may 2, 2012 budget hearing

2012-13 BUDGET Balancing Our Students’ Future with

the Community’s Ability to Pay

Quotes “I think the inequity in education is probably

the civil rights issue of our time. There are two education systems in this state. Not public and private. One for the rich and one for the poor and they’re both public systems.”

“. . . is committed to redistributing state school aid from wealthy, politically powerful suburban school districts and sending more dollars to high-need rural and urban schools, saying that he had a duty to be “the great equalizer’.”

Who was the speaker for both?

Andrew Cuomo in 2010

Cost to provide Fair Education

Local Ability to

Pay

State Aid

Average Wealth

Local Ability

State Aid

Lower Wealth

Local Ability to

Pay

State Aid

Higher Wealth

The Concept

Loss of Aid

Year State Aid Loss

2010-2011 1.2 Million

2011-2012 2.0 Million

Our Budget Year Budget Change

2008-09 $20,691,523

2009-10 $20,617,865 -0.36%

2010-11 $20,678,584 +0.29%

2011-12 $20,380,583 -1.44%

2013-13 $20,506,817 +0.62%

Two years ago Two elementary positions

Half an Administrative position

One English position (retirement)

Share Occupational and Physical Therapy services

ES Home School Counselor

.4 School Psychologist (voluntary change)

Two Teaching Assistants

In-House Support for Assistive Technology (.5 Speech)

One ELL (English Language Learners-retirement)

Physical Education (retirement, .5 replacement)

Clerk Typist (retirement)

Network Technician (.4)

Last year One Reading Teacher One Salaried Bus Driver One Social Studies Teacher One Special Education Teacher One RTI coordinator .5 Art Teacher .5 Enrichment Teacher .5 Math Teacher .5 Speech Teacher .4 English Teacher

This Year

Overall aid increase of $358,516 Along with adjustments to expense based aids. This includes increases of: $43,775 Foundation Aid $312,137 Gap Elimination Aid

State Aid Over Time

0

5,000,000

10,000,000

15,000,000

20,000,000

25,000,000

Budget 17,174,303 18,792,757 19,987,180 20,691,523 20,617,865 20,678,584 20,330,584 20,506,817

State Aid 8,864,024 9,680,856 10,190,000 10,759,000 11,000,000 10,038,237 8,950,541 9,309,057

Percentage 51.61% 51.51% 50.98% 52.00% 53.35% 48.54% 44.03% 45.39%

05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13

Is New York really “38th in results?”

38th?

NYS Education System is Highly Ranked

NYS is ranked 3rd overall at 83.9

Our Graduation Rates

Year Graduation

Rate

2009 93%

2010 93%

2011 94%

Revenue

2011-12 2012-13 Change

State Aid $8,950,500 $9,309,057 $358,516

Federal Aid $478,000 $0 ($478,000)

Use of Reserves $860,000 $820,000 ($40,000)

Sales Tax $400,000 $400,000 0

Other $310,100 $383,000 $73,000

Property Taxes $9,232,000 $9,444,760 $212,761

Fund Balance $150,000 $150,000 0

Total Revenue $20,380,600 $20,506,817 $126,217

Revenue Comparison

2012-13 BUDGET The Major Cost Drivers

Health Ins up 18% = $ 424,000

Retirements Costs ERS up 20% = $ 66,700 TRS up 13.25% = $ 121,800

Total = $ 595,500

Across the Board Changes

Professional Salaries 2% Staff Salaries 2.8% Equipment Budget (10%) Contractual Items (5%) Materials and Supplies (10%) BOCES 2%

Enrollment Enrollment December 2011

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Cuts-Right-sizing

.6 English .8 Science .4 Social Studies 1 Special Education (may not be a job loss

if students brought back to district) .5 Groundskeeper

Cuts to Program

Cut Covered .5 Elementary HS librarian covers MS library

ES librarian picks up Enrichment

.5 Math AIS Support in classroom provided by Teaching Assistants in K-2

.9 Math 7-12 AIS supported by Learning Center (HS), teaching assistants (grade 5,6) and math teachers (grades 7,8)

1.0 Reading High School Reading Teacher moves to ES 3-ES, 2-MS, 1-HS remain

Additional Cuts

Cut all field trips except end of the year 4th, 8th and 12th grade celebrations.

Only have one modified team in soccer and basketball.

Implement bus stops on bus run where appropriate.

Budget Comparison

2012-13 Budget Within the Tax Cap Limit

Estimated Levy increases 2.3% Estimated Rate increases 1.28% Tax Rate increase/$1,000 $.29 House assessed at $100,000 $29.00

Tax Rate

Tax Rate Assessed/$1,000 11-12 $23.05 12-13 $23.34 Increase 1.27% Tax Rate True/$1,000 11-12 $23.05 12-13 $23.34 Increase 1.27%

2011-12 School STAR Exemption

BASIC STAR $30,000

BASIC STAR is available to anyone who owns and lives in his or her home and earns less than $500,000

Enhanced STAR $62,200

Enhanced STAR is available to senior homeowners whose incomes do not exceed $79,050

Effect of STAR Exemption Amounts Example:

BASIC STAR

ENHANCED STAR

Assessed Value of Property $100,000 $100,000

2011-12 Exemption Amount ($30,000) ($62,200) Taxable Value of Home $70,000 $37,800

Est. Tax Rate on Assessed Value * $0.02334 $0.02334

Est. taxes owed after STAR Exemption * * $1,634 $882

* Estimated tax rate per $1,000 of Taxable Assessed Value without STAR $23.34 $23.34

* * Effective tax rate per $1,000 of Taxable Assessed Value with STAR Exemption $16.34 $8.82

Elementary School

Middle School

High School

Tuesday, May 15th

1-9 PM

Williamson Middle School Cafeteria

VOTE

Proposition 1: Budget 2012-2013 School Year Shall the proposed budget for the 2012-2013

school year, in the amount of $20,506,817 , be approved?

Select one Board Candidate: Patrick Wright

NELSON MANDELA Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use

to change the world.

We believe that this budget has balanced our students’ future with the community’s ability to pay

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