BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BPS F INANCIAL C ONTEXT AND FY17 P LANNING 1
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Reminder of the “why” Do more of what works for kids. 2
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Topics for discussion Background and context Historic trends in the BPS budget Preliminary planning for FY17 3
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS City of Boston: General Fund Support for All Education For the past five years, General Fund Spending for Education, including BPS and Charter Schools, has grown rapidly, at an average rate of 6% a year. 4
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS City of Boston: Revenue to Support Boston Education At the same time, State Revenue to support Education has been stagnant: • Boston’s Chapter 70 Revenue has grown by <1% per year. • The Commonwealth has not fulfilled its obligation to fund Charter School Reimbursement, to the tune of $30M in lost revenue for Boston over the past 2 years. This has led to a 7.6% average Stagnant annual growth in the City’s State Contribution (net State Education Funding Education Funding) to Education in Boston. 5
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS City of Boston : Education as a portion of Boston’s Budget BPS has traditionally General Fund FY16 Spending accounted for 35% of Boston’s Budget. With the growth of Charter Schools, Education now accounts for 40% of Boston’s budget. 6
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS We face a structural deficit, where expenses consistently go up faster than revenues Expenses $ Level service costs up (e.g. salary, benefits, contractual step- up’s, student need) Do more (e.g. more K1, ELT) Do better (e.g. HC strategy, increased support for level 4 and 5 schools) Revenue Loss of entitlement funds (shifting population) State Chapter 70 Education funding has been growing <1% per year for the last 5 years Time 7
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS And our annual budget cuts don’t solve the long term problem Expenses $ Annual “cuts” to align costs to revenues Revenue Time A long term financial plan means stepping back and identifying the bold , multi-year changes that reverse our structural deficit and allow us to reinvest in what works best for kids. 8
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS We are proactively taking steps to improve our financial picture for future years Facilities Collective Revenue Operations SPED work Master bargaining strategy work group group Plan Financial strategy Existing process New process 9
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Topics for discussion Background and context Historic trends in the BPS budget Preliminary planning for FY17 10
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS We think about our budget in five broad categories Schools School Services Budgeted Centrally Central Expenses within a school’s budget, Programs/services for schools that Funds used for leadership and as well as funds held centrally that are budgeted centrally. institutional support for the are disbursed to schools throughout district . • Special education the year. • Facilities and maintenance • Central office departments (i.e., • Teachers (including custodians and Office of Human Capital, • Support staff utilities) Finance) • Aides • Programs such as safety services • Programs that support schools and psychological services (i.e., professional development, curriculum design) Benefits Transportation Funds used for employee benefits. Funds used for transportation for students. • Health insurance • Medicare • Yellow bus services • Unemployment compensation • MBTA • Workers compensation • Transportation for special education students, homeless students, and after school 11 programs
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BPS spends $1.01B per year of general funds, with almost all going towards schools and school services FY16 Budget (General Fund only) 100% $62,289,573 6% 90% $109,455,202 11% 80% $132,740,088 13% Central Office 70% Transportation $171,711,378 17% 60% Benefits 50% School Services Budgeted Centrally 40% Schools 30% $537,304,226 53% 20% 10% 0% Dollars % of Total 12 Note: FY16 budget accurate as of 11/10/15
