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School Funding Concerns. Steven Crawford, CCOSA Jeff Mills, OSSBA. Where Schools Are Today. The high mark for school funding in Oklahoma was FY 2009. Formula dollars: (-) $ 158,918,276.00 Activities budget: (-) $ 39,180,195.00 TOTAL: (-) $ 198,098,471.00.
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School Funding Concerns Steven Crawford, CCOSA Jeff Mills, OSSBA
Where Schools Are Today • The high mark for school funding in Oklahoma was FY 2009. • Formula dollars: (-) $ 158,918,276.00 • Activities budget: (-) $ 39,180,195.00 • TOTAL: (-) $ 198,098,471.00
Total Appropriations Comparison FY 2012 FY 2013 $ 2,333,604,082.00 (+) $ 55,445,700.00 *FY ‘12 Supplemental was annualized $52.4 million *$3,000,000.00 was given to SDE in SB 1816. • $ 2,278,158,382.00
Comparing FY 12 to FY 13 • 1017 Fund • FY 12: $ 634,894,569.00 • FY 13: $ 726,162,530.00 • Difference: (+) $91,267,961.00 • Source: S.B. 1975
Comparing FY 12 to FY 13 • State General Revenue Fund • FY 12: $ 1,100,640,571.00 • FY 13: $ 1,007,314,081.00 • Difference: (-) $ 93,326,490.00 • Source: S.B. 1975
Actual Program Funding Shortfalls for FY 2013 • Health Insurance (FBA) • Approximately $6.9 million • ACE Remediation • Approximately $15.1 million • Reading Sufficiency • Approximately $6.3 million Based on OKSDE information
Funding Shortfalls FY 2013, cont. • Adult Education • Approximately $2.3 million • Alternative Education • Approximately $1.4 million • Professional Development • Approximately $2.3 million Based on OKSDE information
Funding Shortfalls FY 2013, cont. • Value Added TLE • Approximately $1.5 million • OK Parents as Teachers • Approximately $1.0 million • TOTAL FY ‘13 SHORTFALL: approx. $36.8 million Based on OKSDE information
SQ 758 – Cap on Homestead and Agriculture Property • SQ 758 will be on the November 2012 ballot and will ask Oklahomans whether to lower the cap on fair cash valuation of homestead and agricultural property from 5% to 3%. • SQ 758 jeopardizes growth revenue for common schools and career technology centers.
SQ 766 – Intangible Personal Property • SQ 766 will send a question to the people of Oklahoma regarding the assessment of tax on intangible personal property for both locally and centrally assessed entities. • The Oklahoma Tax Commission estimates that SQ 766 has a $50 million statewide impact – costing common schools at least $30 million. • State Question 766 will be on the November 2012 ballot. • SB 1436, signed into law in May of 2012, will prevent a tax increase if SQ 766 fails!
Total Effect of State Questions • SQ 758: Estimated impact at $ 6,500,000.00 • Combined loss of revenue for Common Ed and Career Tech • SQ 766: Estimated impact at $ 42,000,000.00 • Combined loss of revenue for Common Ed and Career Tech • Total Impact : $ 47,600,000.00 • Combined loss of revenue for Common Ed and Career Tech Based on OK Tax Commission Estimates Released During 2012 Legislative Session
School Land Commission • The CLO has been granted authority to control the volatility of lease-bonus revenue by establishing a lease-bonus stabilization fund. • Initial year will result in a 9 to 10% cut to districts; approximately $9,000,000.00. • Source: Commissioners of the Land Office
Federal Cuts Loom - Sequester • Title I Grants to LEA’s - $12,548,429.00 • School Improvement Grants - $ 435,376.00 • Teacher Quality Grants - $ 2,360,206.00 • 21st Century Learning Centers - $ 925,358.00 • Impact Aid - $ 2,744,251.00
Sequester, cont. • Special Ed. Grants - $11,543,144.00 • Special Ed. Preschool - $ 298,390.00 • Special Ed. Infants / Families - $ 418,509.00 • English Language Acquisition - $ 354,453.00 • Head Start - $ 7,642,135.00
Sequester, cont. • TOTAL IMPACT OF SEQUESTER: $ 39,270,251.00 Source: Hon. Tom Harkin, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
Statutory Limitations on Carryover Section 18-200.1 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes
Why Does a District Need Carryover? • Sequester: $ 39,270,251.00 • SQ 766 (common ed): $ 30,000,000.00 • SQ 758 (common ed): $ 6,560,000.00 • TLE Training: $ 200,000.00 • CLO: $ 9,000,000.00 • SDE Programs Shortfall: $ 36,800,000.00 • TOTAL: $121,830,251.00 • (+) Federal Spend / Claim Process
Comparing Cuts: FY 09 to FY 13 • The total state appropriations have been reduced by $260,833,227.00 from FY ‘09 to FY ’13. • The total state appropriation to common education has been reduced by $198,098,471.00 from FY ‘09 to FY ‘13. • Source: House Fiscal Staff
Our Per Pupil Rank Does NOT Matter! • Whether Oklahoma ranks: • 49th • 33rd • 25th • 1st • The issue is that we NO LONGER support public schools in the same manner as we have in the past!
What Do We Need? • Return to FY 2009: $ 198,098,471.00 • Address Looming Cuts: $ 121,830,251.00 • TOTAL: $ 319,928,722.00
Questions? crawford@ccosa.org jeffm@ossba.org