Explaining Sample ISD’s [Budget/Financial Position] As presented at: Region One Finance Advisory Council Meeting Friday, October 15,2010

Our Students Santa Maria ISD serves 647 students __% White 100% Hispanic __% African American __% Asian/Pacific Islander __% Native American __% Limited English Proficient __% Economically Disadvantaged __% Special Education

Our Academic Achievement District’s State Rating is Academically Acceptable 25 % of campuses are rated “Recognized” 50 % of campuses are rated “Academically Acceptable” 25 % of campuses are rated “Other” Our district did “Meet AYP” Graduation rate is 86.7% vs. state average of 79.1 % Dropout rate (9 th -12 th grade) 3.4% vs. state average of 2.2 %

Our Teachers 41.3 % of our teachers have 1-5 years of experience 17.4 % of our teachers have 11+ years Average beginning teacher salary is [$33,949] in our district and $34,252 statewide Average teacher salary is [$42,064] in our district and $47,305 statewide Average student/teacher ratio 14.5 to 1 4.7% of our employees are “Administrators”

An Overview of Our Financial Position During the school year, we spent $7,967 per student –That amounts to [$_____] per student per hour Our total operating costs were $ 7,372,378

Sample ISD’s Expenditures Operating Expenditures 48 % on Instruction 6.0 % on Administration (school and district) 2.0 % on Transportation 5.0 % on Food Services 12.0 % on Utilities 22 % increase in operating expenditures since

Sample ISD’s Revenue Sources –% Local ($6.4) –% State ($70.5) –% Federal ($23.1) Total Revenue is $ 7,939,963

Sample ISD’s Financial Position Revenue – Expenditures –Proposed budget foresees revenues of $6,940,435 and expenditures of $6,287,998 –Balanced or Surplus Budget What about upcoming years? –Deficit Budget Did you have to use your fund balance?

Sample ISD’s Tax Rate The district’s current M&O tax rate is $1.04 The proposed M&O tax rate is $1.28 The total tax rate (M&O and I&S) is $ This is expected to generate $497,605 over the next school year.