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS This spending supports the key functions and cost items for the district FY16 Budget by Service Area and Function (General Fund) $537M $172M $133M $109M $62M Total = $1.01B 100% Su b s Finance General Non-personnel Instructional Support Administration Aides Student Support Services Regular ELL Administrators and secretarial staff Education Expanded LearningTime Other 80 Data and Student / School Note: Central Accountability Support Staff Support Special includes both Education personnel and Leadership non-personnel OHC 60 costs Facilities and Professional Maintenance Benefits Learning/TLTs Transportation Strategy 40 (Other) Teachers OIIT 20 Special Education Operations 0 Schools School Services Benefits Transportation Central Budgeted Centrally To read this chart: The full rectangle = the total FY16 general funds budget (excludes grants). The area of each rectangle corresponds to the size of the budget for that specific category (like a two dimensional a pie chart) 13 Note: FY16 budget accurate as of 11/10/15
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS The district also has $139M in grant funding, for a grand total of $1.15B FY16 Budget by Service Area and Function (All Funds) $571M $244M $146M $109M $83M Total = $1.15B 100% Transportation Staff Grants Grants SPED Out Su b s Non-personnel of District Aides Grants Grants Administrators and secretarial staff 80 Finance Support Staff Instructional Support SPED In Student Support Services General Administration ELL District Expanded Learning Time Regular Education 60 Other Data and Accountability Student / School Special Education Support Leadership Benefits OHC 40 Facilities and Professional Learning/TLTs Maintenance Teachers Strategy (Other) Regular Education 20 OIIT Special Education Operations 0 Schools School Services Benefits Transportation Central Budgeted Centrally To read this chart: The full rectangle = the total FY16 general funds budget (excludes grants). The area of each rectangle corresponds to the size of the budget for that specific category (like a two dimensional a pie chart) 14 Note: FY16 budget accurate as of 11/10/15
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Total expenditures have been increasing 3.1% annually, with the highest growth seen in transportation, school services, and schools Expenditures by Service Area, FY11-FY16B (All Funds) $1,400M Millions Note: The work to understand the drivers of these changes is ongoing and in-process % Annual % Change $ Change $1,200M Growth FY11-16 FY11-16 $83M Central Office $86M 0.8% 4% $3.1M $86M $109M $1,000M $85M $80M $103M $83M $108M $91M $146M $76M Transportation $81M 7.5% 44% $33.4M $135M $134M $800M $134M $137M $133M $244M Benefits 1.3% 7% $9.0M $218M $208M $201M $600M $200M $191M School Services 4.0% 22% $43.7M Budgeted Centrally $400M Schools 2.8% 15% $73.1M $571M $545M $529M $518M $498M $501M $200M Total 3.1% 16% $162.4M $0M FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16B 15 Note: FY09-FY15 represent actual expenditures. FY16 represents budgeted amounts accurate as of 11/10/15. These cost combine bot h the increasing costs of service, and BPS’s efforts to control costs
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Of the $33M increase in transportation, $22M has come from SPED-related costs, both in district and out of district FY11-FY16B Transportation Expenses (All Funds) % Annual Growth Rate: 7.5% $120 Millions $0 $2 $- $2 $0 $2 $100 $14 $11 $12 $- $2 $9 $- $80 $2 $- $2 $8 $40 Athletics: n/a $42 $7 $37 Transportation Staff: 8.5% $33 $60 SPED Out of District: 15.1% $30 $28 SPED In District: 8.5% $40 Regular Education: 5.1% $54 $52 $51 $47 $41 $20 $40 $- FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16B 16
BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Within schools budgets and school services budgeted centrally, ELL and SPED account for 62% of increased spending School and School Service Spending, FY11-FY16B $72M, or 62%, of the increase 900 from FY11-FY16 has gone towards Millions services for SPED or ELL $20 800 $22 $12 $54 $25 $11 $21 $11 700 $17 $58 $12 % Annual % Change $ Change $12 $73 $16 $58 $14 $57 Growth FY11-16 FY11-16 $55 $54 $64 $62 600 $59 $88 Other $48 $55 11.9% 75.6% $9M $81 $80 $82 $75 $79 General 500 6.8% 38.8% $6M Administration $241 Physical Plant $217 -0.1% -0.7% $0M 400 $207 $194 $199 $189 Bilingual / SEI 8.9% 53.3% $25M 300 Student / School 3.3% 17.4% $13M 200 Support $315 $307 Special Education $298 $298 $294 4.4% 24.2% $47M $289 100 Regular Education 1.1% 5.6% $17M 0 Total 3.1% 16.8% $117M FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16B 17
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