2012-13 Proposed Budget

1. 2012-13Proposed Budget Corvallis School District 509J

3. The budget situation in the Corvallis School District, like a number of other districts across the state, has suffered from: Decreases in enrollment Less funding from the State Cost increases related to the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) The slow economic recovery state-wide

4. Budget Process • November, 2011 • Presentation of the Long Range Financial Plan to the board • November – December, 2011 • Presentations to staff of the budget outlook • Two community listening sessions • January – February, 2012 • Online survey to gather input from patrons and staff • Superintendent’s Budget Task Force meetings • March, 2012 • Budget Task Force presents recommendations • Administrators build budget • April, 2012 • Superintendent presents budget message and proposed budget to the Budget Committee

5. Board Guiding Principles • All schools are safe and welcoming • All students are challenged with a broad range of learning opportunities • Students are prepared to be informed, engaged citizens in their community and the world • The district will increase achievement for all students while closing the achievement gap • Available resources are managed to preserve the long-term sustainability of the district

6. Budget Task Force Guidelines • Do things differently • Keep cuts as far from the classroom • Protect class size • Align budget to resources • Close achievement gap • Legal obligations – maintain • Reality is reality – align with declining enrollment and declining revenue

7. General Fund ResourcesWhere the Current Resources Come From

8. General Fund Requirements • The majority of district expenditures are related to people • Other operating expenditures include: • Facilities • Student transportation • Utilities • Instructional materials • Technology • Copying and printing

9. Task Force Recommendation and Proposed Budget Task Force Recommendation: Use the Rainy Day Reserve of $1,000,000 and adjust Reserves by $350,000 Implementation: Used about $1.45 million of the Rainy Day Reserve Task Force Recommendation: Reduce Days by 4 to save $700,000 Implementation: Proposed budget is based on 4 reduced days, saving $678,000 (subject to negotiation) Task Force Recommendation: Reduce Extra-curricular and Athletic funding by $50,000 Implementation: Reduced Extra-curricular and Athletic funding by $50,000

10. Task Force Recommendation and Proposed Budget Task Force Recommendation: Reduce school budgets by 5%, or $160,000 Implementation: Reduced discretionary school budgets by about 6%, or $160,000 Task Force Recommendation: Reduce department budgets by 5%, or $500,000 Implementation: Reduced department budgets by 8.2%, or $763,525 Task Force Recommendation: Decrease classroom instructional staff to align with decreasing enrollment, a savings of $720,000 Implementation: Decreased classroom instructional staff to align with enrollment, $856,040 Additional Implementations to Fill the Gap: Increased pupil to teacher ratio of between two and three students, $830,360 Reduced school discretionary allocation to align with decreased enrollment, $80,000

15. Assumptions

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