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FY16 Budget Recommendation Update
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Lilla Frederick Pilot Middle School March 9, 2015
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
FY16 BPS Preliminary Budget Recommendation
The FY16 Preliminary Budget Recommendation presented tonight consists of a general fund appropriation of $1,013.5M
This amount represents an increase of $38.5M or 4.0% over the FY15 general fund appropriation
External funding totals $119.7M, which represents a decrease of $15.1M or 11.2% over the FY15 external funds total
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Agenda
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Review of Budget Context
Key investments
How we are addressing the challenge
Funding schools equitably and transparently
Enrollment Projections
Budget timeline/More Information
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Review of Budget Context - Challenge
Costs are rising faster than expected revenue each year, creating a structural imbalance that will continue without a change in our business model.
A level service BPS budget based on FY15 increased our general fund budget requirements by $58 million
In addition, BPS projected grant losses of more than $14 million and the cost of valuable new initiatives totaled nearly $8 million
These issues combine to increase the gap to approximately $80 million
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Review of Budget Context - Solutions We are grateful to Mayor Walsh for an increase in our annual
appropriation
The FY16 Boston Public Schools budget is based on a general fund appropriation increase from the City of 4.0% or $38 million
Identified budget reductions of $30 million in total
$10.6 million in Central Services
$9.5 million in Transportation
$4.0 million in Food Services
$3.4 million in School Budgets, including closures
$2.8 million in School Services Budgeted Centrally
Another $12 million in identified FTE reductions and adjustments to previous estimates
$6 million in Central Office FTE reductions $6 million in adjustments to estimates
Together, these solutions balance the budget for FY16 5
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Despite a healthy 4.0% increase in the General Fund appropriation, the FY16 “structural imbalance” was $34M
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$10M
$20M
$30M
$40M
$50M
$60M
$70M
$80M
$90M
Increased cost of levelservice
Grant reductions Cost for new initiatives Appropriation increase Cost reductions
~$58M
~$8M ~$38M
~$42M
~$14M
Structural Imbalance
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What contributes to this structural imbalance?
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A compensation system where the cost of salaries and benefits for employees exceeds any expectation of revenue growth.
A transportation system that is the most costly model in the nation. We spend $100 million, or 10% of our entire budget on transportation.
Our food service system for students should be self-sustaining. We end up subsidizing this program each year from our general fund.
We have too many schools where there are consistently under-enrolled classrooms and underutilized space.
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The result of this impact is that we spread our resources too thin
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We need to invest in strengthening our schools to make BPS stronger.
If we do not take action we risk harming every school in
every corner of this city and we place all students at risk.
This will require a long-term discussion. It will require very difficult decisions.
We do not have the luxury to wait. We need to begin to address these issues now.
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Agenda
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Review of Budget Context
Key investments
How we are addressing the challenge
Funding schools equitably and transparently
Enrollment Projections
Budget timeline/More Information
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Ensure a strong educator in every classroom, every day through early hiring initiative
Build a diverse workforce reflective of the cultural, racial, and linguistic diversity of our students
Extend learning time for current and former turnaround schools
Continue strategies that increase graduation rates and reduce drop-out rates
Build cultural competency Prepare students for success in the 21st century, including
implementation of the Common Core through Expeditionary Learning curriculum in grades 3-5
Increase support and accountability for all schools through the network model
Increase the district’s capacity to intervene in underperforming schools
Through this budget, we aim to preserve current investments consistent with the vision of the Mayor and School Committee…
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Increase resources going directly to schools through Weighted Student Funding: +$21.1M
Implement Extended Learning Time agreement: +$5M
Expand access to K1 seats: +$1M
Increase access to inclusive opportunities: +$620K
Digital Academy pilot expansion: +$500K
Human capital strategy; school leadership, compensation reform: +$340K
…and to build upon them through new investments that address opportunity and achievement gaps
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Agenda
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Review of Budget Context
Key investments
How we are addressing the challenge
Funding schools equitably and transparently
Enrollment Projections
Budget timeline/More Information
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In summary, we are recommending strategies that begin to address our imbalance and establish a foundation for future planning
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We will make significant reductions in our central
administration FTE count and in non-salary spending.
We will make recommendations for significant efficiencies in transportation.
We will take a first step in what ultimately will be a major alignment of our enrollment, our programs, and our school facilities. This conversation will soon involve all schools.
We will insist on a food service delivery system that provides high quality offerings and operates within the revenue that it generates.
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Central services
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• We have engaged in a value-driven process to rethink central by defining what are compliance needs, core services, or “value-added” services that can be reduced.
