Download - May 2, 2012 Budget Hearing
2012-13 BUDGET Balancing Our Students’ Future with
the Community’s Ability to Pay
Quotes “I think the inequity in education is probably
the civil rights issue of our time. There are two education systems in this state. Not public and private. One for the rich and one for the poor and they’re both public systems.”
“. . . is committed to redistributing state school aid from wealthy, politically powerful suburban school districts and sending more dollars to high-need rural and urban schools, saying that he had a duty to be “the great equalizer’.”
Who was the speaker for both?
Andrew Cuomo in 2010
Cost to provide Fair Education
Local Ability to
Pay
State Aid
Average Wealth
Local Ability
State Aid
Lower Wealth
Local Ability to
Pay
State Aid
Higher Wealth
The Concept
Loss of Aid
Year State Aid Loss
2010-2011 1.2 Million
2011-2012 2.0 Million
Our Budget Year Budget Change
2008-09 $20,691,523
2009-10 $20,617,865 -0.36%
2010-11 $20,678,584 +0.29%
2011-12 $20,380,583 -1.44%
2013-13 $20,506,817 +0.62%
Two years ago Two elementary positions
Half an Administrative position
One English position (retirement)
Share Occupational and Physical Therapy services
ES Home School Counselor
.4 School Psychologist (voluntary change)
Two Teaching Assistants
In-House Support for Assistive Technology (.5 Speech)
One ELL (English Language Learners-retirement)
Physical Education (retirement, .5 replacement)
Clerk Typist (retirement)
Network Technician (.4)
Last year One Reading Teacher One Salaried Bus Driver One Social Studies Teacher One Special Education Teacher One RTI coordinator .5 Art Teacher .5 Enrichment Teacher .5 Math Teacher .5 Speech Teacher .4 English Teacher
This Year
Overall aid increase of $358,516 Along with adjustments to expense based aids. This includes increases of: $43,775 Foundation Aid $312,137 Gap Elimination Aid
State Aid Over Time
0
5,000,000
10,000,000
15,000,000
20,000,000
25,000,000
Budget 17,174,303 18,792,757 19,987,180 20,691,523 20,617,865 20,678,584 20,330,584 20,506,817
State Aid 8,864,024 9,680,856 10,190,000 10,759,000 11,000,000 10,038,237 8,950,541 9,309,057
Percentage 51.61% 51.51% 50.98% 52.00% 53.35% 48.54% 44.03% 45.39%
05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13
Is New York really “38th in results?”
38th?
NYS Education System is Highly Ranked
NYS is ranked 3rd overall at 83.9
Our Graduation Rates
Year Graduation
Rate
2009 93%
2010 93%
2011 94%
Revenue
2011-12 2012-13 Change
State Aid $8,950,500 $9,309,057 $358,516
Federal Aid $478,000 $0 ($478,000)
Use of Reserves $860,000 $820,000 ($40,000)
Sales Tax $400,000 $400,000 0
Other $310,100 $383,000 $73,000
Property Taxes $9,232,000 $9,444,760 $212,761
Fund Balance $150,000 $150,000 0
Total Revenue $20,380,600 $20,506,817 $126,217
Revenue Comparison
2012-13 BUDGET The Major Cost Drivers
Health Ins up 18% = $ 424,000
Retirements Costs ERS up 20% = $ 66,700 TRS up 13.25% = $ 121,800
Total = $ 595,500
Across the Board Changes
Professional Salaries 2% Staff Salaries 2.8% Equipment Budget (10%) Contractual Items (5%) Materials and Supplies (10%) BOCES 2%
Enrollment Enrollment December 2011
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Cuts-Right-sizing
.6 English .8 Science .4 Social Studies 1 Special Education (may not be a job loss
if students brought back to district) .5 Groundskeeper
Cuts to Program
Cut Covered .5 Elementary HS librarian covers MS library
ES librarian picks up Enrichment
.5 Math AIS Support in classroom provided by Teaching Assistants in K-2
.9 Math 7-12 AIS supported by Learning Center (HS), teaching assistants (grade 5,6) and math teachers (grades 7,8)
1.0 Reading High School Reading Teacher moves to ES 3-ES, 2-MS, 1-HS remain
Additional Cuts
Cut all field trips except end of the year 4th, 8th and 12th grade celebrations.
Only have one modified team in soccer and basketball.
Implement bus stops on bus run where appropriate.
Budget Comparison
2012-13 Budget Within the Tax Cap Limit
Estimated Levy increases 2.3% Estimated Rate increases 1.28% Tax Rate increase/$1,000 $.29 House assessed at $100,000 $29.00
Tax Rate
Tax Rate Assessed/$1,000 11-12 $23.05 12-13 $23.34 Increase 1.27% Tax Rate True/$1,000 11-12 $23.05 12-13 $23.34 Increase 1.27%
2011-12 School STAR Exemption
BASIC STAR $30,000
BASIC STAR is available to anyone who owns and lives in his or her home and earns less than $500,000
Enhanced STAR $62,200
Enhanced STAR is available to senior homeowners whose incomes do not exceed $79,050
Effect of STAR Exemption Amounts Example:
BASIC STAR
ENHANCED STAR
Assessed Value of Property $100,000 $100,000
2011-12 Exemption Amount ($30,000) ($62,200) Taxable Value of Home $70,000 $37,800
Est. Tax Rate on Assessed Value * $0.02334 $0.02334
Est. taxes owed after STAR Exemption * * $1,634 $882
* Estimated tax rate per $1,000 of Taxable Assessed Value without STAR $23.34 $23.34
* * Effective tax rate per $1,000 of Taxable Assessed Value with STAR Exemption $16.34 $8.82
Elementary School
Middle School
High School
Tuesday, May 15th
1-9 PM
Williamson Middle School Cafeteria
VOTE
Proposition 1: Budget 2012-2013 School Year Shall the proposed budget for the 2012-2013
school year, in the amount of $20,506,817 , be approved?
Select one Board Candidate: Patrick Wright
NELSON MANDELA Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use
to change the world.
We believe that this budget has balanced our students’ future with the community’s ability to pay
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