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Explore the budget situation in Corvallis School District 509J amidst enrollment decreases, funding cuts, and rising costs. Learn about the budget process, guiding principles, task force recommendations, and proposed budget adjustments for 2012-13.
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2012-13Proposed Budget Corvallis School District 509J
The budget situation in the Corvallis School District, like a number of other districts across the state, has suffered from: Decreases in enrollment Less funding from the State Cost increases related to the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) The slow economic recovery state-wide
Budget Process • November, 2011 • Presentation of the Long Range Financial Plan to the board • November – December, 2011 • Presentations to staff of the budget outlook • Two community listening sessions • January – February, 2012 • Online survey to gather input from patrons and staff • Superintendent’s Budget Task Force meetings • March, 2012 • Budget Task Force presents recommendations • Administrators build budget • April, 2012 • Superintendent presents budget message and proposed budget to the Budget Committee
Board Guiding Principles • All schools are safe and welcoming • All students are challenged with a broad range of learning opportunities • Students are prepared to be informed, engaged citizens in their community and the world • The district will increase achievement for all students while closing the achievement gap • Available resources are managed to preserve the long-term sustainability of the district
Budget Task Force Guidelines • Do things differently • Keep cuts as far from the classroom • Protect class size • Align budget to resources • Close achievement gap • Legal obligations – maintain • Reality is reality – align with declining enrollment and declining revenue
General Fund Requirements • The majority of district expenditures are related to people • Other operating expenditures include: • Facilities • Student transportation • Utilities • Instructional materials • Technology • Copying and printing
Task Force Recommendation and Proposed Budget Task Force Recommendation: Use the Rainy Day Reserve of $1,000,000 and adjust Reserves by $350,000 Implementation: Used about $1.45 million of the Rainy Day Reserve Task Force Recommendation: Reduce Days by 4 to save $700,000 Implementation: Proposed budget is based on 4 reduced days, saving $678,000 (subject to negotiation) Task Force Recommendation: Reduce Extra-curricular and Athletic funding by $50,000 Implementation: Reduced Extra-curricular and Athletic funding by $50,000
Task Force Recommendation and Proposed Budget Task Force Recommendation: Reduce school budgets by 5%, or $160,000 Implementation: Reduced discretionary school budgets by about 6%, or $160,000 Task Force Recommendation: Reduce department budgets by 5%, or $500,000 Implementation: Reduced department budgets by 8.2%, or $763,525 Task Force Recommendation: Decrease classroom instructional staff to align with decreasing enrollment, a savings of $720,000 Implementation: Decreased classroom instructional staff to align with enrollment, $856,040 Additional Implementations to Fill the Gap: Increased pupil to teacher ratio of between two and three students, $830,360 Reduced school discretionary allocation to align with decreased enrollment, $80,000
