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FY 09 Burlington School District Budget Overview
Jan. 17, 2008
Goals of budget:
- Student Achievement through adequate staffing and support for our demographics;
- Absorb cost shifts and compliance mandates from federal and state laws;
- Maintain a safe physical infrastructure through preventive maintenance;
- Continue to maximize cost savings.
Burlington Demographics
- 3935.39 equalized pupils (increase of 89.74 equalized pupils from 3845.65 in FY 08)
- * 540 English Language Learners; 40+ languages spoken in our schools
* 515 Special Education students
* Approx. 48% poverty districtwide - 79.8% of local budget is spent on direct instruction to students
- * Class sizes: 18-22 elementary, 20-24 Middle
* Offering 1st Virtual High School course in Chinese this year to increase course options at BHS - 6 Elementary schools, 2 middle schools, 1 high school, 1 technical center, 2 alternative programs = 19 buildings: over 40 years to 107 years old
Baseline Budget Includes:
- Labor costs (Includes liveable wage initiative. One contract settled, 3 in process)
- Increased Health Care Costs: 5%
- Increase in energy costs- (25% in the current year)
- Special Education Increases due to mandated services and based upon our population
- Maintenance increases due to policy on preventive maintenance and anticipated costs. This year, we are replacing the Hunt Fire Alarm system and a BHS elevator that failed.
- Costs of increased student population
New Money Budget Increase Requested:
- 3.49% ($1,449,061) is what we need to raise in addition to the current spending of $4,715,802 above the base education payment in FY 2008. This includes the baseline budget increases listed above. In addition, it:
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* Introduces foreign languages at all elementary schools
* Increases 2 ESL teachers to meet increasing numbers and intensity (85+ new refugee students arrived October 07)
* Maintains Outreach Coordinator at each middle school to connect students to service learning
* Adds $150,000 to local budget to sustain after school program that serves 60% of our students (deficit less than anticipated)
* Adds Director of Operations to focus on internal operations to allow greater focus on supporting excellence and achievement initiative
* Adds supports to meet increased mandates in audit and HR accountability for federal funding
* Creates funds for facility audit and to support transition in Excellence and Equity initiative. - Other Monies were reallocated in Current Budget to Support:
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* New preschool at Flynn Elementary (similar to preschool at Wheeler) to serve NNE
* Additional Kindergarten teacher to keep class sizes low.
Proposed Budget Numbers:
- Current FY 08 Budget is: $41,574,565
- Total Budget request (9.99%) $45,724,107
- Anticipated Revenue budget (6.50%) $44,275,046 Thus the new money request is 3.49%
The Anticipated Revenue budget increase includes:
- Base Education Grant Increase by 6.13% to $8210
- Enrollment increased by 89.74 equalized ADM pupils.
Impact of 3.49% ($1,449,061) increase in additional spending above anticipated revenues:
- CLA = 93.38% FY 2009 versus 98.65% FY 2008
Estimated tax impact of CLA = $0.073
(Based on the actual homestead tax rate of $1.109 versus the equalized homestead tax rate of $1.036. ($1.036 / 0.9338) - Assumed state homestead tax rate of $0.87 (to be approved by legislature), same tax rate of $0.87 as in current year FY 2008.
- Burlington estimated tax rate $1.109 (up from $1.022)
Estimated tax increase $0.087 - FY 09 Income Sensitive Rate 2.14%
Burlington continues to be the lowest spending district in Chittenden Co for equalized per pupil spending. The charts below show the spending per pupil and reported tax rates.
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