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Investing in Stafford’s Future: A Child Centered Budget Built on Equity with Excellence for All School Board Work Session FY ‘21 School Board Approved Budget February 25th, 2020 February 25, 2020

Agenda / Topics • Revenue Update • Increased VRS Compensation Rates • Service Scale Enhancements • Higher Composite Index (.347%) • • Increased Enrollment Teacher Scale • • SCPS Staffing Standards and CSR Schools New Positions & Stipends • Changing Demographics and Challenging Student Needs • Operating Fund Review • New Accountability System and Persistent Achievement Gaps • Review of Other Funds / Resolution • New State Staffing Requirements • Competitive Employment Market 2

Revenue Updates • Local Funding Increase: $3,925,812 County • Public Day School: $224,316 • Total: $4,150,128 • Senate and House released updates • Senate: $2.3M Increase State • House: $2.8M Increase • Added funds for compensation and other items • Not incorporated into this School Board budget until the General Assembly adopts a budget 3

Service Scale Enhancements

Service Scale Enhancements • Cost to adjust all to minimum: $615,000 • Increased VRS Compensation Rates • FY ’19 active employees will receive same $ adjustment • Higher Composite Index (.347%) from prior year. • All employees will be at, or above, the minimum • Increased Enrollment • SCPS Staffing Standards and CSR Schools • Additional adjustments to give credit for years of exp: $1.635M • • Changing Demographics and Challenging Student Needs 1% above the min for each year of experience establishes a new “floor” for employee • New Accountability System and Persistent Achievement Gaps • Direct experience = 1 for 1 year • New State Staffing Requirements • Relevant experience = 2 for 1 year • Competitive Employment Market 5

Service Scale Enhancements • Example: Administrative Support II ($17.92/hour) • Increased VRS Compensation Rates • 7 years direct experience; 2 years relevant • Higher Composite Index (.347%) experience = 8 years of total experience • Increased Enrollment • PY min adjustment (Evergreen) = $1,387 • SCPS Staffing Standards and CSR Schools • Prelim adjusted hourly rate: $18.69 • Changing Demographics and Challenging Student Needs • Uniform scale minimum - $18.29 • New Accountability System and Persistent Achievement Gaps • New hourly rate - $19.75 (8% above min) • New State Staffing Requirements • Competitive Employment Market 6

Admin Support II 7

Paraprofessionals - General 8

Teacher Scale

Updates • See attached scale • Increased VRS Compensation Rates • Revisions to levels 1-30 from previous proposed scale • Higher Composite Index (.347%) • Increases to levels 18-30 (.07% - 1.06%) • Increased Enrollment • Reductions to levels 1-17 (.05% - .53%) • SCPS Staffing Standards and CSR Schools • More balanced increases • Changing Demographics and Challenging Student Needs • Total annual increases range: 3.6% - 9.9% • New Accountability System and Persistent Achievement Gaps • Average annual increase: 4.8% • New State Staffing Requirements • Competitive Employment Market 10

Current Teacher Scale Comparison 100,000 90,000 80,000 70,000 60,000 50,000 40,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 FY 20 Scale Spotsy Current PWC Current 11

Proposed Teacher Scale Comparison 100,000 90,000 80,000 70,000 60,000 50,000 40,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Proposed Scale 2-25 Spotsy Proposed PWC Proposed (Step + 2%) 12

Position Changes & Stipends

Position Changes / Updates • Elementary Assistant Principals (9) • Increased VRS Compensation Rates • Bus Attendants (10) • Higher Composite Index (.347%) • • Increased Enrollment Executive Director of Transportation (.5) • • SCPS Staffing Standards and CSR Schools Position currently oversees Fleet Services • Changing Demographics and Challenging Student Needs • 50% of position funded by Fleet Services fund • New Accountability System and Persistent Achievement Gaps • Recommend overseeing transportation only • New State Staffing Requirements • Competitive Employment Market 14

Additional Stipends • Increased VRS Compensation Rates • Higher Composite Index (.347%) • Increased Enrollment • SCPS Staffing Standards and CSR Schools • Changing Demographics and Challenging Student Needs • New Accountability System and Persistent Achievement Gaps • New State Staffing Requirements • Competitive Employment Market 15

School Board’s Funding Request Summary Total Highlights : Expenditures: • Compensation: $332,746,792 • 3% minimum for all employees: $6.58M • Enhancing and condensing of teacher scale: $3M Total Increase: • Service scale enhancements: $2.25M $27,364,971 • VRS increase for current employees: $1.68M • New stipends: $1.25M (8.9%) • Non-compensation Increase: $4.3 Total New • Contractual increases Positions: • Security enhancements: $500k • School Buses (15) 130.6 FTEs 16

School Board’s Funding Request Summary Increase in County Funding: $10,278,701 (8.0%) County Administrator’s Proposed Inc: $4,158,128 Updated Funding Gap: $6,128,573 Potential Additional State Revenue 17

Other Funds

Additional Funds Grants Fund: $13,524,418 Health Benefits Fund: $31,666,750 Worker’s Compensation Fund: $790,978 19

Additional Funds Nutrition Services Fund: $15,664,787 Construction Fund*: $1,766,934 Fleet Services Fund: $5,002,812 *Does not include CIP capital projects. 20

Additional Funds Nutrition Services Fund: $15,664,787 Construction Fund*: $1,766,934 Fleet Services Fund: $5,002,812 *Does not include CIP capital projects. 21

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