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COMMONWEALTH BUDGET SEMINAR

2017-18Jay Himes, Executive Director, PASBO

Mark DiRocco, Executive Director, PASAJeff Ammerman, Director of Member Assistance, PASBO

Hannah Barrick, Director of Advocacy, PASBO

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PROJECTED EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION RATES AND TOTAL

EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS

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(Presumes a 7.25% rate of return)

Fiscal Year Ending

June

Total Employer

Contribution Rate %

Projected Total Employer

Contribution (thousands)

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01/02 1.09 ?

17/18 32.57 4,380,339

18/19 34.18 4,668,189

19/20 35.53 4,933,711

20/21 35.95 5,081,955

21/22 36.40 5,244,647

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Source January 2017 Compared to

Estimate

Year to Date Compared to Estimate

General Fund $2.6 B -$49.8 M (1.8%) $16.1 B -$416.8 M (-2.5%)

PIT $1.3 B +$27.3 M $6.7 B -$98.6 M (-1.4%)

SUT $913.5 M -$5.1 M $5.9 B -$138.4 M (-2.3%)

Realty Transfer $37.7 M -$9.9 M $281.9 M -$44.6 M (-13.6%)

Corporation Tax $104.5 M -$60.4 M $1.4 B -$160.9 M (-10.5%)

Inheritance Tax $77.1 M +$1.7 M $530.1 M -$9.0 M (-1.7%)

All Other GF Tax $146.9 M +$5 M $1.1 B -$11.3 M (-1.1%)

Non-Tax Rev $73.4 M -$8.5 M $220.4 M +$45.9 (+26.3%)

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$2 Billion in Savings…

■ Prioritizing Agency Expenditures and Cost

Efficiencies:

– Reducing Dept of Human Services Costs

– Cut to Transportation line item (more on this!)

– Impose $25/person fee for municipalities

without a local police force

– GO-TIME, procurement and shared services

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■ Prudent Fiscal Management:

– Farm Show Lease-leaseback, debt refinancing,

debt management

■ Revenue Enhancements:

– Minimum wage increase, Workers Comp

Security Fund loan

■ Eliminating Programs Outside PA’s Core Mission:

– Penn Vet, Tax Credit Block Grant, Institutional

Assistance grants

$2 Billion in Savings…

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■ Complement Controls:

– Maintain current complements, early

retirement incentive program

■ Consolidation and Coordination:

– Create Department of Criminal Justice and

Department of Health and Human Services

■ Reducing PA’s Footprint:

– Facility closures, lease management, facility

downsizing

$2 Billion in Savings…

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■ Merging the Department of

Corrections and the Board of

Probation and Parole

■ Merging the Departments of

Health, Aging, Human Services

and Drug and Alcohol

Programs.

Department of Criminal Justice

Department of Health and Human

Services

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81,036

85,492

72,000

74,000

76,000

78,000

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84,000

86,000

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2017-18 2016-17 2000-01

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Change in Total State Complement Change in PDE Complement

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2016-17 Available 2017-18 Governor's

Executive Budget Variance

%

Increase/ Decrease

Basic Education Funding 5,895,079 5,995,079 100,000 1.70%

Pre-K Counts 147,284 212,284 65,000 44.13%

Ready to Learn Block Grant 250,000 250,000 - 0.00%

Head Start Supplemental

Assistance 49,178 59,178 10,000 20.33%

Mobile Science/Math Education

Program 2,214 - (2,214) -100.00%

Teacher Professional Development 6,459 6,459 - 0.00%

Adult and Family Literacy 12,475 11,675 (800) -6.41%

Career and Technical Education 62,000 62,000 - 0.00%

Career and Technical Education

Equipment Grants 3,000 3,000 - 0.00%

Authority Rentals and Sinking Fund - 29,703 29,703 100.00%

Pupil Transportation 549,097 499,097 (50,000) -9.11%

Nonpublic and Charter School

Pupil Transportation 80,009 80,009 - 0.00%

Special Education 1,096,815 1,121,815 25,000 2.28%

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(Dollar amounts in thousands)

2016-17

Available

2017-18 Governor's

Executive Budget

Variance %

Increase/ Decrease

Early Intervention 252,159 263,878 11,719 4.65%

Tuition for Orphans and

Children Placed in Private

Homes 48,000 48,000 - 0.00%

Payments in Lieu of Taxes 164 166 2 1.22%

Education of Migrant

Laborers' Children 853 853 - 0.00%

PA Charter Schools for the

Deaf and Blind 47,561 50,187 2,626 5.52%

Special Education -

Approved Private Schools 105,558 108,010 2,452 2.32%

School Food Services 30,000 34,488 4,488 14.96%

School Employees' Social

Security 492,082 529,500 37,418 7.60%

School Employees'

