FY21 Budget: Schools Dr. Brenda Cassellius, Superintendent Corey Harris, Chief Accountability Officer Nathan Kuder, Chief Financial Officer David Bloom, Deputy Chief Financial Officer
Every child, in every classroom, in every school of the Boston Public Schools system has the same opportunity to achieve the greatness within them as anybody else. Boston Public Schools Opportunity and Achievement Gap Policy
A strong foundation for student Student success and more support to connect $9M families to resources and information. Increase teachers’ skill through Teacher coaching and consistent feedback and $12M developing high-quality curriculum. Raise the bar on student learning with Content high-quality learning materials, $15M resources and improved learning environments.
4 Boston Public Schools We expect Mayor Walsh’s Fiscal Year $80M 2021 Budget Proposal to include an $80M increase for BPS. New investments directly in school Overview of budgets or school services budgeted $36M centrally above and beyond standard the Fiscal cost increase. Year 2021 Estimates for standard cost increases, Budget including existing student services, $44M cost of new BTU contract and Proposal operations. Proposed General Fund Budget for the $1.3B Boston Public Schools in FY21.
5 Boston Public Schools Additional Teaching positions, 64 including 24 FTE for Art, Music, and PE. Additional Paraprofessional positions, 100% of new the result of inclusion expansion and a 94 full-time position in every K2 investments classroom. in school Positions added to improve the budgets or 126 student experience and support the whole child and whole family, school including: services 47 Social Workers ▫ 42 Instructional Facilitators, and ▫ 37 Family Liaisons ▫
FY20 FY21 Percent Category Current Proposed Change Change School Budgets $623 $660 $37.4 6.0% ELT $16 $22 $6.3 40.2% Direct School 64% of Expenses Benefits $117 $125 $8.0 6.9% new Total Schools $756 $807 $51.7 6.8% funding Transportation $96 $99 $3.3 3.5% Special Education $45 $49 $4.0 8.9% School Facilities $67 $72 $4.8 7.2% Services Budgeted Other $68 $76 $8.1 11.8% Centrally Benefits $21 $22 $1.4 6.9% 27% of Total SSBC $297 $319 $21.7 7.3% new Central Administration $57 $58 $0.5 0.8% funding Central Benefits $7 $8 $0.5 6.9% Administration Total Central $64 $65 $1.0 1.5% Student services $30 $32 $1.8 6.0% Non-BPS Student Transportation $31 $35 $3.9 12.8% Services Total Non-BPS $61 $67 $5.7 9.4% Total $1.179B $1.259B $80M 6.8%
Ensuring equity as we invest in quality across the City
“ Boston Public Schools (BPS) has a long, rich tradition and commitment to education as the birthplace of America’s public education system. BPS is a leader in urban education. Nationally recognized programs and initiatives such as universal preschool, early childhood BPS Draft education, an equitable school-based Strategic funding formula , and policies Plan specifically focused on creating greater racial equity are but a few of BPS’s signature accomplishments. ”
Our consistent and transparent formula Boston Public Schools 9 enables us to differentiate funding based on student need and enrollment Weighted Student Funding (WSF)
Boston Public Schools 10 Sample Weighted Student Funding Template
Boston Public Schools 11 FY21 Weight Category Students Funding Grade Level Weights 54,004 $351,038,365 Students with 10,709 $112,198,769 Disabilities WSF Varies English Language 18,085 $20,175,228 Learners Funding by High Risk Students 3,716 $2,187,496 Student Opportunity Index 42,947 $11,163,109 Need Funding Economic Disadvantage 39,053 $25,829,202 Programmatic Supports 4,099 $12,256,466 Foundation Funding 54,004 $24,447,063 Total $559,295,698
We continue to evaluate our weights to Boston Public Schools 12 respond to student needs and staffing requirements We modified Weighted Student Funding (WSF) for three Adapting reasons related to the new BTU Contract: Paraprofessional Salaries ($6.2M): Paraprofessional ● WSF to salaries increased faster than teacher salaries, leading us to increase all classrooms with a paraprofessionals by .1. Student Weights changed: K1 and K2 general education weights ○ Need and All High Needs Special Education weights ○ ESL Support in Inclusion ($1.4M): By increasing the ELD ● Staffing 4/5 weight by .04, we provide more options for servicing students with an ELD 4 or 5 in inclusion classrooms. Costs Full time paraprofessional in K2 (3.7M). All K2 ● classrooms will now have a full time paraprofessional. This impacts only K2 general education classrooms and changed the K2 grade-level weight by .2.
