APRIL 30, 2019
$14,000,000.00 $12,000,000.00 $10,000,000.00 $8,000,000.00 $6,000,000.00 $4,000,000.00 $2,000,000.00 $0.00 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20
Out-of- District tuitions make up for the largest portion of our department’s overall budget. Students placed in out of district placements have remained fairly consistent over the past 6 years. Through the effort of our building principals and supervisors of special education who are working to develop new interventions in an effort to keep students in district, we are able to eliminate 6 student tuitions to Ombudsman resulting in a savings of $89,643. Increase in the tuition budget from 2018-2019 budget to the 2019-2020 budget proposal is $164,304.00 or 1.33% It is important to note that cost of the budget proposal is based on one full year of service for the number of students that we have in out of district placements at the time that the budget proposal is developed. 2013-2014= 182 Students 2014-2015= 180 Students 2015-2016= 178 Students 2016-2017= 188 Students 2017-2018= 191 Students 2018-2019= 197 Students
Special cial Educati ation on Budge get $3,500,000.00 $3,000,000.00 $2,500,000.00 $2,000,000.00 $1,500,000.00 $1,000,000.00 $500,000.00 $0.00 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20
Contracted services (Speech, Occupational Therapy, and Personal Care Assistants) continues to be the largest portion of the special education budget. Through the RTII measures for Speech, we have been able to reduce cost, saving $38,000 as compared to the same time last year. Projected Increase for the 2019-2020 School Year is $16,579 or .52%
$700,000.00 $600,000.00 $500,000.00 $400,000.00 Series1 $300,000.00 $200,000.00 $100,000.00 $0.00 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20
Houghton Mifflin, publishers of the Read 180 System 44 reading program have upgrade the system to include curriculum based on the PA Common Core Standards. As a result, upgrades in student licenses, teacher materials, books, and workbooks will cost an estimated $158,005. This is an increase of $126,505 over the previous amount budgeted for this program. BTSD now has 9 th and 10 th grade students taking the PSAT exams. Through a consortium with the BCIU, the district saves $3.00 an assessment. The end result is an increase of $7,000. The overall Pupil Services budget has increased 23%.
$150,000.00 $145,000.00 $140,000.00 $135,000.00 $130,000.00 $125,000.00 $120,000.00 $115,000.00 $110,000.00 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20
The Pennsylvania Department of Education is now requiring that substitutes for Certified School Nurses also be Certified School Nurses. As a result, the substitute nurse account has gone from $21,000 to $56,700. $8,535 is being continued to allow Certified School Nurses to work three days over the summer to ensure students meet the immunization requirements. Health Services budget has a decrease of 4%.
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