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Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES 2013-14 PROGRAM and BUDGET. BOCES = Board of COOPERATIVE Educational Services.
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BOCES = Board of COOPERATIVE Educational Services The Mission of our Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services is to identify, to propose, and to provide high quality services, for children and for all the customers served, which are economical and efficient in their operation, and which complement the educational programs provided by the local school districts and other agencies in our region.
BOCES provides: • Specialized Education Opportunities • Leadership for Current Educational Initiatives/Mandates • Shared Services • Cross-Contracts with other BOCES
Specialized Educational Services • Exceptional Education • Alternative Education • Career and Technical Education
Leadership for Current Educational Initiatives/Mandates Race to the Top (Common Core Learning Standards, Teacher Evaluation, Data Driven Instruction) – Network Team Dignity for All Students Act – Youth Development Specialists Response to Intervention (RTI). Inclusive Education and Specially Designed Instruction – SESIS and Inclusive Education Specialist
Shared Services • Technology • Employee Benefits Coordination • Energy Management • School Improvement & Data Services • Employee Health and Safety • Fingerprinting • Bus Driver Training • Central Business Office • Solid Waste Services • Itinerant Teachers & Other Shared Staff • Regional Summer School
Cross Contracts • Policy Manual (Erie 1) • State Aid Management (DCMO) • Computer Hardware • Connectivity • Collective bidding
TST BOCES Grant Procurement Totals F.Y. 2013 • Youth Development …………………………………………. $105,296 • Drug Quiz …………………………………………………….. $6,633 • Youth Action …………………………………………………... $6,120 • Tobacco Free Schools ……………………………………… $93,568 • Special Education School Improvement Service ….……...…$156,072 • School Library ……………………………………………… $73,349 • School Library Extra…………………………………………. $2,573 • School Library Automation…………………………………….. $7,335 • LSTA (Library) ………………………………………………… $5,470 • School Library Supplemental………………………………… $38,513 • Perkins Grant …………………………………………………. $97,597 • Continuing/Adult Education ……………………..………… $110,870 • Tompkins County Community Justice …………….………… $34,320 • Office of Temp. & Disability Act Food Stamp Venture……. $38,500 • Office of Temp. & Disability Assistance Ed. Resources ….… $238,754 • Employment Preparation Education Aid ………..………… $505,515 • Workforce Investment Act Title II ………………..………… $100,000 • Virtual Advanced Placement Grant (.5 eLearning Spec…….$23,450 (Total JMT grant, with staff & services accessible to TST =$1,353,733) TOTAL $1,643,935
BOCES INFORMATION REGARDING LANSING SCHOOL DISTRICT (March 25, 2013)
TOTAL BOCES BUDGET % Change: 1.35% Due to Changes on Preliminary Service Requests and expense reductions of a little over $466,731 in • Itinerants • Non Instructional Support • Cross Contracts • Instructional Support • Capital Budget
SALARY & FRINGE BENEFITS Proposed % Increase % Over TotalIncrease Current Budget Salaries ? ? *All agreements are currently up for negotiation Health Insurance 6.5% .69% 4 New Retirees Retirement25.17% 1.71% Other Benefits.11% DENTAL INSURANCE, DISABILITY, FICA, UNEMPLOYMENT, WORKERS’ COMP.
CAPITAL BUDGET The Capital Budget, of $ 623,612 includes Rental of Facilities and any Renovation or New Construction Projects such as the EPC.
RESERVE ACCOUNTS Unlike local school districts, BOCES does not have an unappropriated fund balance. BOCES must operate on a $0budget every year. Any excess funds at the end of the year are returned to the districts.
RESERVE ACCOUNTS • CAPITAL RESERVE $0 • UNEMPLOYMENT $98,761 • INSURANCE / FLEX $147,555 • C&T RESERVE $0
Efforts to Contain T-S-T BOCES Costs • Maximized Enrollments in Classes (reduced sections) • Reduced Expenditures For Equipment and Supplies • Additional Administrative Duties: • CBO • Energy Management • Additional Itinerants • Reduced Conference Cost (Limiting, Video Conferencing, Food) • Aggressively Securing Grant Funding (NYSERDA, EPC, Federal) • Reduced Fleet Vehicle Pool • Joined the Energy Management Service
What Have We Done Lately to Save Districts Dollars? • New Services: • Shared claims auditing • Expanded the CBO • Shared tax collecting • Distance Learning COSER • Cost Reductions: • Relocate Community School to main campus • Looking at: • Human Resources Management (now made legal and aidable) • 2nd Energy Performance Contract
VOTE By law, the Component Boards of Education must vote on the BOCES Administrative Budget and Nominations for the BOCES Board. That vote must take place between April 16 & April 30.This year we have open Board positions in the following districts: Candor, Dryden, George Jr., Trumansburg. The vote is taking place on Wednesday, April 24.
Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES2013-14PROGRAM and BUDGET Thank You! QUESTIONS?