Why we are all here: Closing opportunity gaps for Boston youth 2 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

FY20 BUDGET PROPOSAL

1

February 6th, 2019

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

2

Why we are all here: Closing opportunity gaps for Boston youth

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

3

Four themes have driven the BPS FY20 budget proposal Prioritizing school-based investments to continue steady progress towards our long term goals of equity, flexibility and stability, including $6M of new supports in FY20 Sustain major, research-backed central investments along with targeted new investments Further increase transparency with the launch of a new web tool and enable additional equity analysis Continuous operational improvements to fund investment

1 2 3 4

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

4

Key facts and figures

• We expect Mayor Walsh’s Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Proposal to include a projected $26M increase for BPS
• The total appropriation will be $1.139 billion
• The number will go up further upon settling a collective bargaining agreement with the BTU
• Per pupil spending has increased 25% from $16.5K to $20.6K per year since FY14, a total increase of $200M
• With this investment, we have improved the ratio of teaching staff to students by 10%
• The City continues to make up for reductions at the State and Federal levels
• This $26 million increase is in spite of a $12 million decline in Net State Aid compared to FY19 under the Governor’s

proposed budget

• Since 2010, Net State Education Aid has fallen from 20% of the BPS budget to less than 4%. City Funds have fully replaced

lost state funding and more

• The proposal includes $3.8M to backfill the end of the federal Pre-School Expansion Grant
• We propose $6M to support equity and stability in school budgets; budgets will rise further when the next

BTU contract is settled

• We continue to build out our supports for schools with declining enrollment
• We also propose a series of targeted high-impact investments in school supports. Highlights include:
• $750K in transformation for low performing schools (adding to an existing $1.3M reserve for low performing schools with

declining enrollment)

• $500K in welcome services policy, training, and messaging
• $375K to strengthen science instruction
• $364K to expand Exam School access and bring ISEE into classrooms
• $350K to strengthen high school pathways for all students (in addition to over $1.6M on school budgets)
• Coordinated investment in the capital budget to improve facilities

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Make system-wide investments Enable school-led investments Close Opportunity Gaps

Identify new revenue & make tradeoffs to fund investments Continuous improvement to drive

• perational efficiency

Reminder of our Long Term Financial Plan and Investment Framework

Our work continues to be aligned across years

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

6

Proposed FY20 Budget ($ millions)

Category FY19 Adopted FY20 Proposed Change Percent Change Notes

Direct School Expenses

School Budgets

$594 $598 $4 0.8%

ELT

$14 $16 $2 11.0%

• Three additional schools onto Schedule A

Benefits & Salary Savings

$115 $116 $1 1.3%

• Limited growth due to City cost control efforts

Total Schools

$723 $730 $7 1.0% School Services Budgeted Centrally

Transportation

$92 $96 $4 4.7%

Special Education

$41 $43 $2 4.1%

• Reflecting increasing student need

Facilities

$67 $68 $0 0.6%

• Complementary capital budget investments

Other

$57 $60 $4 6.8%

• Increases in psychological services, food services, high

school supports

Benefits & Salary Savings

$20 $21 $0 1.3%

Total SSBC

$277 $288 $11 3.8% Central Administration

Central Administration

$52 $54 $2 3.8%

• Increases in ISEE in the classroom, Welcome Services, 2

new Academic Superintendents for school support, Special Education leadership and ABA program oversight

Benefits & Salary Savings

$7 $7 $0 1.3%

Total Central

$59 $61 $2 3.5% Non-BPS Student Services

Student services

$26 $31 $5 18.8%

• Replacing federal funding for PEG grant (pre-K at

community based partners); also includes out of district special ed and vocational placements and adult ed

Transportation

$28 $29 $1 4.7%

• Transportation for charter, private, parochial and out of

district special education students

Total Non-BPS

$54 $60 $6 11.5%

Total

$1.112B $1.139B $26M 2.4%

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

7

Agenda Prioritizing school-based investments Targeted central investments Transparency and equity Fiscal environment

