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CMS Funding Evaluation Guidelines – Operating Funds. February 12, 2009. Briefing Overview. Purpose of the Guidelines Methodology FY2008 Application Reflections and Next Steps. Purpose of the Guidelines.
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CMS Funding Evaluation Guidelines – Operating Funds February 12, 2009
Briefing Overview • Purpose of the Guidelines • Methodology • FY2008 Application • Reflections and Next Steps
Purpose of the Guidelines • Provide a tool for the Board of County Commissioners to evaluate CMS operating funding requests based on • Per pupil funding changes • Changes in student enrollment and composition. • Does not obligate the Board to fund at certain dollar amount. • If CMS request is not consistent with funding guideline, it gives the Board a basis for assessing the request. • Developed in 2004 and refined since.
Operating Guideline Premise • What will it cost next year to deliver current level of services given • Per pupil spending, • Enrollment growth and composition changes, • Cost and inflation factors, and • State funding. • CMS can request funding above the current service level as County “grants.” • Does not include capital funds.
Guideline Components • Adjusted per pupil funding based on enrollment growth • Funding based on student composition changes • County operating grants for new CMS initiatives Note: Some numbers may not be exact due to rounding.
1. Adjusted Per Pupil Calculation • Determine current year Per Pupil Amount (Total and County) • Determine cost increases based on cost “buckets” • Ex – Salaries, supplies, equipment & vehicles, utilities • Based on state/CMS projections • Adjust current year Per Pupil to get next year’s Per Pupil funding amount • Calculate County Guideline Amount
A. Determine CY Per Pupil Amount FY07 Funding Calculation: = Per Pupil Amount CMS Enrollment Note: Example uses FY07 actuals to project FY08 guidelines
C. Adjust for Cost Increase To provide the same level of service in FY08 as in FY07 will cost $423 more per pupil.
D1. Determine State Per Pupil Amount FY08 Projected State Funding FY08 Projected State Per Pupil Amount Calculation: = CMS Projected Enrollment FY08 State Contribution to CMS
D2: Determine County Guideline Amount Calculation: FY08 Per Pupil X Projected Enrollment = County Guideline
2. Accounting for Changing Student Composition • Assumption - Different types of students cost different amounts to provide the same level of service. • Free and reduced lunch • English as a second language • Exceptional children • Enrollment growth has proportionally greater percentages of these types of students than the existing enrollment. • Funding should account for this change in enrollment composition to maintain current service levels. • Composition funding is weighted based on type of student. • Lagging data uses FY07 actuals.
Composition Change Calculation Notes: Weights determined based on comparisons with other school districts.
3. County Operating Grants • CMS can request additional funds as a County grant for specific initiatives or needs beyond the base. • Grants • Time limited • Performance based • For a specific purpose outside of the base • Listed separately from the base in the budget • EX – High School Challenge
FY08 Operating Guideline • FY2007 Operating $316,160,000 • Enrollment Growth $21,754,000 • Enrollment Composition $3,453,000 $25,207,000 • FY2008 Guideline $341,367,000 If CMS’ FY2008 CMS Request is $370, $335, or $320 million, the guidelines provide a structure to ask “Why is this so?”.
