1. 1 MSAD 44 FY 17 Budget Meeting – May 31, 2016 Helen C. Berry Auditorium Telstar Middle/High School

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

3. 3 Budget Approval Process Overview A Public Budget Meeting must be held to review the proposed budget (Tonight – May 31). 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 14.

4. 4 Background Information 2008 - 2009 budget was $10,253,190 2015 - 2016 budget was $10,661,322 2016 - 2017 proposed budget is $10,594,389 Decrease of $66,933 or.63% Since 2008 - 2009, the school budget has increased by an average of 4/10 of 1% per year.

5. How Impact to the Towns is Determined MSAD 44 Assessments are based 100% on Valuations. These figures vary from year to year. Town 2013-2014 (FY16) 2014-2015 (FY17) Bethel 432,866,667 426,816,667 Greenwood 157,533,333 157,866,667 Newry 453,366,667 451,283,333 Woodstock 176,916,667 187,383,333 Total 1,220,683,334 1,223,350,000 5

6. A Simpler Version Town FY 16 Share FY 17 Share Bethel 35.46% 34.89% Greenwood 12.91% 12.90% Newry 37.14% 36.89% Woodstock 14.49% 15.32% 6

7. Budget Impact on the Towns Town FY 16 FY 17 Bethel 2,921,698 2,764,870 G’wood 1,061,687 1,021,972 Newry 3,053,380 2,923,315 W’stock 1,193,369 1,212,106 Total 8,230,134 7,922,264 7

8. 8 Summary of State Aid To SAD 44 – Comparison Over a Decade FY 2007 - $2,743,855 FY 2017 - $ 447,125

9. 9 FY 17 Anticipated Non-Local Revenue The budget includes $2,672,125 in Non Local Revenue funds. This revenue is $240,937 higher than FY 16. The anticipated revenue for FY 17 includes: $447,125 in state aid (+$264,856) $1,625,000 in other revenue - tuition, trans., etc. (- $109,919) $600,000 in carryover funds (+$86,000)

10. 10 Consideration of Articles

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

12. 12 ARTICLE 1: To see what sum the District will be authorized to expend for Regular Instruction. Board of Directors Recommends $4,286,413. ~ 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.

13. Cost Center 1 - $103,880 Decrease Two elementary teaching positions will move from classroom positions to Math Coaching positions in grades K-8. Salaries and benefits for both positions will be covered entirely by the TIF grant next year. As a result, funding for both positions have been eliminated from the SAD 44 budget thus the reduction in this line. 13

14. 14 ARTICLE 2: To see what sum the District will be authorized to expend for Special Education. Board of Directors Recommends $1,097,282. 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.

15. Cost Center 2 – $6,367 Decrease Misc. adjustments and reductions Includes Contingency line of $45,000 Includes $2,500 for sign language interpreter 15

16. 16 ARTICLE 3: To see what sum the District will be authorized to expend for Career and Technical Education. Board of Directors Recommends $390,384. Includes SAD 44’s required share of all Region 9 vocational expenses.

17. Cost Center 3 – Increase of $14,384 This is the district’s required contribution to Region 9 17

18. 18 ARTICLE 4: To see what sum the District will be authorized to expend for Other Instruction. Board of Directors Recommends $242,796. 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.

19. Cost Center 4 - $3,586 Increase Small increases in TMS and THS Athletic Supplies Required increases for Official Fees for TMS and THS games Misc. adjustments 19

20. 20 ARTICLE 5: To see what sum the District will be authorized to expend for Student and Staff Support. Board of Directors Recommends $924,303. This article includes all costs associated with Guidance Counselors, Social Workers, the office of the School Nurse, Technology, Curriculum Coordination, Staff Development, Library and Assessment, and any other items related to the classroom but not necessarily delivered in the classroom.

21. Cost Center 5 - $24,322 Increase Elementary computer replacements (Year 1 Payment) Misc. reductions/adjustments 21

22. 22 ARTICLE 6: To see what sum the District will be authorized to expend for System Administration. Board of Directors Recommends $504,368. 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.

