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Norfolk Public Schools

Dr. Sharon I. ByrdsongSuperintendent of Schools

Mrs. Rhonda R. IngramExecutive Director of Budget & Finance

School Board Business Meeting – March 4, 2020

Superintendent’s Proposed Operating BudgetFiscal Year 2020-2021

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Topics of Discussion

•School Board’s Goals and Priorities

•The Budget Process

•Fiscal Year 2019 – 2020 Funds

•Student Enrollment Trends/Projections

•Superintendent’s Proposed FY 2020 – 2021 Operating Budget

•Next Steps

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School Board Goals

• Improve Student Academic Achievement and Outcomes

•Ensure Safe, Caring, and Healthy Learning Environments

•Strengthen Family and Community Engagement

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School Board Priorities

1. Increase the percentage of schools earning full accreditation (100% fully accredited by 2022)

2. Increase the percentage of VDOE continuous improvement schools and NPS high academic performing schools

3. Decrease all subgroup achievement gaps (5% or less by 2024)

4. Increase the on-time graduation rate (85% by 2024)

5. Provide educational equity, options, and opportunities

6. Attract and retain highly qualified & effective staff (fully staffed at start of school)

7. Expand educational planning and create a five year capital improvement plan for facilities and technology

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School Board Priorities (Continued)

8. Promote a culture of safety, high attendance rates, decreased dropout rate, positive organizational culture, and student behavior

9. Attract and retain community partnerships and strengthen family engagement

10. Strive to improve relationships and increase governance capacity (School Board only)

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Budget Process

• October 2019Detailed budget instructions provided to departments

• November 2019Departments discussed needs and prepared budgets

• December 2019Governor’s Introduced 2020-2022 Biennial Budget released

School Board Budget Public Hearing – held on December 18, 2019

Departmental budgets were reviewed with department heads (FY2021 requests, FY2020 budget, and FY2019 actual expenditures)

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Budget Process (Continued)

• January/February 2020Preliminary estimates of revenues and expenditures presented to the Executive Leadership Team

Executive Leadership Team prioritized needs and made recommendations

House and Senate Budgets (forthcoming)

Present the Superintendent’s Proposed Operating Budget for FY2020-2021

• March 2020Public Hearing – March 4, 2020, Granby High School – 7:00 p.m.

School Board’s Proposed Budget Approval – March 18, 2020

• April 1, 2020School Board’s Proposed Budget to be submitted to Norfolk City Council

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Fiscal Year 2019-2020 All Funds

$336,161,810

$40,000,000

$20,000,000 $4,000,000

FY 2019-2020 Summary of Appropriation$400,161,810

Operating Funds Grants and Special Programs

School Nutrition Program Capital Improvement Projects

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Student Enrollment Projections

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32,272

31,766 31,485

31,142

30,702 30,359

30,116 29,977

29,383

28,858

28,183 27,974

27,667

31,639

31,176 31,020

30,498 30,260

29,859 29,724 29,607

28,925

28,432

27,934 27,628

27,352

26,000

27,000

28,000

29,000

30,000

31,000

32,000

33,000

FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021Proj

Fall Membership March 31 ADM

STUDENTS

Source: Virginia Department of Education

FY 2020 – 2021 Estimated Revenue

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$ in Millions

Revenue Category

FY 2020

Estimate

FY 2021

Estimate

Change

from FY20

Percent

Change

State $ 197.5 $ 206.6 $ 9.1 4.6%

City - Reg Approp 125.4 128.4 3.0 2.3%

City - Crossing Guards 0.6 0.6 - -

CTI Debt 3.8 3.8 - -

Federal 5.7 5.7 - -

Other Revenue 3.2 3.2 - -

Total Revenue $ 336.2 $ 348.3 $ 12.1 3.6%

City - Add'l Appropriation $ 4.3 - - -

FY 2020-2021 Operating Budget Estimated Revenue Sources

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$ in Millions

Note: Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding.

