1 / 8

Manchester Essex Regional School District

Manchester Essex Regional School District. Public Hearing: Adoption of Budget School Committee Meeting February 2, 2010. Budget Process. Level service budget presented to Joint Boards Budget discussions and input at meetings with School Improvement Councils, faculty

tadhg
Download Presentation

Manchester Essex Regional School District

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Manchester Essex Regional School District Public Hearing: Adoption of Budget School Committee Meeting February 2, 2010

  2. Budget Process • Level service budget presented to Joint Boards • Budget discussions and input at meetings with School Improvement Councils, faculty • School Committee and Administrative Council workshops to address anticipated budget gap • Meetings with Town Administrators, BOS Chairs and FinCom Chairs

  3. Proposed FY-11 Budget: Overview • Total Operating Budget of $20,040,493 • 1.7% increase in salaries (60% of budget) • 13.3% increase in other expenditures (40%) • Overall 6.1% increase compared to FY-10 budget • Estimated 4% increase in town assessments • $1.4 M cut from Tentative /Level Services Budget • Used mix of drawdown in reserves, freeze on new positions, expense cuts, and new fees

  4. Spending Mix Trends

  5. Budgeting Process Constraints • Towns’ ability to fund: • Proposition 2.5 limits property tax increases • School budget growth beyond 2.5% necessitates smaller increases for town programs and vice versa • Mandated costs and contractual obligations • $600K increase in mandated SPED Tuitions Out due to increased need and declining state reimbursements • Teacher contract for FY 09-11 negotiated in FY 09

  6. Budgeting Process Constraints • Timing/Unknowns: • State aid (Chapter 70, Regional Transportation & Circuit Breaker) not finalized until June • New insurance rates set in mid/late February • Utility usage patterns still new for HS/MS building • Legal obligation to serve new enrollments that can register at any time. • Move ins/potential new SPED students • Returnees from private schools – economy/new building

  7. Impact of FY-11 Budget Decisions • Preserve award winning program by retaining: • Teaching positions • Full Day Kindergarten • Special programs (Art, Music, Foreign Language, Physical Ed., Computer/Library) • Small class size in 1st grade • But current budget cuts will adversely impact: • Class size in other elementary grades, MS, HS • Classroom instructional supplies • Timing of elementary technology upgrade

  8. Looking to FY-12 and Beyond With FY-11 budget taking shape, MERSD must begin to plan for long-term financial stability: Ongoing Risks • SPED Tuitions Out • State Aid • Expiration of Federal ARRA Funding • Diminishing Reserves Opportunities • Development Fund • Building Use Revenues • Health Insurance • Utilities • META Negotiations

More Related