[I. Call to Order and Determination of a Quorum]
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GOOD AFTERNOON. IT IS NOW 3:00.THIS IS TUESDAY, MAY 24TH, AND IT IS 2022.
I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
MECHELLE, DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS? NO SIR. WE HAVE NO CARDS.
SO WE'LL GO PAST ITEM TWO ONTO ITEM THREE, SUPERINTENDENT'S MESSAGE.
WE'RE GOING TO SKIP BECAUSE HE'S IN JURY DUTY AND WE'LL GO TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
[IV.A. Budget Workshop]
THIS IS INFORMATION ITEMS AND THIS IS THE BUDGET WORKSHOP AND THE PURPOSE FOR TODAY WE'LL RECEIVE OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP UPDATE AND DR.BRENT RINGO AND HIS STAFF WILL BE CONDUCTING THE PRESENTATION TODAY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MILLER AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
AGAIN, WE ADOPT OUR BUDGETS IN JUNE AND THEN OUR TAX RATES IN AUGUST.
BROWN AND MYSELF WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE GENERAL FUNDS THE NUTRITION FUND AND DEBT SERVICE FUND TO HELP LEAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS AS WE PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR 2022, 2023 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.
OUR AGENDA WE'RE GOING TO JUST SCHOOL FUNDING EFFECTS, GENERAL FUND PLANNING, OUR TAX RATE ADOPTION AND THEN THE BUDGET ADOPTION AND THE THREE BUDGETS WE WILL ADOPT IN JUNE ARE THE GENERAL FUND, THE STUDENT NUTRITION FUND AND THE DEBT SERVICE FUNDS.
AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE WITH SUMMARY AND NEXT STEPS.
WE KNOW IT'S HAD AN IMPACT ON AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR.
WILL THERE BE WEIGHTED FUNDING SHIFTS, MEANING, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR CENSUS BLOCK DATA? THERE'S DATA THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHEN WE BUILD OUR BUDGETS THAT COMES FROM THE STATE AND THEY ACTUALLY TELL US WHAT DATA TO USE.
OUR DEMOGRAPHER REPORT WILL BE PRESENTED NEXT MONTH BY BRENT ALEXANDER WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT STRATEGIES TO SHOW WHAT'S HAPPENING LOCALLY IN THE ECONOMY AND THE HOUSING MARKET AND ACROSS THE STATE.
THE AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE NEXT YEAR, FEDERAL RELIEF FUNDS, HOW WILL THOSE BE APPLIED? AND WE ARE APPLYING THOSE.
AND AGAIN, IF THERE ARE ANY IMPACTS WITH COVID, WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT HOLD HARMLESS FOR FUTURE YEARS.
AND SO HOW SCHOOL FUNDING WORKS AND MANY OF THESE SLIDES BOARD OF TRUSTEES YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE, MANY OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS WHO WATCH THESE PRESENTATIONS ARE NOT HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH TEXAS SCHOOL FINANCE.
SO WE INCLUDE THESE JUST TO HELP EDUCATE OUR STAKEHOLDERS OF HOW WE OPERATE BECAUSE WE ALL RECEIVED OUR PROPERTY VALUE APPRAISALS FOR THE COMING YEAR. AND AS WE PAY MORE LOCALLY IN PROPERTY TAXES, THE STATE CUTS US BY THAT SAME AMOUNT.
THERE IS NO NEW MONEY IN PUBLIC EDUCATION WITHOUT INCREASING AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE OR A TAX RATE ELECTION, WHICH IS THE HIGHER M&O TAX RATE TO ACCESS THE THREE REMAINING GOLDEN PENNIES AND COPPER PENNIES AS THEY'RE DEFINED UNDER STATUTE.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MS. MAYO, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BUDGET, TO HELP LEAD THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET DISCUSSION.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE 22-23 GENERAL FUND BUDGET WORKSHOP.
MANY OF THESE SLIDES WILL BE SIMILAR TO ONES WE HAVE SPOKE ABOUT BEFORE.
AND WHILE WE HAVE BUILT OUR SCENARIOS AND OUR FUTURE SCENARIOS ON SCENARIO TWO, NO ADA CHANGE, WE DID WANT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE SCENARIOS ONE AN THREE FOR YOUR REVIEW.
WE HAVE HAD SOME ADA INCREASES IN THE FIFTH SIX WEEKS, SO WE'RE HOPING TO CONTINUE THAT IMPROVEMENT AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL CARRY ON INTO NEXT YEAR. AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITH SOME ADA REVIEWS AT THAT TIME.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE WILL STILL PROCEED WITH SCENARIO TWO.
OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET UNKNOWNS ARE HERE LISTED CCMR DATA IS STILL COMING IN.
SO WE'RE CONTINUING OUR PROJECTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR.
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SO THAT IS ONE AREA THAT COULD HAVE A POSITIVE OR CHANGE TO OUR ADA FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT . CENSUS BLOCK DATA.WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM THE STATE AND OUR LOCAL SCHOOL BUSINESS EXPERTS.
SO WE'RE CONTINUING WITH OUR PROJECTIONS AS WE HAVE GONE IN THE PAST.
AND AS SOON AS WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION, WE WILL SHARE THAT OUT WITH THE BOARD.
AND AS WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AS VACANCIES, THAT SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THE HOT TOPICS IN THE STATE RIGHT NOW IS WHAT IS OUR STAFFING GOING TO LOOK LIKE NEXT YEAR? GAS AND UTILITY PRICES.
GAS PRICES, AS YOU ALL HAVE PROBABLY FELT IN YOUR OWN POCKETBOOKS, HAVE CONTINUED TO RISE.
AND THEN REVENUE FLUCTUATIONS.
ALL OF THESE ITEMS COULD AFFECT SOME OF OUR REVENUE.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE BOARD ON THOSE ITEMS. HERE'S AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
THIS IS A SIMILAR SLIDE THAT YOU ALL HAVE SEEN BEFORE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE FOUR SIX WEEKS DID TAKE A DOWNTURN.
THAT WAS THE OMICRON HAD COME OUT AND WE HAD SOME LOWER ADA THERE.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IN THE FIFTH SIX WEEKS WE WERE TRYING TO COME IN BACK TO REGAIN THAT ADA.
SO THAT WAS A POSITIVE SHOWING FOR US AND WE'RE HOPING TO CONTINUE THAT.
HERE'S OUR ENROLLMENT HISTORY.
THIS IS A SLIDE YOU ALL HAVE SEEN BEFORE, AND THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGES HERE.
THIS WAS A DEMOGRAPHER UPDATE.
THESE ARE OUR BUDGET REDUCTIONS.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS SINCE WE LAST MET.
YOU CAN SEE AT THE VERY BOTTOM WE DID GO AHEAD WITH THE ACE PROGRAM REDUCTIONS AND THERE ARE SOME STAFFING REDUCTIONS LISTED THERE AT $1.6 MILLION DOLLARS LISTED THERE.
THESE ARE THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, WE WILL SHARE WITH YOU WHICH DOCUMENTS GO WITH WHICH SLIDE.
THIS SLIDE HAS IT'S PRINTED HERE FOR YOUR REVIEW.
I KNOW IT MAY BE KIND OF SMALL TO SEE IT ON THE SCREEN.
SO WE WANT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A COPY THAT YOU CAN SEE THOSE DETAILS.
AND THEN WE ADDED THE PRIOR YEAR RECOMMENDATIONS.
THESE ARE ALL ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE.
BUT JUST FOR YOUR REVIEW, IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT HAVE BEEN ADDED IN THE PRIOR YEARS.
DUE TO THE CHANGE WE HAD ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED, A 4% INCREASE IN 60,000 FOR ALL STAFF.
AND SO THE BOARD GRACIOUSLY APPROVED FOR OUR HIGHLY QUALIFIED STAFF A 5% INCREASE.
SO WE WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME FURTHER CLARIFICATION SINCE THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE IN THAT PERCENTAGE IS BASED ON HOUSE BILL THREE AND EDUCATION CODE THE COMPENSATION GROUP IS DEFINED AS FULL TIME TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, COUNSELORS AND NURSES AND.
AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO THIS BOARD FOR RECOGNIZING OUR HIGHLY QUALIFIED STAFF AND CONTINUING TO ALLOW US TO HAVE A VERY COMPETITIVE MARKET RATE THAT WILL ALSO BE STARTING AT 60 K FOR ALL BRAND NEW EMPLOYEES IN THAT GROUP.
WELL, WOULD YOU MIND RUNNING DOWN THE LIST OF PEOPLE INCLUDED IN THAT 5% GROUP ONE MORE TIME? ABSOLUTELY. IT IS FULL TIME TEACHERS, FULL TIME LIBRARIANS, FULL TIME COUNSELORS AND FULL TIME NURSES.
YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED.
AND THEN SINCE THEN WE HAVE ALSO ADDED THE RAISE INFORMATION.
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I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, IF YOU SEE THE ONE THAT SAYS POSITION UPDATE LEGAL FEES AND RECRUITING COSTS, THAT IS KIND OF A GROUPING OF A LOT OF REALLY SMALL REQUESTS. AND SO WE PUT THOSE IN ONE LINE ITEM THERE.THOSE WERE ALL SEVERAL REQUESTS THAT WERE GROUPED TOGETHER.
