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DECATUR COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

DECATUR COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. ANNUAL BUDGET REPORT May 2011 The mission of the Decatur County School System is to strive for excellence in meeting the needs of each learner and inspiring lifelong learning by maximizing the use of all available resources.

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DECATUR COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

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  1. DECATUR COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ANNUAL BUDGET REPORT May 2011 The mission of the Decatur County School System is to strive for excellence in meeting the needs of each learner and inspiring lifelong learning by maximizing the use of all available resources. These materials were prepared to provide accurate information to the Decatur County Board of Education and to our community

  2. “Proposed K-12 education funding in House Bill 78 will result in state spending per pupil reaching its lowest level in over a decade. House Bill 78 proposed $6.96 billion in state spending for K12 education, which is $26.1 million less than the governor’s proposed budget. When adjusted for inflation, state spending per pupil in FY2012 will be 16.3 percent lower than per pupil spending in FY2001” excerpt from Education Budget Facts, published by the Georgia Policy and Budget Institute, March 2011

  3. WHAT ARE AUSTERITYCUTS? Austerity cuts are reductions the State Legislature has made to the constitutionally enacted QBE Formula earnings for the public education Georgia K-12 students.

  4. Decatur’s Inflationary and Austerity Impact

  5. FY12 Projected Funding vs. State Formula

  6. Positions Eliminated or Absorbed FY 2010 22.0 FY 2011 25.5 FY 2012 10.0 FY 2012 (Additional Proposed) 19.0 __________ Total Positions Cut 76.5 Total Percentage Cut 9%

  7. “For a nation to continue to prosper, it must invest in human capital and that investment begins in the schools” Alan Greenspan, 2000 "Once we considered education a public expense; we know now that it is a public investment." Lyndon B Johnson

  8. God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971), American Theologian

  9. For more information about the Decatur County Board of Education… Decatur County Board Of Education 100 South West Street Bainbridge, Georgia 39817 www.dcboe.com Call us: 229-248-2200 All residents of Decatur County are invited to attend monthly Board of Education Meetings For more information on state education, policy, and budget, call the Georgia Department of Education at 404-463-1543 or Visit their website at www.doe.k12.ga.us

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