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BVSD Teacher Contract BVSD Teacher Contract Proposal for 20092010 Proposal for 2009 2010 The Dollars and Sense Behind It Behind It

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The superintendent’s office shared this PowerPoint with all BVSD employees as well as posting it on the BVSD website (www.bvsd.org). If you have any questions concerning the questions and answers it presents, please feel to contact the BVSD superintendent’s office at [email protected]. Superintendent Chris King or a member of the BVSD negotiating team will do their best to answer your question(s) or address your concern(s).Thank you for your commitment to the education of BVSD’s more than 28,000 students. BVSD knows that it has teachers who are among the very best in Colorado and throughout the nation. The district is also aware of the primary role played by its 1,800 teachers in BVSD’s overall very high student achievement. However BVSD has fundamental policy and factual disagreements with the Boulder Valley Education Association (BVEA) related to balancing priorities, dollars available, and the true cost of implementing the BVEA-proposed new professional pay schedule. The district has, because of these issues, formally requested – for the fourth time – third party advisory fact finding as provided for in the 2008-2009 BVSD/BVEA agreement which has been carried over to the present. That contrac allows for fact finding only if jointly requested. BVSD is awaiting BVEA’s answer.

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Page 1: Boulder Valley School District Q&A PowerPoint 9/24/2009

BVSD Teacher ContractBVSD Teacher Contract Proposal for 2009‐2010Proposal for 2009 2010

The Dollars and Sense Behind ItBehind It

Page 2: Boulder Valley School District Q&A PowerPoint 9/24/2009

H did t d 4 9% A d t 23How did an expected 4.9% Amendment 23 increase become 1.4% as of July 1, 2009?

2009‐2010 $ Change

Revenue Source Amount From 2008‐09 % ChangeRevenue Source Amount From 2008 09 % Change

School Finance Act $194.8M $7.7M 4.1%

Mill L O id 32 4M 0 0M 0 0%Mill Levy Override 32.4M 0.0M 0.0%

Other 11.0M ‐0.7M ‐6.0%

Total $238.2M $7.0M 3.0%

Fiscal Emergency Reserve ‐3.8M

Net New Revenue Available $3.2M 1.40%

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Where did the $3.2 million in actual f d ?new 2009‐2010 funding go?

• $1.2 million state‐mandated increase in PERA contribution$

• $1.1 million to cover increase in health/dental costs

• $478,000 required fund transfer to charters

• $1.058 million to fund steps and horizontal movement

• $925,000 total to CELA training, post secondary options, community schools transportation preschool athletics andcommunity schools, transportation, preschool, athletics and technology funds

• $1.513 million added to new funds from cuts to capital preserve, Education Center operations, staffing reductions, and reduced professional development funds

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What has changed since July 1?What has changed since July 1?

• 2009‐2010 student enrollment is expected to2009 2010 student enrollment is expected to be higher than originally projected.

• Additional enrollment generates additional• Additional enrollment generates additional per pupil revenue.

Thi ll d h di i h i ff f• This allowed the district to change its offer of a 1% stipend to a 1% cost of living adjustment (COLA)(COLA). 

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How does BVSD teacher compensation h di i ?compare to other districts?

With a 1% COLA BVSD would rank in the top 8With a 1% COLA, BVSD would rank in the top 8

of comparable Front Range school districts in:S l 26 (8th)Salary over 26 years (8th)

Base Salary BA Step 1 (6th)

( th)Base Salary MA Step 1 (6th)

With a 1% COLA, BVSD ranks in the top five of

comparable Front Range school districts in:Schedule Max Step 2009‐2010 (4th)p ( )

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Has BVSD kept pace with teacher i i h di i ?compensation in other districts?

Yes according to CEA:Yes, according to CEA:

In judging 10 Front Range school districts against the Denver Boulder Greeley consumeragainst the Denver‐Boulder‐Greeley consumer price index, CEA found that only two of the 10 school districts examined Westminster andschool districts examined – Westminster and BVSD – “saw purchasing power increases” since 1995since 1995.

‐ Rob Kellogg, CEA

August‐September 2009 CEA Journal

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What’s BVSD’s current offer d ?compared to 2008‐09 compensation?

• Total package is an increase of 6.26% over 2008‐2009p g

• 1% cost of living adjustment (COLA)• Note: This is a change from the original 1% stipend made possible by higher than projected enrollment.

