Somerville Board of Education Public Hearing 2019/2020 Budget - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Somerville Board of Education Public Hearing 2019/2020 Budget April 30, 2019

Pr Presentation Overview Budget Goals Programmatic Highlights General Fund Appropriations General Fund Revenues Debt Service Property Tax Impact

Bo Board d of Educ ducation n Mi Mission n Statement Somerville Schools provide the highest quality education through an environment that promotes individual excellence for all students

Bu Budget Goals Insure that the district’s budgeting process and its allocation of resources are aligned Budget Alignment with the district’s instructional priorities and student needs • New Jersey Student Learning Standards • Statewide Educational Continue to fund the programs and services that foster educational excellence, Assessment Results Excellence • Concentration on working within the budget restrictions imposed by the Legislature subgroup performance Provide funding to support the ongoing replacement and expansion of technology in results Technology Support GENERAL accordance with our Multi-Year Device Replacement Schedule (Refresh Cycle) • District Strategic Plan (#VISION2020) • School Wildly Maintain the structural integrity of the budget by not relying on one-time revenues Important Goals Structural Integrity to balance the budget • High School Academies • Trauma Property Tax Rate Maintain taxpayer trust with a budget plan that provides for long-term property Sensitivity/Cultural Stability Competency tax rate stability Allocate funds for capital improvements, as detailed in the Long-Range Facilities Plan and as Capital Improvements recommended by the Buildings/Grounds Committee, including funds for roof replacements Tax Levy Limit Stay under the maximum allowable general fund tax levy increase of 2% SPECIFIC K-5 World Language Enhance K-5 world language offerings Enhancements Enhance offerings to support K-8 gifted and talented population K-8 G&T Enrichments

Pr Programmatic Highlights • Maintain all Academic Programs • Maintenance of Academies (Partnership with RVCC, RWJ, LaRue PR, and Workforce Development) • 1:1 Grades 3 to 12, 2:1 Grade K - 2 • PD - not one and done, sustained, modeling lessons, on-going, job embedded, authentic • Special Education • Peer-to-Peer Program at SHS • Self Contained enrolled in Exploratory Courses • Continue VDI student and staff remote access (hardware, energy ecofriendly)

Enhancement of Acade Enhanc ademic ic Program ams GRANTS COURSES/CLASSROOMS STAFF • Rewriting Math Curriculum • All Full-Day Preschool • VDV World Language and Readopting Math Classes (aggressively Teacher Materials - Grades 6 to 8 pursued discretionary $ to • Gifted and Talented • Schoolwide Writing make full-day) Teacher – Part-time Program - Scaling up to • Computer Science - Grades 6 to 8 • Curriculum Supervisor Funding a New SHS Lab • Advanced Placement • K-2 MD Teacher and 2 • Edhesive – Amazon Future Program of Studies AP Instructional Aides Engineer Capstone Course Addition • K-2 Resource Room • Into to Education Course • Students to Science Instructional Aide Tomorrow's Teachers Course Addition • SHS Game Systems Design and Cybersecurity Courses • SHS Lab 112 Upgrade

Wh What Do People Want To Know? What's different programmatically? How does this budget affect my property taxes?

Ge General Fund Appropriations – Co Comparative Ba Basis Revised Proposed $ Change % Change Instruction: 2018-19 2019-20 Regular Education 13,578,892 14,061,637 482,745 3.6% Special Education 4,470,072 4,919,732 449,660 10.1% Outside Placement Tuition 1,259,271 1,636,188 376,917 29.9% Co-Curr/Athletics 1,186,263 1,256,749 70,486 5.9% Other 369,711 380,343 10,632 2.9% Support 4,285,602 4,424,283 138,681 3.2% Administration 4,052,715 4,044,627 (8,088) -0.2% Operations and Maintenance 3,212,176 3,194,549 (17,627) -0.5% Transportation 927,950 917,614 (10,336) -1.1% Employee Benefits 6,818,558 7,315,036 496,478 7.3% 39,791,499 41,770,415 1,978,916 5.0% Capital Projects/Equipment/ Increase in Capital Reserve 2,256,273 2,419,044 162,771 7.2% Capital Reserve - Transfer to Repayment of Debt $150,302 $151,407 1,105 0.7% $42,198,074 $44,340,866 $2,142,792 5.1%

