District PrioritiesTotal Expenses $1,492,234,957
Budget Assumptions
Office of Transformation & Innovation (OTI) $1,000,000
Early Learning $3,100,000
Meningitis Vaccine $ 200,000
Increase Services for Dyslexia Students $ 3,271,500
TASB Pay Groups Systems Study $ 13,000,000
TEI Compensation Proposal $ 13,000,000 Leader Excellence, Advancement and Development (LEAD) - Principal Pipeline $ 4,400,000
Middle School Support for NON-AIM Campuses $ 2,500,000
Increase Bilingual Stipend $ 2,100,000
Improvement of Campus and District Grounds $ 675,000 $ 300,000
Increasing Student Retention and Recruitment Efforts $ 3,300,000
Enhance Communication and Marketing $ 600,000
Support for Schools with Specialized Programs $ 1,900,000
Sub-Total $ 52,496,500
Improve Custodial Services $ 700,000
Retention Plan Supports $ 1,175,000
Increase ARD Facilitators to Improve SPED Case Management $ 720,000
SPED online Assessment $ 250,000
Conduct Safety, Code and Renovation Projects $ 2,000,000
Oracle Business Systems Upgrade $ 2,000,000
Restoration of Maintenance Support $ 600,000
Improve Transportation Efficiencies $ 185,000 $ 76,000
Digital Resources $ 600,000
P-Tech Staffing $ 300,000
Speech Pathologists $ 875,000
Bio-Clock Upgrade $ 500,000
Support to Launch of a Performing Arts Academy $ 800,000
Youth and Family Centers $ 600,000
Increase Business Coordinators to Support Career Pathways $ 600,000
Extracurricular Activities (New) $ 500,000
Athletics (New) $ 2,462,420 $ 1,325,000
Sub-Total $ 15,713,420 $ 21,125,000
Improve Custodial Services
Title Improve Custodial Services Purpose Allow for the addition of 16 FTE’s to support major building
additions. (12 total). Also, no custodians were allocated for Frazier House, Fannie C. Harris, and Arlington Park (2 leads/2 custodians). Overtime budget increased by $300,000.
Timeline Will go into effect July 1, 2019. Jobs would be posted and filled as quickly as possible.
Cost $700,000 Priority Ranking
14 out of 36
2018-2019 Custodial FTE's Current (C) Recommend (R) C/R Variance High School 176 216 40 Middle School 180 210 30 Elementary School 478 500 22 Alternative School 53 61 8 Administrative 25 41 16
Totals 912 1028 116
Brian Lusk
Ivonne Durant
Dyslexia Teachers - to cover the classrooms still using "the tapes"
Ivonne Durant
Ivonne Durant
STEM - robotics teams travel Pond repair for Enviromental Center Stipends for Math, Science, Technology Teachers
Ivonne Durant
Advanced Academics
Ivonne Durant
Grounds Data
Current State: 14-Day Mowing Schedule with 12 - 4 man crews: using 3 temps in Lead capacity
Current # of Crew Leads Budgeted
9
$65,000
School Name
Abamson, W.H.
1
$35,187.00
$7,145.00
Additional positions needed to mow the remaining 251 facilities not including High Schools on a 7 working day rotation.
Adams, Bryan
$2,800
We will need to be able to run a total of 4 four-man crews to be able to maintain this schedule, below you will see what we have currently and what will be needed.
Carter, D.W.
2 @ 50
1
$35,187.00
$7,145.00
At the time we have enough equipment and Vehicles on hand
Pinkston, L.G.
Crew Leaders
Grounds Option 2
Increasing the mowing schedule from 14 days using the current 4-Man Crews to 7 days using 3-Man Crews
Current State: 14-Day Mowing Schedule with 12 - 4 man crews:
Current # of Crew Leads Budgeted
9
$65,000
Additional Auxilary Crews: 2 - 3 man crews for special projects/emergencies
2
Current FTE Custodian 7210
Requested FTE Lead 7070
Wilson, W.
Walker, E.D.
Sanger, Alex
Rowe, Edna
300
Alternative
62,763
2.20
1.00
0.00
0
1
Recommended FTE
Cost:
*Custodial Services is not responsible for cleaning of athletic facilities.