SOME OF THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT NOW THAT WE ARE COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC AND GETTING BACK TO NORMAL, THERE WERE SOME INCREASE REQUIRED TO CARRY ON THOSE PROGRAMS. YES, SIR. MAY I ASK YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS REAL QUICK? OF COURSE. THE ONE FOR THE CUSTODIAL CONTRACT INCREASE FOR $1,000,005.
IS THAT IS THAT FOR THE ELEMENTARY CUSTODIANS THAT ARE OUR EMPLOYEES, NOT AHI'S? IS THAT CORRECT? IT IS THE CONTRACT AND MR. GONZALES CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
AND WHILE HE'S COMING UP, MR. BEACH, THE BOARD APPROVED THAT CONTRACT BACK IN APRIL 2022, I BELIEVE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MARCH OF 2022, AND THAT IS WHERE WITH THOSE PRICING COMING IN, THIS WAS THE FIRM SELECTED BASED OFF THE SCORING AND BEST VALUE FOR THE DISTRICT, AND IT WAS ABOUT A $1.5 MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE IN THE CONTRACT. OUR FORMER VENDOR WAS ABOUT 8 MILLION HIGHER THAN WHERE THEY WERE CURRENTLY AT.
BUT THEY'RE NOT RUNNING. THIS IS NOT RUNNING THROUGH, AHI IS THAT CORRECT? IT IS. IT IS OUR AHI CONTRACT.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS ON THE NEW EMPLOYEE RELATIONS DEPARTMENT.
319,000. WHAT IS THAT? AND DR.
BROWN IS HERE ALSO, BUT THAT IS GOING TO BE THREE PERSONNEL IT WILL BE WITHIN OUR HR UMBRELLA JUST TO HELP WITH THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS SIDE OF THE DISTRICT DUE TO THE SIZE OF OUR DISTRICT. IT'S AN ADMIN ASSISTANT, A COORDINATOR, AND I BELIEVE A DIRECTOR.
AND I WAS GOING TO ASK, ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO BE.
HOW ARE WE INTERVIEWING FOR THOSE POSITIONS? THAT HAS NOT BEEN NOT DR.
BROWN, MAYBE YOU'LL SPEAK BETTER TO THIS, BUT THE AUDIT FOR HR RECOMMENDED THIS DEPARTMENT.
AND SO THIS IS A FINDING AND A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE HR AUDIT.
GOOD EVENING. THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS DEPARTMENT WILL WORK WITH GRIEVANCES, INVESTIGATIONS AND ALSO SOMETIMES WE HAVE STAFF MEMBERS WHO JUST NEED TO COME AND SIT AND TALK ABOUT SOME ISSUES THAT MAY BE OCCURRING WITH THEM OR WITH THEIR JOB.
ALSO, WHEN WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHOSE BEHAVIOR REQUIRES THAT WE REPORT THEM TO STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION. THAT DEPARTMENT WILL BE DOING THAT.
AND I BELIEVE YOU ASKED WOULD THE PERSON BE CERTIFIED IN HUMAN RESOURCES, WHEN WE POST THE POSITION, THAT WILL BE A PREFERRED CERTIFICATION BUT NOT REQUIRED. SO THOSE PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN HIRED YET? NO, SIR, THEY HAVE NOT.
WE ARE WAITING FOR BUDGET APPROVAL.
MR. PRESIDENT? MS. GRIFFIN. YES.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE NEW EMPLOYEES RELATION DEPARTMENT.
TELL ME, HOW DOES THAT LOOK? OH, WELL, WE HAVE A SAYING IN HR.
WHAT HAPPENS IN HR STAYS IN HR.
BECAUSE WE WORK QUITE CLOSELY TOGETHER AND SOMETIMES INFORMATION IS OVERHEARD, BUT ANY INFORMATION WILL BE CONFIDENTIAL. BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT, WHEN SHARED WITH US THAT ARE ILLEGAL, THAT WE MUST INVESTIGATE.
AND BECAUSE WE HAVE TO INVESTIGATE, THOSE THINGS CANNOT BE KEPT TOTALLY CONFIDENTIAL.
AND SO WHEN THE AUDIT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE FRIENDLINESS OR THE WARMNESS OF THE DISTRICT IN THAT HR IS THAT FIRST PLACE THAT WE RECEIVE THAT.
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ASK QUESTIONS. YES MA'AM.FOR INSTANCE, IF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE HANDBOOK OR THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS POLICY OR THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS, OR HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THEM? WILL THAT INFORMATION BE KEPT WITH H.R., OR WILL YOU ALL IMMEDIATELY REPORT THAT BACK TO THE DEPARTMENTS? BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS SAID TRUE, FALSE I DON'T KNOW, I HAVEN'T INVESTIGATED IS THAT PEOPLE SOMETIMES JUST WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS, BUT THAT IS NOT ROOM OR PERMISSION TO GO AND TELL THAT TO SOMEONE'S BOSSES OR SOMETHING.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOUR EXPLANATION IS CLEARING UP MAYBE SOME MISUNDERSTANDINGS.
MS. BROWN, CAN I ASK YOU ONE OTHER QUESTION? SURE. THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS CURIOUS WAS, WILL THESE THREE INDIVIDUALS BE WORKING WITH MS. KNOX AND THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THAT DEPARTMENT AREA? THE DIRECTOR, THE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS DIRECTOR WILL BE SUPERVISING OUR TWO INVESTIGATORS, DANA KNOX AND JAMES BREZIK.
WILL THEY BE IN CHARGE OF THE I GUESS DO WE STILL HAVE A HOTLINE? WILL THEY BE IN CHARGE OF THAT? ACTUALLY, AS WE SPEAK TODAY, DR.
RUSSELL RECEIVES HOTLINE COMPLAINTS UNLESS THEY INVOLVE SECURITY.
BUT WHEN HR IS NO LONGER UNDER DR.
RUSSELL'S UMBRELLA, THOSE COMPLAINTS WILL BE RECEIVED BY DR.
THANK YOU. YOU STILL SHOWING THE 50 MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHING POSITIONS? I THOUGHT WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT WHEN THAT CAME BEFORE US THE LAST TIME.
HAS THAT BEEN SOLIDIFIED OR IS THAT STILL A QUESTION? IT'S STILL A QUESTION UNTIL YOU APPROVE THE BUDGET, IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
YES, MS. STANLEY. TO GO BACK TO THE CUSTODIAL CONTRACT INCREASE.
I KNOW THAT WE APPROVED THE CUSTODIAL CONTRACT, BUT IS THIS TRULY AN INCREASE OR IS THIS JUST THE CONTRACT? AND IF THIS IS THE INCREASE, WHERE IS THE CONTRACT IN THIS BUDGET? MS. STANLEY GREAT QUESTION.
THE TOTAL CONTRACT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BACK IN MARCH OF 2022.
IN THAT CONTRACT, IT WAS NOTED TO BE AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 1.5 MILLION.
CAN YOU ELABORATE WHAT THE FULL CONTRACT AMOUNT IS? JUST GET IT OUT IN THE AIR.
I'LL GET BACK TO THE BOARD WITH THAT CONTRACT AMOUNT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IT JUST OFFHAND.
OKAY. AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ON THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH REGARDING POSITIONS, SPEAKING TO MR. BEACH'S QUESTION IS NONE OF THESE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE UNTIL THE BOARD APPROVES THE BUDGET, AND SO NONE OF THESE POSITIONS COULD BE HIRED AND PAID UNTIL AFTER JULY 1ST.
SO THESE ARE HERE FOR THE BOARD REVIEW.
SO THESE ARE OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE SCENARIOS.
OKAY. I JUST WANT TO GO BACK JUST ONE LAST TIME FOR CLARITY.
UNDER THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS TO DATE, THESE ARE ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BUDGET THAT WE ARE TO APPROVE AT THE END OF JUNE.
AND THESE ARE ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO DATE THAT WE ARE BRINGING TO YOU FOR APPROVAL FOR JUNE.
OKAY. SO EVERYTHING MOVING FORWARD IN THE SCENARIOS WILL HAVE JUST THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE ONE TIME ARE THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ADDED.
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YES, MA'AM. EVERYTHING IN THIS BUDGET PRESENTATION IS WHAT OUR BUDGET TEAM HAS RECEIVED TO DATE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AND I ALSO HAVE CLARITY ON THE CONTRACT AMOUNT.IT WAS IN JANUARY OF 2022 FOR OUR CUSTODIAL SERVICES A DO NOT EXCEED AMOUNT OF 6.76 MILLION.
SO 6.76, WHICH IS A 1,000,005 INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS BUDGETED AMOUNT.
BOARD, GOT THAT. EVERYBODY GET IT.
THIS CONTRACT IS 6.7, I BELIEVE IS WHAT HE SAID, WHICH IS A 1.5 INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS.
SO IF YOU DID THE MATH, IT WOULD BE 5.2 WAS THE PREVIOUS BUDGETED AMOUNT.
AND IN THAT BREAKOUT, OUR SCHOOL CAMPUS LOCATIONS IN THAT CONTRACT WAS 5.6 MILLION ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS, ADDITIONAL SERVICES WHICH ARE EVENTS AND OVERTIME WHICH ARE AS NEEDED.
