CCSESA CBO CONFERENCE

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CCSESA CBOCONFERENCE

• Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team
• Information and Update
• If You Are A COE, Its All About Oversight
• Presented by
• Joel Montero
• Chief Executive Officer
• FCMAT

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Overview

• FCMAT Services
• The New and Old of Proposition 98
• A Primer
• Declining Enrollment Challenges
• Charter School Oversight
• Data Management A Going Concern
• Questions and Answers

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FCMAT Services

• Independent/External
• FCMAT is a Service Organization!
• Field Staff
• Management/Technical Assistance
• Web Site www.fcmat.org
• Help Desk
• Ed Data
• Fiscal Crisis Intervention
• AB 1200

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FCMAT Services

• Professional/Product Development
• CBO/Mentor Program
• SB 352 CBO Training Program
• Budget Explorer v.2
• PartnershipsCCSESA (BASC), ACSA, SSC, CASBO,
  CSBA
• Free or Low Cost w/High Quality
• Data Management
• California School Information Services (CSIS)

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Budgets Now and Later

• The 2006-07 Budget
• Being Wary of the Rosy Glow
• The States Structural Deficit
• Lessons From 1999
• Informing the Collective Bargaining Process
• But..the California Economy is Strong?
• The 2007-08 Budget??

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Proposition 98A Primer

• A Better Understanding of 98
• Constitutional Amendment ensuring funding
  stability for K-14
• Guarantees the funding from the prior year
  adjusted for enrollment growth and inflation
• Provides Legislature with Savings OptionsTest 3

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Proposition 98A Primer

• A Better Understanding of 98
• Understanding the Tests!
• Test 1(Status Quo) Simply the minimum
  guarantee
• Enrollment growthslow or none GF/Property
  Taxstrong
• Test 2(The Holy Grail) Growth in per capita
  income 40
• Enrollment growthfaster than normal
  GF/Property Taxslow
• Test 3(Oops) Growth in General Fund ½
  40 but likely unfunded
• Enrollment growth flat GF in the tank
• Suspension

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Proposition 98A Primer

• LAO Suggests Movement Toward Test 1
• Potential Impacts?
• Collective Bargaining Strategies
• Multi-Year Agreements More Challenging
• Giving COLA
• Healthcare Costs
• Post Employment Benefits
• Things to Monitor re Prop 98
• Over/Under Appropriation
• Excess Funds

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Proposition 98A Primer

• COLA 4.04
• Deficit Reduction/Equalization .00
• Total Increase 4.04
• Step and Column (1.5)
• Health Benefit Costs (2.0)
• Declining Enrollment??? ( ? )
• Cost Increases/Inflation? ( ? )
• Total Available 0.54

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Declining Enrollment

• Education Enters a Zero Growth Environment
• Californias Population
• Peaking of the Birthrate in 1990
• Statewide enrollment growth is essentially flat
• Focus on Enrollment and Staffing
• Staying ahead of the enrollment curve
• Facilities
• Most LEAs are late to react
• The Proposition 98 Connectionagain

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Where Have All The Kindergartners Gone?
1-12
Source California Department of Health Services,
Birth and Death Records
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Charter School Oversight

• Charters
• FCMAT Role
• 600 Strong and growing
• De-regulated public schools
• Not Independent Government Entities
• Must adhere to a variety of Laws and Codes

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Charter School Oversight

• The Charter Authorizer
• The role of the authorizing LEA does not end with
  the approval of the charter petition!!!
• What we are seeing in the field
• Authorizer potential liability
• Every LEA contemplating a charter approval should
  consider their ability to provide oversight and
  respond accordingly
• COEs should at least ask the right questions

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Charter School Oversight

• The Authorizer has the responsibility to monitor
  
• All Federal regulations and statutes including
  NCLB and HQT
• Credential requirements for core teachers
• Rehabilitation ActSection 504 compliance
• Child abuse reportingPenal Code
• CA Building Code Title 24not Field Act
• Open meeting and Public Records Act applicable
  laws
• Government Code, IRS Rules, Public Benefit
  Corporation Rules
• Best defenseTransparent Petition and a Solid MOU

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Data Management

• Does California Have a Vision for Data
  Management?
• CSISWhat is it?
• Data Management Utility
• Student Identifiers (SSID) and Annual Maintenance
• The Official Enrollment Count (not CBEDS)
• Challenges

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Data Management

• Does California Have a Vision for Data
  Management?
• CALPADSWhat is it? (California Longitudinal
  Pupil Assessment Data System)
• Longitudinal Data Base for Assessment Information
• Reporting base for NCLB dataGrad Rates/Dropouts
• Depends on accuracy of SSIDs
• Integrates with CSIS for State Reporting
• Challenges

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Data Management

• Does California Have a Vision for Data
  Management?
• CSIS CALPADS does not equal a complete,
  comprehensive, statewide Data System
• Whats Missing?
• LEA Access
• LEA Tools
• Real Records Transfer
• LEA Funding/Support

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Data Management

• Does California Have a Vision for Data
  Management?
• Governors Budget Suggests an Accountability
  Function for Parents
• School Accountability Report Cards (SARCs)
• Educational Data Web Site
• County Offices as the Intermediate Agency

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