Botello, Felix
Adminstration
Administration
486,978
6
19.88
6
N/W
Adminstration
Administration
125,603
5
5.13
5
N/W
Adminstration
Administration
387,575
8
15.82
18
N/W
Elementary
Administration
Administration
34,654
0
1.41
2
N/E
Alternative
Administration
62,763
3
2.56
3
N/E
Purpose Provide a streamlined tool for teachers to identify root cause and select appropriate interventions to increase student achievement through Multi-Tiered Systems of Support.
Reduce costs by collapsing multiple tests into one tool and reduce student test administrations by utilizing a single option for multiple purposes.
Identify services for and progress monitor growth for students in various programs such as Gifted Talented, English Learner Support, Reading Progress, Math Progress, Special Education, etc.
Provide a norm referenced measure to identify student progress in reading, language, and math to determine ability to compete and areas for support with national exams such as SAT, NAPE, etc.
Timeline • RFP Board consent consideration May 24, 2019 • Selection of Screener(s) and Contracting June 2019 • Campus and Teacher Training June through August 2019
Cost $1,200,000
Priority Ranking
Title Retention Plan Supports Purpose HCM in collaboration with School Leadership and Teaching & Learning is working to formalize a
multifaceted, data-driven retention plan that will serve to recruit, develop, and retain effective teachers. HCM will develop a Teacher Retention Team to include internal and external participants to guide the design, implementation, monitoring and continuous improvement of the retention plan.
Partner with T&L to redesign the new teacher induction program to include expanding opportunities for teacher training; provide timely resources to identify early career and “near-proficient” teachers; expand teacher self-care and networking initiatives; widen recognition opportunities for distinguished teachers; and introduce an outreach initiative to support retention of teachers identified as at risk of separation.
Reinstate a paid teacher mentor program for 0-3 year teachers in the district that will serve to set expectations and provide training of qualified, high-performing teacher mentors.
Provide dedicated support in the Performance Management team to provide data, individualized support, and outreach to teachers to increase teachers satisfaction and understanding of TEI resulting to increase teacher retention.
Timeline July 1, 2019 - Ongoing New Teacher Academy – August 2019
Cost $1,175,000
Priority Ranking
Title Increase Reconnect Labs at High School
Purpose Based on usage numbers in the current reconnect labs, this would increase the labs available at the high school to meet the requests. The cost covers additional licenses, computers on wheels and facilitators for the labs.
Timeline Operational during the 2019-20 school year
Cost $4,000,000
Priority Ranking
PG. 5
ARD Facilitators
Title Increase ARD Facilitators to Improve SPED Case Management Purpose Provide an intentional support system for eleven (11) Middle
School campuses who have more than 100 Special Education Students with mild to severe needs. These facilitators would specialize in conducting ARD committee meetings, tracking and maintaining records, supporting teachers with communication with and previous schools, and creation of goals thus allowing Special Education teachers to focus on design and delivery of high quality instruction.
Increase state assessment outcomes for Special Education students.
Timeline • Training for Facilitators to occur July through August of 2019 • Campus assignments begin August 2019
Cost $720,000 Priority Ranking
18 out of 36
Title Online Assessment Option for SpEd
Purpose Provide online tool to expedite special education evaluation in order to meet timeline requirements. The online tool reduces the amount of time needed to score assessments with automated processes. Behavior rating scales can be emailed directly to parents and staff for easy integration of results thus eliminating the need for paper copies and lost documentation.
Timeline • Evaluator training in August 2019 for immediate implementation
Cost $250,000
Priority Ranking
Title Investment in Capital Improvement
Purpose Budget was originally established to address deferred maintenance throughout the district. Entire budget of $7,000,000 was cut as a part of the 2018-19 budget. No money available throughout year to address significant capital improvement issues. Utilized some bond funds to cover the issues (maintenance tax notes).
This request addresses renovations to fuel tanks ($553k); gym floor replacements at Burnet, Marcus, Stevens Park, Arcadia Park, Dade and Lakewood ($343k); flooring replacement at Pease, JQ Adams, AM Smith, and E. Halliday ($304k); sewer line replacement at JJ Rhoades ($250k); other school requests ($550k). Future funding can be provided by a future bond.