State$206.6 (59.3%)

City$132.8 (38.1%)

Federal$5.7 (1.6%)

Other Local and Miscellaneous

$3.2 (0.9%)

Superintendent’s Funding Priorities for FY 2020 - 2021

•Compensation

•Safety and Security

•Additional Resources for Schools

•Building Repairs and Maintenance

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Priorities Supported Within the Proposed Budget

• Compensation – Implementation of Pay and Compensation Study (Phase IV)increase starting pay for teachers from $44,220 to $45,000

provide one step increase for all employees to receive an average of a 3.4% pay raise depending on their current placement on the salary scale

• Health Insurance Premium

increase in premium to be shared by the employer and employees, effective Dec. 2020

• Teacher Part-Time Hourly Rate

increase rate from $25 to $30

• Classified Part-Time Hourly Rate

increase rates to remain competitive

• Teacher Stipends

provide a stipend for secondary teachers whose caseloads are above 150 students (SOA)

• Stipends – Academic (Co-Curricular)


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• Stipends – Extracurricular Activities


• Stipends – Athletics

increase identified Virginia High School League (VHSL) and middle school stipends

• Governance Training

contract services for School Board and Superintendent of Schools

• NPS Strategic Plan

contract services to support the development of a division level strategic plan

• Educational Planning

contract services to support division level educational planning efforts

• Booker T. Washington Feasibility Study

support further development of the school’s specialty program

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• Recruitment and Retention Initiative

support stipends for teachers and teacher assistants @ (6) schools

• Psychologist Internship Program

additional social-emotional supports for students

• Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)

realign job responsibilities of a division-level administrator to lead the “re-energizing” of

the initiative to support the management of student behaviors

• National Mathematics and Science Initiative (NMSI)

supports programs at Lake Taylor and BTW High Schools

• Early Learning – Virginia Preschool Initiative (VPI) Classroom (1)

(1) teacher and (1) paraprofessional - increase in projected enrollment

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• Instructional Specialist for Southside STEM Academy @ Campostella (1)

support enhancement of the integration of the STEM curriculum

• English as a Second Language (ESL) Teachers (6)

address an increase in student enrollment and proposed change of SOQ standards

• Mathematics (6) and Reading (4) Specialists

support one full-time specialist at every elementary school

• Special Education Teachers (2)

address programming needs

• Special Education Teacher Assistants (3)

address programming needs

• Behavior Specialists (5)provide additional behavioral intervention supports for schools

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• Security Officers (2)

provide full-time support at Ghent (K-8) and Crossroads School (PreK-8)

• Security Officers (28)

provide one (1) full-time school security officer for every traditional elementary school

• Health and Physical Education Assistants (11)

supports the wellness of students - three days per week of physical education for K-4

students; supports extending recess for Prek-2 students

• School Counselors (7)additional social-emotional supports for students; addresses proposed reduction in SOQ

staffing ratios

• School Counselors (10)

contract adjustment from 11 to 12 months to provide additional support to secondary

schools to address students’ social-emotional needs during the summer and to assist with

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• Attendance Technicians (5)

support attendance and academic progress of students

• Bus Attendants (15)

assist with efforts to safely transport students with disabilities to school

• Assessment Coordinators/Data Analysts (15)

will coordinate all assessment functions at the secondary school level to improve efficiency

of year-round testing and support schools with data analysis at all levels

(school/teacher/classroom/student); will support disaggregation of data to improve

response time for adjusting classroom instruction

• Assistant Principal (1)

provide one (1) assistant principal for every traditional elementary school

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• Grow Our Own Program – Reading and Mathematics Specialists

partner with a local university to grow the pipeline of reading and mathematics specialists

• Grow Our Own Program – Principals & Assistant Principals

support internal program to develop future building level leaders

• Professional Development – Literacysupport enhancement of the division’s literacy plan

• Professional Development – Trauma-Informed Care

support training for division-level staff (train-the-trainer model)

• Professional Development – Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)

support training for division-level staff (train-the-trainer model)

• Core Content Teacher Specialists (8)

contract adjustment from 11 to 12 months to provide additional support for literacy

integration

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• Wellness Champions

stipends for wellness champions at every school (see School Wellness Policy)

• Art and Music Education

increase of the per pupil allocation from $2.50 to $3.50 at the secondary level

Other Budgetary Considerations

• Special Education Audit (awaiting findings)

• NPS Safety and Security Task Force (awaiting findings)

• Communications and Media Relations Audit (awaiting findings)

• St. Pauls Initiative – Choice Neighborhood Grant (CNI) Funding

explore opportunity to secure three (3) psychologist positions to support students who are

displaced at the elementary, middle, and high school levels

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Health Insurance for FY 2021(Effective December 2020)

• 12.0% increase in premiums to be shared by employer and employees

• Currently have three (3) plans:• HSA1500

• POS1000

• POS750

• With four (4) tiers:• Employee Only

• Employee + Spouse

• Employee + Minors

• Employee + Family

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Employee's Per Pay Period Net Pay - Impact of the 12.0% Increase in Health Insurance Premiums

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Excludes FIT and SIT (depending on employee filing status and IRS table) and voluntary deductions such as

VALIC, NFT, LTD Hartford, United Way, etc. Rates are effective December 2020.

