Derby Public Schools

Superintendent’s Recommended Budget

FY2012

Stephen TracySuperintendent of Schools

February 3, 2011

Overview

CurrentFY2011

ProposedFY2012 Difference % Change

Total Budget from All Sources $18.894 M $20.041 M $1.147 M 6.0%

Federal Revenue $1.161 M $1.051 M ($0.110 M) -9.3%

BoAT Appropriation $17.735 M $18.990 M $1.255 M 7.0%

Revenue

• Federal• Current budget includes $307,000 in Federal

ARRA funding (Title I ESEA and IDEA)• ARRA funding ends this year

• State• ECS Grant “Frozen” last two years• $6.8 M to City of Derby ($970,000 fed money)• Special Education Excess Cost Grant (65%)

Staff/Program Reductions

Elementary• Eliminate Full Day K (2 K Teaching positions, 2 K Para

positions)• Eliminate 2 classroom Teaching positions (grades 1 – 5)

Secondary• Eliminate 2 classroom positions at Derby High School

Special Education• Eliminate Para position at DHS

Interscholastic Athletics• Reduced from $201,500 to $187,000 ($14,500)

• + gate receipts• + 50% of year-end balance in Athletic Enterprise Fund

Increasing Costs

1. Wages $ 91,000• New DEA Contract: $215,000• Other wage increases: $125,000• Positions currently on fed funds $108,000• Proposed Staff Reductions: ($357,000)

2. Benefits $ 408,000• 15% Premium Increase• Plan Adjustment Factor• Savings resulting from new DEA contract• Savings resulting from elimination of positions

Increasing Costs

3. Energy $ 211,000

4. Unemployment $ 147,000

5. Transportation $ 22,000

6. Special Ed Tuition/Trans $ 21,000

7. Substitute Teachers $ 50,000

Total Cost Increases: $ 950,000

Program Improvements

Curriculum Development $ 80,000

Staff Training $ 40,000

Primary Reading Improvement $ 30,000

FT Pre-K Teaching Position $ 33,000

DMS Reading Facilitator Position $ 30,000

Program Improvements

Summer School $ 50,000

Response to NEASC $ 35,000

Technology Infrastructure $ 31,000

Total Cost of Improvements: $329,000

Summary of Cost Increases

Non-Discretionary Cost Increases: $ 950,000

Program Improvements: $ 329,000

Total: $1,279,000

Early Retirement Incentive

ERI agreement with DEA• Salary Savings (unless job eliminated)• Incentive Payments ($50K over 2 years)• Payment for unused sick days (up to $30K over 4

years)

Application deadline extended to 2/24/11.

Use of federal Education Jobs funds for ERI payments already anticipated in this budget.

ERI Impact on FY2012 budget minimal.

The Cost of Zero

$1.255 million would need to be cut from this

recommended budget in order to operate our schools under a BoAT appropriation of $17.735 – a “zero” increase.

The Cost of Zero

Prospective Reductions to get to Zero

Curriculum Development $ 80,000

Staff Training $ 40,000

Primary Reading Improvement $ 30,000

DMS Reading Facilitator Position $ 30,000

Summer School $ 50,000

Response to NEASC $ 35,000

The Cost of Zero

Prospective Reductions to get to Zero

Technology Infrastructure $ 31,000

All Interscholastic Sports $ 190,000

All Art/Music Programs $ 400,000

4 Non-Certified positions $ 108,000

Total Prospective Reductions: $ 994,000

The Cost of Zero

Still need to cut

another $261,000 to get to “zero”

A “Slow Motion Disaster”

Over last few years, our schools have lost:

FY2009 Assistant Supt Curriculum & PD

FY2010 4 Librarians, 5 teachers, 12 Paras

FY2011 Custodian, Security positions,

PD, Maintenance funding

FY2012 6 more teachers, 3 Paras, other ??

In the Long Run…..

Strategic Planning CommitteeConsidering several options to improve service and

contain costs in the long run:• Regionalize?• Close a School?• Differentiated Staffing?• On-line Learning?• Magnet/Charter programs?

However, none of these will impact FY2012