Boston Public Schools 13 FY20 FY21 $ CH % CH Weighted Student Funding $517.4 $559.3 $41.9 8% Special Programs (non-WSF) $26.2 $27.9 $1.7 6% Sources of Title I and IDEA $20.0 $19.7 -$0.3 -2% Nurse and Special Education Direct School Coordinator $20.7 $24.7 $4.0 19% New Investment Positions $0.0 $15.6 $15.6 n/a Rule-based soft landings $5.5 $4.5 -$1.0 -18% Funding Rules-based Foundation for Quality $1.9 $3.9 $2.0 105% Autonomous Opt-Outs $3.8 $3.5 -$0.3 -8% Including Additional Adjustments $21.9 $20.9 -$1.0 -5% Expanded Learning Time $15.6 $21.9 $6.3 40% Title I and Benefits $117.2 $125.2 $7.9 7% Total $759.7 $827.0 $67.3 9% IDEA Notes: These figures do not include the school services that are budgeted centrally. All figures are current as of February 5 th and may change as the budgeting process continues. Additional adjustments include EEC/ELC supplements and other rules-based allocations (SIFE, EI), this amount is projected to decrease due to Inclusive Support and Homeless funding added to WSF. Expanded Learning Time costs include Schedule A as well as central costs for Pilot, Innovation, and Special Agreement schools.
We provide detailed budget information Boston Public Schools 14 for individuals schools on our website Sample Allocation One-Pager
15 Boston Public Schools Rapidly expanding student access to technology Technology is an essential tool used everyday in a Investment multitude of ways, by everyone, and must be Highlight: 1:1 prioritized. Computing 58% of BPS chromebooks will be beyond end ▫ of life by June 2020. Purchase and management of student ▫ technology, including: 1:1 computing for students in grades 7-12. ▪ 2:1 computing for students in grades 3-6. ▪ 3:1 computing for students in grades K0-2. ▪ 40,000 new student devices. ▪
16 Boston Public Schools Boston Public Schools Raise the bar on quality learning environments Investment Re-establish high expectations for the classrooms, bathrooms, hallways, and play spaces that our Highlight: students deserve, recognizing the impact of the learning environment and resources: Facilities $1.5M Ensure our facilities support learning by adding 25 additional custodians, investing in building condition and cleanliness. In the spring, we will present the BPS Capital Budget, which will propose additional investments in school facilities, including upgrades to drinking fountains and bathrooms.
17 Universal Pre-K Goals Boston Public Schools Boston Public Schools Quality Coherence Equity ■ Build mixed Targeted efforts ■ Identify and ■ delivery system towards quality address with multiple access inequitable ways to to receive access for Investment free school day ■ Evidence based children & curriculum, families Highlight: coaching and ■ Innovation, best professional practice & quality ■ Close the Continued indicators across development opportunity & settings achievement gap Strong ■ expansion of and increase educator success rate by workforce providing K1-2nd Pre-K ■ Early & support & increases family resources engagement Sustainability ■ systems
Building off past budgets, we are doing more to support schools through enrollment changes
“Our definition of educational equity is clear. At BPS, every child in every classroom is entitled to an equitable, world-class, high-quality education. Each child should have the same unfettered access to every conceivable tool to unlock the greatness within BPS Draft them…. This requires a commitment to Strategic systemic change in the way we Plan allocate funding, provide access to information, deliver instruction, and make resources available to meet students’ needs. ” Boston Public Schools Draft Strategic Plan
Boston Public Schools 20 1. ENROLLMENT 2. FUNDING DECLINE DECREASE Breaking the Enrollment cycle of & Funding declining Cycle enrollment 4. FEWER 3. REDUCTION FAMILIES PICK IN STAFF AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS
21 Boston Public Schools Two reasons for declining enrollment: total student population and school choice Between SY16-17 and SY18-19, the total school age population declined by 928 students, while BPS enrollment declined by 1,851 students.
22 Boston Public Schools -8% Total high school enrollment Enrollment in selective admissions +5% 5 Year Trend high schools and the exam schools in High School Enrollment +10% Enrollment at Madison Park Enrollment in open enrollment, -18% comprehensive high schools
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