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Financial Framework for Staffing and Budget Projections. Brendan Walsh School Board Treasurer Christian Fenton Assistant Superintendent for Business & Support Services Thomas HarwooD Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources & Labor Relations December 2, 2010.
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Financial Framework for Staffing and Budget Projections Brendan Walsh School Board Treasurer Christian Fenton Assistant Superintendent for Business & Support Services Thomas HarwooD Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources & Labor Relations December 2, 2010
GPPSS Student Enrollment –1992 to 2011Has been declining since 2004; but 2010-11 still 10% higher than 1992
Michigan and GPPSS Student EnrollmentYear over year percentage change shows GPPSS’ correlates with state’s pattern
GPPSS Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff Levels In Proposal A era districts MUST scale staff to enrollment
Ratio of Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff to EnrollmentTeacher ratio consistent; zero-based approach reduced non-teachers in 2010
GPPSS 13 Year History of General Fund EquityAs state finances worsened conservative local budgeting was required
Significance of the new contracts This was the missing link. • Staff compensation was formerly uncoupled to the very economic system upon which it should have been primarily dependent. • The new contract fixes this. We now have a closed-loop system.
The Development and Purpose of the BMU Budget Modeling Utility
Questions and Answers • Contact information: • thomas.harwood@gpschools.org • budget@gpschools.org • http://viewsonschools.com/