public school funding panel - april 22, 2015
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Salisbury Township School District
Russell Giordano School Board President
Key District Data11.4 Sq.Miles 4 Schools (2 ES, 1 MS, 1 HS) 1 Administration Building 1600 Students
• Poverty at 30% • ELL supporting transition from 26
different languages 260 Employees 2014-15 Budget: $32 million
Neighboring districts: Allentown, Bethlehem Area, Saucon Valley, Southern Lehigh, East Penn, Parkland
Key Financial Data
Tax Base: • 79.5% Residential • 17.8% Commercial • 0.8% Industrial • 1.9% Other
Aid ratio - 37.49% Largest employer in the LV - Lehigh Valley Health Network - resides in Salisbury, yet pays minimal taxes.
2014-15 Revenues
Local - 80.9% ($25.8 million) State - 18.3% ($5.9 million) Federal - 0.8% ($0.3 million)
2014-15 Local Tax Increase
3.4% - approximately $150 increase on the average assessed real estate value
Ranked #3 in Lehigh County for millage rate
Impact Since 2009
• Middle Level World Languages (Grades 6 & 7)
• Field Trips • Athletics • Athletic and Band Uniforms • Custodial/Maintenance Support • Office Support • Librarian
Programmatic Advancements• Renovated/expanded High School • Digital School District (1:1 in grades
K-12) • Full-day Kindergarten (2015-16) • Response to Instruction and
Intervention (RtII) • Curriculum
• HS Media Series/TV Studio • Additional electives in Computer
Science, English, Social Studies • Alignment to PA Core • Online Learning (VAST)
Mandate - Transportation
• Transport to 49 schools (Salisbury, private, parochial and charter)
• Transportation to private, parochial and charter schools adds $500,000 to the 2015-16 proposed budget.
Mandate - Charter School Tuition
• 59 total students in charter and cyber charter schools for 2014-15
• Budgeting $902,000 in the proposed 2015-16 budget.
• All students could re-enter Salisbury at no additional costs
Mandate - PSERS
• Employer Rate for 2015-16 - 25.84% • Impact on 2015-16 Budget -
$3.6 million
Mandate - Special Education• Anticipated revenue from federal and
state resources for 2015-16 - $1.1 million
• Anticipated expenditures for 2015-16 - $5.9 million
• Anticipated amount covered by local effort in 2015-16 — $4.8 million