THAT IS ROUGHLY $690,000 IN THE BUDGET.
AND THEN THE CCC ALSO IS PART OF THIS, BUT THAT IS PAID FOR FROM OUR CCC FUND AND THAT IS ROUGHLY $440,000 COMING FROM THE CCC FUND TO GET TO THE 6.76 MILLION.
THIS SLIDE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU'VE SEEN.
ONE THING THAT WE ARE HOPEFUL IS THERE GOING TO BE SOME INTEREST RATE CHANGES.
AND SO OUR INTEREST INCOME, WE DID BUDGET BACK AT 600,000 FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
WE DO BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO REACH THAT.
THIS IS THE REVENUE BREAKDOWN THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT KIND OF EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, THAT AS STATE REVENUE HAS DECREASED, OUR LOCAL REVENUE HAS INCREASED TO DO THE OFFSET WITH HOUSE BILL THREE.
SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A EASIER CHANGE THAN YOU HAVE SEEN IN PRIOR PRESENTATIONS, BUT WE'RE STILL SITTING AT AROUND 55.5 MILLION. YES, SIR.
FEEL FREE TO TELL ME AND THEN WE CAN WAIT.
WE'VE DONE ALL KINDS OF THINGS HERE IN THIS DISTRICT TO PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS.
AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE BUDGET AMOUNTS WERE IN THE PAST, BUT I'M KIND OF WONDERING WHAT IS CURRENTLY STILL IN THE BUDGET? AS WITH OUR CUSTODIAL CONTRACT, WE WERE SPENDING 5.2 MILLION PREVIOUSLY.
I WONDER WHAT THAT NUMBER IS NOW? MAYBE IF MATT'S HERE, HE COULD JUST GIVE ME AN UPDATE AS TO WHAT IS CONTAINED IN THIS BUDGET WITH RESPECT TO OUR CONNECTIVITY, OUR CELL TOWERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE'RE DOING.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT MILLER, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
YEAH, THE THE REASON THIS IS TAKEN OUT IS BECAUSE WE'RE USING EMERGENCY CONNECTIVITY FUNDS.
SO WE'RE NOT USING LOCAL 199 BUDGET WHICH IS PRESENTED IN THIS FIGURE.
SO ALL HOTSPOTS ARE BEING PAID OUT OF GRANTS.
SO WE'LL CALL IT OFF BALANCE SHEET.
WE'VE GOT SOME OFF BALANCE SHEET FUNDING COMING FOR THAT SPECIAL GRANT FUNDING WHAT HAVE YOU.
ARE THOSE YEAR BY YEAR OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO COUNT ON GOING FORWARD OR WILL THAT BE A BUDGET ADD NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER? THOSE ARE YEAR BY YEAR AND WE ASSESS OUR STUDENT NEEDS EVERY YEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL.
AND WE'RE HOPING MORE THERE'S MORE FUNDS COMING THROUGH OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
WHAT DO YOU HEAR FEDERAL AND STATE WISE WITH THE BIG INITIATIVE TO PROVIDE THIS CONNECTIVITY THROUGH OTHER PROGRAMS? I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY NOW ON A TASK FORCE MAYBE ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING.
WHAT DO YOU SEE COMING WITH RESPECT TO OUR SIDE OF THE FUNDING ON THIS? AT THIS POINT, THERE'S A LOT OF FEDERAL FUNDING OUT THERE.
AND SO THE GOVERNOR HAS DONE A BROADBAND TASK FORCE.
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NOT HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET.WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING VARIOUS OTHER THINGS GOING FORWARD.
SO THERE IS NO ESTABLISHED FUNDING, BUT THERE PROBABLY WILL BE SOME FUNDING AFTER NEXT YEAR.
SO THE 23, 24 SCHOOL YEAR WE'RE EXPECTING.
OKAY. AND THANK YOU. AND FOR MY LAST QUESTION ON THIS, WHETHER IT'S IN THE BUDGET, OUT OF THE BUDGET, WHAT IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING TO SPEND THIS NEXT YEAR IN THAT EFFORT? WE'RE CURRENTLY SPENDING WITH THE GRANTS ABOUT $500,000 DOLLARS, AND THAT'S FOR THE COMING YEAR.
THAT'S FOR THE COMING YEAR. OK BOARD, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER REPORT IN JUNE REGARDING ALL OF OUR CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS, INCLUDING OUR CELL TOWER REPORT.
I HAD A QUESTION MAYO. YEAH. MS. MAYO.
COULD YOU GO? MS. MAYO. YEAH, THANK YOU.
COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE GRAPH? YEAH, THE GRAPHS.
YES. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I GOT ON THE QUOTE UNQUOTE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
THERE'S A GREAT BELIEF THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN EDUCATION.
WHAT DO YOU SAY? IT SAYS ABOUT 3%.
AND THAT, I THINK, PROBABLY INCLUDED SHARS MONEY.
RIGHT. SO TAKING AWAY THE SHARS, MAYBE $9 MILLION DOLLARS OR EIGHT.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE PROJECT IS USUALLY AROUND 9 MILLION.
YES. AND THOSE ARE THE INDIRECT COSTS THAT WE CHARGE TO OUR OTHER GRANTS, LARGELY STUDENT NUTRITION.
OKAY. SO IN TERMS OF FEDERAL INFLUENCE IS VERY, VERY MINOR.
I THINK THAT GRAPH SHOWS IT VERY WELL.
YES SIR. YES. COMPARED TO FEDERAL AND STATE AND LOCAL REVENUES, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS VERY SMALL.
YES. I THINK WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE FURTHER IN PRESENTATION.
SO ALONG THAT LINE, MR. GLICK, WITH RESPECT TO STATE FUNDING, NONE OF THAT FUNDING THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE IS REDIRECTED AFTER BEING RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS ALL THAT IS PURELY STATE FUNDING.
AND ANY FEDERAL FUNDING, WHETHER IT'S PAID THROUGH A STATE MECHANISM OR NOT, IS REFLECTED IN THE 3%? IT WOULD BE REFLECTED IN A GRANT.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, AN ESSER FUND.
SO IT IS REFLECTED IN A GRANT THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS CHART.
IT IS A COMPLETELY SEPARATE GRAPH.
SO LATER ON WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT POSITIONS AND WE WILL HAVE SOME INFORMATION.
I THINK JUST TAGGING ON TO MR. GLICK, IF YOU DON'T MIND TAGGING ONTO HIS QUESTION, THE IMPACT OF FEDERAL FUNDING WOULD INCLUDE SOME GRANTS THAT ARE NOT REFLECTED IN THE 3%? AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET TO.
OR IN THIS ENTIRE BUDGET PRESENTATION.
AND THERE'S STILL A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE.
WE DO OPERATE OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE BUDGET IS OVER $500 MILLION DOLLARS.
SO IT DOESN'T MOVE THE NEEDLE A WHOLE LOT EVEN WHEN YOU PUT THEM IN.
IT ALSO PROVIDES SUPPORT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SUPPLANT FEDERAL DOLLARS.
CERTAINLY. OK BOARD EVERYBODY GOOD THERE.
IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, MR. GLICK. MS. MAYO, CONTINUE. SO THIS IS OUR PAYROLL VERSUS NON PAYROLL STILL SITTING AT 85% PAYROLL ON OUR BUDGET SIDE AND 15% NON PAYROLL. WE WANT TO THIS IS OUR DR.
RINGO'S FAMOUS DOLLAR SLIDE THAT WE LOVE TO SHARE.
IT'S A GREAT VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF HOW OUR BUDGET IS BROKEN OUT.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PAYROLL, WE DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS UTILITIES PORTION.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IT DOES TAKE UP A PORTION OF OUR SMALL END OF THE DOLLAR AS PRICES INCREASE AND ANY OTHER UTILITIES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT. AND THAT WAS ONE OF OUR UNKNOWNS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER.
SO WE'RE RIGHT NOW, WE DO HAVE MONTHLY PROJECTIONS IN PLACE.
BUT THAT IS GOING TO BE AN AREA THAT IS TRULY RED WE'RE GOING TO BE REVIEWING.
OKAY WITH RESPECT TO UTILITIES.
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UPDATE CONTROLS, SYSTEMS, THERMOSTATS, HVAC, A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DID FOR EFFICIENCIES.ARE WE THROUGH WITH THOSE PROGRAMS? ARE WE CURRENTLY ABLE TO REALIZE SOME OF THE BENEFITS AND SAVINGS WITH RESPECT TO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WE SPENT ON EFFICIENCY? AGAIN, GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL INITIATIVES OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
WE HAD THE BOND PROGRAM ADDRESS CONTROLS.
NOW, WHEN WE SAY THE BOND PROGRAM, IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING ALL THE CONTROLS OF THE DISTRICT.
ANYTHING THAT WAS TOUCHED BY THE BOND DUE TO EQUIPMENT UPGRADES OR WE PUT IN A NEW CHILLER, OR IF WE PUT IN A NEW AIR HANDLER, IT GOT NEW CONTROLS. BUT ALL THE OUT OF SCOPE WORK THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE BOND WE DIDN'T TOUCH A LOT OF THOSE CONTROLS.