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

8

Our priorities in funding schools

• $5.8M in partnership

funds reallocated to highest need students

• $3M in new funding

for highest need students

• 20 new FTEs in nurses,

psychologists, social workers

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Equity

Provide more resources to our high need students

• Inclusive supports and

supports for students experiencing homelessness put on WSF for $5M

Transparency

Our community understands where the money goes and why

• Introduction of new

1% soft landing $1.3M

• Resource room soft

landing of $1M

• $1.3M reserve for low

performing schools

Stability

Minimize annual changes so schools can plan across years

• Empowering school

leaders to allocate partnership fund and resources for students experiencing homelessness

School Flexibility

Allow our leaders closest to students to make critical decisions

1 2 3 4

FY19 changes

• Additional $2.5M

through the Opportunity Index for our highest need students

• Additional $0.6M for

vocational education

• Launching new

budget website

• $2M in increased soft

landing including across-the-board 2%

• Maintain reserve for

low performing schools

• School leadership

development

FY20 changes

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

9

In the last six years, we have increased per pupil spending over 25% with school budgets growing slightly faster than overall spending

$0 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1,000 $1,200 FY14 FY20

Millions

Total GF Budget

School Budgets School Supports and Central $0 $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 $20,000 $25,000 FY14 FY20

Per Pupil Spending

$938M $1.139M $16,527 $20,693

$498M 53% $440M 47% $614M 54% $524M 46%

25%

$8,782 $11,178 $PP on school budgets

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

10

The additional revenue has funded growth in teaching staff and improvement of staff to student ratios

5,825 6,213 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 FY14 FY20E

Teaching Staff

+388

10.26 11.29 2 4 6 8 10 12 FY14 FY20E

Teaching Staff per 100 Students

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Enrollment update

11

Overall K1 Middle Schools High Schools

Neighborhoods

Summary of major enrollment shifts

• Overall enrollment declined by about 1,200 students compared to October of last year. This is the largest

single-year decline and is the first time in which there have been 2 consecutive years of enrollment decline since WSF was first implemented in FY12.

• K1 enrollment is down 50 students this year. We expect this is a one year phenomenon and that K1

enrollment next year will be back to its peak level from the SY1718 school year.

• Enrollment in traditional middle schools has declined by roughly 1,800 students since 2011-12. Enrollment

in the middle grades will likely be relatively stable over the next 2 years, as larger cohorts of students are moving through the middle grades. But the decline will begin again in a few years when those cohorts are replaced by smaller cohorts currently in the upper-elementary grades.

• High Schools are feeling financial pressure because of historically small 9th and 11th grade cohorts this

year that will result in historically small 10th and 12th grade cohorts next year.

• Enrollment declines are widespread and consistent across neighborhoods, with the largest regional

declines in East Boston and Dorchester.

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

12

Opportunity Index (OI)

The Opportunity Index is a tool to identify student need through all available and significant sources of data outside of what the system historically accounts for

Neighborhood Individual Characteristics Past Performance

+ +

• Academic

Attainment

• Custodianship
• Safety
• Physical Disorder
• Socioeconomic

Status

• Economically

Disadvantaged

• Chronic

Absenteeism

• Ever Suspended
• ELA and Math

Course Failures

• ELA and Math

MCAS Failures

Each school receives an Opportunity Index Score between .01-.99; this score is a weighted composite of the neighborhood factors, individual student characteristics, and student past performance of each school’s population.