23. Cost Center 6 - $53,118 Increase Increase to Legal Expenses of $12,500 Salary correction to FY 16 Budget for book keeper- $12,693 Increase in funding support for the business manager position - $15,000 Business staff benefit adjustment - $18,925 Misc. reductions and adjustments 23

24. 24 ARTICLE 7: To see what sum the District will be authorized to expend for School Administration. Board of Directors Recommends $604,355. 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.

25. Cost Center 7 - $14,783 Decrease Change in personnel 25

26. 26 ARTICLE 8: To see what sum the District will be authorized to expend for Transportation and Buses. Board of Directors Recommends $955,990. 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.

27. Cost Center 8 – $25,610 Decrease Decrease in Diesel fuel costs Other Misc. Line item reductions 27

28. 28 ARTICLE 9: To see what sum the District will be authorized to expend for Facilities Maintenance. Board of Directors Recommends $1,573,498. This item includes all 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.

29. Cost Center 9 – $11,701 Decrease Reductions due to decreases in fuel costs and reduction in machine purchases 29

30. 30 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 17 budget year.

31. Cost Center 10 – $0 (No Change) Crescent Park Addition Project was Paid off in 2013 No Other Debt Service 31

32. 32 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.

33. Cost Center 11 - No Change Cost center Includes Contracted Support for the Food Service Director and Support Staff 33

34. 34 ARTICLES 12 THROUGH 14 RAISE FUNDS FOR THE PROPOSED SCHOOL BUDGET

35. 35 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 15688. Board of Directors recommends $5,926,436 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.

36. 36 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.

37. 37 ARTICLE 14: (Written ballot required) To see what sum the District will raise and appropriate in additional local funds. The School Board recommends $1,995,828.16, which exceeds the State’s Essential Programs and Services allocation model by $1,846,930.78.* * The difference between these two numbers is the result of a $133,897 (3%) reduction in the state’s commitment to its share of EPS responsibilities (97% vs. 100%) plus the $15,000 in Article 11, which the state does not include in its EPS calculations.

38. 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

39. 39 ARTICLE 15 Summarizes the Proposed School Budget

40. 40 ARTICLE 15: To see what sum the District will authorize the Board of Directors to expend for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016 and ending June 30, 2017 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 $10,594,389

41. 41 ARTICLE 16 AUTHORIZES EXPENDITURE OF GRANTS AND OTHER RECEIPTS

42. 42 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?

43. 43 ARTICLE 17 AUTHORIZES THE ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM AND RAISES THE LOCAL SHARE

44. 44 ARTICLE 17: To see if Maine School Administrative District No. 44 will appropriate $164,394 for adult education and raise $78,506 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.

45. ARTICLE 18 AUTHORIZES A TRANSFER TO THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND 45

46. ARTICLE 18: Shall the School Board be authorized to transfer $400,000 from unexpended balances to the School Capital Reserve Fund? 46

47. ARTICLE 19 AUTHORIZES AN EXPENDITURE FROM THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND FOR A ROOF REPAIR PROJECT 47

48. ARTICLE 19 Shall the School Board be authorized to expend up to $90,000 from the School Capital Reserve Fund for a roof repair project at Telstar Middle/High School? 48

49. ARTICLE 20 AUTHORIZES AN EXPENDITURE FROM THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND FOR A PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT PROJECT 49

50. ARTICLE 20 Shall the School Board be authorized to expend up to $116,000 from the School Capital Reserve Fund for a playground equipment project at the Crescent Park and Woodstock Elementary Schools? 50

51. ARTICLE 21 AUTHORIZES AN EXPENDITURE FROM THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND FOR A PELLET BOILER PROJECT 51

52. ARTICLE 21 Shall the School Board be authorized to expend up to $370,000 from the School Capital Reserve Fund for CO2 sensors and a multiple pellet boiler system project at the Crescent Park Elementary School? 52

53. 53 Thank you for attending tonight’s Public Budget Meeting. Please remember to vote on Tuesday, June 14, 2016. The FY 17 school budget will not become official unless the Budget Validation Referendum Vote confirms the action taken here tonight.