MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND Montgomery County Board of Education and...

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS • ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

Montgomery County Board of Education

Montgomery County Delegation

ANNUUAL MEETING

November 17, 2009

MCPS Demographics

Enrollment1998–2009

127,852

141,777

10.9PERCENT

Enrollment over last two years

2,5002009–10

1,5002008–09

125,000

130,000

135,000

140,000

145,000

150,000

1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Enrollment to Increase 6,000 by 2015

141,777

130,689

147,917

ACTUAL PROJECTED

Percent of County Enrollment in MCPS Schools

in 1998

in 2008

MCPS Share of County K–12 Population on the Rise

Hispanic Student Enrollment

17,815

32,236

81.0PERCENT

Asian American Student Enrollment

16,380

22,177

35.4PERCENT

African American Student Enrollment

26,820

32,883

22.6PERCENT

White Student Enrollment

18.6PERCENT

66,409

54,048

1968 1978

1988 1998 2009

White African American Asian American Hispanic

MCPS Enrollment by Race/Ethnic Group

28,768

41,464

44.1PERCENT

MCPS Free and Reduced-Price Meals (FARMS)

Income Eligibility Guidelines

Household Size

Maximum Income Free Meals

Maximum Income Reduced-Price Meals

4 $28,665 $40,793

MCPS Free and Reduced-Price Meals (FARMS)

qualify for FREE meals70PERCENT

17,664

103.0PERCENT

Highland Elementary School

MCPS Savings

Examples of Recent Savings

• Hiring Freeze• FY2008 - $17.7 million net savings

• FY2009 - $19.5 million net savings

• FY2010 - $9.7 million net savings target\

• Salary Reduction – 5.3% COLA foregone• FY2010 - $89 million

• Position Elimination • FY2009 - $4.4 million – 50 central office positions

• FY2010 - $12.2 million – 75 central office positions

Examples of Recent Savings(cont’d)

• Reorganizations• FY2010 – $634,000 – Department of Student Services

• FY2009 – $487,000 – Office of Chief Technology Officer

• Employee Benefits• FY2009 – $1.5 million – Cooperative bidding

• FY2010 – $1.2 million – Audit of benefits eligibility

• Transportation• FY2009 – $783,000 –Reduction in diesel fuel costs

• FY2010 – $970,000 – Postponed bus replacements

Examples of Recent Savings(cont’d)

• Utilities• FY2009 – $750,000 – Lighting technology upgrades

• FY2010 – $1.0 million – air conditioning restrictions

• FY2010 – $3.0 million – reduced electricity costs

• Operational Efficiencies• FY2009 – $255,000 – Mainframe computer eliminated

• FY2010 – $902,000 – Systematic team cleaning

• FY2010 – $850,000 – In-house copier maintenance

Key Legislative Priorities

• Maintenance of Effort

• Teacher Pension

• Capital Budget/School Construction

• Compulsory Age of Attendance

• Local Bills• Construction Permitting• Student Member of the Board

Maintenance of EffortKey Legislative Priority

The Montgomery County Board of Education supports:

Continuing the current maintenance of effort provision

Requiring that local education funding amounts are no less than the previous year’s level, despite fluctuation in enrollment.

Holding school systems harmless for MOE non-compliance by local governments by requiring the state to transfer from state disbursements or county state aid to school system state aid the amount by which counties failed to meet MOE.

Maintenance of EffortKey Legislative Priority

The Montgomery County Board of Education opposes: Any amendments to statue or regulations regarding

Legal requirements to satisfy the minimum maintenance of effort requirement;

Limiting the application of the non-recurring cost exemption; The process for requesting waivers from the maintenance of effort

requirement; Criteria by which waivers would be automatically granted

Blanket legislative waiver with no clear funding requirement.

Imposing any penalty for the failure of Montgomery County or Prince George’s County to meet FY2010 MOE requirements.

Pension/RetirementKey Legislative Priority

The Montgomery County Board of Education supports: Maintaining the teacher retirement program as a state-funded

categorical program.

Full state funding of the teacher retirement program.

The Montgomery County Board of Education opposes: Any shift in funding responsibility from the state to the counties.

Any imposition of a cap on the state’s share of teacher retirement funding.

CIP Issues: FY 2011–FY 2016

CATERPILLAR

State CIP Request(in millions)

• Construction funding balance $ 10,822

• Planning and Construction (forward) $ 15,045

• Systemic renovations $ 6,177

• Planning and Construction funding $107,085

• Planning approval $ n/a

Total $139,129

MCPS State CIP Funding HistoryFY2001-2010

(millions)

School ConstructionKey Legislative Priority

The Montgomery County Board of Education supports: Distribution of school construction funds equal to the percentage

share of student enrollment statewide.

Eliminate penalty for building additional classrooms intended to reduce class size in support of student achievement by revising to square footage Interagency Committee allowances for new and modernized schools.

Developing a mechanism to ensure locally forward-funded projects remain eligible for state funding, even after the project has been completed.

Establishing incentives for green and energy efficient school construction.

Compulsory Age of AttendanceKey Legislative Priority

The Montgomery County Board of Education supports:Raising the compulsory age from 16 to 18.

Providing adequate supports to address the issues that caused students to leave school.

Local BillsKey Legislative Priority

The Montgomery County Board of Education supports: Local legislation that authorizes MCPS projects to be

reviewed and permitted through the Montgomery County Department of Permitting Services.

Local legislation expanding the SMOB’s voting rights to be equal to those of adult Board members with the exception that the SMOB shall not vote on negative

personnel matters.

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