April 2009

District 6 Budget

Current and Future Conditions

19,284 students38 schools and buildings101 portable classrooms2,307 employees

Scope of Operations• Every day, about 25,000 people have

direct involvement with our school system• We serve 2 million school meals a year

to our students• 8,000 students a day ride our school

buses, which travel more than 1 million miles over the course of a year

• We have 5,200 computers and 2,300 phone lines

Celebrations and Progress

Numerous “Best in State” Awards2008-09

Effective Strategic

Plan

Student Achievemen

tIncreases

Model Programs

110 action steps in the Strategic

Plan

92% are complete

8% being worked on this year

A Plan That’s Worked

Budget & Finance

170th

Question: Of the 178 school districts in Colorado, where do we rank in

total funding available per student?

Available Resources

• 75% from State of Colorado

District 6 Budget BasicsGeneral Operating Fund Revenue

Sources

•25% from Greeley-Evans general education mill

•0% from local mill levy override

2008-09 data

$4,000 $6,000 $8,000

J ohnstownGreeley-Evans

WindsorFort CollinsKeenesburg

EatonSt. VrainLovelandGilcrest

Fort Lupton

State Funding MLO Funding

State Funding + MLOs

MLOs around Greeley-Evans:amount per student, every

year

Greeley-

Evans: $0

Eaton: $710

Gilcrest-LaSalle-Platteville: $1,124

Loveland: $969

Johnstown-Milliken: $174

Fort Lupton: $1,155

Windsor: $692

Keenesburg: $609St. Vrain:

$690

2008-09 data

Fort Collins: $773

Difference between a mill levy and a bond

• Bonds are used for building new schools, or making major renovations or expansions to existing schools.

– After the bond is paid off (20—30 years, typically), the tax expires and is no longer collected.

• Mill levies are used for operational costs.

– Generally do not expire.

This container represents our

general operating fund:

$128 million

Where is our revenue spent?

Expenditures

The vast majority of the budget is spent on employee salaries

and benefits.

Everything else makes up just 13%

of the budget.

87%: People (salaries and benefits)

Utilities, fuel, textbooks, etc.13%:

Expenditures

Utilities32%

Professional fees4%

Other 5%

Repairs, maint. & equipment5%

Textbooks 6%

Computers and technology6%

Contracted education services9%

Purchased services12%

Supplies, postage, printing, etc. 21%

People (salaries and benefits)

Utilities, fuel, textbooks, etc.

Expenditures

Teachers 71%

Instructional aides 5%

Bus/Facilities staff 8%

Principals6%

Office/Support staff4%Professional staff 3%

Administrators3% Utilities, fuel,

textbooks, etc.

People (salaries and benefits)

Higher Costs =

Forced Choices

If costs increase in any area, some other cost area

must be reduced in order to make

room...unless we get more revenue. Purchased Items

Teachers

Instructional aides

Bus/Facilities staff

Principals

Office/Support staffProfessional staff

Administrators

State Economic Impact

State Economic Impact

• The State has taken back some money from every district’s current school-year funding (a “rescission”).• We had to give back $637,643.40.

Right Now

• Hiring reductions; spending reductions; continued travel ban; etc.

• No layoffs of existing staff in current school year.

• No elimination of programs in current school year.

• Reserve funds will be used to cover any remaining gap at year end.

State Economic Impact

Right Now

• State funding is unknown until the legislature passes the School Finance Act

• The state has less money and may have to cut education funding

• Meanwhile, expenses will climb: PERA, health insurance, utilities, etc.

• Federal stimulus money might be used to “backfill” state’s shortfall

State Economic Impact

Next School Year

• For now, we are building a preliminary draft budget on the projection that our per-pupil funding will be exactly the same as 2008-09

• This will be updated when the SFA is passed, likely to be in mid May.

State Economic Impact

Next School Year

• Preserve employee jobs – avoid layoffs• Extend magnet funding for an additional year• Adopt a new elementary math curriculum• Restart the technology replacement cycle• Continue:

– Aims Academy programs– Advanced Placement at high schools (equalized)– Current levels of elementary art, music, and PE– Current levels of G/T and ELL programs– Current levels of PD support

2009-10 Budget

BOE Priority Items

Federal Stimulus Funds

Will it help?

• Funds are only available for two very specific programs:

•Special Education programs•Title One Programs

• Funds will only be available for two years.• Will not change our ranking in the state –

we’ll still be 170th.• Does not help our long-term financial

issues.

Dozens of citizen volunteers who are:• Reviewing district programs and areas of

need• Reviewing costs and expenses• Asking questions, seeking clarification, being

critics• Prioritizing the areas of need• Recommending course of action to the Board

of Education in August 2009

Areas being studied:

• Academic Programs• Student and Teacher Resources• Safety and Security• Co-Curricular and Extra-Curricular Activities• Operations, Facilities, and Transportation

Timeline:• April 23: CBRP committees present their

findings• May: CBRP leadership team forms draft

recommendation to BOE• June & July: CBRP collects community

feedback on draft recommendations• August: BOE considers recommendation,

decides what action to take

• Considering the overall assessed value in Weld County, right now one mill would generate approximately $1 million dollars annually for Weld County School District 6.

Frequently Asked Questions

How Much Revenue Does a Mill Generate?

• One mill would cost residential property owners 67 cents per month per $100,000 of assessed home value

• One mill would cost business property owners $2.42 per month per $100,000 of assessed property value

Frequently Asked Questions

How Much Will it Cost in Increased Taxes?

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