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Superintendents Proposed
2011-2012 Budget
Daniel G. Lowengard
Superintendent of Schools
Suzanne Slack
Chief Financial Officer
February 9, 2011
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2010-11 Business Partners Education Resource Strategies (ERS)
Robert Schaffer Associates (RSA)
SEI Design & Fanning Howey District wide Master Plan
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Education Resource StrategiesFindings
Restructure Special Education
Reduce Teaching Assistants Reduce School Safety Officers
Reduce Custodians
Central Office spending and staffing in line with comparable
districts
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2011-2012 Funding GAP$ in MillionsSource Expenses Revenue GAP
Fund Balance $ 19 $ 6 $ 13
ARRA / Jobs Bill 14 5 9
Say Yes to Education 16 1 15
ERS / TRS 4 0 4
Rollover Expense 9 0 9
Total $ 62 $ 12 $ 50
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Budget Workout - RSAThree Teams Formed to Narrow the Budget GAP
Team Goal
Team I Revenue / Grants / Funding $ 15 m
Team II Consolidation & Collaboration 15 m
Team III Staffing & Student Services 30 m
Total $ 60 m
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Revenue / Grants / FundingBudget Recommendations Long-Term Recommendations
Foundation Grants $ 3.0Fund Balance 4.0
Federal Jobs Bill 2.4
Total $ 9.4
City Collaboration $ 3.0PLA Grants 1.5
State Aid Equity 15.0
Medicaid Billing 3.0
Total $ 22.5
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Consolidation & CollaborationBudget Recommendations Long-Term Recommendations
Operations & Maint. $ 7.0Repurpose Facilities 3.0
Share Clerical Support 0.5
Total $10.5
Health Insurance $ 2.8Repurpose Facilities 2.0
County Social Services 0.0
Total $ 4.8
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Staffing & Student ServicesBudget Recommendations Long-Term Recommendations
Special EducationReconfiguration $ 7.5
Staffing Reductions 15.0
Total $ 22.5
Contract Re-negotiations $ 7.0
Say Yes to Education 4.0
Total $11.0
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Budget Workout ResultsProjected GAP 2011-12 $50.0 m
Expense Projection Adjustments - 3.1
Revised Projected GAP $ 46.9 m
Team I Revenue / Funding / Grants $ 9.4
Team II Consolidation of Services 10.5 $ 42.4 m
Team III Staffing & Student Services 22.5
Net Budget Gap after Workout $ 4.5 m
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New York State School FundingNew York State spends more money on education than
any state in the nation and is ranked 46th in terms ofequity.
State Aid / Pupil CWRSyracuse $11,815 0.294
Rochester $13,068 0.273
Buffalo $15,082 0.306
CWR Combined Wealth Ratio is a measure of a districts wealth. CWR of 1.0 is average.
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Executive Budget Proposal
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Executive Budget ProposalGap Elimination Adjustment $ 24 million 9.7%
includes ARRA & Jobs Bill
Net State Aid Reduction $ 16 million 6.1%
Planned on ARRA 6
Additional Gap $ 10 million
New York State is ranked 46th out of 50 in terms of thefairness of its funding for public schools.
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State Aid Trend - SyracuseState Aid has
decreased $25
million, or 9% in
three years.
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Zero Based Budgeting Board of Education Business Administration
Supply Center
Print Shop
Information Technology Personnel
Records Management
Operation of Plant
Insurance
Curriculum & Instruction Regular Education
Special Education
Repurpose Facilities
Summer School
Library Media & Audiovisual
Guidance
Security
Health Services
Clerical Staff Administrative Staff
Athletics
Fine Arts
CPI
Travel After School
Utilities
Borrowing Costs
Unsettled Contracts
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What is included Say Yes to Education in 4th Quadrant
JSCB Debt with minimal offsetting Building Aid
Increased ERS / TRS contribution rates Increased Health Insurance - Federal Health Care Reform
Swing Space for two more school renovation projects
Fund Balance Use of $10 million, leaving $6 million
unreserved for future budget years
Contractual Union Wages
Elimination of 538.8 Full-Time Equivalent Positions
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General Fund Revenue
State Aid, 74%
Property
Tax, 16%
Fund Balance,
4%
Other, 6%
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General Fund Expense
Salaries &
Benefits, 75%
Contractual
Services, 16%
Supplies &
Equipment, 2%
Debt &
Other, 7%
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2011-12Balanced BudgetRevenue $ in Millions
State Aid $ 243.8
Tax 55.5STAR 7.8
Fund Balance 10.0
Federal 8.0
Other 6.6
Total Revenue $ 331.7
Expense $ in Millions
Salaries & Benefits $ 247.3
Contract Services 53.1Equipment & Supplies 6.7
Debt 16.7
Other 7.9
Total Expense $ 331.7
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Next Steps to Finalize Budget $5.3 m Expense reduction some combination of wage
concessions and position reductions
Continue to lobby for additional State Aid in Legislative
Budget
Early Retirement Incentive, if approved, to minimize
layoffs and unemployment expense
Consider Chapter I Accrual option
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Timeline of Budget Events Special Budget & Finance
February 16th 5:30 pm
February 28th 5:00 pm
March 9th BOE AcceptBudget and PositionReductions
March 31st NYS Legislative
Budget Release April 13th BOE Adjusted
Budget with LegislativeState Aid
April Mayor submits Citywide budget to CommonCouncil
April/May CommonCouncil Study Session toreview District Budget
May Common Council
hearing and approval ofDistrict Budget
June Board of EducationAdoption