Timeline Projects would commence in July 2019 and take place throughout the year.
Cost $2,000,000
Priority Ranking
Title Conduct Safety, Code and Renovation Projects
Purpose There are still approximately $6,000,000 in renovations to be completed for Linus Wright Administrative Building, but original budget allocation has been spent. These needs can be included in future bond program.
This request covers costs to complete Phase 3 renovations ($400k), ADA restroom modifications ($600k), and 1st floor renovations ($1 million).
Timeline Work would begin as of July 1, 2019 and be complete late in the year.
Cost $2,000,000
Priority Ranking
Oracle Business Systems Upgrade
Title Oracle Business Systems Upgrade Purpose Upgrade the District’s core business system - Oracle EBS - to
version 12.2.7 or newer Provide new business functionality in the areas of HCM, Payroll,
Finance, Budget, and Purchasing Improve end-user experience with a modern user interface Improve system performance Protect the District’s business system investment Extend system lifecycle with guaranteed commercial support and
product enhancements through 2023 or longer
Timeline The system upgrade will be completed by July 2020 in alignment with financial closing of the 2019-20 fiscal year.
Cost $2,000,000 one-time
Title Restoration of Maintenance Support
Purpose Last year’s budget cuts resulted in a reduction of $400,000 to the budget for elevators and fire alarms. Requesting money to be restored. Also, additional funds of $200,000 for overtime.
Timeline Would replenish budget and be utilized throughout the year.
Cost $600,000
Priority Ranking
Title Improve Transportation Efficiencies
Purpose First year of program has helped to identify other needs that were not a consideration in the startup year.
Bus Driver Uniforms (185,000); SPED equipment ($76,000)
Timeline Bus cameras being funded from remaining 2018-19 transportation budget. Other positions being funded through the elimination of 20 bus driver positions.
Cost $261,000
Priority Ranking
for students’ knowledge of information and communication technology.
Without these resources, students will lose access to: • Brain Pop educational animated movies for grades K-5 to explain concepts that
build a foundation for both 5th grade STAAR and secondary science success. Also includes interactive quizzes and games, comic strips to reinforce and master science concepts.
• Websites such as Britannica, Ebsco and Gale allow students access to vetted content such as articles, books, magazines, pictures, newspapers, and reference materials in both English and Spanish to support a student in any grade and in any content to complete any type of research.
• Ebsco features to support students in mastering content and concepts through interactive tutorials, practice exams, flashcards, as well as images to support art projects, presentations and class assignments in any grade in any content.
Timeline • Contracting in June 2019 for immediate access to staff and students Cost $600,000 Priority Ranking
25 out of 36
Title P-TECH Staffing Purpose Additional central staff coordinators (PTECH/ECHS Collegiate
Academy Academic Coordinator / Workplace Career Coordinators) to support program implementation.
As the district’s Early College High School / P-TECH initiative continues to expand, additional team members are requested to assist with meeting the demand required to support campuses with implementation of the Common Instructional Framework, academic interventions, and helping to ensure students enrolled in P-TECH graduate from high school having completed an internship.
Timeline The additional staff will be hired in summer of 2019.
Cost $300,000
Priority Ranking
Title Enhance Speech Pathology Services Purpose Contract with Teletherapy services in both English and Spanish
that allows for a “live person” to provide therapy services via a digital environment directly to students. This allows for access to licensed therapists to provide high quality services so that the nationwide shortage of Speech Pathologists has less impact on Dallas ISD students.
Provide 1 position to supplement that Townview Health Services Career Pathway to include speech pathology ”grow your own” programming
Timeline • Contracting in June 2019 • Training and support to campuses for implementation through
digital sources in August 2019 • Student services to begin in August 2019
Cost $875,000 Priority Ranking
27 out of 36
Title Bio-Clock Upgrade
Purpose Upgrade or replace the District’s 650 biometric employee timeclocks with new hardware and software
Support accountability & compliance Address critical deferred maintenance issue Improve the District’s cybersecurity posture by removing outdated
software operating systems from the ecosystem
Timeline Timeclocks will be upgraded or replaced by June 2020.
Cost $500,000 one-time
Title Create an Aerospace Aviator Pathway
Purpose To create an Aerospace pathway to be housed in the Dallas ISD Career Institute located in Southern Dallas.