SO THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL CONTROL WORK GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
ANOTHER BIG INITIATIVE THAT WE DID THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE BOND PROGRAM WAS THE SECO PROGRAM.
WE LOOKED AT TRYING TO INTRODUCE SOLAR AT SACHSE AND ROWLETT HIGH SCHOOL.
THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL.
WE HAVE REDUCED SOME OF THOSE CONSUMPTION RATES AND HAVE SOME SAVINGS THERE, BUT THERE IS STILL A LONG JOURNEY WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONTROLS FOR THIS DISTRICT.
AND YOU HAVE ALSO APPROVED SEVERAL PROJECTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IDENTIFYING CONTROLS WORK.
MS. MAYO, THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT WITH THE INTERRUPTIONS.
THESE ARE SCENARIOS WITH OUR PLANNED ADJUSTMENTS.
THESE ARE OUR FUTURE BUDGET YEARS.
IT'S A SIMILAR PICTURE THAN YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR ANY PAYROLL SAVES FROM VACANCIES.
AS WE DISCUSSED BEFORE, THESE ARE FULLY FUNDED PAYROLL BUDGETS.
WE DO KNOW THAT WE EXPECT TO SEE SOME PAYROLL SAVES EVERY YEAR DUE TO AVERAGE VACANCIES.
THIS IS OUR FUND BALANCE SLIDE GOES INTO 2023 PROJECTED.
WE ALSO ADDED SOME NOTES FOR WHY YOU MIGHT SEE SOME ADJUSTMENTS IN SOME OF THE PRIOR FISCAL YEARS.
SO THIS IS OUR FUND BALANCE PROJECTION.
SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SHOWING THAT WE'RE DEFICIT ABOUT 29 FOUR.
NOW, WE WON'T KNOW THE ULTIMATE EFFECTS OF THIS UNTIL WE GET THE INFORMATION LATER IN THE SUMMER.
BUT BASED ON DATA THAT WE HAVE, WE FEEL CONFIDENT WITH THIS PROJECTION.
SO JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A VISUAL REPRESENTATION, THIS IS A SIMILAR FORMAT THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU LAST FISCAL YEAR TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE MAY BE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. THIS REFLECTS OUR TOTAL REVENUES AND TOTAL EXPENSES FOR MAY, AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A TRANSFER OUT.
THAT'S THE TRANSFER OUT FOR THE PRIORITY ONE NEEDS THE DAKTRONICS FOR TRIPLE C THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE TO HAVE A NET IMPACT OF -29 FOUR WHICH WE JUST SAW IN THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT.
WE DO HAVE MORE VACANCIES ON AVERAGE THIS YEAR THAN WE DID LAST YEAR.
SO THAT KIND OF MAKES SENSE WITH WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME ITEMS LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR.
AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO IN, THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.
YOU CAN'T EVEN GO INTO A GAS STATION AND BUY THE COFFEE DRINK YOU WANT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL EXPERIENCED THAT.
SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THE ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO FALL TO THE BOTTOM LINE AND BE SAVES.
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AND WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND REVISIT THAT WITH YOU IN AUGUST TO ASK IF WE CAN PULL THOSE FUNDS OUT OF THE FUND BALANCE TO SUPPORT THOSE PO'S.SO WE EXPECT TO HAVE A NET IMPACT A FUND BALANCE TO BE NEGATIVE ABOUT $1.4 MILLION DOLLARS.
IF OUR MONTHLY PAYROLL CONTINUES TO DECLINE WE HAVE SEEN SOME LOWER PAYROLL LAST MONTH.
IF IT IS LOWER THAN WE MIGHT EXPECT TO SEE THAT NUMBER APPROACHING CLOSER TO ZERO.
SEVERAL QUESTIONS. MR. JOHNSON, YOU WERE FIRST.
GOING BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, WHICH IS THE FUND BALANCE BAR GRAPH.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT NUMBER IS ASSUMING 100% SPENT.
YES. SO NONE OF THE PAYROLL SAVES ARE INCLUDED? THAT'S CORRECT. THAT BEING SAID, THOUGH, AS WE ARE APPARENTLY ZEROING IN A LITTLE BIT BETTER DATA, IT CERTAINLY DOES NOT APPEAR, I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MR. GLICK HERE, THAT THE DIRE PREDICTIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS GRAPH ARE GOING TO COME TO PASS.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSER, ABOUT 1.5 MILLION.
SO IS THAT FAIR TO SAY THAT THE NUMBER THAT WE'LL SEE AT THE 22-23 PROJECTED WOULD EFFECTIVELY HAVE ABOUT 26 OR $27 MILLION DOLLARS MORE ON IT, EVEN IF THESE REDUCTIONS ON THAT YEAR COME TO PASS.
BECAUSE WE SAY BECAUSE THIS IS BASICALLY AT $27 MILLION DOLLARS LESS? BECAUSE WITH THE 21, 22 IS REFLECTIVE OF THE 29 IMPACT.
YEAH. SO FUNDAMENTALLY, YOU COULD ADD ABOUT 20 MILLION, 26 MILLION TO THAT 241 TO ADD THAT THUS GROWING THE 22-23.
YOU COULD ALSO EXPECT TO ADD SOME TO THAT FIGURE AS WELL.
DID I SUCCESSFULLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, I'M JUST TRYING TO BECAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO MAKE BUDGET DECISIONS BASED UPON NEXT YEAR WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WE'RE GOING TO AT LEAST START OFF NEXT YEAR'S PROJECTED IT LOOKS LIKE ROUGHLY ABOUT 27 MILLION MORE THAN WHAT WE WERE AT BECAUSE WE SAVED BASICALLY THAT THIS YEAR.
SO, I MEAN, EVEN IF EVERYTHING COMES TO PASS WITHIN THE NEXT FISCAL YEARS, THE WAY IT'S PROJECTED HERE, ASSUMING 100%, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT CLOSER ABOUT 220 AS OPPOSED TO 185.
WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT? IF WE SEE THE SAME VACANCIES NEXT YEAR, IF WE WERE ABLE TO, BECAUSE WE WOULD BE 185, WE WOULD BE JUST OVER 200 MILLION.
AND THEN IF WE ADD ANOTHER 20 OR ANOTHER 18, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING? NO, BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY CLOSER TO 30 THAN 20 IN WHAT WE'RE SAVING THIS YEAR.
SO I'M LOOKING AT IT MORE LIKE ABOUT ALMOST LIKE 214.
MY MIND WAS FOCUSED ON PAYROLL SAVES, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
AND EVEN AT 100% NEXT YEAR, WE'D STILL BE ABOUT 214 AND OBVIOUSLY WE'D HAVE SOME SAVINGS.
YES. SO YOU'RE GONNA BE LOOKING NORTH OF 220 MORE THAN LIKELY.
THANK YOU. WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE DO NOT SEE THOSE VACANCIES NEXT YEAR.
BUT YES, IF WE DO, YOU'RE CORRECT.
SO I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE 6 MILLION OF THE NON PAYROLL.
THAT'S NOT REALLY A SAVINGS, THOUGH, BECAUSE IT'S PURCHASE ORDERS THAT AREN'T GOING TO COME TO FRUITION IN JUNE, BUT THEY'RE STILL VALID PURCHASE ORDERS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PAY OUT NEXT YEAR OR ARE YOU POSSIBLY GOING TO CANCEL THEM COMPLETELY? SO TWO THINGS COULD HAPPEN, WELL, THIS $6 MILLION DOLLARS IS PROBABLY THE MAJORITY OF JUST UNSPENT DOLLARS THAT TRULY WILL FALL TO FUND BALANCE DUE TO WHEN WE HAVE 73 CAMPUSES AND ALL CENTRAL DEPARTMENTS.
WHEN YOU ADD ALL THE LITTLE BIT UP THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND.
IT DOES ADD UP TO BE MORE THAN YOU THINK.
THE PURCHASE ORDERS THAT WE ARE DESCRIBING ARE, I DON'T HAVE THE FULL LIST AS OF NOW.
SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS REVISIT THAT IN JULY.
IF THOSE ITEMS ARE RECEIVED BY JUNE 30TH, THEY WILL COME OFF THAT LIST.
SO THAT LIST IS GOING TO SHRINK AND THAT'S WHAT WE SAW LAST YEAR.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF THESE NON-PAYROLL SAVES ARE TRUE SAVES FROM UNSPENT FUNDS.
IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THIS $6 MILLION DOLLAR NUMBER.
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OKAY. THANK YOU.SO YOU'LL HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION.
ONE QUICK QUESTION TOO. ALL OF THESE FUND BALANCE PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON 100% EMPLOYMENT? IS THAT CORRECT? THE PAYROLL SAVES LISTED IN THIS EXAMPLE SHOWS THE VACANCIES.
SO THIS WOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE ACTUAL EMPLOYMENT THAT WE'RE SEEING AS OF TODAY.
SO WITH RESPECT TO PAYROLL AND POSITIONS AND OPENINGS AND ALL THAT, OUR PREFERENCE AND OUR WORK, WE'RE GOING TO STRIVE TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS. RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S THE GOAL BECAUSE EVERY ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS PROVIDES SOMETHING FOR THE KIDS AND WIRING AROUND IT IS A CHALLENGE, I KNOW.
