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Home My WebLink About042506 VBPS Combo Budget2006/07 –2007/08 Biennial Budget Presentation to Virginia Beach City Council April 25, 2006 An OutstandingInvestment 100% Full SOL ? Accreditation District Made AYP ? under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Standard & Poor’s ? “Outperforming School District” Full Day Kindergarten Offered by neighboring school districts ? Requested by parents ? Supported by research ? We are literally “behind the curve”on this one ? Class Size Reduction Reduces class size in grades 4 and 5 ? Aligns with reductions in K-3 ? Strengthens early childhood education ? Special Education Services Provide most inclusive environment ? Address the achievement gap ? Academy Programs & Safety Initiatives Provides academic choice ? Ensures a safe and secure learning ? environment Employee Compensation Instructional Staff Highly competitive ? teacher pay Internal Equity ? 2 different pay ? scales Compression ? problem Employee Compensation Non-Instructional Staff Entry-level, ? classified staff below market based on position on Unified Scale Some classified staff ? working fewer than 40 hours a week Employee Compensation 40 Hour Work Week Establishes market ? parity for lower end of Unified Scale Enhances ? productivity and cost effectiveness Capital Improvement Plan Continues elementary modernization plan ? Partially funds replacement of one older high school ? Allows for study to validate/update needs and projected ? timelines Any slippage in funding profile will jeopardize outyear ? projects. Equitable Consideration FY 2004 school division’s operating budget ? absorbed $23 Million tax rate reduction, permanently reducing RSF from 53.13% to 51.79% Proposed reductions of at least $11.8 Million ? (lower real estate tax rate + BRAC) or any CIP delays/reductions would require serious cuts to proposed educational programs and salaries and project cancellations Equitable Consideration SandbridgeTIF -any funds distributed to the ? general funds should be shared per current Revenue Sharing Formula City staff has proposed schools pay 52% of ? BRAC compliance expenses –another proposed reduction in the RSF; to call BRAC an educational expense because we receive impact aid is pure fallacy. Further Budget Impact Congressional cuts ? include federal grants Title I$614,000 - ? Funding for poor schools Title VI$289,000 - ? Special education funds World Class Schools At the heart of our Community for a Lifetime Operating Budget & CIP Specifics Dr. Sheila S. Magula Ms. Vicki Lucente Mr. Tony Arnold 2006/07 –2007/08 Biennial Budget Presentation to Virginia Beach City Council April 25, 2006 A Road Map for the Future: Providing World Class Schools Student Achievement ? Infrastructure & Support Resources ? Employee Compensation ? Student Achievement Proposed Initiatives Full Day Kindergarten ? Class Size Reduction ? AVID Expansion ? Special Education ? Academy Program Fulfillment ? Student Achievement Full Day Kindergarten “.. learning gains ? translate to one month of additional learning a year.” (Education Week, October 19, 2005) Students thrive ? academically, socially, and emotionally Student Achievement Full Day Kindergarten Student Achievement Full Day Kindergarten Need based on ? Research ? Input from Educators ? Demand from ? Parents Allocation ? $3,680,099 ? Student Achievement Class Size Reduction Grades 4 and 5 ? Student-teacher ratio ? reduced to 25-to-1 Allocation ? $1,145,618 ? 16 Additional ? Teachers Student Achievement AVID Expansion Advancement Via ? Individual Determination Allocation: $554,017 ? Began with $100,000 ? state grant at Tallwood HS and Brandon MS Student Achievement AVID Expansion AVID students outperform peers by earning a ? “C”or better in four or more core areas AVID students outperform non-AVID ? classmates on as many as five SOL tests per year African American AVID students outperform ? non-AVID African American classmates on as many as nine SOL tests per year Student Achievement AVID Expansion Student Achievement AVID Expansion Four teaching ? positions become full-time 2006-2007: Four ? additional sites will complete feeder patterns Student Achievement Special Education Services Expands Inclusive ? Education for Special Needs Students Allocation ? $768,567 ? Six Inclusion Teachers ? 