1. MSAD 44 FY 18 Budget Meeting – May 30, 2017
Helen C. Berry Auditorium Telstar Middle/High School
May 22, 2015

2. Article 1A: To Elect a Moderator to Preside at the Meeting

3. Budget Approval Process Overview
A Public Budget Meeting must be held to review the proposed budget (Tonight – May 30).
A Budget Validation Vote then takes place with a Referendum vote on a single article validating the action taken at the Public Meeting. This will take place on Tuesday, June 13.

4. How Impact to the Towns is Determined
MSAD 44 Assessments are based 100% on Valuations. These figures vary from year to year.
Town (FY17) (FY 18)
Bethel ,816, ,916,667
Greenwood ,866, ,733,333
Newry ,283, ,100,000
Woodstock ,383, ,200,000
Total ,223,350, ,235,950,000

5. A Simpler Version Town FY 16 FY 17 FY 18 Bethel 35.5% 34.9% 34.4%
Greenwood % % %
Newry % % %
Woodstock % % %

6. Budget Impact on the Towns
Town FY FY FY 18
Bethel 2,921, ,764,870 2,828,675
G’wood 1,061, ,021,972 1,052,530
Newry 3,053, ,923,315 3,017,801
W’stock 1,193, ,212,106 1,323,885
Total ,230, ,922,264 8,222,891

7. State Aid To SAD 44 – A Brief History
FY $2,743,855
FY $ 544,213 (Preliminary Est.)

8. FY 18 Anticipated Non-Local Revenue
The budget includes $2,767,071 in Non Local Revenue funds. This revenue amount is $94,946 higher than FY 17.
The Non Local Revenues for FY 18 include:
$544,213 in state aid (+ $97,088)
$1,522,858 in other revenue - tuition, trans., etc. (- $102,142)
$700,000 in carryover funds (+$100,000)

9. Consideration of Articles

10. Articles 1 Through 11 Authorize Expenditures in the Various Cost Center Categories

11. ARTICLE 1: To see what sum the District will be authorized to expend for Regular Instruction. Board of Directors Recommends $4,292,650.
~ This category includes teacher salaries and benefits,K-2 targeted funds, materials, supplies, substitute teacher costs, copier use, field trips, tuition reimbursements, instructional contingency, etc. Gifted and Talented is also included in this line.

12. Cost Center 1 - $6,237 Increase
Cost Center 1 includes adjustments for staff changes made since last year, increased retirement costs shifted to the district by the state, all TEA negotiated step increases, salary and benefits for a Pre K teacher and additional Contingency funds.

13. ARTICLE 2: To see what sum the District will be authorized to expend for Special Education. Board of Directors Recommends $1,204,042.
This article includes all Special Education costs in the district, including teacher salaries and benefits, tutors, out of district placement expenses and state ward and unorganized territory expenses.

14. Cost Center 2 – $106,760 Increase
Increase includes salary steps, increased teacher retirement costs due to another shift from the state, an increase to the Special Education Contingency line and the addition of 2 ed. techs to work with EUT and tuitioned students (Please note – these ed tech salaries are reimbursed to SAD 44).

15. ARTICLE 3: To see what sum the District will be authorized to expend for Career and Technical Education. Board of Directors Recommends $385,922.
Includes SAD 44’s required share of all Region 9 vocational expenses.

16. Cost Center 3 – Decrease of $4,462
This is the district’s required contribution to Region 9

17. ARTICLE 4: To see what sum the District will be authorized to expend for Other Instruction. Board of Directors Recommends $244,264.
This article includes all extra- curricular and co-curricular costs including transportation for those activities. This includes clubs, athletics, intramurals, dues etc. for all K-12 activities.

18. Cost Center 4 - $1,468 Increase
Small increases in TMS and THS Athletic Supplies
Required increases for Official Fees for TMS and THS games
Misc. adjustments

19. ARTICLE 5: To see what sum the District will be authorized to expend for Student and Staff Support. Board of Directors Recommends $1,166,428.
This article includes all costs associated with Guidance Counselors, Math Coaches, Social Workers, the office of the School Nurse, Technology, Curriculum Coordination, Staff Development, Library and Assessment, and any other services related to student and staff support.

20. Cost Center 5 – $242,125 Increase
This is the cost center with the largest increase for FY 18. It includes the addition of :
Step Increases and Retirement shift from the State (As in Cost Centers 1 and 2)
Two K-12 Math Coaches
District-Wide Educator Effectiveness Coach Position
Misc. reductions/adjustments

21. ARTICLE 6: To see what sum the District will be authorized to expend for System Administration. Board of Directors Recommends $496,473.
This article includes all costs related to the administration and oversight of the district. Included in this article is the Board of Directors’ budget (salaries, insurance costs, referendum expenses), office copier expenses, Central office salaries, legal expenses, business operation expenses, dues and fees, etc.

22. Cost Center 6 - $7,895 Decrease
Misc. reductions and adjustments

23. ARTICLE 7: To see what sum the District will be authorized to expend for School Administration. Board of Directors Recommends $613,640.
This article includes all expenses related to the principal offices and the operation of the schools, including all wages and benefits for secretarial staff and principals as well as supplies, equipment and any other expenses related to the administration of the schools.

