1. BUDGET 101 Clinton Public Schools 2016 Budget

2. The Goal of the Chapter 70 Formula To ensure that every district has sufficient resources to meet its foundation budget spending level, through an equitable combination of local property taxes and state aid

3. 1. It calculates a foundation budget (an adequate funding level for each district) given the specific grades, programs, and demographic characteristics of its students 2. It then determines an equitable local contribution, how much of that “foundation budget” should be paid for by each city/town’s property tax, based upon the relative wealth of the community 3. The remainder is funded by Chapter 70 state aid Local contribution + State Aid = a district’s NET SCHOOL SPENDING (NSS) requirement. This is the MINIMUM amount that a district must spend in order to comply with state law Chapter 70 Aid is determined in three steps:

4. The Commonwealth’s school finance statute, Chapter 70 of the General Laws, establishes an annual “net school spending” requirement for each Massachusetts’ school district. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in non- approval of a municipality’s tax rate, enforcement action by the Attorney General, or loss of state aid. In the past three years, Clinton has funded its schools at 4.5%, 4.0%, and (this year) 6.0% over that required amount. Net School Spending Requirement

5. Required ActualDollarsPercent FoundationPctFoundationPct Local Con-Chapter 70PctNet SchoolPctNet SchoolPctOver/UnderOver/ EnrollmentChgBudgetChgtributionAidChg Spending (NSS)ChgSpendingChgRequirementUnder FY061,990-1.415,756,0673.26,894,6658,894,1041.115,788,7693.417,877,70511.72,088,93613.2 FY072,0764.317,332,01610.07,423,4869,908,53011.417,332,0169.818,641,6464.31,309,6307.6 FY082,034-2.018,272,4085.47,817,67310,454,7355.518,272,4085.419,764,4686.01,492,0608.2 FY092,0510.819,345,4435.98,132,72510,033,541-4.018,166,266-0.619,455,211-1.61,288,9457.1 FY102,018-1.619,828,3752.58,774,19910,988,4649.519,762,6638.819,638,0720.9-124,591-0.6 FY112,011-0.319,382,689-2.28,971,40710,408,392-5.319,379,799-1.920,276,0403.2896,2414.6 FY121,982-1.419,545,7390.89,048,45310,497,2860.919,545,7390.920,794,5292.61,248,7906.4 FY131,976-0.320,163,5273.29,343,93110,857,4413.420,201,3723.421,105,3661.5903,9954.5 FY141,9850.520,693,0642.69,644,94311,124,6622.520,769,6052.821,592,589 2.3822,9844.0 FY151,9910.320,886,4860.99,674,94311,251,6791.120,926,6220.822,175,724*2.71,249,1026.0 Chapter 70 Trends – Clinton Public Schools

6. Town Contributions (%) Over Net School Spending (FY14) State Average 15.9%  Hudson48.2%  Berlin-Boylston38.3%  Harvard37.6%  Nashoba34.6%  Maynard32.3%  Littleton31.2%  West Boylston30.9%  Marlborough28.0%  Lunenburg19.1% Clinton 4.0%  Narragansett16.4%  Shrewsbury10.9%  Wachusett10.2%  Quabbin 7.5%  Athol/Royalston 6.2%  Clinton 4.0%  Leominster 1.4%  Gardner -0.4%  Worcester -0.7%  Fitchburg-0.9%

7. Growth changes in High Risk Student Enrollments across the state:  English-Language Learner: 33.9% increase in five years  Low-Income: 24.8% increase in five years  Student with Disabilities: -0.6% (no real change in five years)  First Language Not English: 15.6% increase in five year Quote from state report: “The location of many high risk student populations are most concentrated in areas of the state where housing costs are relatively low and where a higher share of residents are low-income. So called “Gateway Cities” have been coined as a means of identifying these areas, which as a whole differ from many of their neighboring municipalities of greater fiscal capacity and social-cultural support.” Commonwealth of Massachusetts State-wide Challenges

8. Town Of Clinton: Community Challenges  Clinton, along with Athol, Gardner, and Leominster, report unemployment rates considerably higher than the state average  Poverty rates among families with a female head of household and related children is up 111% from 2000.  Clinton residents 25 years and older without a high school diploma is 12.1%, as opposed to 11.3% in the state  Clinton saw a 20% increase in the poverty level among families with children, more than doubling between 2000 and 2010  School grants are declining, which means local funds are required to pick up the slack  School Choice numbers are decreasing and we use that money to fund salaries, technology, and teacher buy-backs

