Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200
201 North Scoville Avenue Oak Park, IL 60302-2296 TEL: (708) 383-0700 WEB: www.oprfhs.org TTY/TDD: (708) 524-5500 FAX: (708) 434-3910
TO: Board of Education FROM: Cyndi Sidor, Chief Financial Officer DATE: June 25, 2020 RE: Preliminary Budget FY2021 BACKGROUND: Attached is a presentation of the FY2021 Preliminary Budget. This budget is provided for discussion and will be updated when the Tentative Budget is presented in August. The budget is a snapshot, at this point in time, based on information currently available to us. When we present the tentative budget, the numbers will be closer to actual. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS: Per the Board of Education’s request, this budget shows an increase within CPI (1.8%). Other budget highlights to note: The Administrative District for The Collaboration For Early Childhood Development (Oak Park School District 97) has notified us that they are skipping the next two scheduled contributions for July 1, 2020 and January 1, 2021 as they have determined that there is sufficient cash. The contribution amount the District will not pay next year will be $447,310.92, which has been removed from the preliminary budget. The State budget will be flat, based on the State calculations. Due to COVID-19, it is estimated that school districts will spend $1.5 million or more to address staff and student safety. The cost of COVID-19 is not included in the preliminary budget. RECOMMENDATION: For the Board of Education to review the Preliminary Budget for FY2021 which is for discussion at this
- time. The next step will be to present the Tentative Budget for FY2021 in August.
Strategic Plan: Priority 4 Board Goal: District Policy: 4:10