24. Cost Center 7 - $9,285 Increase
Secretary steps and administrator salary increases, benefit adjustment for new principal and increased tuition costs have been partially offset by other line item reductions throughout this cost center.

25. ARTICLE 8: To see what sum the District will be authorized to expend for Transportation and Buses. Board of Directors Recommends $989,935.
This article covers all transportation related expenses, including bus purchases/leases, insurance for the fleet, wages, benefits, fuel, repairs, private operator costs, transportation of homeless students, maintenance, and all other costs related to the operation of the transportation department.

26. Cost Center 8 – $33,945 Increase
Replacement of school bus video cameras
Negotiated Increases for all AFSCME employees
Transportation of homeless students and increased funding for out of district placement students.
Second year of decreases in transportation - $28,000 in FY 15

27.  ARTICLE 9: To see what sum the District will be authorized to expend for Facilities Maintenance. Board of Directors Recommends $1,581,608.
This item includes costs associated with the operation, maintenance, renovation and repair of the district’s buildings. It also includes all utilities, salaries and benefits of all custodians, maintenance staff and other personnel, and all contracted services related to the maintenance of the facilities.

28. Cost Center 9 – $8,110 Increase
Negotiated Increases for AFSCME employees and an additional $25,000 for Capital Improvement Projects (Paving and Sealing). These increases were partially offset by other line item reductions, reduced fuel costs, etc.

29. ARTICLE 10: To see what sum the District will be authorized to expend for Debt Service and Other Commitments. Board of Directors Recommends $0
This article includes all outstanding debt payments owed by the district and payable during the FY 18 budget year.

30. Cost Center 10 – $0 (No Change)
Crescent Park Addition Project was paid off in 2013
SAD 44 has no other debt service associated with this cost center.

31. ARTICLE 11: To see what sum the District will be authorized to expend for All Other Expenditures. Board of Directors Recommends $15,000
This article is the amount the district provides to support the oversight of the Food Service Program.

32. Cost Center 11 - No Change
Cost center Includes Contracted Support from RSU 10 for the Food Service Director and Support Staff

33. ARTICLES 12 THROUGH 14 RAISE FUNDS FOR THE PROPOSED SCHOOL BUDGET

34. ARTICLE 12: To see what sum the District will appropriate for the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act and to see what sum the District will raise and assess as each municipality’s contribution to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section Board of Directors recommends $5,814,207
The District’s contribution to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act is the amount of money determined by state law to be the minimum amount that the District must raise and assess in order to receive the full amount of state dollars.

35. ARTICLE 13: To see what sum the District will raise and appropriate for the annual payments on debt service previously approved by the District voters for non-state-funded school construction projects, non-state-funded portions of school construction projects and minor capital projects in addition to the funds appropriated as the local share of the District’s contribution to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12. Board of Directors Recommends $ 0
Explanation: Non-state-funded debt service is the amount of money needed for the annual payments on the District’s long-term debt for major capital school construction projects that are not approved for state subsidy. The bonding of this long-term debt was previously approved by the District voters. Note: Minor capital renovation projects are now included in additional local funding. Until FY 11, they had been included here.

36. ARTICLE 14: (Written ballot required)
To see what sum the District will raise and appropriate in additional local funds.
The School Board recommends $2,408,683, which exceeds the State’s Essential Programs and Services allocation model by $2,279,116.*
* The difference between these two numbers is $129,567. That is the result of a reduction in the state’s commitment to its share of EPS responsibilities (97% vs. 100%). 

37. WRITTEN BALLOT REQUIRED
These funds are needed to provide the following costs not recognized by the State’s Essential Programs and Services funding model: smaller class sizes; co-curricular costs; and transportation costs.
Explanation: The additional local funds are those locally raised funds over and above the District’s local contribution to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act and local amounts raised for the annual payment on non- state funded debt service that will help achieve the District budget for educational programs.
WRITTEN BALLOT REQUIRED

38. ARTICLE 15 Summarizes the Proposed School Budget

39. Board of Directors Recommends $10,989,962
ARTICLE 15: To see what sum the District will authorize the Board of Directors to expend for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017 and ending June 30, 2018 from the District’s contribution to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act, non-state-funded school construction projects, additional local funds for school purposes under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15690, unexpended balances, tuition receipts, state subsidy and other receipts for the support of schools.
Board of Directors Recommends $10,989,962

40. ARTICLE 16 AUTHORIZES EXPENDITURE OF GRANTS AND OTHER RECEIPTS

41. ARTICLE 16: In addition to the amounts approved in the preceding articles, shall the Board of Directors be authorized to expend such other sums as may be received from federal or state grants or programs or other sources during the fiscal year for school purposes provided that such grants, programs or other sources do not require the expenditure of other funds not previously appropriated?

42. ARTICLE 17 AUTHORIZES THE ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM AND RAISES THE LOCAL SHARE

43. ARTICLE 17: To see if Maine School Administrative District No
ARTICLE 17: To see if Maine School Administrative District No. 44 will appropriate $159,970 for adult education and raise $84,312 as the local share; with authorization to expend any additional, incidental, or miscellaneous receipts in the interest and for the well-being of the adult education program.

44. Thank you for attending tonight’s Public Budget Meeting.
Please remember to vote on Tuesday, June 13, The FY 18 school budget will not become official unless the Budget Validation Referendum Vote confirms the action taken here tonight.