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Budget Cuts/Budget Problems What school districts and the state are doing to balance their budgets. Who is this affecting, and how are those affected responding. Aurea Hendrycks Aurea Hendrycks Marcella Simmonds Marcella Simmonds Trenton Lawson Trenton Lawson

How Districts Are Balancing Their Budgets Cutting programs *drama, musicals, and marching band, kindergarten Cutting classroom specialists *gym, science, art, and music *gym, science, art, and music Reconfiguring junior highs, elementary schools and high schools Integrating schools Charging Fees extracurricular activities, transportation, and sports

Other Ways Districts Are Balancing Their Budgets Other Ways Districts Are Balancing Their Budgets  Cutting International Baccalaureate Programs *High cost of teacher training  Cutting advanced placement, and gifted and talented *high implementation costs *high implementation costs  ALC-Summer School  Early Childhood  Full Day Kindergarten *Students will not be ready for regular education *Students will not be ready for regular education

Districts Feeling The Squeeze School being built but remaining empty *Retail Ridge Elementary (16.8 Million) *Retail Ridge Elementary (16.8 Million) Schools closing *Minneapolis (28 million deficit) *Minneapolis (28 million deficit) *Passed 60 million dollar levy *Passed 60 million dollar levy Anoka-Hennepin (in good shape for now,forecast not good) Schools going without needed supplies Schools going without needed supplies *Not enough books *Not enough books *Outdated books *Outdated books

How The State Wants To Balance The Budget? Shift funding *Desegregation funding *Health insurance for low income families Raise taxes *$160 million deficit (2004 budget) *$160 million deficit (2004 budget) Cutting spending Vote for a levy on the ballot *School districts decide on how much to raise *School districts decide on how much to raise Teacher lay offs Freeze Salaries Cutting teacher health premiums Early teacher retirement

Governor Patterson Proposed a 2.5 billion dollar cut from the state New York education fund Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit

Other Services Affected By Budget Cuts Local Government/County Aid for *Libraries*Courts*Police *Juvenile detention *Sex offender treatment

Parent Complaints Want other programs such as sports cut. Cuts disrupt established systems such as neighborhood schools. Not enough is being done to save teachers. Dangerous for students to walk to school. Fees to expensive.

What Parents Are Doing To Fight Back Raising money to buy teachers Transferring students to other districts and charter schools Paying fees Applying for grants Approaching private businesses for financial help Propose raising fees to attend events to bring in money Number of students being home schooled greater than students in charter schools (2002) Trends show that non-English, low income,special needs students finding charter schools more attractive alternative ( )

How The Budget Is Being Affected? Teacher Salaries * young teachers being cut Transportation Costs Drops In Enrollment Social Services Health Services Unions

Districts Operating Debt Reports (Statutory Operating Debt) “Schools exceed their expenditures limitations when their net unreserved general fun balance at year end is a negative amount which exceed 2.5% of their unreserved/undesignated operating expenditures. Units that exceed this operating debt limitation are in statutory operating debt.”

Department Of Education Provides financial management assistance. Monitors districts and charter schools in SOD Work to improve the financial positions of school districts and schools in SOD to avoid SOD

Number Of Districts and Charter Schools In Debt *SOD calculated by using only the net unreserved general fund balance 2003=27 (Roseville -2,329,100) 2004=25 (Roseville -2,269,090) 2005=24 (Roseville -2,165,307) *Some districts and charter schools are late reporting their findings