Retirement 2,064,000 2,304,000 240,000 11.63%

SUBTOTAL - SUPPORT OF

PUBLIC SCHOOLS 11,193,987 11,669,381 475,394 4.25%

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(Dollar amounts in thousands)

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OTHER GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES 2016-17 Available

2017-18 Governor's

Executive Budget Variance

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Increase/ Decrease

Educational Access

Programs 6,030 - (6,030) -100.00%

Service to Nonpublic

Schools 87,939 87,939 - 0.00%

Textbooks, Materials &

Equipment for Nonpublic

Schools 26,751 26,751 - 0.00%

Public Library Subsidy 54,470 54,470 - 0.00%

Library Services for

Visually Impaired and

Disabled 2,567 2,567 - 0.00%

Library Access 3,071 3,071 - 0.00%

Job Training Programs 13,988 - (13,988) -100.00%

Safe School Initiative 8,527 8,527 - 0.00%

SUBTOTAL - OTHER

GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES 203,343 183,325 (20,018) -9.84%

TOTAL BASIC EDUCATION

& LIBRARY FUNDING 11,493,935 11,952,016 458,081 3.99%

LESS RETIREMENT COST 9,429,935 9,648,016 218,081 2.31%

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(Dollar amounts in thousands)

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$5,995,079

3,659,537

2,304,000

2,046,700

1,527,602

1,190,876

1,187,718

1,121,815

960,000

774,429

755,463

529,500499,097

458,680453,108

Top 15 Line Items in the State Budget

The BEF line item is the largest in

the budget and represents 18.5%

of state appropriations.

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Federal Funding

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3.9

3.4

4.4

4.1

2.9

1.4

1.7 1.7

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2.42.5

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18

Act 1 Base Index % By FY

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IFO Base Act 1 Index Projections

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2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22

SAWW 3.2% 3.2% 3.2% 3.2%

ECI 2.8% 3.3% 3.3% 3.3%

Base

Index3.0% 3.3% 3.3% 3.3%

2017-18 BEF and RTL

■ $100 Million in new dollars placed into the new

BEF Formula ($452 million total)

– BEF funding increases: 3% or higher--30 SDs;

2% up to 3%--81 SDs; 1% up to 2%--247 SDs;

Up to 1%--142 SDs.

■ No new dollars for Ready to Learn (remains at

$250 million)

– Ready to Learn remains a standalone grant in

the governor’s budget

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Refresher—New Basic Ed Funding Formula Data Elements

■ New formula with new data elements:

– 3 poverty weights (acute, moderate,

concentrated)

– ELL weight

– Charter School ADM weight

– Sparsity/Size (small, rural districts)

– Median Household Income Index

– Local Effort Capacity Index

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Statewide Changes in MHI

Year

Median

Household

Income

Minimum

MHI

Maximum

MHI

% Change in

Median

Household

Income

2011 $51,651 $21,714 $125,647

2012 $52,267 $20,330 $123,807 1.19%

2013 $52,548 $20,152 $123,585 0.54%

2014 $53,115 $19,811 $120,179 1.08%

2015 $53,599 $19,776 $118,589 0.91%

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SD Changes in MHI

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2013 2014 2015

Increasing MHI Decreasing MHI

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Consistency in Bottom 10 MHII

