D OUGLAS C OUNTY S CHOOL D ISTRICT F UNDING C HALLENGES & N EEDS
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BOARD OF EDUCATION PRIORITIES – 2017-18 Creating comprehensive goals to guide the district into the future. Hiring a permanent superintendent. Addressing district funding challenges and needs. 3
Student Safety & Wellness Enhance the security of our schools and invest in additional The Best Teachers Increase Career & mental health support and for Our Students Technical Education prevention programming for Address competitive pay to students. Opportunities retain and attract excellent Provide additional pathways that teachers amidst the current prepare our students for their WHAT DO OUR teacher shortage. future careers or vocations. SCHOOLS NEED? Update Aging School Buildings & Address Growth Excellence in Student Update our aging school buildings Programming and provide space for growth to Ensure all students have ensure optimal learning equitable access to excellent environments for current and educational resources and future generations of students. programming in their schools. 4
HOW ARE SCHOOLS FUNDED? The 1994 School Finance Act determines how much funding each school district will receive (“Total Program” and “Per Pupil Funding”) The funding is a mix of State and Local sources (“State Share” and “Local Share”) DCSD Per Pupil Revenue Local Share = Fixed tax rate set by State of 2017-2018 Colorado applied all to DCSD taxpayers – 25.440 mills $8,000 $7,000 State Share = Funding from State Income Tax and $6,000 Sales Tax allocated by Legislature $5,000 TOTAL (39% of State’s General Fund) $4,000 FIXED $3,000 AT More Local Share = Less State Share $2,000 $7,389 An increase in local funding due to economic growth $1,000 and rising property values does NOT provide our $- 2017-2018 schools with more money – it just means the state Local Portion PPR State Portion PPR Local Share PPR State Share PPR contributes less. 5 *Local Share refers to School Finance Act funding only and is not inclusive of Mill Levy Override.
OPERATING FUNDING PER STUDENT $12,000 Each district can request additional funding (up to $10,000 25% more) through a local $8,000 Mill Levy Override $6,000 $4,000 $2,000 School Finance Act Funding $0 Boulder Valley Cherry Creek Littleton Jefferson County Douglas County Mill Levy Override Tax Rates 18.790 16.973 14.222 Additional taxes approved 12.033 by voters in each district for 5.284 Mill Levy Overrides Boulder Valley Cherry Creek Littleton Jefferson County Douglas County 6
FACT: HISTORICAL MILL LEVY OVERRIDE PER STUDENT Cherry Creek PEER DISTRICT COMPARISON receives $1,635 more per student $3,500 in MLO over MLO Per Pupil Boulder DCSD. $2,877 $3,000 Cherry Creek At DCSD’s Littleton $2,500 student count, JeffCo $2,162 this equates to more than $2,000 DCSD $1,960 $100 million annually. $1,500 $1,399 FACT: $1,000 DCSD’s Average Annual Teacher $500 $527 Salary is $17K less than Cherry $- Creek and $13K 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 less than Littleton. Percentage 142% Increase/Decrease 78% 76% -14% Source: CDE 2015-16 54% over Period Average Teacher Cherry Creek JeffCo Boulder Littleton DCSD Salary Note: Includes MLO reported by CDE and includes operational/capital construction overrides 7 that are not subject to 25% of Total Program limit. In the case of Boulder Valley School District, this analysis does not include MLO specifically tied to Transportation.
BOND (CAPITAL) FUNDING PEER DISTRICT COMPARISON New Bond Authorization Over Time DCSD Capital Needs Aging Infrastructure $205-$269 Million (to “catch up”) ($25-$30 M per year to “keep up”) New Construction (1-5 years) $107 Million Source: DCSD 2017 Master Capital Plan and Colorado School Finance Project, 8 http://www.cosfp.org/CoSFPElections.html
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