Budget Presentation D P A C May 24, 2011
Provide a broad overview of the status of school funding in the legislature Look at the District’s initial budget projections from a current law perspective Look at timelines ◦ Legislative action on budget ◦ GPISD budget consideration and adoption
The level of public school funding for the next biennium currently rests with the Legislature
House version passed on 4/3/2011 by a vote largely along party lines: 98 yeas, 49 nays, 2 present not voting. Senate passed its version on 5/4/2011 by a vote also mostly along party lines: 19 yeas, 12 nays.
Funding reductions in the House version of HB1 have been described by some observers as “Draconian” Senate version reduces funding for public education, but not as significantly as the House version
The Appropriations Bills determine the level of funding The School Finance Bills will determine how the appropriated funding will be distributed ◦ HB 2485 by Hochberg ◦ SB 22 by Shapiro The above are the two bills that currently are receiving the most discussion Legislative deadlines are here or rapidly approaching
Amount of the reduction in funding for public education that will emerge from the Conference Committee Method for allocating the reduction to the individual public school districts across the State
Pro-active leadership by our Board of Trustees and Superintendent has put us in a position to be close to a “breakeven” for under current law ◦ Reduced 100 positions through voluntary attrition ◦ Reductions in non-payroll budgets
May 24 - the last day the House can consider senate bills on second reading May 29 - the deadline for the House to adopt conference committee reports May 30 - the last day of the regular session
We hope, based on the Legislative timeline, that we will have information at the Board’s June meeting on state funding If a Special Session becomes reality, we could be looking at a scenario where GPISD will need to adopt a budget before we know the level of state funding
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