• Two additional optional contract days at per diem pay

BVSD ti 100% f i di id l• BVSD continues 100% coverage of individual employee’s health insurance

• Increase in BVSD employer contribution rate to PERAIncrease in BVSD employer contribution rate to PERA

• Full funding of steps and horizontals

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Didn’t BVSD agree to fund a new f l h d l h ?professional pay schedule this year?

• No BVSD agreed to “discuss a professional salaryNo. BVSD agreed to  discuss a professional salary schedule.”

• BVSD and BVEA were in constructive negotiationsBVSD and BVEA were in constructive negotiations on this issue last spring when, in the final weeks of the legislative session in April 2009, theof the legislative session in April 2009, the legislature placed a restriction on statewide K‐12 funding ($3.8 million for BVSD) which, put g ( ) pfunding a new pay schedule on hold until a new revenue source can be found.   

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How much is required in new funding to l h h h d l ?launch the new BVSD pay schedule?

• $4.9 million to $5.8 million as estimated by the BVSD Budget Office. This comes from two factors:– $3.7M‐$4.6M – BVSD Budget Office estimated cost of placement – the difference is due to varying possibilities p y g pfor the placement of those teachers with a Masters plus 60.

– The 1% COLA which is already offered costs $1.2 million $making the total implementation cost between $4.9 and 

$5.8 million.

• NOTE: When the legislature froze $3.8 million in 2009‐2010 BVSD funding into a fiscal emergency reserve in April, BVSD did not see a reasonable way to implement a new schedule without laying off employees or creating a new local revenue stream to fund itemployees or creating a new local revenue stream to fund it.

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Does the proposed new pay schedule d ll ?save BVSD dollars?

• BVSD and BVEA have a factual dispute as to theBVSD and BVEA have a factual dispute as to the projected costs and savings for the proposed professional schedule.

• A fiscal model, commissioned by BVSD with the Segal Company of New York, estimated the annual step cost drops by $750,000 BUT total annual salary cost increases more than $12 million per year.

d ff l d ll• BVSD Budget Office analysis indicates costs will increase.

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Programs = PeoplePrograms   People

• Cutting “programs” to fund the proposed newCutting  programs  to fund the proposed new pay schedule reallymeans laying off fellow employees at every level when an offer of aemployees at every level when an offer of a raise is already on the table.

• While cuts are certain for 2010 2011 the• While cuts are certain for 2010‐2011, the superintendent and the school board are not willing to lay off any current employee inwilling to lay off any current employee in 2009‐2010 simply to increase the proposed 2009 2010 raise2009‐2010 raise.

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How bad is state funding for Coloradod i h f ?K‐12 now and in the near future?

• It is very bad. y• In 2008‐2009, state government took back $987,000 from BVSD to balance the budget.

$• In 2009‐2010, the state froze $3.8 million in funding to BVSD that it is likely to take back.

• For 2010 2011 the governor is recommending• For 2010‐2011, the governor is recommending another $140 million statewide K‐12 funding cut ‐$5 million to BVSD.

• In 2011‐2012, The “plus 1%” of Amendment 23 goes away, the 2005 “TABOR Timeout” expires and federal stimulus dollars endand federal stimulus dollars end.  

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How can BVSD cope with this steady f f d ?erosion of K‐12 funding?

• Recognize that waiting for state governmentRecognize that waiting for state government to reform its tax and school funding policies and practices is futile for the present; andand practices is futile for the present; and

• Understand that our immediate need to address these mounting cuts must be metaddress these mounting cuts must be met locally or not at all.

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How can BVSD deal with this ongoing l f f d ?loss of K‐12 funding?

• See the need to unite BVSD employees, theSee the need to unite BVSD employees, the school board, employee associations, the business community and other community organizations around a proposal to create a new local funding stream; and

• Then reach out to our general community to effectively present a coherent, specific and 

f di l f ltransparent funding plan for voter approval –hopefully as early as November 2010.

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Superintendent Chris King’s d b krequested next step to break impasse

“I renew our call for third party advisory factI renew our call for third party advisory fact finding for the fourth time. I remind everyone here tonight and those watching on televisionhere tonight and those watching on television that it was fact finding that guided the district and the union to a new agreement in 2004 –and the union to a new agreement in 2004 the last year that we were at impasse. I believe third party fact finding holds our bestbelieve third party fact finding holds our best hope for success for all sides in this important matter” – September 22 2009 Board Meetingmatter.   September 22, 2009 Board Meeting