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

13

Based on community feedback, we made changes to the underlying model

Revised past performance indicators to be continuous variables

• Chronic absenteeism → Attendance rate
• Ever suspended → Number of suspensions

Changes to neighborhood level factors

• Socioeconomic status → Median Household

Income

• Added % of Population that is Foreign Born
• Removed Custodianship, an aggregate metric
• f neighborhood care

New Variables Changes to Existing Variables

We added a number of student specific characteristics:

• How often a student moved
• If a student lives in public

housing

• Whether or not the student

was a recent immigrant All of these changes are predictive of student achievement

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

14

Agenda Prioritizing school-based investments Targeted central investments Transparency and equity Fiscal environment

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

15

The FY20 proposal includes a series of targeted central investments aimed at closing opportunity gaps

Investment Amount Universal Pre-K $3.8M Supporting transformation schools $750K Family engagement and welcome centers $500K School improvement supports for low performing schools (additional Academic Superintendents and UVA partnership) $440K Strengthening science instruction $375K Expanding exam school access and bring ISEE into the classroom $364K Becoming A Man expansion $275K Early Warning Indicators data system $200K Special Education leadership $173K Naviance $150K Total Investments $7M

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

16

In addition to new investments, the FY20 proposal will sustain the three research-backed investments which have been the hallmarks of past budgets

• Added 40 minutes a day

(equivalent of 20 more days per year) for elementary students

More time learning

• K1 expansion
• $3.8M to replace the PEG grant

Early education

• Teacher salaries at or near the

highest offered in MA and across the country

• We have reorganized to hire the

best teachers earlier in the year

Great teaching

Graduation rates at historic highs and Boston continues to lead the country’s cities in student outcomes

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Strengthening high school pathways: A combination of central supports and school funding

17

Central technology and tools School funding

• $150K to expand Naviance (a tool to

track student preparation for college and career) to all High Schools

• $200K for an Early Warning

Indicators system

• $3.5M in total for rising HS students

with EWIs as captured by the Opportunity Index (adding to $3M in this school year)

• $910K to grow vocational

educational programs at Boston Green Academy, Madison Park, Kennedy Academy for Health Careers and The English High School

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Transformation supports for low performing schools

18

In FY20, twelve schools will be implementing DESE-required comprehensive improvement plans, without access to substantial state

• funding. We will support these school efforts by:

– Weighting the additional investment in each school by enrollment, with each school receiving at least $45K and our larger schools over $125K – Aligning investments to school-identified priorities – Allowing schools to choose from a curated list of evidence-based strategies, which may include:

• Instructional coaching
• Additional professional development time
• Social Emotional Learning Interventions

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

19

Investing in engagement and welcoming our families BPS will improve proactive communications, information access and the registration experience for families.

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

20

Investing in engagement and welcoming our families

• Strengthen customer relationship and service practice in Welcome Centers
• Deepen focus on the district’s ability to recruit students
• Standardize processes across centers so that families know what to expect
• Simplify materials and information to ensure accessibility for all parents
• Improve the physical space through facility upgrades
• Training and marketing kits for school leaders and teams to enable school-

based student recruitment efforts

Enrollment & Recruitment $172,000

• Share great things happening at BPS
• Year round marketing and brand improvement campaigns
• Revamp communication materials starting with current issues
• Protocols and training for central office and school-based staff
• Increase investment in non-traditional mediums

Marketing & Proactive Communications $210,000

• Increase capacity to help schools to improve engagement practice
• Add one Engagement Facilitator position (1.0 FTE)
• Work to strengthen School Site Councils and School Parent Councils including

ensuring racial, ethnic, linguistic, and programmatic diversity and representation.

Support for Schools $117,500

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

21

Expanding access and reducing barriers to Exam Schools by bringing ISEE into our classrooms

Individual outreach to families of students that are identified as strong candidates for exam school entrance based on GPA and test scores Implement school- based testing for grade 6 for FY20, scaling up to grade 8 for FY 21 Outcome: Increased test participation rates among Black and Latino students, and increased access to exam schools

$364,000 Increase of test materials required for school-based testing ISEE Project Manager (1.0 FTE) to coordinate outreach efforts to families and students, train school-based test administrators, develop and manage test security procedures, work with schools and vendor (ERB) on implementation, and follow up with families around their choices.