School District 2012 MHII 2013 MHII 2014 MHII 2015 MHII

New Castle Area SD 1.7185 1.7694 1.7798 1.7415

Sharon City SD 1.6550 1.6904 1.8182 1.7448

Clairton City SD 1.9070 1.9149 1.8216 1.7744

Farrell Area SD 1.7129 1.7830 1.6562 1.8148

Chester-Upland SD 1.7559 1.8327 1.7745 1.8416

York City SD 1.7278 1.7353 1.8431 1.8466

Greater Johnstown SD 1.8364 1.8494 1.8348 1.9091

Reading SD 1.9212 1.9624 1.9770 2.0012

Midland Borough SD 1.9307 2.1066 2.1272 2.3399

Duquesne City SD 2.5709 2.6076 2.6811 2.7103

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Consistency in Top 10 MHII

School District 2012 MHII 2013 MHII 2014 MHII 2015 MHII

Tredyffrin-Easttown SD 0.4764 0.4600 0.4615 0.4520

Unionville-Chadds Ford SD 0.4222 0.4252 0.4420 0.4569

Lower Merion SD 0.4880 0.4699 0.4744 0.4621

New Hope-Solebury SD 0.5250 0.5027 0.4883 0.4716

Upper Saint Clair SD 0.4823 0.4942 0.4990 0.4746

Council Rock SD 0.4709 0.4736 0.4749 0.4832

Upper Dublin SD 0.4742 0.4869 0.4970 0.4870

Pine-Richland SD 0.4756 0.4813 0.4774 0.4913

Peters Township SD 0.5263 0.5096 0.4953 0.4940

Radnor Township SD 0.5140 0.5116 0.5305 0.5031

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Biggest Decreases in MHII

School District 2014 MHII 2015 MHII% Change in

MHII

Bryn Athyn SD 0.6404 0.5497 -16.48%

Mars Area SD 0.6646 0.5966 -11.40%

New Brighton Area SD 1.3248 1.2089 -9.59%

Reynolds SD 1.2523 1.1463 -9.25%

Richland SD 1.1286 1.0424 -8.26%

Mountain View SD 1.0550 0.9770 -7.98%

Neshannock Township SD 0.9305 0.8621 -7.93%

Riverview SD 1.1028 1.0218 -7.93%

Mahanoy Area SD 1.4884 1.3822 -7.69%

Shanksville-Stonycreek SD 1.0542 0.9796 -7.62%

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Biggest Increases in MHII

School District 2014 MHII 2015 MHII% Change in

MHII

Millersburg Area SD 0.9844 1.0568 6.85%

Conemaugh Township Area SD 1.0750 1.1715 8.24%

West Branch Area SD 1.0927 1.1940 8.49%

Farrell Area SD 1.6562 1.8148 8.74%

Midland Borough SD 2.1272 2.3399 9.09%

Bloomsburg Area SD 1.3383 1.4725 9.11%

South Fayette Township SD 0.6573 0.7233 9.12%

Aliquippa SD 1.5256 1.7374 12.19%

Oswayo Valley SD 1.3270 1.5351 13.56%

Jenkintown SD 0.7071 0.8402 15.84%

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Changes in Acute Poverty %s

Maximum Acute Poverty %

Median Acute Poverty %

Minimum Acute Poverty %

13.91% 14.28% 14.83%

15.28%

0.00% 0.00% 0.85%0.36%

53.53%51.97%

61.50%

55.16%

2012 2013 2014 2015

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Changes in Poverty %s

17.75% 18.15% 18.13%

17.57%

1.07% 0.88% 0.91%

1.30%

45.08% 45.97%42.37%

38.20%

2012 2013 2014 2015

Maximum Poverty %

Median Poverty %

Minimum Poverty %

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Concentrated Poverty

YearNumber of Districts in

Concentrated Poverty

2012 44

2013 43

2014 43

2015 45

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Spreadsheets and Caveats■ Spreadsheets WILL change at final budget adoption,

even if funded at proposed levels

■ PDE has taken, quite literally, the term “most recently

available data,” and will likely use updated ADMs,

Current Expenditures and other data that is not typically

released until later in the spring

■ It appears that PDE has also used updated data in the

2016-17 BEF calculation. THIS WILL AFFECT THE

AMOUNT OF BEF YOU RECEIVE THIS YEAR. (See PASBO

spreadsheet)

■ We do not believe this was the intention of how to

implement these formulas and are raising those

concerns.

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School District County

2016-17

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BEF

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Est. BEF Difference

Philadelphia City SD Philadelphia $1,065,688,314 $1,067,142,832 ($1,454,518)

Hazleton Area SD Luzerne $36,685,909 $37,298,188 ($612,279)

Erie City SD Erie $62,876,367 $63,287,858 ($411,491)

Williamsport Area SD Lycoming $25,450,709 $25,665,967 ($215,258)

Wyoming Valley West SD Luzerne $19,556,420 $19,681,793 ($125,373)

William Penn SD Delaware $22,065,349 $22,174,740 ($109,391)

Pocono Mountain SD Monroe $26,743,433 $26,847,312 ($103,879)

State College Area SD Centre $7,439,371 $7,543,140 ($103,769)

Uniontown Area SD Fayette $15,600,766 $15,699,787 ($99,021)

Ridley SD Delaware $11,826,621 $11,919,415 ($92,794)

Sharon City SD Mercer $14,638,741 $14,723,419 ($84,678)

New Kensington-Arnold SD Westmoreland $11,980,591 $12,062,758 ($82,167)

Dubois Area SD Clearfield $15,585,970 $15,667,115 ($81,145)

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Transportation Formula Changes

■ Estimated cut of $50 million to Transportation

Funding

■ Formula elements are still being developed

■ May be a rewrite of the formula in total

■ Will share more once we get details!