• Reductions in Central Services are proposed in the following areas: – Department-proposed reductions of $5.2M
• Consolidated central service functions to generate efficiencies, including human capital information management and payroll
• A new model for alternative education that maintains quality service through a more holistic approach to support student
– Reduce Stipends and Vacancies for $4.4M • Pooling resources for stipends and vacancies and establishing tighter
controls for approval to reduce overall spending – Reduce One School Network for $950K
• A streamlined network model that reduces our K-8 networks from six to five
Proposed Savings: $10.6M
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Transportation
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• With Transportation such a large portion of the BPS budget, continual efforts must be made to find the correct balance of services offered and costs incurred.
• Reductions in Transportation proposed in the following areas: – Transition 7th Graders fully to the MBTA for $6.0M
• Proposed but informed by the Mayor’s Middle School Transportation Task Force
– Route efficiencies for $2.0M • fuel savings, stop consolidations, parent opt-out
– Straight-line calculation of transportation eligibility for $900K • Impacts ~2,400 students who previously received transportation but were
not eligible because they reside within 1 mile of the school
– Reduction in donated services for $600K
Proposed Savings: $9.5M
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School Budgets
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• These proposals begin to address the structural imbalance across school sites and will result in more investment in all remaining schools. With the changes being proposed, BPS estimates that resources totaling more than $11 million* would be available to be reinvested in other schools.
• Reductions in School Budgets are proposed in the following areas: – School closures for $2.2M
• West Roxbury Academy, Rogers Middle, Elihu Greenwood Leadership Academy, Community and Middle School Academies
– Restructuring Alternative Education for $840K – Classroom consolidations: Transition grades for $300K
• More than 50% of K2-5 classrooms are less than 87.5% full
Proposed Savings: $3.4M
*Includes WSF allocation, other allocations (nurse, COSESS, entitlement grants), OIIT Capital
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School closures and classroom consolidations
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Approach taken:
School closures: criteria used (enrollment trends, student and family demand, academic performance) to identify initial list for consideration, and district leadership engaged to inform context and evaluate student impact
Classroom consolidations: consideration of whether the number of students projected are able to afford the associated staffing
Next steps and desired outcome:
Engage school communities and all affected groups to ensure decisions and roll-out are done responsibly and effectively, including any implications for student assignment overlays
A limited set of closures and consolidations that result in ability to focus resources in fewer schools and classrooms to best serve students
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School Services
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• These proposals reflect responsible reductions in program areas and staffing related to Special Education and other services to schools.
• Reductions in School Services are proposed in the following
areas: – Special Education: Change in ESY for $400K
• Adjusting from five days/week to four days/week and tailoring programs to specific student needs
– Reduction in Substitute Usage for $900K • Implementing new protocols for substitute management and monitoring
– Other Central Program Reductions of $1.5M • Reduction in contracted services • Use of revolving account funds to support students learning devices
Proposed Savings: $2.8M
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Food & Nutrition Services
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Proposed reductions are designed to avoid a general fund subsidy of the program by making key realignments that keep expenses within the revenue received through Federal reimbursements
Realign staffing model by ensuring equitable and efficient allocation of food service workers across all sites for $2.1M
Increase use of food commodities (maximize the use of state-subsidized USDA food) for $1.0M
Additional changes for $900K
Reduce meal waste by reducing the number of food offerings
Changes to contracted services - uniforms, menu posting, supplies, cell phones
Proposed Savings: $ 4.0M
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Agenda
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Review of Budget Context
Key investments
How we are addressing the challenge
Funding schools equitably and transparently
Enrollment Projections
Budget timeline
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Sources of school funding
1. Weighted Student Funding $474M
2. Special programs (non-WSF) $26M
3. Title I funding/IDEA $17M
4. Standard allocations built into school budgets $18M (nurses, special education coordinators, and food services staff)
5. Rules-based soft landings $2M
6. Buybacks for Autonomous Schools $2M
7. Additional adjustments1 $10M Total: $549M
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1Additional adjustments include EEC/ELC supplements and other non-rules-based allocations
Notes: These figures do not include the school services that are budgeted centrally. All figures are current as of January 31st and may change as the budgeting process continues.
Weighted Student Funding (WSF) reflects our principles as a district
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Principle Description
Student focus Provides resources based on students, not on buildings, adults, or programs
Equity Allocate similar funding levels to students with similar characteristics, regardless of which school they attend
Transparency Easily understood by all stakeholders
Differentiation based on need
Allocate resources through a comprehensive framework that is based on student needs
Predictability School allocation process is predictable and is structured to minimize school-level disruption
School empowerment
Empowers school-based decision-making to effectively use resources
Alignment with district strategy
Supports the Acceleration Agenda, our five-year strategic plan
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Example
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3rd Grade General Education Student
Weight (varies slightly based on grade)
For every 1.0 equalized student, the school receives $4,028 (“base”).
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Example
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3rd Grade General Education Student
Weight (varies slightly based on grade)
1.3 x $4,028 = $5,236
Funding for one general education child:
Weight Base Total Revenue Per Pupil
For every 1.0 equalized student, the school receives $4,028 (“base”).
