New York State

Budget Decision Making

2009-2010

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 How did this happen?
NYS has become extraordinarily dependent on Wall Street (20 %
of revenues)

Source: Adapted from, “New York State’s Fiscal Reckoning,” by E.J.

McMahon, in City Journal, Autumn 2008
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Broader economy is struggling…

Source: Budget Director’s Presentation, 10/28/2008

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How much of our budget is from the state?

25,000,000

20,000,000

15,000,000
50.98 52 B udget
51.51
10,000,000 52.43 51.6 48.4 51.61 State A id
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 Foundation Aid 2008-09
% Change
(base aid)
Williamson 3%
District 1 8%
District 2 5%
District 3 17%
District 4 11%
District 5 9%
District 6 10%
District 7 6%
District 8 8%
District 10 13%
District 11 11% 5
 Enrollment

Enrollment History Williamson

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1200 1165
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 How does next year’s aid look?

• The governor’s proposal is for a $570,000

cut to base state aid, overall $777,291.
• This is a starting point.
• The state budget needs to be passed by
the legislature.
• Traditionally, they have put money back
into education.

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 Federal Stimulus Package

Federal money is earmarked for certain programs.

• Title 1: $31,000
• IDEA: $138,500
These will need to follow Federal guidelines and
cannot just be used to offset tax rates.

Additional state stabilization money may replace

some of the aid lost under the governor’s
original proposal. (Deficit Reduction)
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 Moving from Revenues to Expenditures

Budget
2009-10
2008-09 Budget No Cuts
General Support 2,383,373 2,432,668
Instruction 11,684,844 12,000,844
Transportation 952,394 957,648
Other Community Services 3,500 3,472
Employee Benefits 4,064,391 4,217,237
Debt Service 1,580,521 1,662,742
Interfund Transfers 22,500 23,000
Total Budget 20,691,523 21,297,611
Levy Increase 12.13%

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 Budget Comparison

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20,000,000

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10,000,000

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B e ne f i t s T r a ns f e r s
Se r v i c e s

2008- 09 11, 684, 844 952, 394 3, 500 4, 064, 391 1, 580, 521 22, 500 20, 691, 523

2009- 10 N o C ut s 12, 000, 844 957, 648 3, 472 4, 217, 237 1, 662, 742 23, 000 21, 297, 611

2009- 10 3 . 3 % Le v y 11, 405, 844 957, 648 3, 472 4, 021, 237 1, 662, 742 23, 000 20, 506, 611

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 % of Increase/Decrease

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 Non-Instructional Areas
2009-2010 budget

• Cut materials and supplies, contractual

and equipment below last year’s levels.

• Administrative reduction in health care

coverage under discussion

• District Office cut (Treasurer)

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 Non-instructional areas
2009-2010 budget

Athletics
• 2 games cut from each schedule
(Section 5 decision)
• Reduce the number of competitions
and/or tournaments per sport (Local
decision)
• No away scrimmages (Local decision)
• $8,000 savings
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 Where do we stand?

Aid picture is uncertain, the

enrollment numbers are not.

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 Class Size Guidelines
Grade 7-12 core subjects
Rounding rules apply (eg.95 to 100, 83 to 80)

Grade Level
Enrollment Number of Sections

100 5

90 4

80 4

70 3
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 Class Size Guidelines
Continued

Electives will run if 10 or more

students have enrolled.

K-2 class sizes will remain at 18

or under.

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 Cut – Enrollment

Librarian
Job Loss: Yes
Savings: $45,000+
Effect on Students: Minimal
Program Impact:
• Decreased enrollment has left openings in
schedule
• MS Librarian will move between the MS and ES
to teach classes
• Library aide will remain in library full time so
library will remain open.
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 Cut- Enrollment

Kindergarten Aides
Job Loss: Yes
Savings: $45,000+
Effect on Students: Minimal, these aides
were added because of class size
Function Covered: No

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 Cut-Enrollment

1.0 Science
Job Loss: Yes
Savings: $40,000+
Effect on Students: None
Program Impact:
• Shift one HS teacher to MS
• With this cut, we still have 9 periods of
science free per cycle, which is more than
needed to cover our labs
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 Cut-Enrollment

1.0 Math
Job Loss: Yes
Savings: $40,000+
Effect on Students: Minimal
Program:
• New math sequence implemented; no longer
running two sets of courses
• Class size guidelines used (present class sizes
now range from 10-19)
• With cut, we will still have 2.5 periods of math
open per cycle.
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 Cut-Enrollment

Teaching Assistant (MS)