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

22

Agenda Prioritizing school-based investments Targeted central investments Transparency and equity Fiscal environment

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

23

In our commitment to transparency and community engagement, today we have launched a new web tool where stakeholders can explore the budget proposal

www.bostonpublicschools.org/explorebudget

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

24

Equity Analysis: Summary

• This year’s equity analysis builds off of last year’s new

methodology, by updating our estimate of spending on every student in the district

• The analysis demonstrates that we have successfully directed

more resources to high need students, however, we continue to believe that greater differentiation is needed, as reflected in our proposed new investments for FY20

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Allocation Budget Item

25

Equity Analysis: Methodology We have attached every dollar of spending in the BPS budget to specific students

Sample methodologies Summer School Costs Students Who Attended Summer School Transportation Costs Assigned to each student based

• n their unique use pattern

EL Central Office Costs EL Students Legal Advisor Costs All students

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

26

$6.6K $6.6K $6.7K $6.4K $4.8K $4.4K $2.8K $2.4K

$0.9K $0.9K $0.4K $0.6K

$2.1K $1.8K $2.1K $1.4K

$4.3K $3.9K $3.1K $3.0K $3.1K $3.0K $2.8K $2.7K $2.3K $2.4K $1.9K $2.1K

$0.8K $0.8K $0.8K $0.8K

$24.9K $23.8K $20.7K $19.2K $0K $5K $10K $15K $20K $25K $30K Black Hispanic White Asian

BPS Spending by Race, All Students

Central Other Benefits Transportation & Operations Special Education Other School Allocation Targeted Student Needs Allocation Base Per Pupil Allocation

Notes

• BPS spends $22K per student, on

average.

• There is little variation in the base

per pupil allocation.

• A quarter of spending variation

between black and white students is based on transportation spending, the remainder is primarily based on differences in special education rates.

This is funding on school budgets as part of WSF

Spending by Race: All students

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

27

$7.1K $7.1K $7.1K $7.0K $1.7K $1.5K $0.9K $1.2K

$0.4K $0.4K $0.1K $0.3K

$1.2K $1.1K $1.4K $1.3K $3.9K $3.6K $2.7K $3.1K $3.2K $3.1K $3.0K $3.1K $2.0K $2.1K $1.9K $2.1K $0.8K $0.8K $0.8K $0.8K

$20.3K $19.6K $18.0K $18.9K $0K $5K $10K $15K $20K $25K Black Hispanic White Asian

BPS Spending by Race, Primary General Education Students

Central Other Benefits Transportation & Operations Special Education Other School Allocation Targeted Student Needs Allocation Base Per Pupil Allocation

Notes

• When we look only at general

education students in grades K-6, we see significantly smaller fluctuations in total spending.

• Over half of the difference here is

due to transportation – Black and Hispanic students are more likely to use transportation, and for greater distances, than White students.

• General education students benefit

from some centrally-allocated school-wide special education supports (e.g. paraprofessionals).

Spending by Race: Primary General Education Students

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

28

$7.1K $6.8K $6.9K $6.8K $1.4K $2.4K $12.4K $12.9K

$0.3K $0.9K $2.0K $1.9K

$1.2K $1.0K $7.1K $8.0K $3.5K $3.7K $7.4K $7.0K $3.1K $3.1K $3.4K $3.4K $2.0K $2.5K $2.3K $2.6K

$0.8K $0.9K $0.8K $0.9K

$19.4K $21.3K $42.5K $43.6K $0K $5K $10K $15K $20K $25K $30K $35K $40K $45K $50K Gen-Ed EL SWD EL-SWD

Spending by Learner Type, All Students

Central Other Benefits Transportation & Operations Special Education Other School Allocation Targeted Student Needs Allocation Base Per Pupil Allocation

Notes

• BPS spends less on general

education students than on EL or SWD with over half of the variation coming through WSF.

