CBE Budget – Where Do $s Come From? For the 2018-19 school year: § 94 per cent of funding came from the provincial government § 14 per cent of this funding is restricted for specific uses § In recent years, provincial funding has increased to support student enrolment growth.
CBE Budget – Where Do $s Come From? For the 2018-19 school year: § The other six per cent was generated from school fees, school fundraising activities, facility rentals and investment income
CBE Budget – Where Do $s Go? § The entire organization supports student learning § 75 per cent of the entire CBE budget is for salaries and benefits
CBE Budget – Where Do $s Go? § 27 cents of every dollar go to services and supports that directly support the work of schools. Of this: § Six cents fund centralized student supports § Four cents fund service unit instruction supports § Ten cents goes to plant, operations and maintenance § Three cents goes to transportation § Four cents goes to board and system administration
CBE Budget – Where Do $s Go? § 73 cents of every dollar go directly to schools through the Resource Allocation Model (RAM). This is the school budget and includes: § Teacher and staff salaries § Instructional supplies and materials § RAM allocation is deployed to meet the needs of all students at the school. § Funds are not allocated based on specific students
School Budget – More About RAM § RAM funds schools based on enrolment and student population complexity § It also provides instructional supports at the Area and central level to ensure responsive programming and service delivery
School Budget – The RAM Process and Timeline § Mid-February – RAM estimate based on enrolment projections for the upcoming school year § March-April – provincial budget and CBE Budget Assumptions Report (BAR) § Mid to late April – RAM allocation process for upcoming school year § May-June – CBE budget submitted to Alberta Education § September-Oct. – Budgets finalized based on actual student enrolment
School Budget – RAM Supports Student Learning § The school budget is the resources we have to implement our School Development Plan and other supports for student learning. Some of the factors we consider are: § What are the priority outcomes and strategies for students? § What supplies, resources and equipment is required to support learning goals? § Do we need to invest in professional development or mentoring?
Our 2018-19 School Budget § Our student enrolment for the current year was 1005 . § Our school budget was $5,766,109 RAM Allocations Per School total $577,520 Per Student total $5,188,589 Total RAM Allocations $5,766,109 RAM deployment Scenario A Organization FTEs Teachers $4,551,586 45.0 Support staff $339,772 5.8 Administration $617,953 7.6 Total staffing $5,509,311 58.4 Supplies /other $256,798 Total RAM deployment plans $5,766,109
Our 2018-19 School Budget Priorities for 2018-19: § Class sizes were kept at the lowest possible size § Ongoing upgrade of resources (computers, learning commons, IA shop, PE equipment, Band program, furniture, aging equipment) § PD costs related to School Development Plan (mathematics, indigenous strategy, school-wide calibration of assessment and task design)
Our 2019-20 School Budget § Our student enrolment projection for the 2019-20 school year is 845. § Our estimated 2019-20 RAM is $4,850,031 RAM Allocations Per School total $470,129 Per Student total $4,379,902 Total RAM Allocations $4,850,031 RAM deployment Scenario A Organization FTEs Teachers $3,910,572 38.4 Support staff $203,049 3.7 Administration $498,015 6.6 Total staffing $4,611,636 48.7 Supplies /other $238,395 Total RAM deployment plans $4,850,031
Our 2019-20 School Budget My budget estimate assumes maintained funding from the provincial government § Anticipated decrease when compared with the 2018-19 budget is $916,078 § 9.7 staff FTE decrease (8 teachers, remainder is EAs and lunchroom supervision) § Class size remains approx. 27-30
Questions Do you have any questions about any of this information so far?
Share Your Perspectives Reflect on the following three questions to help us understand what is important to you as we complete our RAM in May. § As a school community, we should continue doing… § As a school community, we should stop doing/change how we do… § As a school community, we should start doing…
Share Your Perspectives § Discussion
Next Steps § Share your feedback about this meeting at https://tinyurl.com/CNGS-budget-survey- 2019 § We will update our school website with: § Feedback gathered at tonight’s session by May 31. § Meeting evaluation summary by May 31. § School development plan by Fall 2019. § Join us in the fall to hear about our actual student enrolment, any budget adjustments and how feedback could or could not influence the adjustments made
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