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Example
1.3
3rd Grade General Education Student
Weight (varies slightly based on grade)
1.3 x $4,028 = $5,236
Funding for one general education child:
For every 1.0 equalized student, the school receives $4028 (“base”).
25 x 1.3 x $4,028 = $130,910
Number of Students
Weight Base Total Revenue Per Class
For a class of 25 general education 3rd graders:
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Revenue vs. Costs
Typical 3rd Grade General Education Class: 100% Full Classroom seats with
student weights
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
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1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
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1.3
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Staff Required
Teacher
WSF: 25 x 1.3 x $4,028 = $130,910 Total: $130,910
Revenue
Cost of Staffing
Teacher: $90,347 .2 Specialist $17,536 Total: $107,883
Balance
+ $23,027
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1.3
1.3
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1.3
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1.3
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1.3 Weights: 3rd grade Gen. Ed: 1.3
Class capacity: 25 students
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Revenue vs. Costs
Typical 3rd Grade General Education Class: 87% Full Classroom seats with
student weights
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
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1.3
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Staff Required
Teacher
WSF: 21 x 1.3 x $4,028 = $109,964 Total: $109,964
Revenue
Cost of Staffing
Balance
+ $2,081
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1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
Teacher: $90,347 .2 Specialist $17,536 Total: $107,883
Weights: 3rd grade Gen. Ed: 1.3
Class capacity: 25 students
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Revenue vs. Costs
Typical 3rd Grade General Education Class: 50% Full Classroom seats with
student weights
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
Staff Required
Teacher
Revenue
Cost of Staffing
Balance
- $45,046
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
Teacher: $90,347 .2 Specialist $17,536 Total: $107,883
WSF: 12 x 1.3 x $4,028 = $62,837 Total: $62,837
Weights: 3rd grade Gen. Ed: 1.3
Class capacity: 25 students
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Our starting point is to fund the needs of students through Weighted Student Funding (WSF)
Students receive a per-pupil allocation that is weighted based on certain characteristics:
Grade level
Program (e.g., English Language Learners, Special Education, Vocational Education)
Student characteristics (e.g., poverty)
Academic performance (e.g., high risk)
Schools receive a small foundation budget plus the sum of
the allocation for each student
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Type Weight FY16 Funding
Base weight 1.0 $4,028
High Risk (Grade 9) 0.2 $806
ELL (Grade K0-5, ELD Level 1-3) 0.24 $967
Student with Disabilities: Low Severity (Resource Room)
1.0 $4,028
Student with Disabilities: Autism
4.3 $17,322
Example weights:
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We have reviewed and updated the weights to best reflect student needs
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Increased weights for students with
Developmental Delays
New weight for Emotional Impairment, Middle and High School students. (A decrease from original
weight)
Decreased weights for ELLs at ELD levels 1-3 in
grades 6-8 and 9-12
Total amount: $473,939,312
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Agenda
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Review of Budget Context
Key investments
How we are addressing the challenge
Funding schools equitably and transparently
Enrollment Projections
Budget timeline
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FY16 Projected Enrollment has decreased, but Weighted Enrollment has increased
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We have worked with school leaders to address budget challenges based on lower projections
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In January, representatives from multiple departments met with school leaders to review their budgets
These “budget collaboratives” included representatives from:
Academics (Network Superintendents)
Budget
Office of English Language Learners
Office of Human Capital
Office of Special Education and Student Services
Budget collaboratives helped school leaders meet their students’ needs within their given WSF allocations
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What is a soft landing? In general, we expect schools to meet their needs using their
WSF allocations
In some cases, however, schools may require additional allocations because of extraordinary circumstances
In these cases, the district may provide a “soft landing” (one-time funding)
Guiding principles on soft landings:
This funding is a temporary measure to address particular challenges, not a permanent allocation
The situations that may require soft landings change from year to year as the context changes
All soft landings are rules-based, and rules are applied uniformly across all schools
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Agenda
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Review of Budget Context
Key investments
How we are addressing the challenge
Funding schools equitably and transparently
Enrollment Projections
Budget timeline/More Information
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We look forward to discussing the budget with you in a variety of forums
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Feb 4 Superintendent’s recommended budget to School Committee
Mar 4 Budget hearing (6 pm) and School Committee meeting
Mar 9 Budget hearing (6 pm) Lilla Frederick Pilot Middle School
Mar 11 Budget hearing (5 pm) and School Committee meeting (6 pm)
Mar 19 Budget Hearing (6 pm)
Mar 25 School Committee votes on BPS budget
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For more information:
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A number of documents are available on our website:
Budget Presentation
FY16 Budget Memo
FY16 Allocations
FY16 WSF School-by-School comparison
WSF Templates for all schools
Preliminary budget by Account Code summary
Preliminary budget by Program Code summary
Preliminary budget by Department Code summary
Website: bostonpublicschools.org/budget
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: #bpsbudget
Feedback: [email protected]