• EL students see an approximately

10% increase in resources compared to General Ed peers.

• Spending on SWD’s is over double

the spending on Gen-Ed, although there is significant variation across disability types.

• SWD see higher transportation

costs because they are more likely to be door-to-door students.

Spending by EL and Special Education status

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

29

Agenda Prioritizing school-based investments Targeted central investments Transparency and equity Fiscal environment

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

$938 $975 $1,016 $1,041 $1,061 $1,109 $1,139 $850 $900 $950 $1,000 $1,050 $1,100 $1,150 $1,200 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020

Recent history of BPS appropriation

Historic Levels of Support for 6 Years in a Row: $200 Million Increase

City of Boston BPS Appropriation ($M)

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

$- $200 $400 $600 $800 $1,000 $1,200 $1,400 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20

31

City of Boston: Revenue to Support Boston Education

Mayor Walsh has increased BPS’s annual budget by over $200M since taking office At the same time, state funding has lagged1:

• Stagnant Chapter 70

funding has increased by only $10M

• $120M shortfall in

Charter School Reimbursement funding

• $100M increase in

expenses for Charter School Tuition

Stagnant State Aid

1 FY14 Budget – FY20 Governor’s Budget

Chapter 70 Education Aid Charter School Reimbursement

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

32

FY20 State and Federal fiscal environment

• The Governor’s FY20 proposed budget and Education Reform Bill represent a

$12M reduction in Net State Aid and fails to address historical inequities in Massachusetts education funding:

– Under the Governor’s proposal, the City is slated to receive no increase in Chapter 70 Aid as a result of the Foundation Budget Review Commission bill. – On top of that, Boston's Charter School assessment is set to top $210 million, a $23 million increase in one year.

• The Mayor and a broad coalition of elected officials, municipalities, teachers,

students, and advocates have proposed the Education PROMISE Act as the

• ptimal path forward to reform state education funding.
• We are optimistic that Federal entitlement funds will hold steady, though we

continue to carefully monitor through uncertain times.

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

• Ensures that districts that serve the neediest students benefit

from the Foundation Budget Review Commission

• recommendations. Other FBRC bills will not benefit Boston and

many other communities.

• Passage and implementation of the Education PROMISE act

will allow the City to build on the Mayor’s record of investment in BPS.

• The bill provides sustainability and predictability to district

schools and ensures the State is a equitable partner with districts.

33

The Education PROMISE Act

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

34

BPS Funding Sources in the Past, Present and Future

80% 20%

Fiscal Year 2010

96% 4%

Fiscal Year 2020

17% 83%

Education Promise Act

Since 2010, Net State Education Aid has fallen from 20% of the BPS budget to less than 4%. City Funds have fully replaced lost state funding and more. The Education PROMISE Act would reverse that trend and ensure the State is investing equitably in all schools.

Net State Education Funding City Funding

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

35

Upcoming process and key dates

Wednesday, February 6: School Committee Meeting Preliminary FY20 Budget Presentation Bolling Building Tuesday, February 12: 6 p.m. Budget Hearing School budgets review Mildred Avenue School Wednesday, February 27: School Committee Meeting Bolling Building Monday, March 7: 6 p.m. Budget Hearing Review of central budgets Quincy Lower Wednesday, March 20: 5 p.m. Budget Hearing Finance Team addresses questions on final FY20 proposal Bolling Building Wednesday, March 27: FY20 Budget Vote Bolling Building

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

36

Interpreting the detailed tables distributed this evening

BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

37

For more information…

A number of documents will be available on our website:

• Tonight’s budget presentation
• New interactive webtool to explore budget proposal
• FY20 WSF School-by-School comparison
• WSF Templates for all schools
• FY20 preliminary general fund account code budget

Website: bostonpublicschools.org/budget Email: budget@bostonpublicschools.org