21 Teacher Assistants ? across the grade levels Student Achievement Fulfillment of Academy Programs 10 Existing Academy ? Programs Meets the demand ? for academic choice Opportunities for ? real-world learning and academic challenge Student Achievement Fulfillment of Academy Programs Health Sciences Academy Student Mark Gemenderand his Mother Student Achievement Fulfillment of Academy Programs Allocation ? $189,831 ? Meets fourth year goals ? at Christopher Farms ES and LinkhornPark ES Continues programs at ? Tallwood HS and Salem HS Infrastructure and Support Resources Need for Renovation ? or Replacement on Secondary Level Transportation ? Safety Initiative Add Drivers ? Purchase Buses ? Increase Pay for ? Substitute Drivers Infrastructure and Support Resources Unavoidable Cost Increases: $21 million –VRS rate and insurance premium ? $3.8 million –Fuel Costs ? $2.2 million –Tuition (SECEP and TRAEP) ? $2.0 million –Utilities ? $2.5 million –General Maintenance & Repair ? $350,000 –Virginia Grade Level Assessment and ? Virginia Alternative Assessment: Local Scoring Employee Compensation Goal: A competitive ? benefits package delivered through a new compensation plan Employee Compensation Planned Revisions: One Salary Scale for ? Instructional Staff Salary Decompression ? Teacher Retention ? Employee Compensation 40 Hour Work Week ? For Selected Classified Staff Competitive Benefits ? Package A Community for a Lifetime World Class Schools ? Economic Vitality ? Quality of Life ? Military/Business Ties ? Returns on Worthy Investments 100% Full Standards of Learning (SOL) Accreditation ? Plaza ES & SeatackES –Year-Round Schools of Merit ? Senate Productivity and Quality Award ? Hermitage ES –No Child Left Behind (NCLB) ? Blue Ribbon School Division made AYP -NCLB ? Class of 2005 -$14 Million in Scholarships ? Changing Demographics 30 25 20 1986 15 2006 10 5 0 Percentage Of Students Receiving Free/Reduced Price Meals Changing Demographics Title I Schools 14 Elementary schools division-wide ? Percentage of low income students ? Ranges from 45.67 at Plaza ES to ? 80.8 at Bettie F. Williams (Note: Poverty is also an issue at some secondary schools) 2006/07 –2007/08 Biennial Budget Virginia Beach City Public Schools April 25, 2006 Major Revenue Sources (@$1.0239) FY 2006/07 @ $1.0239FY 2007/08 @$1.0239 ChangeChange FY 05/06 Budget$ %Budget$ % Federal$ 14.4$ 14.8.42.7$14.8-- State316.6348.231.69.9350.82.6.7 City268.7319.050.318.7356.037.011.6 Other Local2.72.7--2.7-- $ 602.4$ 684.782.313.66$ 724.339.65.8 Total @ $1.0239 Standards of Quality (SOQ) Mandate: An authoritative command, order or injunction ? A clear instruction, authorization or direction ? Acting under the mandate of [a] statute ? SOQ is the minimum standard required by law. SOQ and Local Option Funding FY 05/06FY 06/07FY 07/08 State 316.6348.2350.8+2.6 (not final from GA) +31.6 Federal and Other Local17.117.517.5n/a +0.4 City –SOQ128.4150.5147.7-2.8 +22.1 SOQ (subtotal)516.2516.0-0.2 462.1 +54.1 City –Above SOQ 140.3168.5+28.2208.3+39.9 Total@ $1.0239602.4684.7+82.3724.4+39.7 SOQ and Above SOQ @ $1.0239 FY 06/07FY 07/08 ES 2007/08 Operating Budget @ $1.02399,552.589,574.18 SOQ $150.5 M$147.7 M Basic Aid, Gifted, Special Ed, Lottery, Construction Grants, At $ 22.1 M inc.$ (2.1) M Risk and K-3, Homebound, Foster Care 5,263.225,219.56 Above SOQ SOQ:Employer Portion of VRS, Health Subsidy (VBCPS – State), Salary Differential (VBCPS –State) $168.4 M$ 208.3 M Above SOQ (not all inclusive): Salaries and benefits for local $ 28.1 M$ 39.9 M option staffing, Compensation increases for SOQ and local option positions, Class size caps (K-12), Security positions, KG T/A 4,289.364,354.62 above SOQ, Cost of Nurses above SOQ, AVID, Academies, SOL remediation, LEAD and CPEP, KS music, Planetarium, PA center, Instructional Tech Program, Admin for ALC/OCHS/CEL/VBCA, Athletics Adjustments to School Operating and CIP Budgets RSF Policy 1. Change to Board allocation of RSF 2. funds for FY 06/07 and FY 07/08 Use of Fund Balance 3. Real Estate Rate Reduction 4. RSF Policy No discussion with School Board after January ? 