BusinessIn Clark County
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ofEducationPresented by: Jeff Weiler
Introduction
Who am I?
Why am I Here?
Why are You Here?
What am I Going to Talk About?
Top-5 Things...
1.Where Does the Money Come From?2.Where Does the Money Go?3.Why is your budget So Big?4.Is Education a Business...or Not?5.What are our biggest Challenges?
you might want to know
General Fund
Special Revenue
Debt Service
Capital Projects
Proprietary
Where Our Money Is Spent
Where the Money Comes From
88 percent of the budget goes to pay salaries and benefits for
employees, of which 90 percent work in the schools.
Where the Money Goes
School-Based 23,518 89.7%
Transportation 1,505 5.7%
Central Office 1,196 4.6%
Total 26,219 100.0%
The remaining 12 percent of the budget is for supplies, textbooks,
fuel, utilities, and other expenditures.
Is the Budget Really So Big?
$2.1 billion Total General Fund Budget
$38 per Student per Day=
How CCSD Compares... to other school districts
Expenditures Per Student - 2006-2007
Education as a Business?
Financial Resources
ResultsStudent Learning
DeliveryTeaching Activities Assessment Discipline
Physical ResourcesPeople Buildings Technology Curriculum Materials Services
Education as a Business?
Financial Resources
ResultsStudent Learning
DeliveryTeaching Activities Assessment Discipline
Physical ResourcesPeople Buildings Technology Curriculum Materials Services
This is whatwe areall about!
This should be invisible
Balancing the Business Model
Results
Delivery
Physical Resources
Financial Resources
Student Learning
Teaching Activities Assessment Discipline
People Buildings Technology Curriculum Materials Services
Customers
Owners
PerceptionReality
How Big is the Business?1,400 buses drive over 19 million miles a year, stopping at 21,000 bus stops twice a day
72,000 purchase orders issued per year, totaling over $400 million in purchases
Manage, maintain, and clean over 32 million square feet of building space, plus over 5,000 acres of grounds
Manage 30,000 telephones and 70,000+ computers
Provide over 450,000 media programs to classrooms
Serve over 33 million meals
But...None of thisis what we are about
Supporting the MissionLooking to the Future
Focusing on Results
BiggestChallenges
the
we face
BiggestChallenges
Funding...We Need More!
x Can Not charge tuitionx Can Not raise revenuesx Can Not cut mandated programsx Can Not stop taking additional
studentsx Can Not use federal funds to cover
What Can Not Be DoneFunding...
What Can Be Done
✓Can eliminate some programs
✓Can reduce levels of some services
✓Can charge for transportation, athletics, and activities
✓Can think differently (more later)
Funding...
BiggestChallenges
Owners vs. CustomersOwners pay taxesCustomers require
services
BiggestChallenges
Same RulesLess Money
BiggestChallenges
Making Change...in a people-oriented business
BiggestChallenges
Everyone’s an Expert“I remember when I was in school”
“You need to run things like a business”“I don’t think you need to provide ______”
“My child needs ______”“You guys in the central office...”
BiggestChallenges
Diverse NeedsHomogeneous Resources
SomeIdeas for the future
SomeIdeas
AllowDifferent Thinking
SomeIdeas
Get
Involved
SomeIdeas
MoreMoney!
Questions?