Texas As Assoc ociation of Ru Rural Schoo ools Working for School Districts with Rural Values From 45 ADA To 26,000 ADA One School Multiple Schools
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Michael Lee tarsed@centex.net 806/202-2764 Leigh Ann Glaze tars@centex.net 325/372-8552 Retired Booker ISD 2012 Retired San Saba ISD 2017 Past Region 16 Board of Directors Registrar/Veterans Liaison Former School Board Member Howard Payne University Interim Superintendent Region 15 Board of Directors Rancher/Farmer 301 East Wallace Street PO Box 503 San Saba, Texas 76877
Legislative Contacts in Austin serving you daily D. John Hubbard Ian Randolph 301 East Wallace Street PO Box 503 San Saba, Texas 76877
The he Pur urpose se of TARS i is Twofold: 1. To impact the state's school finance and property tax • systems so to ensure equitable distribution of education resources and tax burdens, and 2. To become involved both directly and indirectly in the • policy- making and administrative processes of federal, state, and local entities (excluding school districts) by: a. Monitoring the entities, b. Conducting the independent research, and c. Making specific recommendations.
TARS Of Office cers • President Rebecca McCutchen, Alpine ISD • President Elect Aaron Hood, Robert Lee ISD • Vice-President Greg Gilbert, Santo ISD • Secretary Tommy Hooker, Thrall ISD • Treasurer Joe Lopez, Taft ISD • Past President Robert Dillard, Littlefield ISD
TARS S Region onal Direc ector ors • Region 1 Albert Pena San Perlita ISD • Region 2 Michelle Hartman Pawnee ISD • Region 3 Jon Wunderlich Weimar ISD • Region 4 Marc Keith Tarkington ISD • Region 5 Jim Armstrong West Hardin County CISD • Region 6 John Kaufman Trinity ISD • Region 7 Brian Gray White Oak ISD • Region 8 John Booth DeKalb ISD • Region 9 Casey Adams Woodson ISD • Region 10 James Sanders Scurry Rosser ISD
Regi gion onal D Direc ector ors • Region 11 William Stokes Valley View ISD • Region 12 Chris Heskett Covington ISD • Region 13 Paul Michalewicz Florence ISD • Region 14 Gary Speegle Comanche ISD • Region 15 Russell Dacy Wall ISD • Region 16 Blair Brown Panhandle ISD • Region 17 Dane Kerns Smyer ISD • Region 18 Debbie Engle Valentine ISD • Region 19 Evelyn Loeffler Sierra Blanca ISD • Region 20 Jessica Milam Utopia ISD
Regi gion onal D Direc ector ors • At-Large 6 Eric Carpenter Big Sandy ISD • At-Large 10 Jon Hill Dodd City ISD • At-Large 14 Todd Burleson West Brook ISD • At-Large 16 Clay Montgomery Spearman ISD • At Large 18 Scott Carman Wink-Loving ISD
• Worked with Governor’s office on school safety. • Worked with Governor’s office on broadband internet. • Worked with the Education Superhighway on the Governor’s Connectivity Initiative • Presented at Hispanic Caucus in Odessa Texas. • Attended and represented schools at West Texas Forum hosted by Congressman Arrington in Lubbock. • Attended meetings and prepared witnesses for the Commission on Public School Finance meetings. • Work with all organizations to maximize efforts for public schools. Legislati Le tive • Focused very narrowly on Small/Mid-size school adjustment. Also worked on selected bills to support or possibly help prevent from Efforts Ef becoming law (Sp. Ed. Bill)/Financial Literacy • Prepared witnesses to testify on the Readability of STAAR Test. • Provided data and research to legislative offices regarding school finance and career and technology programming. • Worked with education partners – Common Ground Group – to identify common goals and objectives for educational community. • Partner with Texas Educators Vote
th Le 86 th 86 Legislature Highlights ts • Funding for School Districts ($6. 5 Increase; BA $6,160) • FY20 Rural Districts Increased $1,223 per ADA Above Current Law; Charters $705 per ADA; Major Urban $550 per ADA. • FY21 Rural Districts Increased $1,116 per ADA Above Current Law; Charters $885 per ADA; Major Urban $620 per ADA. • Improved transportation funding, added Dyslexia Education into Sp. Ed., kept Special Education at front of small/mid-size school adjustment, Small/mid-size adjustment for school districts that are only district in county. • Retired teachers receiving a 13 th check. • TRS considered “Actuarily Sound.”
th Le 86 th 86 Legislature (Lo Losses) • Lost Small/Mid-size School Adjustment for CTE , Bilingual, Comp. Ed, GT (GT rolled into Basic Allotment). • Public Education is based on a good economy. When economy struggles where will we be (2011????). • TRS considered “Actuarily Sound.” What determines “Actuarily Sound?” The increase in contributions comes on the backs of active employees and school districts. Active employees are and will pay a higher percentage than those who are already retired. • Local control continues to be eroded?