2006 approval of joint City/Schools RSF review City Budget Ordinance ? Biennial Budget ? BRAC is not a TIF ? TIF is a Real Estate Tax Revenue ? RE tax is part of the 7 shared revenue ? streams BRAC is an expenditure ? City CIP project 9-060 Oceana & Interfacility ? Traffic Area Conformity & Acquisition Purchase of Property will reduce RE tax ? revenue in future Change to Board allocation of RSF funds for FY 06/07 and FY 07/08 Board PAYGO$17.6 M City Budget PAYGO$12.9 M TIF Fund Balance$ 4.7 M Change made without input from School Board ? Presumes Board decision ? Use of Fund Balance CIP projections based on 6 year funding ? No assurance that TIF fund balance will be available after ? FY 06/07 Adopt FY 06/07, “approve”FY 07/08 ? FY 07/08 can be modified from current year presentation ? If not available, CIP “kept whole”by reducing amount for ? the Operating Budget in future years Real Estate Rate Reduction FY 2007/08 increase $39.7 M ? (Board budget) $18.8 M Health, SECEP, Utilities, ES 07/08 ? $ 20.9 M remaining ? Fuel increases an unknown ? Compensation ? FY 2007/08 increase $31.5 M with TIF ? (city budget) $(12.8) M BRAC and Rate Reduction ? $ 4.6 M TIF Fund Balance ? FY 2007/08 increase $26.9 M ? (Without TIF fund balance) Personnel, Fringe and Non-Personnel Expenditures FY 0506FY 0607FY 0708 @ $1.0239@ $ .99@ $ .99 Schools705.7779.2816.5 (+$ 73.5)(+ $ 37.3) Personnel & Fringe559.1621.1 656.1 (79.7%)(80.4%) Non-Personnel (note a)146.6165.2 168.6 (21.2%)(20.6%) -8.2 (-1.0%) City Mgr Adjustment-7.1 (-.9%) City688.5721.4 781.0 (+$ 32.9)(+$ 59.6) Personnel & Fringe378.3398.1 401.6 (55.2%)(51.4%) Non-Personnel (note a)304.3314.4 323.0 (43.6%)(41.4%) Contingency, commitments5.98.9 56.4 (1.2%)(7.2%) Note a: Non-personnel includes Other Purchased Services, Internal Services, Charges, Capital Outlay, Transfers 2006/07 –2010/12 Capital Improvement Program CIP Updates All cost estimates/projections have been updated based ? on the continued unprecedented increases in construction costs experienced in 2005. The six year funding ? targets are based on the continued support of Pay As You Go Funding from the operating budget as was provided in 2003/04 & 2004/05, but do not account for any changes in Pay As You Go support. CIP Highlights School Modernization Program$318 million School Modernization Program$318 million •Brookwood Elementary School Replacement$16.6 million •Brookwood Elementary School Replacement$16.6 million •Windsor Woods Elementary School Replacement$16.8 •Windsor Woods Elementary School Replacement$16.8 •Windsor Oaks Elementary School Replacement$18.4 •Windsor Oaks Elementary School Replacement$18.4 •Newtown Road Elementary School Replacement$18.8 •Newtown Road Elementary School Replacement$18.8 •Virginia Beach Middle School Replacement$54.7 •Virginia Beach Middle School Replacement$54.7 •Great Neck Middle School Replacement$57.5 •Great Neck Middle School Replacement$57.5 •Alternative Education Center Phase II$65.2 •Alternative Education Center Phase II$65.2 •Elementary School 2007-08$18.9 •Elementary School 2007-08$18.9 CIP Highlights •School Bus Garage Facility$17.0 million •School Bus Garage Facility$17.0 million •Renovations/Replacements$55.5 •Renovations/Replacements$55.5 •High School Replacement$15.0 (partial) •High School Replacement$15.0 (partial) •Joint City/School Admin Building Study$100,000 •Joint City/School Admin Building Study$100,000 •Comprehensive Long Range Facilities •Comprehensive Long Range Facilities Planning Study Planning Study CIP 1-098 Comprehensive Long Range Facilities Planning Study Vision 2020 ? Comprehensive ? Assessment of division’s capital assets Development of priorities ? through consensus building Coordination of enrollment ? projections with long range capital needs Division wide needs ? versus site specific needs