exigency lasts.

Move 45-day nonrenewal notice deadline: Beginning with 2012-13 contracts, the deadline for

providing notice of contract nonrenewal for probationary and term contract employees

would be the last day of instruction, rather than the current 45-days before the last day

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Budget Update


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April 28th Workshop Focus

Academic Program Funding-District-wide Programs

Unfunded Programs due to Funding Reductions

Adjustments to Prior Fixed Cost Increases

Additional Funding Reductions

Models on State FundingEffect of Tax Effort

Decisions needed for the required Notice of Public Meeting

to Discuss Budget and Proposed Tax Rate.


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eductions2011-2012 budgets


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Board Approved Actions

Campus based Employees on Contract Impacted by Reduction in Force: 724

Employees on Teacher Contract Terminated orNon-Renewed for Cause: 221

Total Eliminations 45

Voluntary Employee Actions

Employees on Teacher Contract Approved for Early Notification: 629

Additional Resignations and Retirements: 338

Total esignations and etirements*

Total H Actions 1 12

* Resignations and Retirements current as of 4/14/11

Staffing Reduction Summary


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Staffing Action Timeline

Action Item eadline

HR confirms actions and vacancies with Principals April 18-21

CSOs receive list of continuing contract teachers and reassignment location(REASSIGNED TEACHERS)

April 18

SIOs/Dept Managers will be notified of the buyout to be offered to continuing contractemployees on their campuses (BUYOUT TEACHERS)

April 18

HR to meet with BUYOUT TEACHERS to make offer April 20 (Apollo)

April 21 (Campus/Dept)

HR to send letters to REASSIGNED TEACHERS to confirm new campus assignment April 21

Deadline for BUYOUT TEACHERS to accept offer April 27

HISD Placement Event (Displaced teachers only and all principals with vacancies) April 30

CSOs/SIOs find placements teachers that did not accept buyout offer into openvacancies

April 30

HR begins accepting re-hire memos for displaced teachers May 6

HISD Transfer Window Opens May 9-23

Principals can submit hire memos for external candidates that have passed theteacher selection process* (to be determined next week)

May 9

All known vacancies filled for the 2011/2012 school year July 1


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Summer Work Proposal


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Proposal:Institute a 4 day/40 hour work week for all centraladministration employees and schools.

Benefits: Energy ReductionReduces gasoline costs by 20% foreach employee. Energy forecasters indicate a highprobability that the national monthly average retail pricecould exceed $4.00 per gallon in summer 2011.

Energy ReductionReduces cost of utilities for facilitiesand fuel for bus transportation.

Attracts teachers to modified summer work schedule.


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Implications:

Changes summer school to a four day week byextending classes on Monday-Thursday by one hour.

Food Service Program will stay on a five day week inorder to provide Summer Feeding Program. Only thecafeteria and kitchen cooling zones will beoperational.

Departments which must have five day operations (forall staff or partial staff) will continue with a five daywork schedule (Custodians, Police, Maintenance,Construction, Treasury, and Technology)


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Guidelines:

Program begins the week of June 6th and continues throughthe week of August 1st.

All offices would be open for business from 7:3

0 a.m. to 6:00p.m. Monday through Thursday.

Employees would work a 10 hour day excluding their lunchperiod.

Work hours would be flexible and could be scheduled anytimefrom 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Central administration and schools will be closed each Friday

during this time period.


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School Closures and Small SchoolSubsidy Savings


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Proposed School Consolidations for for 2011-2012

Key elements to be considered:

Instructional programs and servicesEnrollment history and trendsNeighborhood housing changesSchool facility and groundsSchool capacityProximity to other campuses with availablespace


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Smallest HISD Elementary Schools

McDade Elementary School 272 students

Rhoads Elementary School 320 students

Memorial Elementary School 335 students

Paige Elementary School 348 students


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Plan forMcDade Elementary SchoolCurrent enrollment 272

Positive growth rate projected through 2019-2020 of306; still leaving it as

the smallest elementary school in the district.

Current attendance zone is divided by US 59 and Interstate 610

School was built in 1962

Space is available in all surrounding schools

Consolidation will increase enrollments at Paige ES and Kashmere

Gardens ES; both schools have enrollments under 500

Cook ES would receive students as well

ecommendation Consolidate Mc ade Elementary School into

Paige, Cook and Kashmere Gardens Elementary Schools


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Plan forRhoads Elementary SchoolCurrent enrollment 320 ; School was built in 1957

Negative growth rate projected through 2019-2020

Nearby elementary and middle schools have low enrollment including

Grimes ES (380) and Woodson PK-8 (687)

Consolidation with Grimes will increase enrollment at Woodson PK-8

to 964 (approximately 100 students per grade level)

A consistent attendance boundary for Woodson PK-8 can be created

Attucks MS, Dowling MS, and Thomas MS will also receive additional

zoned students

ecommendation Consolidate hoads and Grimes ElementarySchools into Woodson PK-8. ezone other students to

surrounding middle schools.


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Plan forMemorial Elementary SchoolCurrent enrollment 335


Stable enrollment projected through 2019-2020

Nearby elementary schools have low enrollment including Stevenson

ES (357) and Love ES (425)

Consolidation of the 3 elementary schools into two is possible

Evaluation of all three schools suggests the closure ofStevenson ES


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Plan forMemorial Elementary School, continued

Stevenson Elementary School

Current enrollment 357



Walking routes will be evaluated by Transportations Student SafetyDepartment

ecommendation Consolidate Stevenson Elementary School

into Memorial and ove Elementary Schools


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Plan forPaige Elementary School



School may receive additional students as a part of the proposed

McDade consolidation


ecommendation Paige Elementary School remains openith additional students from Mc ade Elementary School


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Proposed Attendance Boundary Changes for for 2011-2012

Other small schools Attendance Boundary Adjustments

Burrus Elementary School 390 students

Houston Gardens Elementary

School

362 students


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Plan for Burrus Elementary SchoolCurrent enrollment 390


Attendance boundaries for Burrus, Roosevelt and Herrera ES

can be adjusted to add more students to Burrus ES

Fewer students will have to cross Interstate 45 to get to school

Herrera ES is currently at 131% of capacity

ecommendation Ad ust attendance boundaries forBurrus, oosevelt and Herrera Elementary Schools to addmore students to Burrus and provide relief to Herrera


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Plan for Houston Gardens Elementary School


Stable enrollment projected for 2019-2020

Attendance boundaries for Houston Gardens and Cook ES can

be adjusted to add more students to Houston Gardens ES

Loss of students from Cook ES is off-set by McDade ES students

Some Cook E

Sstudents live closer to Houston Gardens E

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ecommendation Ad ust attendance boundaries for Houston Gardens and Cook Elementary Schools to addstudents to Houston Gardens ith minimal impact to theenrollment at Cook


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Summary ofProposed Changes for for 2011-2012

ConsolidationsMcDade ES into Paige, Cook and Kashmere Gardens ES

Rhoads and Grimes ES into Woodson PK-8

Stevenson ES into Memorial and Love ES

Attendance Boundary Adjustments

Burrus, Roosevelt, and Herrera ES more students to

Burrus ES and relief for Herrera ES

Houston Gardens and Cook ES more students to

Houston Gardens ES with minimal impact to Cook ES


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Summary ofProposed Changes for for 2011-2012

Potential Small School Subsidy Savings

$ 1,675,877

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