Job Loss: Yes
Savings: $20,000+
Effect on Students: None
Program Impact:
• Shifting special education population
leaves no function uncovered

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 Cut-Enrollment

1.0 Art
Job Loss: Yes
Savings: $45,000+
Effect on Students: None
Program Impact:
• Shrinking class sections over last few years
have left open periods for Art teachers
• District art needs can now be covered by two
teachers
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 Cut-Enrollment/Attrition

.3 Music - Sept. .5 Music - March

Job Loss: Yes/No
Savings: $30,000+
Effect on Students: None
Program Impact:
• Declining enrollment has left openings
• Second semester change will be backfilled
after retirement in March 2010

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 Cut through Attrition

Teaching Assistant ES
Computer Lab
Job Loss: No
Savings: $20,000+
Effect on Students: None
Already in place.

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 Comparison
This Year Next Year
# of students # of students
K 15-17 K 16
1 15-16 1 16
2 15-18 2 16
3 16-17 3 21
4 18-22 4 22
5 18-20 5 20-22
6 20-26 6 20-22

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 Cut through Attrition

One Elementary Teacher

Job Loss: No
Savings: $70,000+
Effect on Students: Minimal due to declining
enrollment
Program Impact:
Slight class size increase in Grade 4
(67 students, 3 sections)

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 Cut through Attrition

1.0 Speech (HS)

This teacher presently teaches 4 English classes and does
speech therapy for HS students.
Job Loss: No
Savings: $70,000+
Effect on Students: None
Program Impact:
• Move English teacher from half time AIS middle school
position to cover HS English classes taught by retiring
therapist
• Middle School AIS needs can be met by classroom
teachers because of less core subject sections (declining
enrollment)
• Speech needs in the HS can be covered by district speech
therapists
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 Cut through Attrition

School to Work / Enrichment Coordinator

Job Loss: No
Savings: $70,000+
Effect on Students: Minimal
Program Impact:
• Enrichment coordinator becomes stipend
position
• School to Work is done by business teacher
• Teacher from outside of business department
teaches one period of business
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 Reduction in Work Force

The following Teaching Positions were cut

based on declining enrollment or attrition.

Librarian
Science Teacher
Math Teacher
Art Teacher
Music Teacher

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 Reduction in Work Force

Additional Reductions

• Teaching Assistants: 2 total

• Classified Staff: 5 total
• Managerial Staff: Treasurer

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 Reduction Overview

Overall

• 10.0 fte Professional Positions

• 5 Classified Positions
Budget savings: $609,000

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 Advanced Placement Courses

From the NYS Board of Regents:

New York is one of the nation’s

leaders in the percentage of
students scoring 3 or better
(mastery) on at least one AP Exam.

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 Advanced Placement Courses

% of Students at Mastery-2008 graduates

• New York 23.3%

• National average of 15.2%.
• Maryland 23.4%

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 Advanced Placement Courses

Increases in AP from 2007 to 2008

• 3,013 more students

• 420 more black students
• 712 more Hispanic students
• 836 more low-income students

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 Advanced Placement Courses

How do those numbers

compare to Williamson?

58 more AP courses were taken

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 College Level Courses
Increase in attendance from 2007-2008
2007-08 2008-09
AP Studio Art n/a 2
Intro to College Studies Gemini n/a 12
English 12 Gemini 24 31
Psychology Gemini 0 13
Sociology Gemini 0 11
Economics Gemini 0 15
Pre Calc Gemini 30 34
AP Calculus 8 13
Intro to Engineering Design n/a 12
Microcomputer Gemini 0 11
Total 62 154
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 College Level Courses
AP Classes that saw a decrease in
attendance from 2007-2008 were:
2007-08 2008-09
AP English 15 11
French 4 Gemini 8 7
AP European History 15 8
US History Gemini 25 22
AP Biology 11 9
AP Chemistry 17 6
Physics Gemini 23 17
Total 114 80

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 College Level Courses

No students enrolled in 2008-09,

classes discontinued

Data Structures Gemini

Intro to Programming Gemini

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 Budget and Tax Rate

Budget 08-09 20,691,865

Budget 09-10 20,617,523
Decrease of 73,658 (-.36%)

Tax Rate Increase 09-10

Without stimulus (DRA) 2.5%
With stimulus (DRA) 0%

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 Questions to Answer

These are things I can support.

These are things I am concerned

about.

Here are some additional questions

I have.
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 Board of Education Meetings

Middle School Cafeteria

7:00 pm
• February 25, 2009
• March 11, 2009
• March 25, 2009

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