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Equalization Aid – Behind the Scenes
Brent Richter, Director of Business Services,
Lodi School DistrictKaren Kucharz Robbe, Finance
Consultant,School Financial Services Team, DPI
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Educational Objectives
Greater Understanding of the Equalization Aid Formula Components That Affect the Amount of Your Aid
Negative Tertiary Aid and What You Can Do About It (!)
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Handouts
A. July 1 2018-15 General Aid Certification
- Abbotsford School District - District-Specific
B. Longitudinal Equalization Aid
- Linn J6 - Bayfield - Sun Prairie
- Appleton - District-Specific
C. Power Point Slides
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Negative Secondary Aid
No Equalization Aid
Equalization Aid Review from August 14, 2014
Presentation
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Let’s Focus on Shared Cost
3 District Factors
Wealth (Property Tax Base)
Number of Students to Educate (Membership)
Shared Cost (Revenues and Expenditures)
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General Fund (10)
Debt Service Funds (38 & 39)
Capital Projects Fund (41)
(only certain aidable expendituresas determined by DPI)
Plus, a few extra items.Equal Aid calc uses prior-year data, so any
significant changes in your expense/revenue pattern will take 1 year to have an effect on
Shared Cost/Equalization Aid.
Fund Inputs for Shared Cost
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Expenditures that are funded byTaxes (Source 210), Computer Aid (Source 691),
General Aid (Source 620), or Fund Balance.
Shared Cost “Working Definition”
Expenditures
Revenues
Revenues Removed
– i.e. Deducted
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(not an exhaustive list)
All State and Federal Grant Revenues Tuition Revenue Earnings on Investments Gate Receipts Fees & Fines Federal and State Aid Transits E-Rate Refunds
Fund 10 Deductible Receipts
Deductible receipts are deducted from total expenditures as part of the process to get to
shared cost.
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Taxes-Src 210 (includes levy 211, chargebacks 212, mobile home fees 213, TIF closeouts 219) Computer Aid-Src 691 General State Aid-Src 620 (includes High Poverty Aid) Property Tax and Equalization Aid Refund-Src 972
Impact Aid Non-Deductible (DPI-computed amount) Reorganization Settlement-Src 850 Long Term Operational Borrowing-Src 873, 874
Fund 10 Non-Deductible Receipts
Expenditures made from the following revenue sources ARE in
shared cost:
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Local Property
Tax43%
Local Misc. Receipts
1%Other Misc.3%
State General
Aid44%
Categor-ical
State Aid3%
Federal Aid5%
General Fund (10)Revenues
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Getting to Fund 10 Deductible ReceiptsBy Subtracting Non-Deductible Receipts
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Local Property
Tax98%
Misc Local Revenue
2%
Debt Service Funds (38 & 39) Net Cost
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Debt Service Shared Cost
Refinancing is Shared Cost-Neutral.
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Equalization Aid
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How Shared Cost Changes Depends on Which Piece Changes and By How Much
Expenditures
Revenues
D
N D
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$8,000,000$7,000,000$6,000,000$5,000,000$4,000,000$3,000,000$2,000,000$1,000,000
$0
$8,000,000$7,000,000$6,000,000$5,000,000$4,000,000$3,000,000$2,000,000$1,000,000
$0
#1: Revenues remain unchanged. Expenses are increased.
D D
N D
Shared
Cos t
Fund 10Scenario #1 - Before
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$8,000,000$7,000,000$6,000,000$5,000,000$4,000,000$3,000,000$2,000,000$1,000,000
$0
$8,000,000$7,000,000$6,000,000$5,000,000$4,000,000$3,000,000$2,000,000$1,000,000
$0
All revenues unchanged. Expenses increased. Shared cost increases.
D D
N D
Shared
Cos t
Fund 10Scenario #1 - After
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$8,000,000$7,000,000$6,000,000$5,000,000$4,000,000$3,000,000$2,000,000$1,000,000
$0
$8,000,000$7,000,000$6,000,000$5,000,000$4,000,000$3,000,000$2,000,000$1,000,000
$0
2
Scenario #2: Add tuition revenue (deductible receipt). Expenses unchanged.
D D
N D
Shared
Cos t
Fund 10Scenario #2 - Before
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$8,000,000$7,000,000$6,000,000$5,000,000$4,000,000$3,000,000$2,000,000$1,000,000
$0
$8,000,000$7,000,000$6,000,000$5,000,000$4,000,000$3,000,000$2,000,000$1,000,000
$0
Added tuition revenue (deductible receipts). Expenses unchanged.Shared cost is reduced.
DD
N D
Shared
Cost
Fund 10Scenario #2 - After
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$8,000,000$7,000,000$6,000,000$5,000,000$4,000,000$3,000,000$2,000,000$1,000,000
$0
$8,000,000$7,000,000$6,000,000$5,000,000$4,000,000$3,000,000$2,000,000$1,000,000
$0
Scenario #3: Add tuition revenue. Add equal expense.
D D
N D
Shared
Cos t
Fund 10Scenario #3 - Before
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$8,000,000$7,000,000$6,000,000$5,000,000$4,000,000$3,000,000$2,000,000$1,000,000
$0
$8,000,000$7,000,000$6,000,000$5,000,000$4,000,000$3,000,000$2,000,000$1,000,000
$0
Added tuition revenue, expenditures increased by equal amount. No change in shared cost.
