Quarterly Update to Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly

Quarterly Update to Kenai Peninsula Borough AssemblyMarch 13, 2012Joe Arness, Board PresidentSteve Atwater, Superintendent1Tonights PresentationDistrict ImprovementsCurriculumCareer Technical Education

Looking ahead, FY13 financial picture

Negotiations2Curriculum- Raising the BarOur new process for developing curriculum is more comprehensive and more standardized. New language arts curriculum will be in place in August.

We are developing common assessments (given on a quarterly basis) to help us determine where we need to focus our staff development efforts.Career Technical Education- Growing our Capacity

Big investment in infrastructure

Career pathways-not just industrial arts

Partnership with AVTEC for Seward students

Use of Type M teachers

CTE plan

Legislature and Education FundingFunds for student transportation (SB182) seem likelyOne time money for energy (similar to last year) may happenBase Student Allocation- not yet clear if this will happen- House is skeptical, but not of KPBSDCapital BudgetRequesting funds for tracks for Homer, Kenai and Soldotna high schoolsDistrict set aside money for Homer Track preliminary study.

FY13 Budget, our goal is to maintain the whole

Items enhanced by programmaticstaffingKPBSDs FY13 Budgetto maintain the whole will require $3.7 million more than received this year. Request of $1.25 million from Borough will cover 1/3 of deficit.We are working hard in Juneau to secure an increase to the BSA and to pupil transportation funds200+ non-tenured teachers will not get a contract until we have a better sense of our FY13 revenue

state revenue

local revenue

negotiations

federal revenue

Fiscal planning for next year-waiting for the pieces of the puzzle to come togetherKPBSDs Recent Local Revenue Trend Revenue TypeFY10(actual)FY11 (actual)FY12 (projected)FY13 (requested)Local Contribution

$42,983,376$42,588,135$43,251,135$44,500,000(requested)Local Maximum

$43,261,194$45,872,444

$46,153,131$47,040,962(estimated)Difference($277,818)($3,284,309)($2,901,966)($2,540,962)Helping the Public Make Sense of the Local ContributionDistrict would like to continue the conversation that uses a mil rate equivalent for the local contribution to make school funding personal

The sooner that the Assembly can set a funding floor, the sooner we can begin to issue contracts to our non-tenured staff

Negotiations- Trying to Find Common GroundOur goal: student centered, fiscally responsible, sustainableQuestionsUnknown level of revenue for FY13Question of fund balance and using a large portion of it in short term for compensation or using it for long term for maintaining the wholeTwo proposals are about $5 million apartSalary ConsiderationsCost of livingBuilt in steps to salary scheduleHealth CarePercent of contribution paid by employees- what is fair? What is doable?Difficulty of part time classified paying premium11Questions?

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