■ Some districts COULD see overall reductions if

transportation cut eclipses BEF and SEF

increases (See PASBO spreadsheet)

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School District

17-18 BEF

+SEF Dollar

Increase

14-15

Transportation

(Regular and

Additional)

7310 Revenue

8.64% Loss of

14-15

Transportation

(Regular and

Additional) 7310

Revenue Net Change

Western Wayne SD $121,680 $2,581,300 ($222,937) ($101,257)

Crestwood SD $76,230 $2,006,110 ($173,260) ($97,030)

Lower Merion SD $107,146 $2,362,774 ($204,064) ($96,918)

Conneaut SD $133,111 $2,517,433 ($217,421) ($84,310)

Punxsutawney Area SD $126,615 $2,366,241 ($204,364) ($77,749)

Seneca Valley SD $207,499 $3,265,955 ($282,069) ($74,570)

Montrose Area SD $59,377 $1,507,962 ($130,237) ($70,860)

Northwest Area SD $68,046 $1,580,776 ($136,526) ($68,480)

Lackawanna Trail SD $56,459 $1,434,826 ($123,921) ($67,462)

West Chester Area SD $250,796 $3,637,217 ($314,133) ($63,337)

Tredyffrin-Easttown SD $97,092 $1,836,720 ($158,631) ($61,539)

Lakeland SD $70,638 $1,496,811 ($129,274) ($58,636)

Juniata County SD $124,267 $2,115,110 ($182,674) ($58,407)

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Competitive Bidding

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■ Auditor General report recommended competitive bidding

of all transportation contracts

■ Audits found that many districts that have not bid their

contracts pay over the formula amount

■ Expecting bills to mandate competitive bidding (3 yrs)

■ Governor Wolf noted this in his budget documents

Another proposal to be aware of…

■ Governor has proposed a minimum wage increase

up to $12/hour

■ If approved, it may have impact on many of your

support staff positions

■ Some increase has been proposed in all three of

the governor’s budgets, but so far, no change has

happened

■ Calculate the cost to your budget if it were to be

approved, and discuss the implications with your

Board

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Special Education Funding

■ $25 million increase proposed in 2017-

18 (2%)

■ Distributed under the “new” special

education funding formula

■ The “new” special education funding

formula:

– Recognizes that not every district has

16% special education population

– Directs additional resources to

districts with higher cost special

education students

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SEF Refresher

■ 3 cost categories for special education students

– Category 1: students costing <$25,000

– Category 2: students costing $25,000-$49,999

– Category 3: students costing $50,000 and up

■ Data is reported annually to PDE by school districts

through the Act 16 report (through PIMS)

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SEF Refresher

■ Appropriate weights are applied to a district’s total

number of students in each category:

– Category 1 Weight: 1.51 (271,977 students)

– Category 2 Weight: 3.77 (20,512 students)

– Category 3 Weight: 7.46 (6,899 students)

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SEF Refresher

■ Total district weighted student count is adjusted by

3 factors:

– Sparsity/size multiplier

– Equalized millage multiplier

– Aid ratio

■ Each district receives their pro rata share of the

total to be distributed ($88.8 million)

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Spreadsheets and Caveats

■ Dynamic formula, so the amount a district will receive

in special education funding each year can fluctuate

UP or DOWN

■ 2016-17: It appears that PDE has used updated data

in the 2016-17 SEF calculation. THIS WILL AFFECT

THE AMOUNT OF SEF YOU RECEIVE THIS YEAR (See

PASBO spreadsheet).

■ 2017-18: Data in PDE spreadsheets is

NOT the final data (it is identical to that

used for 16-17)…distribution will

change!

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Break

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PlanCon Refresher

■ PlanCon line item was zeroed out of the 2015-16 and

2016-17 state budgets

■ Plan to borrow to cover state reimbursements was

developed (implemented in spring 2016)

■ Moratorium on new PlanCon projects went into effect

in May 2016 (it expires July 1, 2017)

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PlanCon Borrowing

$2.5 Billion in Bonds

$752 Million for 15-16

and 16-17

Reimbursements

(Fall 2016)$600+ Million for

Remaining Ongoing

Reimbursements

(Fall 2017?)

