FY2013 Operating Budget - Adopted Feb 2012

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Adopted by theBoard of Education

February 2012

Joshua P. StarrSuperintendent

o Schools

Fiscal and SchoolYear Ending

June 30, 2013

Operating

Budget

Montgomery County

Public Schools

Rockville, Maryland

FY 2013


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MCPS

montgomeryschoolsmd.org

Check out the MCPS website formore detailed information aboutthe FY 2013 RecommendedOperating Budget.

VISION

A high-quality education isthe fundamental right of everychild. All children will receive

the respect, encouragement,and opportunities they needto build the knowledge, skills,and attitudes to be successful,contributing members of a

global society.

Board of Education

Ms. Shirley BrandmanPresident

Mr. Christopher S. BarclayVice President

Ms. Laura Berthiaume

Dr. Judith R. Docca

Mr. Michael A. Durso

Mr. Philip Kauffman

Mrs. Patricia B. ONeill

Mr. Alan XieStudent Member

School Administration

Dr. Joshua P. StarrSuperintendent o Schools

Mr. Larry A. BowersChie Operating Ofcer

Dr. Frieda K. LaceyDeputy Superintendent o Schools

850 Hungerford DriveRockville, Maryland 20850www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org


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MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

February 28, 2012

The Honorable Isiah Leggett, County ExecutiveThe Honorable Roger Berliner, PresidentMembers o the Montgomery County CouncilMontgomery County GovernmentRockville, Maryland 20850

Dear Mr. Leggett, Mr. Berliner and Councilmembers,

I am pleased to submit the Montgomery County Board o Educations Fiscal Year 2013 (FY 2013)Operating Budget Request or Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). The Board is submitting arequest that holds the line steady on education unding while accounting or our continued rapid enrollmentgrowth. This budget represents a measured approach to allocating educational resources as we work to beresponsible, prudent stewards o taxpayer unds. We appreciate the public support members o the Councilhave already given to the Boards request and look orward to working with you in the coming months asyou develop a budget or the citizens o Montgomery County.

The Board o Education is requesting a $2.133 billion budget or FY 2013. This represents a 2 percentincrease over this fscal year, which is the smallest percentage increase the Board has sought in more thana decade. The Board is seeking $1.39 billion in local unds rom the county, a $22.2 million increase. Thisincrease will allow the county to maintain its per-pupil investment at $9,759 per student and meet the statesMaintenance o Eort (MOE) provision.

As you are aware, the county has not met MOE in three years and, in that time, the countys per-pupilunding has allen by $1,490 per child. This has required the Board and MCPS leadership to make more

than $400 million in difcult reductions since FY 2009. Among the reductions: Class sizes have increased an average o approximately one student per classroom.

Employees have agreed to orego cost-o-living increases or three consecutive years and step increasesor the past two years, saving $144 million.

More than 1,300 positions have been eliminated districtwide, mainly teachers and sta who directlysupport instruction.

Our central services budget has been reduced by more than 20 percent.

These reductions would be difcult under any circumstances, but they have occurred as the studentenrollment in MCPS has been undergoing historic growth and dramatic changes.

Since 2007, MCPS has added approximately 9,000 students and the district is projected to add another9,000 students by 2017, with much o this growth occurring in the elementary grades. These students arecoming to MCPS requiring more services, such as Free and Reduced-price Meals System (FARMS) andEnglish or Speakers o Other Languages (ESOL) services. For instance, approximately 13.1 percent o ourstudents require ESOL services systemwide, but in the elementary schools, that rate jumps to 22.5 percentand has increased more than 6 percentage points in 5 years. At the same time, since 2007, the number ostudents eligible or FARMS services has increased by 11,785 children systemwide. Our budget requestsimply seeks to allow us to keep pace with this growth.


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The Board is placing $17 million o its budget surplusachieved through cost efciencies andexpenditure restrictionstoward the FY 2013 Operating Budget. The Boards budget request also

includes some additional reductions: a $6.1 million reduction or Central Services, including theelimination o nearly 18 positions, as well as $3.2 million in reductions or school-based support andservices. However, the Boards request does not call or any reduction in the number o teachers orother school-based sta.

There also are no new initiatives or programs in our request, although we have worked withSuperintendent o Schools Joshua P. Starr to realign unds in the budget to support strategic needs.Among those strategic areas are unds to support two middle schools that must develop alternativegovernance plans under the provisions o the No Child Let Behind Act o 2001 ($797,644); theaddition o three prekindergarten classes to serve low-income students ($221,021); the addition othree consulting teacher positions to support new and underperorming educators ($221,532); andthe expansion o the hours-based stafng model or special education to all middle schools ($773,000,including $603,000 in additional state aid).

To support these strategic areas, unds will be realigned rom areas across the budget. Among therealignments, a reduction o more than $600,000 in stipends or part-time summer salaries, part-timeinstructional salaries and substitutes, and savings o $230,000 realized by ceasing the administrationo the TerraNova 2 exam in second grade.

The Boards request also has put money aside to honor the hard work and excellence o the MCPSsta. As mentioned previously, our employees have given up their raises or the past three years andlongevity increases or the past two years to help us through these difcult economic times. Even aswe have had to ask them to do more with less, they have helped our students achieve outstandingresults. For example:

Hal o MCPS graduates rom the Class o 2011 earned a 3 or higher on at least one Advanced

Placement (AP) exam, ar exceeding the perormance o the state and the nation. The mostsignifcant growth was seen among Black or Arican American and Hispanic/Latino students.

The Class o 2011 scored an average o 1637 on the SAT, which is 145 points higher than graduatesrom the state o Maryland and 137 points higher than the nations seniors.