Provide opportunities for students to take courses in Aerospace and Aviation and obtain related certifications that are in high demand with local industry partners.
Timeline • August 2019 Implementation
Purpose Provide faster and more comprehensive operational service to campuses, particularly in the areas of: transportation, inventory, facilities, instructional and performance technology, etc. V&PA will operate more closely with School Leadership, Operations, and Strategic Initiatives on upcoming construction, bond, and choice school projects. Facilities / Operations Division has requested this support in taking on auditorium sound and lighting.
This program provides the necessary operational support to design/onboard new programs at the highest possible level while increasing the quality of our programming at all schools districtwide. This supports other divisions in opening new schools such as: • MLK Exploratory Arts Academy • OW Holmes MS • DCAT HS • Other schools redesigning into fine arts academies
Timeline • Increased service response immediate implementation • Renovations and repair work August through December 2019 • Support planning for new programming August through December 2019
Cost $800,000
Priority Ranking
Youth and Family Centers
Time Youth and Family Centers
Purpose Provide Youth and Family Centers at two comprehensive high schools: • North Dallas HS • South Oak Cliff HS
The funding would allow for Youth and Family staffing at these two locations.
Timeline Opened after construction
Title Increase Business Coordinators to Support Career Pathways
Purpose Support the district initiative for career pathways and choice learning. Six coordinators and one manager will support comprehensive high schools directly, serving 11th and 12th grade students to find employment opportunities (internships, career prep and practicum experiences). The focus will be on students not participating in PTech, thus creating a pathway for CTE and NAF Academy students to gain career options and certification opportunities.
Timeline • August 2019 Implementation
for extracurricular and/or co-curricular activities. Additionally, each middle school campus with 6th grade will receive $1,500.
• The additional funding for extracurricular activities aligns with the districts goals to have all students participate in an extracurricular and/or co-curricular activities.
• The Local Accountability System (LAS) has more rigorous measures for extracurricular activities, and the increased funding helps support schools to supplement their existing funds to provide more opportunities for students.
Timeline The funds will be used throughout the school year
Cost $500,000
Priority Ranking
assignments, competition fees, enhance uniform rotation, summer strength/conditioning stipends and equipment replacement
Timeline August 2019-June 2020
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Modernized Regional Athletic Facilities
Title Athletics Purpose Renovation to facilities to enhance the aesthetics and functionality of
regional athletic facilities located at Loos, Forester and Sprague Complexes.
Timeline August 2019 – June 2020
Cost $10,500,000
Priority Ranking
Pre-K Partnership | Head Start
Title Pre-K Partnership | Head Start of Greater Dallas Purpose • Continue to provide Dallas ISD PreK options to families displaced
by Head Start having to reduce its offerings. There are approximately 35 classrooms impacted at a potential of 650 students.
• This item will allow the district to relocate those closed classrooms onto district campuses as space is available and enrollment demand requires.
• The funding covers the costs of now having to fund Teaching Assistants since these would now be direct run classrooms as opposed to partnership classrooms. It also covers the loss of revenue from the Head Start Collaborative contract.
Timeline Funds will be used throughout the year, based on number of classrooms added.
Cost $1,900,000
Priority Ranking
Title Providing access to Meningitis Vaccine
Purpose Both H.B. 4068 and S.B. 1292 failed this legislative session to advance into law. Both bills would have required Meningitis vaccinations for students. This fiscal note represents the cost, assuming the District amends policy, supporting the vaccination.
Timeline July 2019 Annually
Title Enhancing Racial Equity Efforts
Purpose Create an environment that provides additional and differentiated resources to support the district in achieving racial and educational equity by funding five core components that are proven as best practice at identified FARE schools:
• Need based staffing • Professional development • Social emotional support • Extended learning and supportive partnerships
Timeline July 2019 Annually
Title Dual Credit Summer Sites
Purpose Summer sites to support students with dual credit completion in order to ensure that students have sufficient opportunities to complete 60 college credit hours or an Associate’s Degree within four years.
Cohort 1 P-TECH students have an average of 15 credits hours to complete Spring‘19, Fall‘19 and Spring‘20. The course load consists of rigorous technical courses. Providing summer opportunities reduces the course load and has the potential to increase student success rates.
