School District No. 78 (Fraser Cascade)

Final 2009/2010 Budget

Budget Components

Enrollment

Ministry Funding

District Revenue

Staffing Expenditures

Other Expenditures

Budget Pressures

Enrollment

1,700.0

1,800.0

1,900.0

2,000.0

2,100.0

2,200.0

2,300.0

2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10

Total S.D. No. 78 Students

Enrollment

The district projected a total of 1898.5 FTE and actually had 1931.5 FTE.

This is an increase of 33 FTE over projection for school-aged students.

This is down 35.3 FTE from the prior year (1966.8 FTE) or a 1.8% reduction.

Overall we have a district headcount of 1976.

Enrollment by GradeEnrolment over last four years

0.0

50.0

100.0

150.0

200.0

250.0

Grade

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2007/08

2008/09

2009/10

Current year enrolment

2009/10 Enrolment

0.0050.00

100.00150.00200.00250.00

Grades

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2009/10

District FundingSchool District No. 78 (Fraser-Cascade)

Provincial Operating Grant

Actual Preliminary Actual Diff erence

Funding Funding Funding

2009/ 2010 2009/2010 2008/ 2009

Student Base Allocation 11,301,755.00$ $11,108,490.00 11,508,070.00$ 193,265.00$

Supplements f or :

1. Enrolment Decline 45,593.00$ $142,275.00 127,053.00$ (96,682.00)$

2. Unique Student Needs 2,303,899.00$ $2,250,317.00 2,346,317.00$ 53,582.00$

3. Salary Diff erenctial 428,485.00$ $573,668.00 594,303.00$ (145,183.00)$

4. Unique Geographic Factors 2,279,249.00$ $2,279,249.00 2,189,826.00$ -$

5. Transportation & Housing 708,460.00$ $708,460.00 708,460.00$ -$

Funding Protection 105,099.00$ 78,640.00$ 26,459.00$

Summer School 21,600.00$ -$ 11,000.00$ 21,600.00$

Labour Settlement Funding 2,197,225.00$ $2,190,128.00 1,794,926.00$ 7,097.00$

Total $19,391,365.00 $19,331,227.00 $19,279,955.00 $60,138.00

Ministry Funding

The Ministry announced an increase in the education budget of $84 million with a 7000 enrolment decline ($122 million in 2008/09 and $123 million increase in 2007/08)This money assists in addressing

Wage settlement costsIncreasing benefit costs (MSP rose 6% alone)Additional supplementary costs ie. ESL, Special needs, Distance learningInflation

It does not meet all the additional costs being borne by Districts.

District Pressures

Increase in benefit costs particularly MSPCarbon offset accrual for half of yearSalary increases not fully fundedPay-down of unfunded liability with no additional fundsSmartTOOL feeLoss of interest incomeLoss of literacy grantLoss of AFG grant

Ministry FundingThe supplement for enrolment decline continues to be in place.The supplement for transportation is still frozen at the amount established in 2002/03.A holdback of $71 million (40 million last year) is being held in reserve to meet the requirement of additional enrolment that occurs during the school year. Any remaining funds will be distributed after 09/10 counts are complete- in May after final distributed learning data collection

Ministry Funding

The holdback should address any DL requirements.

We have remained in funding protection due to a bigger than expected decline in what we anticipated receiving for the salary differential.

Ministry Funding

The District submitted information on Summer School Enrolment. Students are funded at $200 per course if not a full program and $400 per course if full curriculum. The District had 40 Grade 8 and 9 enrolled (34 last year) and 20 in Grades 10-12 (8.5 last year).

Ministry Funding

We are continuing to receive funds for our three Strong Start centers for 2009/2010 in Boston Bar, Coquihalla and Kent Elementary.

School District RevenueFinal Prelim

Provincial funding $16,389,148 $17,047,881LEA funding $ 3,002,217 $ 2,283,346Community Link $ 339,513 $ 340,026Pay Equity $ 229,516 $ 229,516Literacy $ - $ 35,100LMA- Salary $ 75,520 $ Summer School $ - $ 11,000RSL $ 12,500 $ 12,500Strong Start $ 90,000 $ 90,000International fees $ 142,472 $ 200,000Rent/misc. $ 57,000 $ 57,000Interest $ 10,000 $ 60,000Other $ 31,665 $ 29,900Applied Surplus $ 390,157 $ ---------Total $20,769,708 $20,396,269 373,439

Staffing

Staffing levels were initially established by the Superintendent, but are subject to change at the school level depending on priorities and needs. The schools funding will reflect the teacher staffing as a priority

Reduction in BCeSiS support.Reduction in Board office senior administration.

Special education support staff has been reviewed by principals to determine needs. The formula used to allocate staff is consistent with the prior year. The District has approx. the same number of special needs students identified this year as in prior year so there has been a small reduction in staff in this area. We have 0.5 fewer Level 2 students and 3 less Level 3 students.

Continued Support

Swim Programs: $30,000

Fr Cas. Mtn Sch. $17,000

Severe Behaviour Support $25,000

Homebound Support $10,000

BCeSiS $15,000

Technology $70,000

District Pro-D $20,000

Additions

Purchase of vehicle $10,000

AVID Program $20,000

UFV Dual Credit Prog. $35,000

Reductions

No literacy fundsTwo fewer principalsBCeSiS budget reducedTechnology budget reducedVisual and hearing contract reducedLess support for Pre-school programFewer meetings during the school dayOne senior manager fewer

Notes

Schools are receiving approximately the same dollars as in the prior year including their surplus contributions. This means that the increased staff costs due to wage settlements were not covered this year. This has meant reduced resource budgets and less staffing.It has meant service level cuts at the District level as well.Continued decline in enrolment will necessitate cuts at District and school levels.The District staff and Principals are continuing to work on refining the school-based budgeting.

The Future

The District has been advised to expect changes to the funding formula.

There will not be funding to support the 2% teacher increase effective July 1/10.

There is a structural deficit to be addressed. It has been discussed with the Board and the principals have been meeting to discuss budget in sub-committee meetings.

The Future- Pressures in 2010

The Future- current considerations

Cutting swim program to one grade per year –Savings $20,000Cutting the outdoor ed. Program to one month per year –Savings $45,000Instituting a two week Spring Break $50,000Cutting Destination Conservation $13,000Cutting Tech greening budget $ 20,000Reviewing custodial timeCutting cultural budget $12,000Cutting District Pro-D day $20,000Cutting AVID budget $20,000Removal of Yale School $20,000 from operating costsReview of admin teaching loadFollow-through on bus run cancellation between BB & Spuzzum

Thoughts/ Concerns

This is the time to discuss thoughts or concerns on the budget.The Board and likely all Boards in the province have advocated for additional funding, but in the current climate we have been assured that little in the way of additional funding will be forthcoming so we must do the same with less.Provide thoughts on areas that we should be reviewing that have not been mentioned.

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