Somerville Board of Education Public Hearing 2019/2020 Budget - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Somerville Board

• f Education

Public Hearing 2019/2020 Budget April 30, 2019

Pr Presentation Overview

Budget Goals Programmatic Highlights General Fund Appropriations General Fund Revenues Debt Service Property Tax Impact

Bo Board d of Educ ducation n Mi Mission n Statement

Somerville Schools provide the highest quality education through an environment that promotes individual excellence for all students

Bu Budget Goals

Insure that the district’s budgeting process and its allocation of resources are aligned with the district’s instructional priorities and student needs Continue to fund the programs and services that foster educational excellence, working within the budget restrictions imposed by the Legislature Provide funding to support the ongoing replacement and expansion of technology in accordance with our Multi-Year Device Replacement Schedule (Refresh Cycle) Maintain the structural integrity of the budget by not relying on one-time revenues to balance the budget Maintain taxpayer trust with a budget plan that provides for long-term property tax rate stability Allocate funds for capital improvements, as detailed in the Long-Range Facilities Plan and as recommended by the Buildings/Grounds Committee, including funds for roof replacements Stay under the maximum allowable general fund tax levy increase of 2% Enhance K-5 world language offerings Enhance offerings to support K-8 gifted and talented population

Budget Alignment Educational Excellence Technology Support Structural Integrity Property Tax Rate Stability Capital Improvements Tax Levy Limit K-5 World Language Enhancements K-8 G&T Enrichments

• New Jersey Student

Learning Standards

• Statewide

Assessment Results

• Concentration on

subgroup performance results

• District Strategic

Plan (#VISION2020)

• School Wildly

Important Goals

• High School

Academies

• Trauma

Sensitivity/Cultural Competency

SPECIFIC GENERAL

Pr Programmatic Highlights

• Maintain all Academic Programs
• Maintenance of Academies (Partnership with RVCC, RWJ, LaRue PR, and

Workforce Development)

• 1:1 Grades 3 to 12, 2:1 Grade K - 2
• PD - not one and done, sustained, modeling lessons, on-going, job

embedded, authentic

• Special Education
• Peer-to-Peer Program at SHS
• Self Contained enrolled in Exploratory Courses
• Continue VDI student and staff remote access (hardware, energy

ecofriendly)

Enhanc Enhancement of Acade ademic ic Program ams

GRANTS

• All Full-Day Preschool

Classes (aggressively pursued discretionary $ to make full-day)

• Computer Science -

Funding a New SHS Lab

• Edhesive – Amazon Future

Engineer

• Students to Science

COURSES/CLASSROOMS

• Rewriting Math Curriculum

and Readopting Math Materials - Grades 6 to 8

• Schoolwide Writing

Program - Scaling up to Grades 6 to 8

• Advanced Placement

Program of Studies AP Capstone Course Addition

• Into to Education Course

Tomorrow's Teachers Course Addition

• SHS Game Systems Design

and Cybersecurity Courses

• SHS Lab 112 Upgrade

STAFF

• VDV World Language

Teacher

• Gifted and Talented

Teacher – Part-time

• Curriculum Supervisor
• K-2 MD Teacher and 2

Instructional Aides

• K-2 Resource Room

Instructional Aide

Wh What Do People Want To Know?

What's different programmatically? How does this budget affect my property taxes?

Ge General Fund Appropriations – Co Comparative Ba Basis

Instruction: Revised 2018-19 Proposed 2019-20 $ Change % Change Regular Education 13,578,892 14,061,637 482,745 3.6% Special Education 4,470,072 4,919,732 449,660 10.1% Outside Placement Tuition 1,259,271 1,636,188 376,917 29.9% Co-Curr/Athletics 1,186,263 1,256,749 70,486 5.9% Other 369,711 380,343 10,632 2.9% Support 4,285,602 4,424,283 138,681 3.2% Administration 4,052,715 4,044,627 (8,088)

• 0.2%

Operations and Maintenance 3,212,176 3,194,549 (17,627)

• 0.5%

Transportation 927,950 917,614 (10,336)

• 1.1%

Employee Benefits 6,818,558 7,315,036 496,478 7.3% 39,791,499 41,770,415 1,978,916 5.0% Capital Projects/Equipment/ Increase in Capital Reserve 2,256,273 2,419,044 162,771 7.2% Capital Reserve - Transfer to Repayment of Debt $150,302 $151,407 1,105 0.7% $42,198,074 $44,340,866 $2,142,792 5.1%

