1. School District No. 78 (Fraser Cascade) Final 2009/2010 Budget

2. Budget Components Enrollment Ministry Funding District Revenue Staffing Expenditures Other Expenditures Budget Pressures

3. Enrollment

4. The district projected a total of 1898.5 FTE and actually had 1931.5 FTE. This is an increase of 33 FTE over projection for school-aged students. This is down 35.3 FTE from the prior year (1966.8 FTE) or a 1.8% reduction. Overall we have a district headcount of 1976.

5. Enrollment by Grade

6. Current year enrolment

7. District Funding

8. Ministry Funding The Ministry announced an increase in the education budget of $84 million with a 7000 enrolment decline ($122 million in 2008/09 and $123 million increase in 2007/08) This money assists in addressing Wage settlement costs Increasing benefit costs (MSP rose 6% alone) Additional supplementary costs ie. ESL, Special needs, Distance learning Inflation It does not meet all the additional costs being borne by Districts.

9. District Pressures Increase in benefit costs particularly MSP Carbon offset accrual for half of year Salary increases not fully funded Pay-down of unfunded liability with no additional funds SmartTOOL fee Loss of interest income Loss of literacy grant Loss of AFG grant

10. Ministry Funding The supplement for enrolment decline continues to be in place. The supplement for transportation is still frozen at the amount established in 2002/03. A holdback of $71 million (40 million last year) is being held in reserve to meet the requirement of additional enrolment that occurs during the school year. Any remaining funds will be distributed after 09/10 counts are complete- in May after final distributed learning data collection

11. Ministry Funding The holdback should address any DL requirements. We have remained in funding protection due to a bigger than expected decline in what we anticipated receiving for the salary differential.

12. Ministry Funding The District submitted information on Summer School Enrolment. Students are funded at $200 per course if not a full program and $400 per course if full curriculum. The District had 40 Grade 8 and 9 enrolled (34 last year) and 20 in Grades 10-12 (8.5 last year).

13. Ministry Funding We are continuing to receive funds for our three Strong Start centers for 2009/2010 in Boston Bar, Coquihalla and Kent Elementary.

14. School District Revenue Final Prelim Provincial funding$16,389,148$17,047,881 LEA funding$ 3,002,217$ 2,283,346 Community Link$ 339,513$ 340,026 Pay Equity$ 229,516$ 229,516 Literacy$ -$ 35,100 LMA- Salary $ 75,520$ Summer School$ -$ 11,000 RSL$ 12,500$ 12,500 Strong Start$ 90,000$ 90,000 International fees $ 142,472$ 200,000 Rent/misc.$ 57,000$ 57,000 Interest$ 10,000$ 60,000 Other$ 31,665$ 29,900 Applied Surplus$ 390,157$ --------- Total$20,769,708$20,396,269 373,439

17. Staffing Staffing levels were initially established by the Superintendent, but are subject to change at the school level depending on priorities and needs. The schools funding will reflect the teacher staffing as a priority Reduction in BCeSiS support. Reduction in Board office senior administration. Special education support staff has been reviewed by principals to determine needs. The formula used to allocate staff is consistent with the prior year. The District has approx. the same number of special needs students identified this year as in prior year so there has been a small reduction in staff in this area. We have 0.5 fewer Level 2 students and 3 less Level 3 students.

18. Continued Support Swim Programs: $30,000 Fr Cas. Mtn Sch. $17,000 Severe Behaviour Support $25,000 Homebound Support $10,000 BCeSiS $15,000 Technology $70,000 District Pro-D $20,000

19. Additions Purchase of vehicle$10,000 AVID Program$20,000 UFV Dual Credit Prog.$35,000

20. Reductions No literacy funds Two fewer principals BCeSiS budget reduced Technology budget reduced Visual and hearing contract reduced Less support for Pre-school program Fewer meetings during the school day One senior manager fewer

21. Notes Schools are receiving approximately the same dollars as in the prior year including their surplus contributions. This means that the increased staff costs due to wage settlements were not covered this year. This has meant reduced resource budgets and less staffing. It has meant service level cuts at the District level as well. Continued decline in enrolment will necessitate cuts at District and school levels. The District staff and Principals are continuing to work on refining the school-based budgeting.

22. The Future The District has been advised to expect changes to the funding formula. There will not be funding to support the 2% teacher increase effective July 1/10. There is a structural deficit to be addressed. It has been discussed with the Board and the principals have been meeting to discuss budget in sub-committee meetings.

23. The Future- Pressures in 2010

24. The Future- current considerations Cutting swim program to one grade per year –Savings $20,000 Cutting the outdoor ed. Program to one month per year –Savings $45,000 Instituting a two week Spring Break $50,000 Cutting Destination Conservation $13,000 Cutting Tech greening budget $ 20,000 Reviewing custodial time Cutting cultural budget $12,000 Cutting District Pro-D day $20,000 Cutting AVID budget $20,000 Removal of Yale School $20,000 from operating costs Review of admin teaching load Follow-through on bus run cancellation between BB & Spuzzum

25. Thoughts/ Concerns This is the time to discuss thoughts or concerns on the budget. The Board and likely all Boards in the province have advocated for additional funding, but in the current climate we have been assured that little in the way of additional funding will be forthcoming so we must do the same with less. Provide thoughts on areas that we should be reviewing that have not been mentioned.

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