Blackstone/Millville Regional School District

Open Budget Hearing: FY14

FY14 Budget Based Upon

Anticipated Revenue

Mission:School and Community working in

Unity

Core Values

Promoting Student

Growth and Achieveme

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Budget Development Process

September – October: Principals met with staff to discuss budget needs.

October – November: Principals and Directors development school and

departmental budgets. December – January

Principals/Directors submit budgets Budget reviews with Superintendent. Budget presentations to the School Committee.

Budget Development Continued

January – Present: District School Committee review and budget

refinement.

March 13, 2013: Budget Presentation – Open Hearing

March 20, 2013: Adoption of FY14 Budget by Regional School

Committee

Our major Priorities

Provide a Level Services Budget

Support and Improve Student Achievement

Capture Savings and Reorganize for efficiency.

Work with Available Funds

FY14 Budget Drivers

Salaries

Contracted Services

Special Education

Transportation

Health Care

FY14 Budget Development

Initial Budget Requests:– No new services or programs– Allow for inflation for services and materials.– Acknowledge need for supplies and materials not paid

for by FY13 budget

First Pass: (To meet Level Services) $24.9M– Review of budget resulted in cuts of about $1M

• Cuts to staff, supplies and materials.

Second Pass $23.9M

FY14 Budget Development

Working with Administrators and Directors more cuts have been proposed.

Making every effort to spare classroom services.

– Some cuts proposed in Maintenance related line items.– Review of Student Services programs.

Presently FY14 Budget stands at $23.2M

FY 14 RevenueState Aid FY13 FY14 Change

Chapter 70 – House 1 10,589,769 10,637,769 48,000

Regional Trans 310,395 279,609 (30,786)

Offsets - (244,507) (244,507)

Communities

Blackstone - Minimum 6,154,609 6,091,255 (63,354)

Exclusionary 1,049,033 1,104,614 32,297

7,203,642 7,195,869 (31,057)Millville – Minimum 1,739,899 1,823,597 83,698

Exclusionary 434,328 448,119 4,150

2,174,227 2,269,437 87,848

District 767,600 847,000 79,400

Grants (Federal) 806,000 747,000 (59,000)

Total Revenue $21,851,633

$21,734,456 ($117,177)

FY14 Budget

FY 2014 Anticipated Revenue (All Sources)

$21,734,456

FY 2014 Expenses $23,199,962

Present Shortfall: ($1,465,506)FY 14 Budget

Contracted Services - $789,096Insurance - $3,254,767Salary - $10,447,654Transportation - $950,865Special Education$4,503,495

FY14 Budget

Referring back to our priorities – this is not a level service

budget. In order to achieve a balanced budget the following additional actions

will need to occur:

- Reduction of Professional and Support Staff.

- Reduced Instructional Supplies

- Reduced General Supplies

- Decrease in Student Support Services

- Increased User Fees

Continuing Examination of the Budget

Healthcare– Present Indications are a 10% increase

in healthcare costs for Fy14–Working with Insurance Advisor to

understand options.• Heath Care Deductible• Health Care Carrier modification

FY14 Realities

($1,465,506)

Discussion with Bargaining Units underway.

Modifications Healthcare Services Service Delivery Efficiencies

Regional Reorganization

Investigating changes to District Agreement to:– Facilitate Grade level consolidation.– Establishment of an Early Childhood

Center.– Establishment of Intermediate Level

Elementary.– Hosting Alternative Educational

Programs

Regional Reorganization

Advantages:– Curriculum alignment– Efficient deployment of resources• Elimination of duplication

– Improved management of facilities and staff.

– Class size parity– Equal delivery of services.

Working in Unity

District has not asked for an additional contribution from the member towns since 2009.

District has exhausted all methods at its’ disposal to mitigate shortfall.

District Budget is presently 1.5% over Net School Spending baseline – State average 15%.

Working with the Towns we must raise this contribution over the next few years

Working in Unity

Goals:• Improve and expand programs for children.• Providing students with 21st Century skills.• Student Centered Schools• Raising Expectations – Students – Staff –

Parents and Community.

Working in Unity

Vision:• Increased Student Achievement• Academic Rigor• Programs to meet needs and challenge all

students.• Opportunities for all types of learners

– Career Strategies– Higher Learning– Workforce training

Working in Unity

– Promoting Services and Programs – Retaining students in our District– Providing outstanding opportunities to

all of our students

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