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Investing in Staffords Future: A Child Centered Budget Built on Equity with Excellence for All School Board Work Session FY 21 School Board Approved Budget February 25th, 2020 February 25, 2020 Agenda / Topics Revenue Update

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February 25, 2020

Investing in Stafford’s Future:

A Child Centered Budget Built

  • n Equity with Excellence for All

School Board Work Session FY ‘21 School Board Approved Budget February 25th, 2020

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Agenda / Topics

  • Increased VRS Compensation Rates
  • Higher Composite Index (.347%)
  • Increased Enrollment
  • SCPS Staffing Standards and CSR Schools
  • Changing Demographics and Challenging Student Needs
  • New Accountability System and Persistent Achievement Gaps
  • New State Staffing Requirements
  • Competitive Employment Market

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  • Revenue Update
  • Service Scale Enhancements
  • Teacher Scale
  • New Positions & Stipends
  • Operating Fund Review
  • Review of Other Funds / Resolution
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Revenue Updates

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  • Local Funding Increase: $3,925,812
  • Public Day School: $224,316
  • Total: $4,150,128

County

  • Senate and House released updates
  • Senate: $2.3M Increase
  • House: $2.8M Increase
  • Added funds for compensation and other items
  • Not incorporated into this School Board budget until the

General Assembly adopts a budget

State

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Service Scale Enhancements

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Service Scale Enhancements

  • Increased VRS Compensation Rates
  • Higher Composite Index (.347%)
  • Increased Enrollment
  • SCPS Staffing Standards and CSR Schools
  • Changing Demographics and Challenging Student Needs
  • New Accountability System and Persistent Achievement Gaps
  • New State Staffing Requirements
  • Competitive Employment Market

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  • Cost to adjust all to minimum: $615,000
  • FY ’19 active employees will receive same $ adjustment

from prior year.

  • All employees will be at, or above, the minimum
  • Additional adjustments to give credit for years of exp: $1.635M
  • 1% above the min for each year of experience establishes a

new “floor” for employee

  • Direct experience = 1 for 1 year
  • Relevant experience = 2 for 1 year
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Service Scale Enhancements

  • Increased VRS Compensation Rates
  • Higher Composite Index (.347%)
  • Increased Enrollment
  • SCPS Staffing Standards and CSR Schools
  • Changing Demographics and Challenging Student Needs
  • New Accountability System and Persistent Achievement Gaps
  • New State Staffing Requirements
  • Competitive Employment Market

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  • Example: Administrative Support II ($17.92/hour)
  • 7 years direct experience; 2 years relevant

experience = 8 years of total experience

  • PY min adjustment (Evergreen) = $1,387
  • Prelim adjusted hourly rate: $18.69
  • Uniform scale minimum - $18.29
  • New hourly rate - $19.75 (8% above min)
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Admin Support II

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Paraprofessionals - General

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Teacher Scale

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Updates

  • Increased VRS Compensation Rates
  • Higher Composite Index (.347%)
  • Increased Enrollment
  • SCPS Staffing Standards and CSR Schools
  • Changing Demographics and Challenging Student Needs
  • New Accountability System and Persistent Achievement Gaps
  • New State Staffing Requirements
  • Competitive Employment Market

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  • See attached scale
  • Revisions to levels 1-30 from previous proposed scale
  • Increases to levels 18-30 (.07% - 1.06%)
  • Reductions to levels 1-17 (.05% - .53%)
  • More balanced increases
  • Total annual increases range: 3.6% - 9.9%
  • Average annual increase: 4.8%
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Current Teacher Scale Comparison

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40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 90,000 100,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 FY 20 Scale Spotsy Current PWC Current

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Proposed Teacher Scale Comparison

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40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 90,000 100,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Proposed Scale 2-25 Spotsy Proposed PWC Proposed (Step + 2%)

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Position Changes & Stipends

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Position Changes / Updates

  • Increased VRS Compensation Rates
  • Higher Composite Index (.347%)
  • Increased Enrollment
  • SCPS Staffing Standards and CSR Schools
  • Changing Demographics and Challenging Student Needs
  • New Accountability System and Persistent Achievement Gaps
  • New State Staffing Requirements
  • Competitive Employment Market

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  • Elementary Assistant Principals (9)
  • Bus Attendants (10)
  • Executive Director of Transportation (.5)
  • Position currently oversees Fleet Services
  • 50% of position funded by Fleet Services fund
  • Recommend overseeing transportation only
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Additional Stipends

  • Increased VRS Compensation Rates
  • Higher Composite Index (.347%)
  • Increased Enrollment
  • SCPS Staffing Standards and CSR Schools
  • Changing Demographics and Challenging Student Needs
  • New Accountability System and Persistent Achievement Gaps
  • New State Staffing Requirements
  • Competitive Employment Market

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School Board’s Funding Request Summary

Highlights:

  • Compensation:
  • 3% minimum for all employees: $6.58M
  • Enhancing and condensing of teacher scale: $3M
  • Service scale enhancements: $2.25M
  • VRS increase for current employees: $1.68M
  • New stipends: $1.25M
  • Non-compensation Increase: $4.3
  • Contractual increases
  • Security enhancements: $500k
  • School Buses (15)

Total Expenditures: $332,746,792 Total Increase: $27,364,971 (8.9%) Total New Positions: 130.6 FTEs

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School Board’s Funding Request Summary

Increase in County Funding: $10,278,701 (8.0%) County Administrator’s Proposed Inc: $4,158,128 Updated Funding Gap: $6,128,573 Potential Additional State Revenue

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Other Funds

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Additional Funds

Grants Fund: $13,524,418 Health Benefits Fund: $31,666,750 Worker’s Compensation Fund: $790,978

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Additional Funds

Nutrition Services Fund: $15,664,787 Construction Fund*: $1,766,934 Fleet Services Fund: $5,002,812

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*Does not include CIP capital projects.

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Additional Funds

Nutrition Services Fund: $15,664,787 Construction Fund*: $1,766,934 Fleet Services Fund: $5,002,812

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*Does not include CIP capital projects.

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Questions

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