D D
N D
Shared
Cos t
Fund 10Scenario #3 - After
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$8,000,000$7,000,000$6,000,000$5,000,000$4,000,000$3,000,000$2,000,000$1,000,000
$0
$8,000,000$7,000,000$6,000,000$5,000,000$4,000,000$3,000,000$2,000,000$1,000,000
$0
Scenario #4: New High Poverty Aid (or any other non-deductible). Don’t add any expense.
D D
N D
Shared
Cos t
Fund 10Scenario #4 - Before
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$8,000,000$7,000,000$6,000,000$5,000,000$4,000,000$3,000,000$2,000,000$1,000,000
$0
$8,000,000$7,000,000$6,000,000$5,000,000$4,000,000$3,000,000$2,000,000$1,000,000
$0
Added High Poverty Aid, deductible receipts unchanged. Expenses unchanged. No shared cost change.
DD
N D
Shared
Cos t
Fund 10Scenario #4 - After
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$8,000,000$7,000,000$6,000,000$5,000,000$4,000,000$3,000,000$2,000,000$1,000,000
$0
$8,000,000$7,000,000$6,000,000$5,000,000$4,000,000$3,000,000$2,000,000$1,000,000
$0
Scenario #5: New High Poverty Aid (any non-deductible), expenditures increased by equal
amount.
D D
N D
Shared
Cos t
Fund 10Scenario #5 - Before
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$8,000,000$7,000,000$6,000,000$5,000,000$4,000,000$3,000,000$2,000,000$1,000,000
$0
$8,000,000$7,000,000$6,000,000$5,000,000$4,000,000$3,000,000$2,000,000$1,000,000
$0
Added High Poverty Aid revenue (or another non-deductible), deductible receipts unchanged. Expenses increased. Increase in
shared cost.
D D
N D
Shared
Cos t
Fund 10Scenario #5 - After
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RevenuesNo
ChangeDeductible Receipts
Non-DeductibleReceipts
Expenditur
es
No Change
Increase/Decrease
------
Incr Exp - Increase Shared Cost Decr Exp - Decrease Shared Cost
Increase Reduce Shared Cost Decrease Increase Shared Cost
Chng in Revs = Chng in Exp No Effect Chng in Revs > Chng in Exp Reduce Shared Cost Chng in Revs < Chng in Exp Increases Shared Cost
Increase No Effect Decrease No Effect
Chng in Revs = Chng in Exp SC Change = Exp ChangeChng in Revs > Chng in Exp SC Change = Exp Change Chng in Revs < Chng in Exp SC Change = Exp Change
All other things remaining equal.
Shared Cost Changes
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Equalization Aid
3 State Factors
Cost Ceilings
Guaranteed Property Valuations Per Member
Amount of Money to Distribute
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DISTRICT VALUE PER MEMBER
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Positive Secondary
Aid
Positive Tertiary
Aid
District Value per Member
Negative Tertiary Aid
Negative Secondary Aid
No Equalization Aid
Equalization Aid
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“Multi-Year Longitudinal Analysis of General and Equalization Aid Formula Components”
http://sfs.dpi.wi.gov/sfs_buddev_eq
Location: SFS Homepage > Longitudinal Data > Equalization Aid
Your Aid and the Big Picture
Longitudinal Analysis
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DISTRICT VALUE PER MEMBER
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Positive Secondary
Aid
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Aid
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Negative Secondary Aid
No Equalization Aid
Equalization Aid
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Equalization Aid
Knowing your district’s specific profile and where you are headed in the aid formula will help you better explain how changes in local
finances might affect your state aid.
What if we
underspend
our budget?
How does
that affect
our aid?
If we go to referendum, how will our aid change?
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Shared Cost/Aid Changes
“2014-15 Equalization Aid Worksheet”
Location: SFS Homepage > Worksheets > DPI Executable
http://sfs.dpi.wi.gov/sfs_workexe
2014-15 Equalization Aid Worksheet
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Special Adjustment Aid
2013-14 Final Aid Eligibility*
Equalization Aid (Line H1)
$914,004
Inter-District (Line I1)
$0
Intra-District (Line I1)
$0
Special Adjustment (Line I1)
$31,833
Total $945,837
X .85
85% Minimum for 2014-15
$803,961
2014-15 Aid Eligibility*
Equalization Aid (Line H1)
$523,943
Inter-District (Line I1) $0
Intra-District (Line I1) $0
Special Adjustment (Line I1)
$280,018
Total $803,961
X .85
85% Minimum for 2015-16
$683,367
Special Adjustment Aid ensures the district receives at least 85% of the prior year’s General
Aid eligibility.
* Prior to Choice/Charter Deductions.
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Bruce Anderson, Consultant 608-267-9707Carey Bradley, Consultant 608-267-3752Dan Bush, Consultant 608-267-9212Karen Kucharz Robbe, Consultant 608-266-3464Gene Fornecker, Auditor 608-267-7882Michele Gundrum, Auditor 608-267-9218Brian Kahl, Auditor 608-266-3862Vacant, Assistant Director 608-267-9209Bob Soldner, Director 608-266-6968
Email: [email protected]: (608) 267-9114 Fax:(608)
266-2840