9. Clinton Public Schools  Low Income Students – 48.2%  Special Ed Students – 19.6%  ELL Students – 7.7%  ESL Students – 18.8% State Average  Low Income Students – 38.3%  Special Ed Students – 17.0%  ELL Students – 7.9%  ESL Students – 17.3% High Needs Population

10. ----per pupil expenditure---- Clinton MA average FY059,83810,600 FY0610,07811,210 FY0710,72011,858 FY0810,83812,448 FY0911,12913,006 FY1010,96713,047 FY1111,73913,354 FY1211,27313,637 FY1311,76514,021 FY1412,09414,547 Per Pupil Costs: Clinton vs. State

11. School Choice: A Looming Problem What once was a “bottomless” pot of money that funded various staff positions, technology updates, and teacher buy-backs, is now almost gone Where are our students going? Berlin-Boylston School District30 students Nashoba Regional School District52 students AMSA Charter School46 students Of those coming in, where are they from? Fitchburg15 students Leominster30 students Lancaster25 students Worcester16 students

12. Notes On School Choice This year we are paying $962,714 in salaries (14 staff members) out of school choice money and (thus far) $92,665 in technology expenses. Because of less choice students coming in, we will NOT be able to fund the salaries and expenses that we had done in the past. This means that these essential expenditures will have to be absorbed by the district’s general fund. It is important to note that as less money was put into the school’s budget, the school choice sending pupils increased—something we warned the public and town officials about for several years.

13. Declining Balances  School Choice Account – 6/30/13$679,548.97  School Choice Account – 6/30/14$466,579.77  School Choice Account – 6/30/15$156,816.10 (Estimated—with no further expenditures for remainder of the year)

14. Declining Allocation Grants IDEA (Special Education)down $14,512 since 2012 SPED Program Improvementdown $7,486 since 2012 Title IIA (Teacher Quality)down $3,476 since 2012 Education Jobs (2012)$143,969 (gone!) Race to the Top$183,315 (gone!) Title I (based on poverty level)UP $82,747 since 2012 Title III (based on ELL population)UP $817 since 2012 Kindergarten grant (funds K aides)$87,400 (slated for elimination)

15. Teacher Retirements/Buy-back Any teacher hired before July 1, 2007 may buy back their unused sick days according to a set formula. The maximum buy-back is set at $29,000 and the school district has three years to pay out buyback monies. Traditionally, we’ve used school choice monies to do this, but can no longer do so. Last year, six teachers retired in June ($174,000) and three more during THIS school year ($87,000) – we were not able to pay any of them and it appears another 5-6 will retire this coming year.

16. StepsBachelorB+15MastersM+15M+50*PHD 1$42,125$43,181$44,578$45,640$49,212$50,823 2$43,488$44,549$45,939$47,008$50,581$54,243 3$47,767$48,837$50,223$51,290$54,866$57,664 4$51,559$52,620$54,008$55,079$58,651$61,084 5$55,375$56,433$57,819$58,888$62,466$64,505 6 $60,247$61,649$62,706$66,279$67,925 7 $64,065$65,451$66,517$70,073$71,346 8 $69,269$70,333$73,907$74,767 9 $71,670$72,734$76,309$78,192 Latest Teacher Salary Schedule NOTES: Salaries represent 67% of our overall budget; funding STEPS ONLY next year equals a $167,808 increase; a 1% raise for all teachers represents a $277,913 increase; 58% of our teachers are on the top step right now.

17. SPED:  ABA KINDERGARTEN TEACHER  SPED BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST CHS: .2 CHORUS TEACHER .2 SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER CMS:  ONE FT MATH SUPPORT TEACHER (TITLE I)  ONE FT WORLD LANGUAGE TEACHER CES:  TWO TEACHERS (CLASS SIZE ISSUES) New Positions Sought For 2015-2016 ($326,138)

18. Other Budget Considerations  Less bus routes  Increase pre-school tuition and athletic fees  Request another technology/textbook warrant article  Eliminate new staff requests  Change collection procedures for various fees  Drop virtual high school  Neasc visiting team costs  Eliminate all conferences  Layoffs?  Town-wide override?

19. BUDGET 101 Clinton Public Schools 911 It’s Time For Action!!

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