$500+ Million? for

Reimbursements

currently at A-F

(TBD)

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PlanCon Funding

■ School district reimbursement paid

for with bond proceeds; line item to

pay debt service on bonds

■ Slow “snapback” to $306 million (14-

15 level) over 3 years, providing state

with budgetary relief

■ Expected line item to be $60 million

in 2017-18

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PlanCon Funding

■ Proposed budget provides $29 million

– Provides state with an additional $30 million in

budget savings

– Interest paid by sales tax revenue

– Impact on reimbursements?

■ Next round of borrowing tentatively Fall 2017??

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Future PlanCon Program

■ PlanCon Advisory

Committee tasked with

making recommendations

about the future of a state

program for school

construction

reimbursement—report

due May 2017

■ Moratorium expires on

July 1, 2017

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Capital Expenditures State Funding State Share

United States $1.26 Trillion $226.8 Billion` 18%

Pennsylvania $48.9 Billion $7.3 Billion 15%

Delaware $3.7 Billion $2.1 Billion 57%

New York $98.2 Billion $35.4 Billion 36%

New Jersey $34.1 Billion $10.9 Billion 32%

Ohio $46.4 Billion $12.5 Billion 27%

Maryland $21.1 Billion $5.5 Billion 26%

West Virginia $5.2 Billion $468 Million 9%

SOURCE: Education Commission of the States testimony to PlanCon Advisory Committee 8/16.

State Reimbursement

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Property Tax Reform?

■ No property tax reform proposal included in the proposed

budget

■ BUT…property tax reform is still on the table…potentially

even in the form of property tax elimination

– PIT increase 3.07% to 4.95%

– SUT increase to 7% and expansion

– Dollar for dollar replacement of property taxes

– Prohibition on incurring debt (unless EIT/PIT

referendum)

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Impact on School Districts

Creates inequity in state funding across school

districts

• When ALL state funding is factored in, the state will be

sending one district $8,000 per student and another more

than $27,000 per student

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Impact on School Districts

Makes cuts a certainty in most districts

• Rising mandated costs (pension, healthcare, charter

school, special education) outpace annual adjustments

• PIT and SUT revenue is volatile and sensitive to changes

in the economy

from 07-08 to 09-10

9% from 07-08 to 09-10

6%

PIT Revenue SUT Revenue

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Impact on School Districts

Eliminates local control for education

• School boards will have no authority to make any decision

that has any financial impact for the district—no hiring, no

contract negotiations, no development or addition of new

programs, no extracurricular activities, no facility upgrades

or maintenance, no changes to respond to the needs of

students and the community

• Harrisburg will call all the shots in 500 school districts

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Impact on Taxpayers

Individuals pick up a windfall to businesses

• Businesses are paying $3 billion in school property taxes,

but they will only be paying about $1 billion in increased PIT

and SUT—shifting the remaining $2 billion to individuals

taxpayers.

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Impact on Taxpayers

Double taxation on many taxpayers

• Because school property taxes aren’t eliminated in 98% of

school districts, residents will continue to pay school

property taxes AND the increases in PIT and SUT

43% 20%of PA school districts

will maintain AT LEAST

of their current property taxes

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Impact on Taxpayers

Many taxpayers will pay MORE after property

tax elimination

• After figuring in the increases in PIT and SUT, the loss of

the federal income tax deduction, the result of the shift

from businesses and the remaining school property

taxes, taxpayers in 449 school districts (90%) will pay

MORE than they are paying now in school property

taxes.

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Commitment to Early Childhood Education

$75 Million Increase for Pre-K Counts and Head Start

• $65 million increase for Pre-K Counts Programs.

• $10 million increase in Head Start.

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Early Childhood Intervention Services

• Partnership between Department of Education and Department of Human Services.

• $11.7 million for early intervention services to offset decreases in federal dollars.

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Expansion of School Breakfast Program

Expand the School Breakfast Program by $2 million

in state funds to leverage up to $20 million in

federal funds to enhance school breakfast

programs.

• Breakfast in the classroom

• Grab and go breakfast

• Breakfast after the bell

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Expanding Community School Partnerships

•Community School Student Partnerships

(CSSP) in West Philadelphia neighborhoods.

•As part of Penn’s overall university-assisted

community school network through the Netter

Center for Community Partnerships, CSSP

operates recess, school day, after school and

evening programs across five public schools

in West Philadelphia by recruiting, training,

and coordinating hundreds of Penn student

tutors/mentors.

