TENTATIVE BUDGET REVIEW

BUDGET January, 2009 issue “An Axe or a Scalpel: Budget Cuts will Dominate the 2009 General Assembly”

BUDGET The Governor and the General Assembly must balance a budget that has a nearly $4 billion deficit

Governor’s Budget Proposal Saving $340 million by capping State contributions for support personnel at one (1) per every 4.03 instructional positions Cutting $27.5 million from the general fund for school construction grants Diverting $55 million in lottery funds for instructional expense Reducing funding by 15 percent for State colleges and universities and 10 percent for community colleges

Governor’s Budget Proposal “Education cuts should focus on spending outside the classroom."

Governor’s Budget Proposal The Governor’s proposal eliminates the State share of funding for 13,000 positions including custodians, finance officers, human resource directors, assistant superintendents and central office personnel.

BUDGET

Potential financial impact on the school system from the Governor’s budget proposal $ 4,993,862.00

BUDGET Impact on the school system for a 5% budget cut as requested by the Board of Supervisors $ 740,464.00

BUDGET Potential maximum financial impact on the school system from the local governing body $ 1,378,390.00

BUDGET Average teacher salary and benefits package $ 55,000.00

BUDGET BUDGET INITIATIVES Absent from this list would be salary and benefit packages, regular and special education teaching positions and support personnel

BUDGET $ 1,375, $ 190, $ 383, $ 439, $ 411,110.00

BUDGET TOTAL BUDGET INITIATIVES – $ 2,799,283.00

TENTATIVE BUDGET IMPLICATIONS Scrutinize expenditures of State allocations to create carry- over funds to fiscal year budget

Transform organizational structure in response to the current fiscal crisis TENTATIVE BUDGET IMPLICATIONS

Minimize the impact on classroom instruction TENTATIVE BUDGET IMPLICATIONS

Maintain a fiscally responsible operational budget TENTATIVE BUDGET IMPLICATIONS

Raise individuals’ awareness within the organization of the impending financial crisis

TENTATIVE BUDGET IMPLICATIONS Move individuals within the school division beyond self- interest for the good of the organization

TENTATIVE BUDGET IMPLICATIONS Redesign/eliminate educational programs to achieve savings

TENTATIVE BUDGET IMPLICATIONS Offer employees shorter or lower paying contracts to achieve savings

TENTATIVE BUDGET IMPLICATIONS Eliminate positions to achieve savings

The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible. - Arthur C. Clarke