SO OUR EFFORT IS GOING TO BE TO FULLY FUND, IF YOU WILL, FULLY STAFF OUR EDUCATION EFFORT GOING FORWARD, BEING REALISTIC TEACHER SHORTAGES AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON, IMPACT OF PANDEMICS AND ALL THAT.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN CLOSE TO 100%.
WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE SOUTH OF 100% UTILIZATION.
SO 22 MILLION RIGHT NOW IS OUR BEST GUESS AS TO ABOUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, WON'T BE SPENT OUT OF OUR FULL BUDGETED AMOUNT.
AND SO WITH RESPECT TO THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I KEEP WONDERING ABOUT THE MOST IMPACTFUL THINGS THAT I SEE COMING ARE A FUTURE WHERE WE DON'T GET A HOLD HARMLESS, WHERE WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH OUR ADA AND THE FUNDING IMPACT OF THAT.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT AN EXPENSE SIDE.
IT'S A FUNDING SIDE IMPACT TO OUR BUDGET.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT TO KEEP IT IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND THAT THAT DAY WILL PROBABLY COME WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RIGHT SIZE IN TERMS OF OUR ADA AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO OUR FUNDING. AND IF THIS BUDGET, I THINK PROJECTS 47,000 ADA . YES. IS THAT SCENARIO TWO I GUESS.
AND THAT'S SO HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO 47,830 TODAY? I MEAN, ARE WE RIGHT AT THAT NUMBER? WE'RE REALLY CLOSE TO THAT.
BUT WE ARE ON AVERAGE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE WHOLE YEAR AND WE ACCOUNT FOR SOME STUFF, MAYBE IF OMICRON HADN'T HAPPENED AND WE MAKE SOME ANALYSIS AND FORECAST, WE'RE REALLY CLOSE TO THAT NUMBER.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT DOESN'T HELP US.
SO WE HAVE SOME UNKNOWNS THAT REALLY IMPACT THE BUDGET.
TO ME, IT'S OUR ABILITY TO FILL OUR TEACHER VACANCIES, WHICH WE REALLY WANT TO DO, SO WE CAN PROVIDE THE INSTRUCTION IN THE WAY WE WANT TO. YES.
I JUST THINK WE'VE GOT TO BE READY FOR THAT.
THE OTHER THING THAT'S ALWAYS IN THE BACK OF MY MIND AND WILL BE UNTIL TWO YEARS FROM NOW, IS THE IMPACT OF ESSER FUNDING GOING AWAY AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ABSORB INTO OUR GENERAL BUDGET THAT'S CURRENTLY KIND OF OFF BALANCE SHEET OVER BEING ABSORBED BY ESSER.
AND SO I JUST THINK WE'VE GOT TO BE AWARE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT FUND BALANCES AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS, THERE ARE SOME EVENTS COMING, FISCAL CLIFF, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. THERE ARE SOME THINGS COMING THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE CURRENT OPERATING REVENUE TO PAY FOR.
IT WOULD TAKE SOME DRASTIC MEASURES, IN MY OPINION, IN YEARS 24, 25 AND BEYOND.
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AND WHAT THAT IMPACT COULD OR COULDN'T HAVE ON THE GENERAL FUND.TO ME, WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO IS PLAN ON GETTING TO OUR GOALS.
I WOULD RATHER DO THAT THAN HAVE A $25 MILLION AIRBALL, WHICH I WILL NOT BE FINE WITH.
WE'LL GET THERE. WHEN I LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND I'M SEEING 40, $50 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICITS FOR A FULLY OPERATIONAL YEAR, AND THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ESSER IMPACT YET.
SO I JUST THINK WE'VE GOT TO LOOK.
WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
BUT, Y'ALL, THERE'S A THERE'S SOME STUFF COMING THAT WE'VE GOT TO GET PREPARED FOR AND IT'LL BE PURELY ON THE EXPENSE SIDE AND WE WON'T HAVE A BUNCH OF REVENUE WITH WHICH COMING FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO FIX IT.
IT'S NOT A SHOPPING SPREE, IT'S A SAFETY NET, AND WE NEED TO USE IT AS SUCH.
SO ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME SAY THAT.
I THINK MR. GLICK WANTS TO FOLLOW UP.
HE'S MAINLY ASKING THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE OUR NEXT BET IS COMING UP FOR BABES.
RIGHT. SO COULD YOU GO BACK TO PAGE 18, PLEASE? IT SAYS SCENARIOS WITH PLAN ADJUSTMENTS, RIGHT? YES, SIR. SO WE ALWAYS START OFF WITH THE COLUMN ON THE LEFT SHOWING THAT THE CAFR THAT WE GET IN DECEMBER WILL SHOW 241.
SO THE QUESTION IS, HOW CLOSE IS THAT GOING TO BE? BECAUSE IN PAST YEARS, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, THAT NUMBER IS NOT ALWAYS CLOSE.
AND I KNOW YOU'VE TIGHTENED UP SOME OF THE NUMBERS.
WHAT IS YOUR GUESS? FIRST OF ALL, DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE FIFTH AND SIX WEEKS HOLD HARMLESS YET? NO, THERE HAS BEEN NO COMMUNICATION.
IN FACT, WE HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM THE EXPERTS THAT THERE WILL BE NOTHING.
OKAY. HOWEVER, YOU KNOW HOW THAT GOES.
BUT THERE'S WE'RE NOT HEARING ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.
SO WHERE DO YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE? WHAT MAJOR CHANGES COULD WE GET? BECAUSE LAST YEAR, AGAIN, WE WERE ABOUT AT THE SAME POINT AND WE ENDED UP AT 270.
SO WHERE DO YOU THINK WE MIGHT END UP? I THINK WE'RE GOING TO END UP ADDING ABOUT 28 MILLION.
TO THAT TWO AND SO I'M PROJECTING US TO BE AROUND $1.4 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.
SO IF WE WANTED TO CROSS OUT THE NUMBERS ON THE BOTTOM LINE AND START WITH AROUND 270.
RIGHT. SO WE COULD ADD ALMOST 30 MILLION TO EACH OF THOSE NUMBERS AS WE GO DOWN? THAT'S CORRECT. AS A STARTING NUMBER.
OKAY. THAT'S IT. YES. AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, THAT WOULD PUT THAT 25, 26 -70 AT ABOUT FLAT.
WE DO EXPECT EVEN IN A NORMAL YEAR, WE COULD EXPECT TO ADD 4 MILLION ON PAYROLL ALONE.
AND JUST WHEN WE TALK ABOUT VACANCIES, WE'RE NOT REALLY AND THIS MAY BE REDUNDANT YOU ALL MAY UNDERSTAND THIS WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ONE POSITION WAS VACANT FOR A WHOLE YEAR IT'S A POSITION WAS FILLED AND IT WAS VACANT FOR THREE WEEKS AND THEN IT WAS FILLED AND THEN THIS ONE WAS FILLED AND IT WAS OPEN FOR THREE MONTHS.
SO IT'S KIND OF THE CULMINATION OF ALL OF THOSE.
BUT WE CAN ALWAYS EXPECT TO HAVE SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S THE NATURE OF OUR BUSINESS.
WE DON'T HOPE TO SEE 20 MILLION.
WE, AS MR. MILLER MENTIONED, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE POSITIONS FILLED AND OUR CHILDREN SERVED.
THANK YOU, SIR. GOT TO SEE A TEACHER, SOME GRADUATES WHILE WE'RE DOING JURY DUTY.
AND THEN I GOT INTRODUCED TO DALLAS TRAFFIC ON THE WAY BACK HERE.
[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU, MS. MAYO.
THANK YOU. SO THIS IS SPEAKING TO WHAT MR. GLICK JUST MENTIONED IS WE DID CLOSING SOME REVENUE GAPS WHEN DR.
AND THEN, AS YOU KNOW, WE CHANGED OUR FISCAL YEAR, WHICH ADDED SOME MONEY TO THE FUND BALANCE.
AND THEN WHEN COVID HIT AND WE HAD FACED SOME CHALLENGES THAT YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH.
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SO RIGHT NOW, I'M GOING TO SHARE THE MIC WITH MY COLLEAGUE, DR.BROWN TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE EQUITY MARKET ADJUSTMENTS AND THINGS RELATED TO POSITIONS.
AND SO IF YOU NOTE YOUR HEALTHY FOLDER THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU, I'M GOING TO ASSIST HER WITH HOPEFULLY ADDRESSING WHICH PAGES GO WHERE.
OKAY. I WILL HOLD THEM UP SO THEY WILL KNOW.
IT'S REALLY TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE IMPACTED BY BOTH, BUT USUALLY IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER.
THE EQUITY ADJUSTMENT OCCURS WHEN WE DO NOT WANT SOMEONE WITH LESS EXPERIENCE TO HAVE A SALARY THAT IS GREATER THAN SOMEONE WITH MORE EXPERIENCE.
FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE SLIDE THAT IS BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE TEACHER ONE AND TEACHER TWO.
TEACHER ONE IS A TEACHER WITH ZERO YEARS EXPERIENCE AT THE BEGINNING OF 22-23 AND TEACHER TWO HAS COMPLETED ONE YEAR OF EXPERIENCE.
