rec presentation: school millage surtax

8/14/2019 REC Presentation: School Millage Surtax

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Outof

control

spending

must

be

reigned

in.

ThereISalimittowhatwecanafford.

th

,

ByWaltAugustinowiczPolic CommitteeChairman

[email protected]

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Howmuchisenough? PerBudget

In2008

2009

Sarasota

County

Schools

appropriations

budgetwasawhopping$23,104perstudentaccordingtothe2008/2009BudgetFactspublishedby

the

school

board

in

October

2008.

Accordingtothefactsheettotalbudgeted

appropr at onswere

944.55

ort e

actua

totalstudentenrollmentof40,882.


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TotalSpending

TotalStudents


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Howmuchisenough? UpdatedPerActual In20082009SarasotaCountySchoolsactual

appropriationswasahuge$13,882perstudentaccording

totheu datedfi ures rovidedtousb theschooladminofficethisweek.

. million fortheactualtotalstudentenrollmentof41,389.

Duetoupdateweshouldamendlineinresolution1tomatchthisnewnumber.

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Howmuchisenough?

In2009

2010

the

Sarasota

County

Schools

appropriationsbudgetis$18,875perstudentaccordingtorecapsheetschooladminofficesentus

this

week.

CharlotteCountystotalappropriationsbudgetis

*

,

.

*

Per

2009

2010

Charlotte

County

School

budget

http://www.yourcharlotteschools.net/Downloads/Budget/0910Budget.pdfAndCharlotteCountyDemographicshttp://www.yourcharlotteschools.net/AboutUs.cfm?PageID=Demographics5


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BudgetDatafromSchoolAdmin

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Howdoesthatcomparetoprivateschool?

Theavera etuitionoften o ular rivateschoolsin

Sarasotacounty

is

$6884(inclusiveofregistrationandannualfees.)TuitionComparison

$12,000$14,000

$16,000

$18,000

$20,000

$2,000

$4,000

$6,000

$8,000

$10,000

$0

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RawDataonSchoolTuitionPrivateSchoolPriceReview

Name Tuition Source

HeritageChristianAcademy $4,786 Website

SuncoastC ristianAca emy 4,300 Ca e

SarasotaChristianSchool $8,325 Called

VeniceChristianSchool $4,887 Website

SaintMartha

School $6,170 Webite

,

EpiphanCathedralSchool $6,475 Website

IncarnationCatholicSchool $6,330 Website

TheTabernacleChristianSchool $6,050 Website

NewGateSchool $13,640 Website

OutofDoorAcademy nevercouldgetthroughalwaysavoicemail(941)3493223

Average $6,884

.

Thesewerepricesfor1student. Mosthaddiscountsfor2ormore.

We

included

annual

fees

and

registration

cost

if

provided

by

schoolsThismaynotbeacompletelistofallschoolsbutenoughtogetagoodindication8


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Theschoolsystemssaysweshould

calculatingperstudentcosts.

Thatis

an

invalid

premise.

Doyounotcountyourmortgagepaymentwhenworkingonyouhouseholdbudget?

Accountantswouldtellyoutoatleastamortizetheexpensesover30years.Wehave42schools,ifweonlyre u 1 o2ayeara epr ce eyarespen ng s ype

of

budget

will

continue

every

year

in

perpetuity. 9


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oesmore

money

e p

FCAT.

Florida Department ofEducation statistics on 10th

Charlotte county has gone upin Reading, Math, and Writing

while Sarasota has dropped in

tax increase was first passedin 2002. Charlotte does thiswithout a the extra tax.

Keep in mind CharlotteCountys budget is also $12Kper student not $19K and they

Sarasota in Math and Writing.

Dataobtainedthroughhttp://fcat.fldoe.org/results/default.asp10


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Whereisthemoneygoing?

argeport ono t eannua u get s e nguse tolevelourcurrentschoolsandrebuildextravagantnew

smaller

schools.

Wecantaffordtodothisinourcurrenteconomy.

EventheFloridaLegislaturethinkswearespending.

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a

oes

e

a eo

or a

n

e

maximumcostofconstruction ofschools

shouldbe?

TITLEXLVIII h t r101 .6 s tsth m ximumschoolsshouldspendperstationifexpectinghelp

fromthe

state

under

PECO.

6. Uponconstruction,thetotalcostperstudent

stat on,

nc u ngc ange

or ers,

must

not

excee

t e

costperstudentstationasprovidedinsubsection(6).