Enrolling students in summer courses with support will provide an opportunity for the students to regain or accelerate college credit hours.
Timeline Annually each summer
Title Increase Services for Dyslexia Students
Purpose Provide staffing: • a) to support a significant increase in student referrals for dyslexia
evaluations (15 Evaluators) • b) to support 31 elementary campuses not served by a trained
Dyslexia Interventionist as well as provide services for a significant increase in the more than 4,000 qualified students (25 Interventionists)
• c) to support the growth in the division to maintain compliance record and progress monitor (2 Coordinators)
Timeline • Teacher Training to occur in Summer 2019 and ongoing throughout 2019- 2020 school year
• Services to students begin in August 2019 • Support to additional 31 campuses begins in August 2019
Cost $3,271,500
Priority Ranking
Title TASB Pay Groups Systems Study
Purpose HCM is partnering with the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) to conduct the final phase of the Dallas ISD districtwide pay systems survey.
This survey impacts over 11,000 employees including Instructional Support Professionals, Campus Administrators, Office Support Staff, Paraprofessionals, Nurses, Media Specialists, Counselors, Diagnosticians, Itinerant/Non-TEI Teachers, Central Staff and Technical Staff.
Employees below market value (in the lower 50% of pay ranges) will be most impacted. March 2019 adjustments impacted Food Services and Child Nutrition, Police and Security,
Maintenance and Operations and Construction Services groups. Salary changes are tentatively scheduled for September 2019. Approximately 66% (2/3) of the cost of this initiative will be paid to Instructional Support
Staff and campus-based Paraprofessional Staff. Board approved 2% annual increase will apply to employees not impacted by the salary
adjustments.
Cost $25,700,000 (Includes all funding sources; $10.8M paid in March adjustments) $13,000,000 – remaining to fund – prior to legislative bills passed
Priority Ranking
TEI Compensation Title TEI Compensation Proposal
Purpose In fall 2018, HCM convened focus groups with teachers and other groups to solicit actionable feedback to drive the continuous improvement of the TEI evaluation and compensation model. Coupled with historical program evaluation data four key levers that drive the evolution of TEI evolved:
• (1) adjust the evaluation tool components to ensure alignment with the evolution of our Teaching and Learning framework;
• (2) implement a revised distribution of teachers that recognizes growth and contribution to improved student outcomes;
• (3) examine TEI through a lens of market competitiveness, particularly as a retention strategy; and
• (4) expanding communication efforts, with emphasis on deep system knowledge for teachers.
Increase the number of Distinguished Teachers (300 – 500) Adjust the Progressing I through Proficient III compensation levels Provide Board approved increases for Progressing II and Higher Increase new hire schedule for market competitiveness to $54,000
Timeline Align all increases and system rule changes with the annual release of TEI scorecard release in September
Cost $13,000,000 (Increase to $17.1M dedicated TRE proposed budget)
Priority Ranking
LEAD- Leader Excellence, Advancement and Development (Principal Pipeline)
Title Leader Excellence, Advancement and Development (LEAD)- Principal Pipeline
Purpose Comprehensive professional development plan for all campus principals and assistant principals to develop a strong foundation of critical skills such as personal leadership, weekly data and planning meetings, culture routines, observation and feedback and aggressive monitoring.
Principal pipeline work involves partnership programs with SMU, UT, and UNTD to have selected candidates complete their administrator certification in collaboration with Dallas ISD.
Timeline The professional development components begin in July, with the first training scheduled July 23-25. The principal pipeline partnerships begin in August.
Cost $4,400,000
Priority Ranking
Title Middle School Support for NON-AIM Campuses
Purpose Provide support for middle school campuses that are not in the AIM program. The support would include: • Open Door curriculum for 8th grade students • Funding available if the campus has a specialty program to support
the program • Individual campus support like professional development, or
resources dependent on a campus review
Timeline The individual campus review would begin in July, with services and support beginning in August.