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PDE STEM Network

• Pennsylvania Engineering by Design Network

• Pennsylvania is a member of ITEEA’s STEM Center for

Teaching and Learning (SCTL) Engineering by Design (EbD)

State Consortium through a partnership between

Lancaster-Lebanon IU13, the Technology & Engineering

Education Association of Pennsylvania.

• Eligible educators in Pennsylvania are provided online

access to education program at a partner PA college or

university, and participate in EbD professional

development at a partner PA intermediate units.

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Effort to Improve Persistently Low Performing Schools

• $2 million in new funds to leverage $1 million in

federal funds to assist 3 districts with a total of 15

low performing schools.

• Districts will be identified and offered $200,000 per

school.

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Pause on Keystone Exams as a Graduation Requirement to 2019

• Act 1 of 2016

• Implement alternative methods for students to

demonstrate proficiency for graduation in addition to the

Keystone Exams, project-based assessments, and other

alternative assessments

• Improve and expedite the evaluation of project-based

assessments.

• Ensure that no student is prohibited from participation in

vocational-technical education or elective courses or

programs as a result of supplemental instruction required

in 22 Pa. Code §§ 4.24(k) and 4.51b(f) (relating to

Keystone Exams). HB 202

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ESSA: Federal Regulation Changes

•House of Representatives approved the Midnight Rule Relief

Act to expedite the repeal of ESSA Regulations written by the

Obama Administration through the Congressional Review Act.

The Senate must also approve the legislation.

•Once blocked by the Congressional Review Act, executive

branch agencies are prevented from issuing any similar

regulations until another law is passed.

•States may have more flexibility, but less guidance, as they

only have to meet what is written in the ESSA Statute absent

regulations.

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ESSA and PA Statute

• Many aspects of Pennsylvania’s Assessment System,

Accountability System, and Educator Evaluation System

are in state statute.

• The PA ESSA Plan will need federal approval and

changes to the PA School Code by the legislature.

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4 Major Components of Pa’s ESSA Plan

Assessments Accountability

Educator Preparation

Educator Evaluation

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Assessments

What PDE is Considering:

• Can we reduce the amount of time students spend on

statewide PSSA testing (grades 3-8)?

• Is it feasible to test students at multiple times across the

school year instead of only once?

• Can we eliminate double testing for middle school

Algebra I students (would need to add adv. math test in

high school for those students)

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Accountability - Measures

What PDE is Considering:

Future Ready PA Index to replace SPP

A tool to measure school success

• Increased weight on growth in test scores versus point-in-time achievement

• Local options for additional assessments

• Career ready indicators and meaningful postsecondary student engagement

• More holistic measures of student success

• Measures of both inputs (i.e., course offerings) and outcomes (achievement

scores)

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Accountability - Intervention

What PDE is Considering:

•Tailored to local context and school based needs

assessment.

•Intervention for lowest performing schools to include BOTH

academic and holistic strategies.

•Level of state intervention to be responsive to student

progress over time.

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Educator Preparation and Evaluation

What PDE is considering:

•What are the best strategies to ensure effective, diverse

educators and school leaders for all students?

•What changes in teacher preparation do we need to

consider to improve the readiness of new teachers?

•How to promote alternative pathways to teacher

certification?

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Transparency of Information

What ESSA requires: State and school report cards w/data publicly available and

easily accessible (Dashboard vs. Report Card).

• Student performance data by subgroup

• Student access to high rigor coursework (AP/IB, dual enrollment)

• Student access to high quality pre-k

• Educator qualifications

• Per-pupil expenditures of federal, state and local funds by district and school

including personnel costs

• School climate/OCR data

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Messaging…

■ Be generally positive about the increases in BEF and

SEF (especially given the state’s financial situation)

■ …BUT compare these increases to the increases in

your mandated costs

■ Be VERY vocal about the proposed cut to the

transportation line item

■ Push back on the decision to update the data for

2016-17 BEF and SEF distributions (which will also

happen for 17-18)

■ Keep plugging away on property tax elimination!

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Thank you for your time and attention!

Questions & Answers

jhimes@pasbo.org

mdirocco@pasa-net.org

jammerman@pasbo.org

hbarrick@pasbo.org

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Special Pre-Con Session on Student Transportation at the PASBO 62nd Annual

Conference

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

4:00 p.m.—5:45 p.m.

Westin Hotel

Unveiling the new transportation database from Forecast5

Preparing for a transportation bid/RFP

Changes in the student transportation formula

Mark Your Calendar!

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