SO IF WE GAVE TEACHER ONE AND TEACHER TWO BOTH THE SAME RAISE, THEN TEACHER TWO WOULD MAKE LESS THAN TEACHER ONE.
WITH STARTING ZERO YEAR TEACHERS AT $60,000 A YEAR.
IN THIS CASE THIS YEAR WE GAVE THE TEACHER WITH ONE YEAR EXPERIENCE AN ADDITIONAL $250 AND THAT MAKES THEM MORE THAN THE ZERO YEAR TEACHER.
WITH MARKET ADJUSTMENTS TASB LOOKED AT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL, WE HAD A LIST OF SCHOOLS THAT WE USED TO COMPARE OUR DISTRICT SALARIES WITH AS WELL AS IN SOME CASES WITH CORPORATE SALARIES.
AND THAT WOULD BE A MARKET ADJUSTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REMAIN COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKET FOR THOSE PARTICULAR POSITIONS. THE NEXT THING SHOWS US THE AMOUNT OF MARKET ADJUSTMENTS FOR OUR AUXILIARY EMPLOYEES, WHICH WAS $41,606. THAT WAS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MARKET ADJUSTMENTS THAT AND EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS THAT WAS MADE FOR THAT GROUP OF EMPLOYEES.
MR. PRESIDENT. MR. PRESIDENT? YES, MA'AM.
OKAY. CAN WE STOP AT THIS POINT? BECAUSE I THINK YOU HAVE SOME SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION IN THIS FOLDER.
YES, MA'AM. AND SO CAN WE GO THROUGH THE INFORMATION AS PROVIDED ADDITIONALLY OF WHAT THE EXAMPLES ARE THAT YOU GAVE US SO THAT WE REALLY UNDERSTAND BASICALLY THE IMPACT? BECAUSE ON THIS SLIDE THAT WE HAVE UP NOW, WE'RE SEEING THAT 1302, 1302 INDIVIDUALS WERE AFFECTED BY EQUITY MARKET, BOTH OF ONE OR THE OTHER.
OK. SO WHERE IS THE SUPPORTIVE DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT IN OUR MASSIVE FOLDER THAT WOULD EXPLAIN FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHO THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE? YOU'VE EXPLAINED WITH THE TEACHER ONE AND TWO THE DIFFERENCE IN THE EQUITY AND THE DIFFERENCE IN THE MARKET.
BUT IS THERE SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION FOR THESE 1,300 EMPLOYEES? YES, MA'AM. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SHEET IN YOUR PACKET THAT HAS COLUMNS AND THE TOP ROW READS AUXILIARY MODEL AT 4%.
AND MS. MAYO IS HOLDING UP AN EXAMPLE.
IT SAYS AUXILIARY MODEL AT 4%.
YES, MA'AM. SO THE WAY IT WORKS IS EVERYBODY GOT THE 4% RAISE.
BUT IF WITH THE 4% RAISE, YOUR SALARY IS NOT MARKET COMPETITIVE OR
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EQUITABLE, WHICH MEANS IT'S NOT HIGHER THAN SOMEONE WITH LESS EXPERIENCE THAN THE 4% OF THE MIDPOINT YOU RECEIVE THAT WHICH WOULD BE YOUR GENERAL PAY INCREASE.AND THEN THE SUGGESTED ADJUSTMENT WOULD BE A MARKET ADJUSTMENT.
SO LET'S LOOK AT THE FIRST LINE.
ON THAT CHART THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
WHEN HE GOT THE GENERAL PAY INCREASE, THAT WAS 4% OF THE MIDPOINT OF HIS PAY GRADE.
AND THAT WOULD BE $1.08 PER HOUR INCREASE.
BUT THE SUGGESTION WAS THAT WE DO A MARKET ADJUSTMENT AND THE MARKET ADJUSTMENT WOULD INCREASE THE RAISE FROM 1.08 TO 1.45 ADDITIONAL WITH A TOTAL HOURLY RATE OF $27.08. SO THE MARKET ADJUSTMENT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN JUST THE 4% GENERAL PAY INCREASE ADJUSTMENT OR GPI.
OKAY. CAN YOU GIVE US A MINUTE TO JUST SCAN THESE PAGES? YES, MA'AM. SO YOU ALL INCLUDED JOB TITLES AND POSITIONS, WHICH I'D LIKE TO SAY, THANK YOU.
YOU'RE WELCOME. SO LET'S JUST KIND OF LOOK AT THAT A MINUTE.
MS. BROWN, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLACEMENT SCALE ADJUSTMENTS AND STRATEGIC ADJUSTMENTS? YOU TALKED ABOUT MARKET IS A STRATEGIC ADJUSTMENT SOMETHING DIFFERENT? THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE PLACEMENT SCALE? WELL, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU GAVE AND YOU SAID THAT, YES, THE PLACEMENT SCALE ADJUSTMENT HAD TO DO WITH THE MARKET ADJUSTMENT THAT WE MADE FOR THAT PARTICULAR BUS DRIVER BECAUSE OF HIS EXPERIENCE.
BUT THERE'S NOTHING FOR STRATEGIC ADJUSTMENT.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT THAT MEANT AND HOW THAT DIFFERED FROM MARKET ADJUSTMENT? THERE WERE NO STRATEGIC ADJUSTMENTS MADE FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL.
I'M JUST GOING TO ASK A QUESTION.
HOW MANY? EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY.
HOW MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN OUR AUXILIARY PERSONNEL UNDERSTAND ALL OF THIS? SO I MEAN, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO GET MY HEAD AROUND.
AND I'M JUST TRYING TO ASK, IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO PROJECT WHAT THEIR RAISES ARE OR THE MARKET ADJUSTMENTS, DO THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THAT SALARY GOT THERE? OR DO THEY JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT MY CHECK IS GOING TO BASICALLY BE? IS THERE A THOUGHT THAT WE COULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF OVERVIEW OR EVEN JUST A PLACE FOR THEM TO CALL SO THEY CAN TOTALLY, BASICALLY UNDERSTAND? WE KNOW THAT SALARIES ARE CONFIDENTIAL, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT SALARIES ARE SHARED.
SO I JUST I WANT PEOPLE TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE FACT THAT WHAT WE ARE SAYING WE GAVE THEM IN FAIRNESS AND EQUITY AND MARKET VALUE, THAT THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS.
AND MAYBE I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT SOMETHING I SHOULDN'T BE CONCERNED ABOUT.
AND IF I SHOULDN'T BE, Y'ALL CAN JUST TELL ME THAT AND I'LL BE FINE.
MS. GRIFFIN JUST AN ELEMENTARY AN MY UNDERSTANDING OF ALL OF THIS PRETTY ELEMENTARY.
MY ELEMENTARY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TOOK AN ACTION TO GIVE A 5% RAISE TO ONE GROUP, 4% RAISE TO THE OTHER GROUP, AND EVERYBODY WILL GET THAT.
WITHIN THAT THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS.
IN OTHER WORDS, SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT BE HIGH ENOUGH ON THE LADDER BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCE.
SO A GOAL OF THE DISTRICT THEN IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WITHIN THE RUNGS OF EXPERIENCE THAT PEOPLE ARE ON THE RIGHT RUNG OF THE LADDER AND NOT BEHIND THOSE WITH LESS EXPERIENCE.
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THAT WERE BELOW THE BAR WHERE THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN.AND SO THERE'S AN EFFORT NOW AND AS PART OF TASB STUDIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE'VE DONE IS TO HAVE THESE EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF RIGHTSIZE EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR STRUCTURE.
SO IF YOU'RE AN INDIVIDUAL OUT THERE TO ME AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE 4% RAISE, AND IF YOU GET A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT, THAT JUST MEANS YOU'RE GETTING ADJUSTED TO WHERE OUR PAY SCALE SAYS YOU SHOULD BE BASED ON YOUR EXPERIENCE.
AND IS THAT KIND OF IT IN A NUTSHELL? YES, SIR. AND DR.
LOPEZ IS ON THIS I WANT TO EXPAND ON WHAT MS. GRIFFIN WAS TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE DISTRICT.
WE DO HAVE A DRAFT LETTER THAT WE DO WANT TO SEND OUT SO PEOPLE COULD HAVE A BASIS OF KNOWING WHERE EACH OF THE RAISES ARE ACCORDING TO THEIR PAY GRADE, AND THAT WOULD GIVE THEM THE MIDPOINT ADDITION SO THEY CAN HAVE AN IDEA THERE.
THE SECOND THING THAT WE DO, SO THIS IS PRIOR TO THEM GETTING A CHECK.
THEN IN I BELIEVE IT'S EITHER SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER, WHAT WE DO IS WE SEND THEM A VERIFICATION RECORD AND THEY HAVE TO VERIFY THAT THEY GOT THIS RAISE AND THIS IS THEIR NEW MONEY AND THESE ARE THE STIPENDS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GET.
SO THAT WAY THE EMPLOYEE CAN CALIBRATE WHETHER THEY GOT THE RIGHT MONEY.
SO SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
SO IT'S A GREAT VERIFICATION PROCESS.
AND SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE ADDED IS WE ARE GOING TO IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO SEND EVERYBODY THEIR SALARY BASED UPON EITHER THE 4% OF 5% OF THE MIDPOINT RAISE.
WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH ORACLE AND LASERFICHE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT ACCURATELY AND CORRECTLY.
AND IT WILL BE STATED THAT IT IS AN ESTIMATE AND WE'LL GIVE THEM THAT.
WE'RE UNABLE TO GIVE THEM A DEFINITE SALARY RIGHT NOW, BUT WE CAN GIVE THEM AN ESTIMATE.
THANK YOU. THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS OUR POSITIONS THAT ARE PAID WITH TITLE 2 AND ALSO SHOWS THE TOTAL BUDGET AMOUNT FOR TITLE 2, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR FEDERAL GRANTS UNDER THE EDUCATION AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT. WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 400 POSITIONS IN THE DISTRICT THAT ARE PAID BY GRANT, AND YOU DO HAVE IN YOUR PACKET A LIST OF THOSE POSITIONS.
IS THAT THIS PACKAGE? IT'S THIS. YES IT'S THAT.
THESE 400 POSITIONS ARE THESE POSITIONS THAT IF THE GRANTS WENT AWAY, WE WOULD NEED TO ABSORB THAT INTO THE BUDGET OR THESE ARE POSITIONS THAT WE WOULD? WHEN SOMEONE TAKES ONE OF THESE POSITION, THEY TAKE IT WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT IN THE EVENT THE FUNDING IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE , THAT THE POSITION WILL NO LONGER EXIST.
AND SO THEY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE ABSORBED.
EXACTLY. SO THIS WOULD BE A NEGATIVE EFFECT TO OUR CLASSROOMS SHOULD WE LOSE THESE SUPPORT? YES, IT WOULD BE.
SO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FUNDED WITH TITLE WHATEVERS, ARE THEY PART OF THE OR THEY WERE PART OF ANY STIPEND RAISE ANY OF THOSE THINGS OR ARE THEY OUTSIDE OF?
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YES. STIPENDS AND RAISES THE ANSWER TO THE SIMPLE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YES.BUT THOSE THAT FUNDING COMES FROM THE GRANT REVENUE.
SO IT'S NOT FROM OUR LOCAL FUND.
SO IF WE GIVE A RAISE AND THEY ARE INCLUDED, I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID THEY ARE INCLUDED, THEN THE GRANT PROVIDER WILL AUTOMATICALLY INCREASE THE GRANT BY THAT AMOUNT.
NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING.
[LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT. WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? WHAT I'M SAYING IS IF WE GIVE A RAISE, THEN THE RAISE COMES FROM THAT GRANT FUND.
AND NO, IT IS NOT AUTOMATICALLY INCREASED BY THAT AMOUNT.
THIS IS OUR 22-23 TEACHER STEP SALARY SCHEDULE.
AND LET'S SAY I AM A FIRST YEAR TEACHER THIS YEAR I AM ON STEP ZERO.
NEXT YEAR I WILL BE ON STEP ONE AND MY SALARY WILL INCREASE FROM $56,325, WHICH IS WHAT I MADE THIS YEAR TO $60,275.
SO I WILL GET AN ALMOST 4000 DOLLAR ANNUAL INCREASE AS A SECOND YEAR TEACHER.
LET'S GO TO A TEN YEAR TEACHER.
AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, I WILL BE COMPLETING MY 10TH YEAR OF TEACHING.
SO I WILL MOVE FROM STEP NINE TO STEP TEN.
NOW, YOU SEE A $300 DIFFERENCE HERE, BUT MY AND I DON'T HAVE IT IN MY HEAD, BUT I ACTUALLY MADE THE STEP NINE SALARY LAST YEAR, WHICH IS AT LEAST $3,700 LESS THAN WHAT I'M MAKING FOR 22-23.
DR. BROWN, I DO HAVE THAT DETAIL.
OH, GOOD. SO STEP NINE THIS YEAR WOULD MAKE $59,758 NEXT YEAR AS A TEN YEAR VETERAN, THEY'D MAKE $63,458 AN INCREASE OF $3,700.
IF I'M A 14 YEAR VETERAN THIS YEAR, MY SALARY IS $61,308.
NEXT YEAR, I'D BE A 15 YEAR VETERAN AND MAKE $65,008 ANOTHER $3,700 DOLLARS INCREASE.
IF I'M A 24 YEAR VETERAN THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR, I'D BE A 25 YEAR VETERAN.
A 24 YEAR VETERAN THIS YEAR WOULD MAKE $64,628.
NEXT YEAR, THEY'LL MAKE $68,328 A $3,700 DOLLAR INCREASE.
AND THE $3,700 INCREASE REPRESENTS THE 35% OF THE MIDPOINT OF THE TEACHER SALARY SCHEDULE.
DR. BROWN, PLEASE TALK ABOUT WE HAVE TEACHERS WITH 25 PLUS EXPERIENCE.
ARE THEY CAPPED OR ARE THEY NOT GET THAT CLEAR? SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS.
NO. TEACHERS WITH 25 PLUS ARE NOT CAPPED.
THEY STILL RECEIVE THE $3,700 DOLLARS INCREASE.
EVERY TEACHER WILL RECEIVE THE $3,700 INCREASE AND THAT IS 5% OF THE MIDPOINT OF THE TEACHER PAY SCALE. MR. BEACH. SO MS. BROWN EXCUSE ME, WILL THIS BE THE TEACHER SALARY GUIDE THAT WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE? YES, SIR IT WILL. SO A TEACHER CAN FOLLOW THIS.
AND SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN LET'S SAY IF SOMEBODY WITH EIGHT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE FOR NEXT YEAR, DEPENDING ON IF THE BOARD, WHOEVER MIGHT BE ON THIS PARTICULAR BOARD, EVEN AFTER WE'RE ALL SAID AND GONE, GETS PAY RAISES, THEY CAN FIGURE THAT PAY RAISE INTO WHERE THEY ARE ON THAT STEP.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. BEACH TO HELP WITH THAT, IF I'M A TEACHER IN A SURROUNDING DISTRICT MAKING $57,000 AS AN EIGHT YEAR VETERAN, I CAN LOOK AT GARLAND ISD'S PAY SCALE NEXT YEAR AND SEE AS A NINE YEAR VETERAN, I'M GOING TO COME IN MAKING 63,158.
IF WE GIVE RAISES, THEN THE WHOLE CHART MOVES UP.
THIS YEAR. THIS YEAR? I'M SAYING NEXT YEAR, IF THERE'S A RAISE, THEN THE STARTING POINT MIGHT NOT BE 60,000.
IT MIGHT BE $60,300 OR SOMETHING.
YES. YES SIR. IN SOME NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS, SINCE WE DID 60,000 ARE DOING 60 THOUSAND 5.
OKAY. SO EVERY TIME WE DO A RAISE, WE GET A NEW CHART, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?
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YES. AND THERE IS A NOTE THAT SAYS THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OF THE NEXT STEPS ON THIS SALARY, BUT EACH YEAR IT'S DONE SEPARATELY.OKAY. SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T MENTION THAT I WANT TO MENTION NOW IS WE ALSO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL $1,300 DOLLARS STIPEND FOR TEACHERS WHO HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE.
IF YOU ARE A TEACHER WHO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US AND YOU'RE STILL WORKING WITH US AS OF JUNE 30TH, YOU ALSO RECEIVE A $2,000 DOLLAR RETENTION STIPEND.
SO THAT IS AN ADDITIONAL $3,300.
WE HAVE A FEW TEACHERS WHO RECEIVE THE DOCTORATE STIPEND.
AND SO THEY INSTEAD OF $1300 DOLLARS, THEY WOULD RECEIVE A $2,000 STIPEND.
SO THE STIPEND, IS IT CURRENTLY COMING FROM ESSER FUNDS? NO. THE STIPENDS THAT I JUST MENTIONED, THE ONLY ONE THAT COMES FROM ESSER FUNDS IS THE RETENTION STIPEND.
BUT THE OTHERS. BUT THAT'S TWO GRAND, RIGHT? YES. OKAY.
AND THE SIGN ON INCENTIVE FOR NEW SIGN ON INCENTIVE. THEY'RE BOTH ESSER? YES, SIR. YES. SO TO CONTINUE THOSE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, WHATEVER THAT IS, THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS A BUDGET IMPACT.
WHAT THE COVID IMPACT THE FED'S REALIZED IN ORDER TO ATTRACT EMPLOYEES THAT THESE FUNDS COULD BE ALLOCATED FOR SIGN ON INCENTIVES AND ALSO RETENTION DUE TO THE CHALLENGES FACED WITH COVID. AND SO HOPEFULLY AS WE PROGRESS, COVID DOES GO AWAY IN FUTURE YEARS WHERE IT DOES NOT I SAY GO AWAY DOES NOT HAVE THE IMPACT IT'S HAD ON US THE LAST TWO YEARS.
MR. BEACH. THAT STIPEND IS GOOD, TOO.
NOW FOR 22, 23 AND FOR 23-24, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
YES. OKAY. IF THEY REMAIN IF THEY REMAIN EMPLOYED.
PERFECT. YOU SEE WHAT THIS IS? OKAY.
ONE MORE QUESTION? YEAH. JUST SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.