Ninety-two (92) percent o MCPS kindergarten students are reading at grade level (text level 4)and more than seventy-fve (75) percent are reading well above grade level (text level 6). Since2006, the percentage o students reading at text level 6 or higher has increased 20 percentagepoints.

Negotiations with our employee associations are ongoing at this point, but the Board believes that wemust recognize the collaboration and outstanding perormance o our sta in a tangible way.

O course, there continues to be tremendous uncertainty surrounding the budget, specifcally in thearea o state unding. While Governor Martin OMalley has submitted a budget that includes a $28.5million increase in state education ormula unding or Montgomery County, two items beore theGeneral Assembly could have a dramatic impact on our budget.

Because the County Council did not meet MOE in FY 2012, and did not seek a state waiver, the statecan withhold $26.2 million in unding as a penalty. Our state delegation is working on legislation toget that penalty waived and we appreciate and support their eorts. Our budget assumes that thiswaiver will be granted or the county will fnd a way to und this penalty.

Mr. Leggett, Mr. Berliner,and Councilmembers 2 February 28, 2012


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Mr. Leggett, Mr. Berliner,and Councilmembers 3 February 28, 2012

The greatest uncertainty surrounding our budget is related to Governor OMalleys proposal to shita signifcant portion o state pension costs to local governments. Under the governors proposal,

Montgomery County would have to pay an additional $47.4 million in retirement costs in FY 2013 andthose costs would only increase in the coming years. We join the county executive and councilmembersin urging the General Assembly to reject this proposal, as it could have an immediate, negative impacton the important services we provide our citizens. We will continue to work with you and our statedelegation to make sure the state pension remains a state responsibility.

This budget request was developed collaboratively with our employees, our parents, our students, andour entire community.

The process began in the all when we shared our budget interests with Dr. Starr. It was an opportunityor Dr. Starr, then very early in his tenure at MCPS, to have a clear understanding o the Boards

priorities regarding the budget. In October, the Board held two Community Conversations, which areannual events that are an integral part o our budget and strategic planning processes. These eventsallowed community members to engage in discussions pertaining to what they valued about MCPSand what they elt was most important to achieve as we continue with our vision to provide a world-class education to all students, even in fnancially challenging times.

In December 2011, Dr. Starr released his FY 2013 Budget Recommendation, which was developed inpartnership with our three employee associationsthe Montgomery County Education Association,the Montgomery County Association o Administrators and Principals, and the Service EmployeesInternational Union Local 500as well as the Montgomery County Council o Parent TeacherAssociations, Inc.

The Board held public hearings on Dr. Starrs recommendation on January 11 and 18, 2012, and then

held two work sessions on the budget. Board members spent hours analyzing the budget and posingquestions to sta, which inormed the Boards ultimate modifcation o Dr. Starrs proposal. TheBoard passed a fnal budget recommendation at its business meeting on February 14, 2012.

Montgomery County has always made public education a top priority, and I believe that our employeeshave honored that investment by creating one o the best school districts in the nation. On behalo the 146,500 students and 22,000 employees o MCPS, the Board wants to thank you or yourcontinued commitment to our children and our citizens.

Sincerely,

Shirley Brandman, PresidentMontgomery County Board o Education


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Fiscal Year 2013 Operating Budget Timeline

Board o Education Strategic Planning and Budget Community Conversation October 12, 2011

October 27, 2011

Superintendents Recommended Operating Budget December 7, 2011

Sign-up begins or Board o Education public hearings December 21/28, 2011

Board o Education public hearings January 11 & 18, 2012

Board o Education budget work sessions January 25 & 26, 2012

Board o Education action February 14, 2012

Board o Education budget transmittal to County Executive/County Council March 1, 2012

County Executive recommendations presented to County Council March 15, 2012

County Council budget hearings April 2012

County Council budget action May 24, 2012

Final Board o Education action to approve FY 2013 Operating Budget June 14, 2012

Operating Budget Documents

Montgomery County Public Schools publishes and posts on its website a variety o publications that involvediferent ways o looking at the operating budget. Together, these documents enable citizens to understand howMCPS resources are used and what is recommended in the Operating Budget. MCPS is continually trying toimprove the transparency o these budget documents. Below are details o the inormation available on theMCPS Operating Budget.

Call to Action: Pursuit o Excellence Te MCPS strategic plan, approved by the Board o Education, includes detailedmultiyear strategies and initiatives implemented through the operating budget.

Program Budget Summarizes the operating budget in more than 100 major programs across departments andoces. Te Program Budget reerences strategies and initiatives in the strategic plan and ensures that all strategies andinitiatives are identifed by program.

Recommended Operating Budget Shows budget resources by oce, department, and other units. It includes reerencesto the units that carry out each program, describes in detail the work o each unit, shows all budget changes, and includesperormance measures or each operating unit, a glossary o budget terms, an index o all items, and a section describinghow to understand the budget. Oten called the management budget.

Budget in Brie Provides detailed summary inormation on budget totals and changes proposed in the SuperintendentsRecommended Operating Budget.

Personnel Complement Provides a detailed listing o all positions requested in the budget. Both the Program Budgetand the Recommended Operating Budget include personnel complements organized by program and unit, respectively.

Budgeted Stafng Guidelines Te Recommended Operating Budget includes budgeted stang guidelines or regulareducation and special education. Tese guidelines govern the allocation o personnel resources by school and specialeducation disability.

Schools at a Glance Provides a variety o inormation or each school, including programs rom the Program Budgetthat are implemented at each school and personnel expenditures budgeted or each school. A separate document, SpecialEducation at a Glance, is published to show special education resources at each school.

All o these publications are available on the MCPS website at www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/budget/


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