West Springfield Public Schools

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West Springfield Public Schools
FY 2010 Budget Informational Update for Staff May
6, 2009 Modified for the District Website
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Budget preparation timeline
Prelim House budget version released
Deliberations to approve final State Budget
March
April
May
July 1st
Nov-Feb
21 Days
Town Council votes on budget
21 Days
Publish in news-paper
School Committee Mtg, Vote
Mayor receives budget from School Comm
Mayor sends budget to Town Council
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Next years budget parameters
Governors proposed FY 2010 budget reduces local
aid by 28.5 -1,273,440 proposed for Town of
West Springfield
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School Department share of reduction expected to
be 57 or 725,860
FY 2010 negotiated school staff salary increases
total 1,369,000

Additional revenues required to fund a
level-service budget for the School Department
budget for FY 2010 2,094,860

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What we dont know yet
FY 2010 Budget Proposals from MA House and Senate
State Budget unlikely to be finalized until
June Educational elements of the Federal
Stimulus Package (still not finalized) Expected
increases in Title 1 and SPED funds
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Other unknown variables
Funding levels for other State and Federal Grants
(we expect some losses) Circuit Breaker funding
reductions Likely duration of economic recession
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Mayors directions to all Town Departments for FY
2010 Budget Requests
Submit three budgets 1. Level Funded Budget 2.
5 Reduction 3. 10 Reduction
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Level Funded Budgetnot the same as Level Service
All contractual salary increases (COLA plus step
raises) would have to be absorbed within the
proposed budget. All union contract settlements
for FY 2010 to date have been at 3.5.
Estimated cost 1,369,000
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FY 2010 Budget Scenarios
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FY 2010 Budget Reductions
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FY09 Actual Budget
Personnel as of Budget
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FY09 Actual Budget
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Mayors Budget Proposal

• On May 1 the Mayor submitted a proposed FY 2010
  Budget to the Town Council that is level-funded
  with the FY 2009 budget
• This will require 1.37 million in School
  Department cuts
• Those cuts are detailed on the following slides
• However, on the same day we heard that the Senate
  budget will cut an additional 1billion below
  the Governors proposal

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Cuts for Level-Funded Budget Revised May 1,
2009(Tier 1)
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Cuts for Level-Funded Budget Revised May 1,
2009(Tier 1)
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Cuts for Level-Funded Budget Revised May 1,
2009(Tier 1)
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REMINDERTop Two Cuts for 5 Budget Reduction
(Tier 2)
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Employee Concessions Impact Bargaining

• IF there are items on the cut list that the
  unions would like to see maintained
• OR if there are job descriptions that need to be
  re-written in order to save positions through
  stimulus funding
• OR if the State budget is significantly less than
  the House Ways Means version
• we will need to impact bargain concessions.

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Federal Stimulus Funding for Education

• The Federal stimulus program (American Recovery
  and Reinvestment Act) includes over 100 billion
  nationally for education (including higher
  education).
• It is our understanding that 800 million of that
  funding will come to Massachusetts

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Federal Stimulus Funding for Education
(continued)

• Of the education money earmarked for
  Massachusetts we believe that West Springfield
  may receive as much as 2.5 million.
• However, more than 1 million of that amount will
  not be received for two (2) fiscal years, i.e.
  until FY 2011.

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Federal Stimulus Funding for Education
(continued)
Money will be distributed through two established
programs - Title I and I.D.E.A. - and through a
new program called State Fiscal Stabilization
Funds. All three programs carry strict
limitations on what the funds may be spent on and
prohibitions on using funds to supplant local
educational spending.
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Federal Stimulus Funding for Education
(continued)

• Title 1 provides funding for schools that have
  high concentrations of children living in
  poverty.
• I.D.E.A. (Individuals with Disabilities Education
  Act) provides funding for programs for students
  with special needs.

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Federal Stimulus Funding(continued)

• The State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) money
  can only be spent for Instructional Expenditures
  or for Tuitions (i.e. for out-of-district SPED or
  Vocational placements)
• We may or may not receive money in FY 2011 under
  this category of the ARRA. We will not know until
  they recalculate the funding formula next year.

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Federal Stimulus Funding for Education
(continued)

• We are still awaiting final confirmation of the
  stimulus funds that will be made available for
  West Springfield.
• We are also continuing to receive clarification
  on how those funds may be applied. At this time
  there is no expectation that spending rules will
  be relaxed.

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Anticipated ARRA Funding
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Next Meeting

• The next major milestone in the budget process is
  when the Town Council meets to consider the
  Mayors Budget proposal which was submitted on
  May 1, 2009.
• The Town Council will conduct a public hearing on
  the Mayors proposed Town Budget on Monday, May
  18th.
• According to the Town Charter, the Council cannot
  increase the Mayors budget. They can only reduce
  it.
• The Council has until June 30th to approve a
  budget so it is possible that their vote may not
  be taken until after the end of the 2009/2010
  School Year. Our next informational meeting will
  be scheduled as soon as the Council approves a
  budget.

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Protective Lay-off Notices

• May 15th is the Unit A contract deadline for
  notification for Reduction-in-force.
• Traditionally we issue protective notices to all
  non-PTS teachers.
• If the Mayors budget were to be approved that
  would be more than enough.
• If the State budget forces deeper cuts and
  layoffs then additional notices may issue later.

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FY 2010 Budget Planning

• Questions?