Leadership NC: Briefing on K12 Education December 1, 2005 Public School Forum

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Leadership NCBriefing on K-12 Education
December 1, 2005Public School Forum
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• Introduction to NC Education. . .
• Overview of NC schools
• School Finance Overview
• School Governance
• NCs accountability model ABCs
• Trends Ahead

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Source General Assembly
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FY 2003-04 Sources of School Funding
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Just the Facts. . .

• Largest Expense in the State Budget (39)
• Enormous Business (10.3 B)
• Largest Employer in Most Counties
• In Addition to Education
• Transportation (155,464,615 miles)
• Recreation (145,000 students)
• Counseling
• (4,154 counselors psychologists)
• Food Provider (150,089,760 lunches)

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Who Pays For What?

• 2004-05 State Funds Provide (6.5 B)
• School Personnel Salary Benefits (91.4)
• At-Risk Student Services (186.3 m)
• Children w/Special Needs (548 m)
• Transportation (283.3 m)
• Low-Wealth supplemental funds (109.4 m)
• ABCs Bonus (100 m)
• Limited English Proficient (38.6 m)

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Who Pays For What?

• 2003-04 Federal Funds Provide (803 B)
• Title I (308 m)
• Child Nutrition (251.8 m)
• Children w/ Special Needs (224 m)
• Teacher Quality (60 m)
• Vocational Education (21.3 m)
• Technology Grants (13.9 m)
• After School Programs (10.8 m)
• Safe Drug Free Schools (8 m)

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2004-05 Local Funds Provide (2 B)

• Additional teachers teacher assistants (9,160)
• Salary Supplements
• (CH-C5,903, State Average2,860,
• 5 LEAs0)
• School Building Construction Maintenance
• Honors, AP and Advanced Courses
• (such as Trigonometry
• Advanced Biology)
• Capital Reserves
• Debt Service Payments

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Just the Facts. . .

• 1 Schools in NC Are Essentially
• State-Run
• (He who pays the piper)
• 65 State Funding
• State Pay Schedules
• State Curriculum
• State Testing
• State Assistance Teams
• (Take Overs)

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Just the Facts. . .
2 Only 3 School Boards Have Taxing Authority
3 School Systems Are Few in Number
Hawaii 1 NORTH CAROLINA 115 US
Average 302 Texas 1,227
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Just the Facts. . .
4 NO Collective Bargaining 5
Consolidation Size of School
Districts US Average3,126
students NC Average11,626 students 6
Growing Diversity Past decade Hispanic
population ?612
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Just the Facts. . .
7 Population Growth Swelling (Selected
Areas) North Carolinas school-aged population
5th fastest growing Increased by 22,000
children per year for the last 5
years 2003?2004 21 Counties 80 of the
Growth 16 Counties Lost population
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Just the Facts. . .
8 2003-04 Private/Non-public
population Private90,922 Home
School54,501 10 of public school enrollment

• 9 Staff Cutbacks at DPI
• 1988 1,015 employees
• 2004 473 employees
• Since 1988
• 53 ? in employees
• 28 ? in students

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10 State share of K-12 funding has declined
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Educational Milestones In 1789 North Carolina
Became the 1st State to Fund Its Public
University, Chapel Hill. In 1825 North Carolina
Began Funding Public Education. In 1840 the
first public school was established in
Rockingham County. In 1901 the General
Assembly established an appropriation of
100,000 per year earmarked for education
(equal to .00175 of todays state
expenditures or enough to fund 6.8 minutes of
a school day)
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Educational Milestones In 1907 the General
Assembly established rural high schools. In 1912
children between 8 and 12 were required to attend
schools four months of the year. In 1919 it
was lengthened to 6 months. In 1933 it
became 8 months. In 1943 it became 9 months
and compulsory attendance moved from age
14 to 16.
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Educational Milestones In the Depth of the
Depression North Carolina Made a Decision that
Shaped Schools to Today Confronted with
schools closing their doors, the state
assumed the primary funding
responsibility for schools.
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Educational Milestones In the Early 80s
Education in North Carolina (and around the
nation) Become an Economic Issue Nation at
Risk in 1983 Governor Hunts Commission
on Education the Economy in 1984 Since
then dozens of major studies have concluded
education is the key to economic
competitiveness. The Impact of NAFTA the
World is Flat, Shifts in the States
Employment Base Growing Demands for
Highly Skilled Workers Have Reinforced that
Belief
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Educational Milestones (cont.) The Movement for
Testing Accountability Began in 1989 And
Remains the Driving Force in Education in
2005-06 The Educational Excellence
Accountability Act Of 1989 Introduced Statewide
Curriculum Standards, Statewide Testing
Programs Annual Performance Report
Cards In 1995-96, Todays ABCs Program
Introduced Consequences and Rewards for Good
Bad Student Performance
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School Governance The Office of the
Governor (bully pulpit, budget proposals
veto) State Board of Education General
Assembly (budget recommendations responsible
for (power of purse strings rules and
regulations, curriculum testing)
frequently pass educational policies)
Local Boards of Education (hire
superintendent, propose local education
budgets, determine attendance lines, can initiate
major changes like year-round schooling or magnet
schools or after school programs, determine
resource allocations to schools, set local
personnel policies, establish goals for
system) County Commissioners (power of purse
strings approve/deny school board budget
requests set bond referendums, rarely, but can
weigh in on instructional/policy issues)
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It Is Not an Exaggeration to Look at North
Carolina Education Having Two Major Phases . . .
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The Post-Testing Era . . . Schools Are Held
Accountable for Performance of All
Students The Pressure is On to Succeed With
Students Who Have Historically Not Succeeded in
Schools The federal No Child
Left Behind legislation has raised the
accountability bar even higher.
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North Carolinas Model

• ABCs Accountability Model
• Aaccountability for results
• Bfocus on basics
• Clocal control
• 1996-97K-8 schools 1997-98 HS
• K-8reading, math writing (4 7)
• HS 10 end-of-course tests
• Growth Modelschools have targets based upon the
  schools population meet or exceed growth
  targets

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Good News/Bad News InLatest Test Results

• More Students At or Above Proficient Level
  (80.9)
• 69.2 of school met or exceeded growth targets

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Latest Test Results (cont.)

• 55 Schools Remain Priority Schools
• (i.e., less than 50 at grade level)
• 195 Schools Are in NCLB Needs
• Improvement Status 176 traditional schools
  19 charter schools

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For Policy Makers . . .

• State Performance Gains Remain Among Strongest in
  Nation
• Growth Among all Sub-Groups Strong
• BUT

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SAT Gap Narrows 35 Points
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2005 SAT Results US and NC GPA Comparisons
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Cohort Studies Find that Over 40 of 9th
Graders DO NOT Graduate 4 Years Later
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While NCs ABCs Accountability Program Is Ranked
Among the Nations Best, Critics Are Quick to
Point Out That . . . Schools Seem Overly
Focused on Preparing for the Tests Subjects
Not Tested (art, music, foreign languages,
science, etc.) At the Elementary or Middle School
Level Are Under-emphasized Planned High
School Exit Exams Could Drive Drop Out Rates
Up
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