Ad Adequacy cy Spending

* Source: NJDOE Informational State Aid Notices + Source: Budget Document

22,000,000 23,000,000 24,000,000 25,000,000 26,000,000 27,000,000 28,000,000 29,000,000 30,000,000 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 District Adequacy Budget* Total Adequacy Spending+ Spending Under Adequacy

Bu Budgetary y Per Pupil Co Cost – Act Actual Expenditures

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 State Avg K-12 $13,290 $13,734 $14,156 $14,502 $14,604 $14,755 $15,036 State Median K-12 $12,747 $13,180 $13,514 $13,922 $14,135 $14,473 $14,899 State Avg All Operating Types $13,290 $13,733 $14,164 $14,546 $14,736 $14,940 $15,258 State Median All Operating Types $12,774 $13,198 $13,709 $14,149 $14,490 $14,806 $15,249 Somerset Hills Regional $13,934 $13,799 $14,305 $14,845 $15,079 $15,745 $16,052 North Plainfield $13,017 $13,272 $14,015 $14,174 $14,443 $15,398 $15,321 Bound Brook* $11,888 11,482 Somerville $12,736 $12,888 $12,981 $13,459 $13,849 $14,125 $14,670

Source: 2018 Taxpayers Guide to Education Spending *2015/2016 First Year in Category

Bu Budgetary y Per Pupil Co Cost – Act Actual Expenditures

Source: 2018 Taxpayers Guide to Education Spending

$0 $2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000 $10,000 $12,000 $14,000 $16,000 $18,000 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17

State Avg K-12 State Median K-12 State Avg All Operating Types State Median All Operating Types Somerset Hills Regional North Plainfield Bound Brook (2015-16 First Year in Category) Somerville

Ge General Fund Revenue – Co Comparative Ba Basis

Revised 2018-2019 Proposed 2019-2020 $ Change % Change General Fund Tax Levy 22,628,853 22,781,548 152,695 0.67% Tuition 10,401,966 10,746,698 344,732 3.31% State Aid 6,183,884 7,660,660 1,476,776 23.88% Federal Aid 41,680 59,425 17,745 42.57% Fund Balance/Tuition Reserve/Prior Year Encumbrances 2,205,387 1,635,000 (570,387)

• 25.86%

Miscellaneous 71,002 112,001 40,999 57.74% Withdrawal from Capital Reserve: Capital Projects 515,000 1,194,127 679,127 131.87% Transfer to Debt Service 150,302 151,407 1,105 0.74% 42,198,074 44,340,866 2,142,792 5.08%

Ba Banked CA CAP

Generated Expired Used for 2016-17 Used for 2017-18 Available 2011-12 242,805 242,805 2012-13 249,522 249,522 2013-14 157,072 7,072 150,000 2014-15 305,573 305,573 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 74,872 74,872 2019-20 353,779 353,779

SH SHS S Enr nrollment Perce centage Br Breakdo down n Be Between n Br Branchbur nchburg and nd Somervi ville

25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22 22/23 23/2424/25 25/26 Branchburg Somerville Actual Projected % % % % % % % % % %

Br Branchbur nchburg Tui uition n

2016-17 2019-20 Nonrecurring Recurring Nonrecurring Recurring Tuition 187,734 9,642,383 721,446 9,477,820 Resource Room 720,000 565,000 Tuition Adjustment 2,426 (57,568) TOTAL 10,362,383 10,042,820

De Debt Service

1,617,358 1,617,358 208,360 209,988 150,302 151,407 3,267 500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000 2018-2019 2019-2020

Tax Levy State Aid Transfer from Capital Reserve Interest

1,976,020 1,982,020

Ta Tax Levies

2018-2019 2019-2020 % Change General Fund 22,628,853 22,781,548 0.67% Debt Service Fund 1,617,358 1,617,358 0.00% Total 24,246,211 24,398,906 0.63%

Pr Property Ta Tax Impact

2018 2019 % Change School Tax Levy 24,024,360 24,322,559 1.24% Ratables 1,161,416,843 1,164,726,603 0.28% School Tax Rate 2.069 2.088 0.92% Avg Residential Property 271,493 272,177 Avg School Tax 5,617.19 5,683.06

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