Legislative Update & Budget Outlook May 12, 2010

Results of 2010 Legislative Session NEGATIVE Lower Base Student Allocation Vouchers Change in Charter School Funding & Class Size Clarification FRS Increase POSITIVE DCD Study Far better outcome than forecasted at start of session 2 NEUTRAL Graduation Requirements Civic Education Gaming

3 Gas Price $1.44$ % Home Value $139,100$234,287 68% Teacher Salary $47,285$52,398 11% Base Student Allocation $3,630$3,623.1% NOTE: All data are averages for Miami-Dade County

4 CLAIM: Education Held Harmless REALITY: $40M in Legislative acts of juggling & $60M of unfunded cost increases

Average Class Size Cost = $1.5 Billion Net Class Size Revenue= $1.0 Billion 1 Data from FLDOE Class Size Averages, Grades 4-8 Underfunded by $500 Million

6 18 Grades K Grades Grades 9-12 Current Constitutional Class Size Limits Proposed Change Adds Class Level Caps # of Students Schoolwide Average Class Limit

The Proposed Penalty 7 4 th Grade 28 th Student Financial Penalty $3,000 25% to other districts (Total for M-DCPS = ~$16M) 75% contingent on plan (Total for M-DCPS = ~$48M) 1 Using FTE out-of-compliance data provided by FLDOE in January 2010 (which recognizes ALL Florida districts as non-compliant), and revenue figures from Appropriations rd thru 28 th Students

8 Proposed Amendment Passes Proposed Amendment Fails Budget as if Referendum Passes Budget as if Referendum Fails* Initial Cost: $34M Penalty: $ Cost: $0 Consequences: relatively minor program cuts Initial Cost: $94M Penalty: $ Cost: $0 Consequences: drastic & irreparable cuts to educational progs Initial Cost: $94M Penalty: $ Cost: $0 Consequences: unnecessary cuts to educational programs Initial Cost: $34M Penalty: ~$16M Cost: $60M Consequences: minor initial cuts; loss of $16M; drastic in * without additional State revenue