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Florida Tax and Budget Reform Commission

Florida Tax and Budget Reform Commission. Innovation, Efficiency and High Quality July 20, 2007. The Collins Center. Established 1988 Private, independent, nonpartisan Miami-Tallahassee Mark Pritchett, Executive Vice President Doug Tuthill, Education Consultant. Key Points.

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Florida Tax and Budget Reform Commission

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  1. Florida Tax and Budget Reform Commission Innovation, Efficiency and High Quality July 20, 2007

  2. The Collins Center • Established 1988 • Private, independent, nonpartisan • Miami-Tallahassee • Mark Pritchett, Executive Vice President • Doug Tuthill, Education Consultant

  3. Key Points • Innovation drives efficiency addressing challenges such as overcrowding and diverse, mobile families • Innovation is important to high quality education • Legal threats to innovation can wipe out constitutionally mandated efficiency, adequacy, uniformity and high quality

  4. Education Innovations • Florida Virtual Schools Program • Charter Schools • Voluntary Pre-K Program • Home Education • Corporate Tax Credit Scholarship for Low Income Children • McKay Scholarship Program for Special Education Students

  5. Efficient Adequate provision shall be made by law for a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality system of free public schools…. Article IX, Section 1 Florida Constitution

  6. Savings Calculations 1. Student station savings: Student enrollment x $15,412 2005 average actual cost of elementary school per student station ______________________________________________________ 2. Operating savings: Student Enrollment x ($6,155 - Innovation Program Cost to State) $6,155 = 2005 FEFP

  7. Innovation Efficiency Totals* • Students served: 323,797 • Operating savings $389,687,253 • Capital savings $4,128,653,415 • Total Tax Payer Savings: $4,518,340,688 * 2005 FY data except for 2006 Virtual School data

  8. Florida Virtual School • 54,100 students enrolled • 6,769 successful completions • 2006 FY estimated annual savings: • $ 1,617,791 (operating) • $58,365,244 (3,787 student stations) • Total: $59,983,035

  9. Charter Schools • 92,214 students • 2005 FY estimated annual savings: • $ 28,401,912 (operating) • $1,421,202,168 (student stations) • Total: $1,449,604,080

  10. Voluntary Pre-K Program • 105,896 total children participate • 88,423 in faith based & private providers • 2005 FY estimated annual savings: • $0 (operating) • $1.36 billion (student stations) • Total: $1,363,571,083

  11. Home Education • 52,613 students @ 36,000 homes • 2005 FY estimated annual savings: • $323,833,015 (operating) • $810,871,556 (student stations) • Total: $1,134,704,571

  12. Corporate Tax Credit Program • 13,497 low income students • 2005 FY estimated annual savings: • $ 35,834,535 (operating) • $208,015,764 (student stations) • Total: $243,850,000

  13. McKay Scholarship ProgramSpecial Education Students • 17,300 special education students • 2005 FY estimated annual savings: • $0 (operating) • $266,627,600 (student stations) • Total: $266,627,600

  14. Effectiveness Adequate provision shall be made by law for a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality system of free public schools…. Article IX, Section 1 Florida Constitution

  15. Legal Threat to Innovation • Holmes decision • Uniformity • Blaine • If applied to Charter Schools, CTC, McKay, and V Pre-K: • Children affected: 229,041 • Operating shortfall: $96,982,000 • Capital shortfall: $4,055,885,172 Cost to Tax Payers: $4,152,867,172* *2007 data and estimates

  16. Recommendations • Expand “public education” to include qualified publicly-funded private providers • Focus on “uniformity of opportunity” not “uniformity of delivery” • Remove barriers to innovations • Enable more local flexibility to spur creativity

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