Employee's Per Pay Period Net Pay - Impact of the 12.0% Increase in Health Insurance Premiums

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Excludes FIT and SIT (depending on employee filing status and IRS table) and voluntary deductions such as VALIC,

NFT, LTD Hartford, United Way, etc. Rates are effective December 2020.

Balancing the Budget

Description FTEs Increase Decrease

Compensation $ 9.5

Employee benefits including health insurance and retirement 1.2

Teachers (ESL, NMSI, pre-k and special education) 11.0 0.7

School counselors including assessment coordinators/data analysts 22.0 1.4

Specialists (mathematics, reading, STEM, and behavior) 16.0 1.1

School administrator 1.0 0.1

Teacher assistants (HPE, pre-k, and special education) 15.0 0.5

Attendance technicians 5.0 0.2

Other professionals (occupational therapist and HR generalist) 1.5 0.1

Building safety and support (security and custodian) 31.0 1.3

Bus attendants 15.0 0.3

Increase stipends and differentials (extra-curricular/athletics/academics)

and part-time pay

0.6

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$ in Millions

Balancing the Budget (Continued)

Description FTEs Increase Decrease

Extend contracts of counselors and core content specialists 0.1

Strategic plan, educational planning and feasibility study for BTW 0.4

Professional development (mathematics/reading, social emotional

learning, trauma-informed care, and literacy)

0.4

Psychologists internship program 0.1

Enrollment decline - 12.0 $ 0.8

Vacant bus driver positions to offset cost of 15 bus attendants/HR

generalist- 12.0 0.3

Others 0.3

Re-basing of salaries and benefits including attrition savings 4.5

Total 93.5 $18.0 $ 5.9

Net Increase in FY2021 Expenditures $12.1

Net Increase in FY2021 Revenues $12.1

Difference $ 0.0

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$ in Millions

Superintendent’s Proposed Operating Budget FY 2020 – 2021

Using Governor Northam’s Introduced 2020-2022 Biennial Budget presented on December 17, 2019,

with a projected March ADM of 27,352 and the most recent projection from the City’s Local Revenue

Allocation Policy, the Superintendent’s Proposed FY 2020 – 2021 Operating Budget is:

$348,290,828 which is $12.1 million or a 3.6% increase over the current year

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Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Operating BudgetExpenditures by Cost Category

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$ in Millions

Salaries$211.1 (60.6%)

Employee Benefits

$86.4 (24.8%)

Other Costs$50.9 (14.6%)

Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Operating Budget Expenditures by Major Categories

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$ in Millions

NOTE: Totals may not add due to rounding

Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Budget Next Steps

•March 4, 2020 – School Board Budget Work Session and Public Hearing

•March 18, 2020 – School Board Budget Approval at Business Meeting

•April 1, 2020 – School Board’s Proposed Budget submitted to Norfolk City Council

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Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Budget Next Steps

•May 2020

Norfolk City Council appropriates funding for the School Board’s Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Budget

School Board adoption of School Board’s FY 2020-2021 Budget

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Comparison of Governor’s, Senate and House 2020-2022 Biennial Budgets for FY 2021

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Governor Senate House

Compensation none none 2% effective July 1, 2020

At-Risk

increase add-on range from a maximum of 16.0% to 23.0% Same as Governor

increase add-on range from a maximum of 16.0% to 24.0%

Games of Skillnew funding - state share of $71.29 per pupil eliminate eliminate

Supplemental Lottery total lottery proceeds projected to decrease

projected to increase and go towards school construction grant program

projected to increase and go towards supplementary lottery per pupil amount

Staffing Ratios of ESL increase from 17 per 1,000 to 20 per 1,000 same as Governor

increase from 17 per 1,000 to 18.5 per 1,000

Total Funding Change from Governor's Budget $1.9M $2.8M

Superintendent’s Proposed Operating BudgetFY 2020 – 2021

Questions / Comments

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