Ad Adequacy cy Spending Spending Under Adequacy District Adequacy Budget* Total Adequacy Spending+ 30,000,000 29,000,000 28,000,000 27,000,000 26,000,000 25,000,000 24,000,000 23,000,000 22,000,000 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 * Source: NJDOE Informational State Aid Notices + Source: Budget Document

Bu Budgetary y Per Pupil Co Cost – Act Actual Expenditures 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 State Avg K-12 $13,290 $13,734 $14,156 $14,502 $14,604 $14,755 $15,036 State Median K-12 $12,747 $13,180 $13,514 $13,922 $14,135 $14,473 $14,899 State Avg All Operating Types $13,290 $13,733 $14,164 $14,546 $14,736 $14,940 $15,258 State Median All Operating $12,774 $13,198 $13,709 $14,149 $14,490 $14,806 $15,249 Types Somerset Hills Regional $13,934 $13,799 $14,305 $14,845 $15,079 $15,745 $16,052 North Plainfield $13,017 $13,272 $14,015 $14,174 $14,443 $15,398 $15,321 Bound Brook* $11,888 11,482 *2015/2016 First Year in Category Somerville $12,736 $12,888 $12,981 $13,459 $13,849 $14,125 $14,670 Source: 2018 Taxpayers Guide to Education Spending

Bu Budgetary y Per Pupil Co Cost – Act Actual Expenditures $18,000 $16,000 $14,000 $12,000 $10,000 $8,000 $6,000 $4,000 $2,000 $0 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 State Avg K-12 State Median K-12 State Avg All Operating Types State Median All Operating Types Somerset Hills Regional North Plainfield Bound Brook Somerville (2015-16 First Year in Category) Source: 2018 Taxpayers Guide to Education Spending

Ge General Fund Revenue – Co Comparative Ba Basis Revised Proposed 2018-2019 2019-2020 $ Change % Change General Fund Tax Levy 22,628,853 22,781,548 152,695 0.67% Tuition 10,401,966 10,746,698 344,732 3.31% State Aid 6,183,884 7,660,660 1,476,776 23.88% Federal Aid 41,680 59,425 17,745 42.57% Fund Balance/Tuition Reserve/Prior Year Encumbrances 2,205,387 1,635,000 (570,387) -25.86% Miscellaneous 71,002 112,001 40,999 57.74% Withdrawal from Capital Reserve: Capital Projects 515,000 1,194,127 679,127 131.87% Transfer to Debt Service 150,302 151,407 1,105 0.74% 42,198,074 44,340,866 2,142,792 5.08%

Ba Banked CA CAP Used for Used for Generated Expired 2016-17 2017-18 Available 2011-12 242,805 242,805 2012-13 249,522 249,522 2013-14 157,072 7,072 150,000 2014-15 305,573 305,573 2015-16 0 2016-17 0 2017-18 0 2018-19 74,872 74,872 2019-20 353,779 353,779

SH SHS S Enr nrollment Perce centage Br Breakdo down n Be Between n Br Branchbur nchburg and nd Somervi ville 70 % 65 % 60 % 55 % 50 % 45 % 40 % 35 % 30 % Branchburg Somerville 25 % 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22 22/23 23/2424/25 25/26 Actual Projected

Br Branchbur nchburg Tui uition n 2016-17 2019-20 Nonrecurring Recurring Nonrecurring Recurring Tuition 187,734 9,642,383 721,446 9,477,820 Resource Room 720,000 565,000 Tuition Adjustment 2,426 (57,568) TOTAL 10,362,383 10,042,820

De Debt Service 1,976,020 1,982,020 2,500,000 0 3,267 2,000,000 150,302 151,407 208,360 209,988 1,500,000 1,000,000 1,617,358 1,617,358 500,000 0 2018-2019 2019-2020 Tax Levy State Aid Transfer from Capital Reserve Interest

Ta Tax Levies 2018-2019 2019-2020 % Change General Fund 22,628,853 22,781,548 0.67% Debt Service Fund 1,617,358 1,617,358 0.00% Total 24,246,211 24,398,906 0.63%

Pr Property Ta Tax Impact 2018 2019 % Change School Tax Levy 24,024,360 24,322,559 1.24% ÷ ÷ Ratables 1,161,416,843 1,164,726,603 0.28% School Tax Rate 2.069 2.088 0.92% Avg Residential Property 271,493 272,177 Avg School Tax 5,617.19 5,683.06

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