Deptford
Township
Board of
Education
Proposed 2013-14
Budget
BUILDING A SCHOOL BUDGET
• Determine Revenues • Estimate Expenditures
• Determine what is needed to achieve the instructional goals and objectives of the district
• Tax Levy Caps
• Regional Administrative cap limits • Comparative Spending Guides
GOALS FOR BUDGET
DEVELOPMENT
• Preserve as much of the instructional program as possible within 2% cap on tax levy
• Preserve budget for maintaining the facility
Budget Factors
Impact Items SALARIES BENEFITS Available Surplus Maintenance Supplies SPECIAL EDUCATIONDeptford Township Board of Education Enrollment Trend
Information taken from the 2012 Comparative Spending Guide issued by the State of New Jersey Department of Education
Deptford Township Board of Education Budgetary Cost Per Pupil Comparison to like
Deptford Township Board of Education Total Classroom Instruction Comparison to like
districts* 2011-2012
Information taken from the 2012 Comparative Spending Guide issued by the State of New Jersey Department of Education
Deptford Township Board of Education Number of Students Per Teacher
2011-2012
Information taken from the 2012 Comparative Spending Guide issued by the State of New Jersey Department of Education
Deptford Township Board of Education Average Teacher Salary
2011-2012
Information taken from the 2012 Comparative Spending Guide issued by the State of New Jersey Department of Education
Increase in State
Aid
Or is
it???
2013-2014 State Aid
• Included a DECREASE in Pre-School Funding of
$128,576 (to be funded locally for 2013-14)
• Included and INCREASE in SDA Funding
Assessment of $51,961 over 2012-2013
2012-13 2013-14
GENERAL FUND AID
EQUALIZATION AID $19,822,167 $20,154,580 1.7% $332,413 TRANSPORTATION AID $280,289 $316,708 13.0% $36,419 SPECIAL EDUCATION CATEGORICAL AID $2,235,785 $2,287,352 2.3% $51,567 SECURITY AID $426,865 $461,530 8.1% $34,665 UNDER ADEQUACY AID (**NEW 2013-14) $0 $12,894 100.0% $12,894
$22,765,106 $23,233,064 2.1% $467,958
Pre-School Aid $1,018,388 $889,812 -12.63% -$128,576
Assessment for Debt Service on SDA Funding $95,880 $147,841 54.19% $51,961
Where does the
Where does all
the money go?
2 Year Review
Year Health Benefits
2012-13 1,600,000 (30% increase) 2013-14 1,800,000 (20% increase)
Affordable Health Care Act: Single Coverage - over 30 hours $637,500 Affordable Health Care Act: (Per life expenditure)
$94,000
Proposed Budget Includes
- Maintaining a Pre-K program over and above state funding - Maintaining full day Kindergarten
- Maintaining a School Nurse in all buildings
- Maintaining a high level of Co-Curricular and Athletic programs for Middle School and High School
- Security Upgrades (cameras, key fob access, lease of bus radios) - Two 24 passenger school buses or one 54 passenger bus
- STEM program materials/supplies/Curricular items
- New Special Education Classroom (keeping our students in Deptford) - Technology upgrades
Continued….
• Summer Band • Weight Training • NJASK Tutoring • Academic Clubs – Art – Chess – Science – RotaryCurriculum
• Expand HS Modeling Science Program • Creation of AVID
• Advanced Spanish track – NEW! • Purchase new Math program
• Expand NJASK, HSPA and AHSA tutoring
• Summer Teacher Training for TECHNOLOGY • Maintaining Gifted & Talented program
ITEMS THAT WERE CUT FROM
THE BUDGET
Middle School Athletics/Co-Curricular – 18% cut (i.e. intramurals)
Facility/Capital Improvements
High School Athletics/Co-Curricular – 16% cut (i.e. low participation)
School Resource Officer (1)
Instructional:
Supplies
Field Trips all grades except 6th, 8th, 12th
Staff/Benefits:
Administrative Position (1)
Teaching Positions (15) Due to low enrollment. 5 positions through attrition
Transportation:
Transportation for Field Trips 5:00 p.m. Late Runs
Special Education/Curriculum:
IEP Software (will be grant funded) Bullying/HIB (pursing free programs)
2013-2014 Proposed budget
• $66,243,789
total of all funds• $2,507,096 - grant funds (decrease of $712,870 in 2013-14 due to sequestration of federal government
entitlements)
• $1,441,030 - Debt Service (bonds repayment from prior years)
• 20% Increase in health benefits (Affordable health care act impacts January 2014)
• $693,753 Tax Levy Increase (2%) plus an additional $500,000 in Healthcare Waiver was appropriated
(total waiver allowed was $1,031,735). Total increase is $1,193,753
• 1.26% overall INCREASE from current budget • The new budget reflects a tax levy of $35,885,892
under the Tax Levy Cap by ($531,825)
Budget Year 2012 2013
Average Assessed Home $179,001 $179,001
School Tax Rate (Budget Year) $1.2470 $1.2996
Taxes for calendar year ($1,790 x