ForJan

2010

that

amount

is

$27,282

per

station.*http://edr.state.fl.us/conferences/peco/station.htm 12


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VeniceHighSchool

$91m ontore u

Currently

70%

occupied .

Costof$45,614perstudentstation!

Rememberthatstatehascalculateditshouldcostnomore

7,

*Factsandfiguresobtainedfromschoolboard5yearcapitalworkplanhttp://www.sarasotacountyschools.net/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=15894

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BookerHighSchool

Currently54%occupied New

school

will

be

43%

smaller.

Costof$47,300perstudentstation! Rememberthatstatehascalculateditshouldcostnomore

than$27,282perstation

*Factsan igureso taine romsc oo oar 5yearcapitawor p anhttp://www.sarasotacountyschools.net/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=15894

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SCTI

$54million

to

rebuild Currently18%occupied! . Costof$43,269perstudentstation!

When

complete

school

board

estimates

that

even

by

2014

it

willstillonl be2 full. Costbasedonactualprojecteduseis$180,000perstudent

station! Rememberthatstatehascalculateditshouldcostnomore

than$27,282

per

station


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OurSchoolsareHalfEmpty

Maybe

we

should

lease

the

space

to

charter

schools?

Total

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Pages11

and

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Whycant

we

vote

down

the

requiresbondstobeapprovedbyavoteoftheelectors.

SarasotaCountyin1990inventedaschemecalledacertificateofparticipationtobypassthisvote.

OurcurrentschoolboardmembersareALSOdirectorsofaseparatenonprofitcorporationthat

leasesnew

schools

back

to

the

school

district. 17


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CertificatesofParticipation(COPs)

Schoolboard

signsalease Dummycorpleasesbuildings

dummycorp.

board

bondscalled

COPs

topaytobuildpromises

to

put

lineinthebudget.

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SarasotaCountyLawsuit

Because

this

was

a

blatant

attempt

to

avoid

a

vote

by

thepeopleasuitwasfiledagainstSarasotaCounty.

It

went

all

the

way

to

the

Florida

Supreme

Court.

Inanarrowvoteitwasdeemedtechnicallylegal.

NO.74,979STATEOFFLORIDA,Appellant,

vs .,

Appellee.

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DissentingSupremeCourtJudgesOpinion

TodaytheCourtapprovesformoversubstance.The

equivalenttotheissuanceofbondsandpledgingad

valoremtaxes

to

support

them.

Thus,

Itotally

disagree

t att e on s nquest oncan eapprove w t outareferendumfromtheownersoffreeholdsasrequiredbyarticleVII,section12oftheFloridaConstitution.I

believeitpure

sophistry

to

say

that

"these

obligations

arenotsupportedbythepledgeofadvalorem"

Entirerulingcanbefoundathttp://www.law.fsu.edu/library/flsupct/74979/op74979.pdf 20


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ProofCorporationExists

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Lease

agreemen1 pageo ease.

Canbefoundathttp://www.sarasota.k12.fl.us/Agenda1/February%2017,%202009%20Board%20Meeting%20on%20Tuesday,%20February%2017,%202009/6F6E8658

886C

467D

AA65

C64F88BD787C.pdf

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MartinCountyFundingWorkshop UnfortunatelyothercountiesarenowcopyingSarasota.

canreadthefollowing

BobNaborsgavethelegalbackgroundandprovidedananalysisoftheFloridacaselawupholdingtheissuancebyschooldistrictsofCertificatesofParticipation(COP)and

leasepurchase

financings

withoutelectorapprovalbyreferendumundertheFloridaConstitution.COPshave

nowbecomethemostutilizedstructureforfinancin educationalfacilitiesinFlorida.

*Minutescanbefoundathttp://www.sbmc.org/_docs/2005/ExplorationofFinancingAlternative8205Workshopmin.pdf23


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AnddontforgetSchoolBoardPay

You

will

note

from

the

budget

below

that

salaryand

benefits foraschoolboardmember

$339,626 5=$67,925each!

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Itistimetosendamessage

There

are

limits

to

what

we

tax

payers

can

afford.

Findotherwaystoimproveschooling.

Researchwhatothermunicipalitieswithbetterschoolsandlessfundingaredoing. LookoutsideofFlorida.

VOTENOonthetaxincrease!

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