Cost $2,500,000
PG. 31
Bilingual Stipend
Title Increase Bilingual Stipend
Purpose HCM is proposing increasing the Bilingual Stipend for eligible employee groups by +$1000/year. The Teacher Bilingual stipend will increase from $3000 to $4000 for each classroom teacher. Dallas ISD has shown consistent bilingual teacher vacancies over the previous 2 school years. By increasing the stipend it will place Dallas ISD in alignment with our major competitor districts in the surrounding area. This stipend is designed to recruit and retain bilingual teachers, resulting in less vacancies to fill. This will result in increased student learning.
Timeline July 1, 2019 - Ongoing
Cost $2,100,000
Priority Ranking
Title Dallas ISD Portal & Unified Enrollment System
Purpose Establish a secure web portal for parents, students, and employees accessing Dallas ISD digital resources & services:
• Mobile responsive design • Single user account for all Dallas ISD applications • Users log in once with appropriate authorizations • Self-service account management • Improved security with multi-factor authentication
Develop a unified enrollment system for parents to identify the ideal Dallas ISD school or program for each child, apply for multiple programs, and register online
Improve the online user experience for parents & students
Timeline Portal to be developed and tested by December 2019. Unified enrollment system to be launched by January 2020.
Cost $1,500,000 per year
Title Improvement of Campus and District Grounds
Purpose Additional request for 17 FTE’s that will allow the mowing schedule to be on a 5-day cycle at each campus. Recent reorganization created 24 positions that allowed the schedule to be reduced to 8 days. Request also includes a one-time cost of $300,000 for mowing equipment and $75,000 for overtime.
Timeline Will go into effect July 1, 2019. Jobs would be posted and filled as quickly as possible.
Cost $975,000
Priority Ranking
55 24 79 17 96
Mowing Schedule 14
Current FTE Data
14 Business Days
8 Business Days
5 Business Days
**We're working with HCM to create Laborer positions that do not require a valid TX driver's license to to aid in recruiting efforts. Employees will be given 1-year to obtain the license, resulting in a $1 per hour pay increase to the new $14/hr. minimum pay.
**Please reiterate that the mowing schedule is heavily impacted by the weather, like the frequent rain we're currently experiencing, the ability to recruit laborers and high-turnover. For example, a laborer will be recommended for termination tomorrow for refusing to take a reasonable suspicion drug test today.
Custodial Services
Using the industry standard of 1 FTE per 10K SQ FT added to campuses we would need 67 dditional FTEs.
We are only requesting 16 additional FTEs at this time: 2 Leads and 13 Custodians
*See attachment
Custodial Data
AECOM
125,851
58,778
184,629
5
2
36,500
36,500
3
1
N/A
1
0
0
300
0
1
1
Title Increasing Student Retention and Recruitment Efforts
Purpose Strengthen efforts to retain and recruit students, based on district data indicating a reduction of student enrollment in recent years.
Engage families and enhance overall student experience through touch points, marketing, and investment in creating campus environments that engender trust and provide a quality academic experience.
Provide strategies/actions such as kinder and bridge camps, summer connection camps, neighborhood walks, marketing campaigns, Core 4 campus visits, open houses, and preview nights.
Timeline Recruitment and retention is a year-round process. Recruitment efforts intensify from July–August, and November–January
Cost $3,300,000 Annually
Title Enhance Communication and Marketing
Purpose Increase the capacity of the Communications division to update and maintain school and department web pages; create and produce marketing materials and videos, and improve internal communications
Timeline Effective at the launch of the 2019-20 school year
Cost $600,000 Annually
Support for Schools with Specialized Programs
Title Support for Schools with Specialized Programs Purpose This is a collaborative project between School Leadership,
Strategic Initiatives, and Teaching and Learning to support and scale additional specialized programs in neighborhood schools.
Provide ongoing district-level support and sustainability of current and future specialized programs, such as Montessori, International Baccalaureate, single-gender, STEAM, STEM, etc. in terms of districtwide systems (i.e. future teacher pipeline, Montessori learning networks, and neighborhood school innovation).
Timeline The collaborative project would begin in August.
Cost $1,900,000
Priority Ranking
ARD Facilitators
Oracle Business Systems Upgrade
Restoration of Maintenance Support
Enhancing Racial Equity Efforts
Dual Credit Summer Sites
Middle School Support for NON-AIM Campuses
Bilingual Stipend
Enhance Communication and Marketing