NEW HANOVER COUNTY SCHOOLS2015-16 BUDGET

Budget CommitteeMarch 10, 2015

Meeting Agenda Review of Budget Goals County Revenue Estimates Governor’s Recommended Budget Proposed Capital Outlay (Handout) Proposed Operating Request (Handout)

1. Professional Development

2. Growth Funding

3. Teacher Assistants

4. Instructional Resources

5. Risk Management

Board Budget Goals

Operating Budget:• County Manager to recommend between $2,640

and $2,700 per pupil• Estimated Increase:

$3.4 Million at $2,640 $5 Million at $2,700

Capital Outlay:• $3 Million for each of next two years• Increase of $250,000

Estimated County Revenue

Governor’s Budget:1. Teacher/Admin Pay

Raise Beg Teacher pay to $35,000 and step increase

Continue top of the scale bonuses to hold harmless

Masters pay for Science, Technology, Math (STEM) and EC

2% Step increase for School Administrators2. Growth:

Projected NHCS growth of 300 students• 15 Certified Staff• 14 Teachers and 1 Guidance Counselor

State Budget Issues

Governor’s Budget:3. Funding to Maintain Teacher Assistants

Change funding from non-recurring lottery to continuation, to avoid loss of 13 additional state positions

PY Teacher Assistant Changes:• Last year the state increased k-3 class size by 1 and

appropriated non-recurring funding to avoid a 22% TA reduction.

• They also partially funded TA’s from non-recurring lottery funding (13 additional positions)

• Locally the Board also appropriated $500,000 to avoid a Reduction in force

State Budget Issues

Governor’s Budget:4. Classroom Resources:

Increase of $27.48 per pupil - May be used for textbooks, instructional supplies, or Home Base services

Digital Learning Support - $148,0005. Reductions:

Fuel rate reduction (from 3.16 to 2.35 per gallon)

2% Central Office Administration ($23,000)

State Budget Issues

Capital Outlay (see Handout)Category 2015/16 2016/17 Total

Repairs and Renovations

$3,488,500 $ 3,529,500 $7,019,000

Technology 1,835,100 4,104,600 5,939,700

Furniture & Equipment

307,675 367,600 675,275

Vehicles 304,900 187,900 492,800

Total $5,936,175 $8,189,600 $14,125,775

Revenue by Source 2015/16

Lottery $1,590,000

Capital Fund Balance Appropriation 300,000

Child Nutrition Fund Balance 115,400

State Equipment Reserve 550,000

County Appropriation Request 3,000,000

General Fund Balance 380,775

Total $5,936,175

Proposed Operating Request

State Budget Issues Impacting Local Budget• Driver Education:

Board requesting flexibility to charge actual cost

Local request to fund difference if flexibility not granted

• Growth Funding: 9 Teachers for Expected Growth 5 Teachers and 1 Guidance added with

CY Growth funding based on 1st month enrollment

System Priorities

State Budget Issues Impacting Local Budget• Teacher Assistants:

To maintain current formula of k-1 1:23 13 TA’s due to non-recurring state funding 6 TA’s due to PY reduction funded with one-time

local funds

System Priorities

State Budget Issues Impacting Local Budget• Salary/Benefit Increases:

Cost of anticipated state salary and benefit changes for local employees

Includes Board Salary Increase based on Average Teacher Increase

• School Net Subscription previously funded by State with Race to the Top

System Priorities

System Utilities• Increase in Phone Costs:

E-rate discounts for cell phones eliminated Partially offset by phasing out most cell

phones in favor of stipends Only maintaining push-to-talk phones for

Maintenance E-rate discounts for long distance and

local to be phased out over next 4 years

System Priorities

Non-Salary:• New Professional Development Allotment

$10 per pupil

• Summer School support for Math Recovery and NCVPS

Positions:• 3 High School Assistant Principals

Back to original formula of 4 per school

• 4 HS Testing Support Positions • 3 Additional Social Workers

School Priorities

Specific School Changes:• MTSS Interventionists:

Consolidate Middle School ISS and Interventionists

Absorb 7 existing positions in Special Education

Add 1 new position for Virgo• Forest Hills:

Additional Support requested for Forest Hills Immersion Expansion to 5th grade and International Baccalaureate program

School Priorities

3 Support Associates: Finance - Increased Accounts Payable workflow due

to bond implementation Special Education - add back budget support

position due to complexity of budget management with federal and state grants

Testing Technician - to free up time for testing analyst

Half-time Instructional Resource Specialist: Increase .5 family life teacher to full-time to coordinate

system wide Heath and PE

Departmental Priorities

1 Risk Management Position: System wide coordination of risk management in legal

services

1 Painter/Grounds Technician: Increase from 6 to 7 positions

14 Part-Time (7 FTE) Custodians: Add 12 month, half-time positions as needed for appropriate

coverage at several sites Increase 10 month staff at Ashley and NHHS to 12 months (5

positions each) to provide additional coverage for larger sites Going forward, 10 month positions will be filled with .5 12

month to provide additional coverage and save funds for additional positions as needed.

Departmental Priorities

Student Support: Revise Athletic Stipend Schedule, increasing specific stipends

to align with NC Averages by sport Cost increases for Mental Health and Nurses• To be funded with increased Medicaid

Reimbursements

Instructional Services: Instructional Pilot Programs and Tech books Software (Universal Screener & ESGI pilot) NBPTS Pilot Pre-K – local funding support to free up Title I funds for

school remediation programs

Departmental Priorities

Superintendent’s Office: To continue principal professional development

previously funded with RttT To fund contracted services for Strategic Plan Update

Technology: To shift annual costs of laptop battery replacements

from capital to operating budget

(See Operating Budget Handout)

Departmental Priorities

Are there any items committee members expected to see that were excluded?

Committee Suggestions

Operating Request Summary

NHCSCharter Schools Total

Current Funding

$65,940,358

$1,938,751

$67,879,109

Requested Increase $4,991,342 $126,749

$5,118,091

Requested Total

$70,931,700

$2,065,500

$72,997,200

Current Enrollment 26,019 765 26,784

Current Per Pupil $2,534

Estimated Enrollment 26,271 765 27,036

Request Per Pupil

$2,700