BUDGET UPDATE April 8, 2014

Agenda o  State Revenue History o  Review of Preliminary Budget o  Current Budget Status o  Open Issues o  Staffing

State Revenue History o  State Funding has increased by approximately

$3 million since 2007-2008 n  $1.5 million – Property Tax Relief n  $1.3 million – Retirement

o  2011-2012 Cuts: n  BEF - $500,000 n  Charter School Subsidy - $225,000 n  ABG - $250,000 n  CFF - $25,000

Preliminary Budget Review o  Reflected a property tax increase of

2.7% o  Reflected a deficit of $1,340,163

n  Planned deficit of $550,000 n  Structural deficit of $790,163

Current Budget Status o  Departmental Budget Cuts - $277,500 o  Savings on Retirements - $135,500 o  Savings on Healthcare - $300,000

o  Total Savings - $713,000

o  Budget Shortfall at Index $77,000

Open Issues o  Ready to Learn Block Grant

n  Will the grant be incorporated in the final budget as presented? o  Incorporated in BEF? o  Re-allocated to other high need areas?

n  If incorporated in the budget, will these resources be available to pay for existing programs or do they need to supplement the current budget?

Open Issues o  Hybrid Learning Grant

n  Will the grant be incorporated in the final budget?

n  Will Pottsgrove qualify?

o  Special Education Funding n  Will the Governor’s proposal be incorporated in the

final budget? n  Is PASBO’s estimate accurate?

Open Issues o  Pension Rate Collars

n  Will the Commonwealth implement rate collars? n  If so, use of PSERS Reserve should be reduced

o  Pension Reform

Cuts Required … o  1% Increase = $379,000

o  At Index – Must cut $77,000 o  At 2% tax increase – Must cut $342,300 o  At 1.5% tax increase – Must cut $531,800 o  At 1% tax increase – Must cut $721,300 o  At 0% tax increase – Must cut $1,100,300

Staffing Needs o  Support Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment &

Staff Development o  Complex job o  One administrator for department serving K-12

n  Curriculum, Instr. & Assessment Coordinator = approx $150,000

n  This position is already in the budget

Staffing Needs o  Tech Dept. responsible for end-user support (computers,

peripherals, network, internal/external data systems, classroom AV, telephony), classroom integration, data reporting services both internal and external, student schedule and grade reporting, and electronic communication

o  Dept. lost one position in 2011 o  2009 -2010 – 1315 devices to 4 building techs – 2013-14 - 3000

devices to 2.5 techs o  PIMS state reporting (unfunded mandate) has grown from a few

reporting windows per year to 32, consolidating existing and new reporting requirements. Now a full time position handled by tech dept.

Staffing Needs o  Teaching Positions

n  Consider elementary classroom enrollment n  Consider MS enrollment (based on team

structures) n  Consider HS course enrollment

Staffing Needs

C, I & A Coordinator - $150,000

Technology Support Specialist - $69,000

STEM HS Teacher - $80,000

Elem. Teacher-$80,000

Budget Impact - $69,000

Where do we go from here?