CTE E Un Uninten ended ed Conseq equen ence!! School Districts with approximately 800 ADA and below actually lose money by adding FTEs into their CTE Programs. The further away from 1,600 ADA, the worse the issue. The smaller School Districts might generate more money without “zero” FTEs in CTE than with what they are showing. We would like to thank Mr. Johnny Zolman, School Finance Consultant and others, for analyzing and offering a solution to this issue and/or problem as outlined below. Problem The FTE’s for CTE programs are subtracted from both the Regular School Allotment and the Small School Allotment. They are added back in only once through the CTE Allotment, which creates a discrepancy for school districts below 800 ADA. The smaller the ADA, the larger the discrepancy. (The further away from 1,600 ADA the larger the discrepancy for the district). Solution Add the FTE’s for the CTE programs back into the Small School Allotments. This would provide the gains that should be received for the school districts affected. (This solution should benefit all school districts below 5,000 ADA).
CTE E Un Uninten ended ed Conseq equen ence!! • 9/4/2019 Received information concerning this issue Region 8 RAC-Rick Flanagan, Field Agent. • Confirmed with follow up phone call Mr. Zolman: Region 6: Contacted TEA, unsure of ability to address issue. • 9/12/2019 Sent letter to superintendents alerting them to possible problems: Modified template from De Kalb ISD so superintendents could plug in numbers. • 9/18/2019 TARS sent email to Commissioner Morath asking him to investigate situation. • 9/23/2019 Visited with other organizations at Fall TASB/TASA Convention. Led to meeting to organize efforts. • 9/26/2019 Representative Ashby Letter, et al. 20 Legislators, 10 Organizations.
CTE E Un Uninten ended ed Conseq equen ence!! • 10/04/2019 Morath Response to TARS: Acknowledged problem, encouraged schools to look at total income, contact Leo Lopez with further questions. • 10/18/2019 Phone conference with Leo Lopez: Said TEA was running numbers on issue. Expected to give response late November, early December. • 10/28/2019 Helped prepare testimony to House Education Committee for Marshall Harrison, Sunray. Positive comments from House Education Committee. • 11-04/2019 Helped TARS Director Albert Pena prepare information for Roundtable Discussion with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Senator Lucio, V. Chair of Senate Education Committee highlighting CTE. • 11/20/2019 Morath second response, said TEA is looking into both short-term and long-term solutions. • 11/20/2019 Indication that the CTE issue would be on December’s list of unintended consequences to both LBB and Governor’s office. • 12/3/2019 Leo Lopez has meeting with Morath 12/6/19? • 12/13/2019 TEA still working through issue.
CTE E Un Uninten ended ed Conseq equen ence!! • House Education Committee Testimony • 19-10-28 Testimoney House Education Committee.pdf
Sunray ISD- ADA 517. 517.98 SCENERIO 1 SCENERIO 2 DIFFERENCE SC 2 - SC 1 REFINED ADA 517.98 517.98 0 CTE FTE'S 37.119 53.137 16.02 REGULAR PROGRAM ADA (2) 466.87 450.85 (16.02) REGULAR PROGRAM ALLOTMENT (21) $2,875,901.00 $2,777,230.00 ($98,671.00) SMALL/MID-SIZE ALLOTMENT (22) $1,303,511.00 $1,276,583.00 ($26,928.00) TOTAL SPECIAL EDUCATION ADJUSTED ALLOTMENT (23) $625,678.00 $628,450.00 $2,772.00 CAREER & TECH ALLOTMENT (27) $309,282.00 $442,487.00 $133,205.00 TOTAL COST OF TIER 1 (42) $5,623,231.00 $5,633,608.00 $10,377.00 FSP STATE SHARE OF TIER 1 (45) $2,983,545.00 $2,993,922.00 $10,377.00 TIER 2 STATE AID (46) $236,999.00 $237,628.00 $629.00 TOTAL FSP OPERATING FUND (48) $3,340,544.00 $3,351,550.00 $11,006.00 FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM (49) $3,340,544.00 $3,351,550.00 $11,006.00 TOTAL FSP/ASF (55) $3,488,078.00 $3,499,084.00 $11,006.00 NET M&O REVENUE LOCAL TAXES (62) $5,949,458.00 $5,960,464.00 $11,006.00 TOTAL M&O REVENUE FROM STATE (64) $5,949,458.00 $5,960,464.00 $11,006.00 $11,006 DIFFERENCE IN REV. Sunray ISD should have received a gain of $34,534.00 (Revenue for CTE – Revenue for Regular Program Funding). Instead a net revenue of only $11,006.00 is realized for a loss of $23,528.00.
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