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RCAS Legislative Post-Session Lunch

RCAS Legislative Post-Session Lunch. Dr. Timothy Mitchell Rapid City Area Schools 5/22/13. Legislative Session. SB 15 SPED Bill +/- SB 158 Parent Placement + SB 233 Critical Teaching Needs Scholarship + SB 235 Economic Development (ELL/CTE) + HB 1137 One-Time Funding +

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RCAS Legislative Post-Session Lunch

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  1. RCAS Legislative Post-Session Lunch Dr. Timothy Mitchell Rapid City Area Schools 5/22/13

  2. Legislative Session SB 15 SPED Bill +/- SB 158 Parent Placement + SB 233 Critical Teaching Needs Scholarship + SB 235 Economic Development (ELL/CTE) + HB 1137 One-Time Funding + HB 1164 Classroom Innovation + K-12 PSA $4,625.65 (3% Increase) One-Time Dollars approximately $46 per student

  3. The Conversation What must we have to provide a high quality education for all students of the RCAS?

  4. The Strategy To become as effective and efficient as possible To become as innovative and creative as possible

  5. Priority Tasks 2013 Priority Task #1 All Students Learning at High Levels Priority Task #2 2013-2014 Budget Development Priority Task #3 Facilities Planning

  6. Priority Tasks 2013 Priority Task #4 High Quality Staff Priority Task #5 Policy Development and Revision Priority Task #6 Miscellaneous Legislative Session and School Safety

  7. Priority Task #1-Learning • Professional Learning Communities Implementation • Career and Technical Education • Middle School Schedule • Early Release Schedule • All Day Everyday Kindergarten • Teacher and Principal Evaluation (Application for Pilot-5 Schools) • Activities Program

  8. Priority Task #2-Budget • Adaptive Change-Developed on 5 -Year Spending Trends • Salary Schedule Task Force • Health Insurance Committee • Review and Analysis of Negotiated Agreements

  9. Revenue and Expenditure Data

  10. Priority Task #2-Budget GF Spending Trends

  11. Priority Task #2-Budget 2012-2013 Budget Includes: -1.7 Mill in Fund Balance -1.5 Mill Capital Outlay Flexibility -Budget Reduction 2.7 Mill

  12. Priority Task #2-Budget 2013-2014 Proposed Budget Includes: -Balanced Expenditures with Revenue -Does not include the use of Capital Outlay Flexibility -GF Budget Reduction- $1,057,180 **Have not yet completed the Collective Bargaining Process w/staff

  13. Enrollment Data

  14. Priority Task #2-Budget Decreasing costs and increasing student achievement can not be opposing goals. Resource allocation needs to be part of the solution. The hardest part is winning the support for these bold and necessary decisions.

  15. Priority Task #3-Facilitites • Policy Revision-Community Use of Facilities (KG) • Close out Six Major Construction Projects • Elementary Classroom Space Plan for 2013-2014 • Five Year Capital Outlay Plan (Review and Revision) • Finalize Lease w/Rapid City Performing Arts Coalition

  16. Assessed Value

  17. Priority Task #4-High Quality Staff Teacher and Leader quality are the most powerful variable affecting student achievement Schools districts have to commit to populating our schools with the highest quality teacher and leaders possible How does RCAS best attract, develop and retain the most highly qualified workforce?

  18. Priority Task #4-High Quality Staff Easy Answer-Increase Compensation There are no easy answers to complex problems but it is also not the wrong answer With no change in current salary structures we continue to perpetuate a system that is not sustainable or supported by research We need to invest in a system that has maximum impact on student achievement

  19. Priority Task #5-Policy Review and Revise specific Board Policies as identified by the administration and School Board Policy Committee Identify and Review all Board Policies that have not been revised for 10 years are longer

  20. Priority Task #6-Miscellanous Monitor Legislative Session Session for 2013 was overall positive for RCAS School Safety The RCAS was identified as 1 of 101 districts throughout the US to receive additional technical assistance from SD & US Homeland Security, Local Law Enforcement, FBI , Emergency Management and Secret Service

  21. What does the future hold? Will student number continue to increase? Impact of the use of current cash balances? Compensation/Benefits/Negotiations? What will happen at the Federal level?

  22. Preview on Issues School Funding Summer Study Ag Land Assessment Oversight Committee

  23. Follow-Up • Thank You for your attendance today • We always welcome and invite each of you to consider visiting a school in RCAS • Questions ?? and Conversation

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