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Navigating Budget Changes: Insights and Strategies for School Districts

Join us for an informative workshop focused on navigating recent changes to budgeting processes in K-12 education. We will discuss specific adjustments, including the implications of a delayed apportionment and the new fund balance classifications. Engage in dialogue about minimum fund balances and explore the impact of staffing changes due to SB 2776. We will also address potential cuts to LEAP funding and how they can affect your district. This workshop provides an opportunity for collaboration and support in enhancing your budgeting efforts.

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Navigating Budget Changes: Insights and Strategies for School Districts

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  1. Budgeting for Performance Althea Clark, Sumner SD Doug Matson, West Valley SD Stephen Nielsen, Puget Sound ESD

  2. Purpose of this workshop • Discuss specific changes to the budget process. • Review potential changes to your budget. • Provide opportunity for dialogue that will assist you with your budget effort.

  3. Apportionment Delay • June 2011 Apportionment delayed by one day: June 30 to July 1. • Work with your ESD then, if needed, County for potential support. Discussion

  4. Minimum Fund Balance • Minimum fund balance is not required. • However, what is a good minimum fund balance? Discussion

  5. New Fund Balance Classifications • Reserved Fund Balance – split into 3 categories • Nonspendable • Restricted • Committed • Unreserved, Designated Fund Balance: • Name change: Assigned Fund Balance • Unreserved, Undesignated Fund Balance • Name change: Unassigned Fund Balance

  6. Staffing • SB 2776 – Allocation only formula. • Effective 9/1/2011, changes to funding eliminate need for class size. • What does this mean for districts and bargaining? Discussion

  7. Hold Harmless? • OSPI Pivot tables redone to address current budget views. • Use Pivot tables as predictors of change, not as exact change. • Pivot tables completed once conference budget is approved and signed by Governor. Discussion

  8. What if we have a 3 % cut to LEAP? • Senate budget: lowers LEAP schedule by three percent: • Does your district have a flow through from LEAP? • Change of work conditions must be bargained • Cannot lessen BEA required hours • Difference between Certs and Classified: • Certs may look to make up loss via TRI • Classified days/hours may require negotiating • Reduction of classified time may change from FT to PT • Affect on IEPs, other Discussion

  9. Changes to Running Start? • May lessen RS allocation from 2.0 to 1.2 • CC one 5 credit class = .33 FTE • Who gets the FTE/revenue? • CC or District? • Requires good communication between District and CC. Discussion

  10. Bus Depreciation • SB 5476 – School Bus Depreciation. • Effective 7/1/2011, changes school bus depreciation payments to the final year in the cycle. • What does this mean for districts that depend on annual depreciation allocation to make payments? Discussion

  11. Thank you!

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