THIS THE LAST SLIDE THAT YOU HAD UP FOR THE TEACHER STEP SALARY? YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED THE PRESENTATION, WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THE GROUP IS DEFINED BY TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS AND COUNSELORS AND NURSES.
THAT'S RIGHT. RIGHT. SO LET ME JUST FIRST SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THAT, BECAUSE WHEN WE HAD THE INITIAL CONVERSATION, WHEN WE APPROVED THE RAISES, IT WAS JUST TEACHERS AND THAT WAS WHAT WAS DISCUSSED.
WE TALK ABOUT TEAM GISD AND I THINK THAT'S ONLY RIGHT.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING CLEAR ABOUT THAT AND BRINGING THAT FORWARD TO US.
BUT THEN LATER ON IN ANOTHER SLIDE WHERE WE TALK ABOUT SO THE PAGE IN OUR PACKET IS 12, PAGE 12.
AND SO ON PAGE 12, IT SAYS THAT THAT TWENTY ONE THREE THIRTY EIGHT SEVENTEEN NUMBER IS THE DISTRICT PAY RAISES AND INCREASED STARTING PAY TO TEACHER PAY SCALE.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ACTUAL PURE AMOUNT FROM WHAT WE APPROVED, IT'S ACTUALLY 21 MILLION 817 DOLLARS WHICH DOESN'T INCREASE OR DOESN'T INCLUDE THE INCREASED STARTING PAY AND TEACHER PAY SCALE.
AND I WAS CURIOUS, ONE, WHY THEY WERE DIFFERENT? IF YOU HAVE THAT AND THE NUMBER ON 15 WHERE IT SAYS RAISE, IT'S $21,240,817.
WHICH PAGE? 15. SO THE QUESTION OF THAT, THEY WERE DIFFERENT.
AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION TO FOLLOW UP TO THAT WAS HOW DID WE ESTIMATE? I CAN EXPLAIN THAT FIRST QUESTION.
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SO AND THAT'S IN MY GROUPINGS WHEN I CREATED THE RECOMMENDATION SLIDE.OKAY. IF YOU SO IF YOU WERE JUST SIMPLY ON THESE ADS, IF YOU JUST ADDED THEM ALL UP, THEY WOULD ADD TO 35 MILLION 536. SO IN THE RAISE SLOT ON THIS I HAVE AT THERE MUST HAVE BEEN ANOTHER RAISE THAT I HAVE ADDED IN.
SO ON THIS SLIDE, 21 MILLION 240,817 AND THEN WHEN YOU GO BACK TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS, 21 MILLION 330,817 THERE IS A, I MUST HAVE GROUPED SOMETHING.
THE VARIANCE IS A GROUPED WHICH IS A RECOMMENDATION ITEM.
SO I TRY TO GROUP THESE BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT WOULD TAKE UP ABOUT FIVE SLIDES.
SO I HAVE GROUPED SOMETHING THERE THAT IS A LITTLE VARIANCE THERE.
SO THAT'S IN MY GROUPINGS AND MY ERROR.
OKAY. SO THE TOTAL RAISE THERE IS THE 21 I HAVE GROUPED IN SOMETHING FROM ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS. SO THE TOTAL RAISE HERE IS THE 21,240,817.
OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT.
AND SO WITH US ALREADY ACCOUNTING FOR STARTING PAY INCREASES, I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE DO THAT AND WHAT WAS THAT BASED ON? SO. YES, YES. SO THAT SO WE HAD A POSITION THAT WE APPROVED IN THIS FISCAL YEAR AND SO WE APPROVED FOR THE POSITION AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE NEEDED TO GET THROUGH THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND SO NEXT YEAR WE NEEDED TO BUDGET THE WHOLE AMOUNT.
SO THERE WAS A SMALL PIECE AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT'S THE VARIANCE THERE.
OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CATCHING THAT.
I'M FOLLOWING ON WHAT ROBERT WAS SAYING.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THAT'S FOLLOWING THE TEACHER SALARY GUIDE HERE THEN.
BUT THE STIPENDS AS FAR AS THE MASTER AND THE DOCTORATE IS OUTSIDE OF THAT.
THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN THERE IN THE PAST.
MR. BEACH TO HELP ADD CLARITY TO THAT QUESTION.
FOR EXAMPLE, OUR MASTER TEACHERS, WE HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT IN THE BUDGET THAT'S BEEN IN THE BUDGET FOR THOSE MASTER STIPENDS, IF BASED OFF ATTRITION AND TEACHERS GETTING THEIR MASTER'S IT'S NOT A LARGE FLUCTUATIONS, BUT LET'S JUST SAY FOR EVER WHATEVER REASON, IF WE HAD A LOT OF NEW TEACHERS CONTINUING TO GET THEIR MASTERS AND THAT NUMBER WOULD CONTINUE TO GROW AND GROW AND GROW, SORT OF LIKE ADA WOULD, WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND SAY WE HAVE X MORE NUMBER OF TEACHERS BASED OFF OUR TREND LINES THAT CONTINUE WITH THEIR MASTERS. WE HAVE TO INCREASE THE BUDGET FOR THAT, BUT THAT IS NOT BEEN AN OCCURRENCE.
AND ONE OTHER THING, I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO SINCE WE'RE LIVE HERE THAT I'VE SLEPT SINCE THEN, ARE THESE STIPENDS TRS? IS TRS GOING TO BE USED; FUNDS COME OUT OF THAT? MASTER'S STIPENDS AND DOCTORATE STIPENDS, YES.
SIGN ON INCENTIVE RETENTION STIPENDS, NO.
BEFORE YOU GO. JUST REAL QUICK.
SO SOMEWHERE, IF YOU KNOW IT TODAY OR LATER, I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT LIKE THE LAST LITERALLY THREE, FOUR YEARS OF BUDGETED TOTAL SALARIES TO ACTUAL SPENT.
AND I KNOW YOU'VE GOT IT KIND OF BUILT INTO YOUR NUMBERS, BUT I WANT IT TO BE MORE VISIBLE.
SO IF YOU COULD DO THAT FOR US AND THEN.
SO CAN YOU I'M SORRY, CAN YOU CLARIFY, YOU WERE WANTING TO SEE BUDGET TO ACTUALS.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF NOT A PERCENT OF REVENUE, BUT A PERCENT OF TOTAL SALARIES.
OKAY. YES. AND THEN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BUDGETED AND ACTUAL SPENT.
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IF WE COULD LOOK AT THAT FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS JUST FOR A TREND LINE, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE ILLUMINATING ANYWAY, FOR ME.AS WE'RE CLOSING OUT THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS, I KNOW THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ADDITIONAL STAFFING FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, PLACING THE ACE TYPE OF SCHEDULE AND THE TEACHERS THERE.
WE HAVE NOT OPENED THAT UP FOR HIRING.
IT'S BEEN AN PROVEN EFFECTIVE MODEL.
BUT IF WE CAN, CAN WE START THAT HIRING PROCESS? BECAUSE IF WE WAIT TILL JULY, EVEN THOUGH IT'LL BE A BUDGET IMPACT HAPPENING IN THE SECOND SEMESTER OR IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE SUMMER; IF WE WAIT TILL THEN, WE WON'T BE GETTING THE QUALITY CANDIDATES WE NEED TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS.
AND I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THAT.
OKAY. POINT US BACK TO WHAT FIGURE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IS THAT THE ONE ON PAGE 12? 12 YEAH, I THINK SO, YES.
OK, HAVE WE HAD A BREAKDOWN OF THESE DETAILED 50 POSITIONS? SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AND WE'VE SUGGESTED.
BUT IN YOUR MIND, WHAT IS THE SPECIFICS HERE? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE READY TO HIRE, THEN YOU'VE THOUGHT ABOUT JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO ARE YOU PREPARED TO GIVE US THIS INFORMATION AT THIS TIME? YES, GO AHEAD DR.
AND THE PURPOSE IS TO REPLICATE THE ACE MODEL SO THAT WE COULD HAVE ADDITIONAL PLANNING TIME FOR THESE TEACHERS NOT REPLICATING ACE IN RECONSTITUTING THE CAMPUS PER SE, BUT REALLY REPLICATING.
AND I KNOW MR. BLAND IS HERE AS WELL, BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST LEVERS TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR TWO ACE CAMPUSES WAS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD IN PURPOSEFUL PLANNING TIME EVERY DAY FOR THE TEACHERS TO WORK TOGETHER, TO REVIEW STUDENT WORK, TO REVIEW STUDENT DATA, TO PLAN THEIR NEXT LESSONS THAT WERE COMING UP, AND TO WORK TOGETHER AS A COLLABORATIVE TEAM FOCUSED ON THE SPOT STUDENT DATA AND RESPONDING TO THAT DATA.
AND SO IN LOOKING AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, WHICH WE KNOW ARE OUR MOST STRUGGLING CAMPUSES AND HAD THE BIGGEST COVID CLIFF IMPACT, WE WANTED TO BE PURPOSEFUL IN HELPING THOSE STUDENTS ACCELERATE, CATCHING UP AND SURPASSING WHERE THEY WERE IN 2019 AND CONTINUE TO MAKE GROWTH.
AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE'VE CONSISTENTLY HEARD FROM TEACHERS THAT THEY NEED MORE TIME TO PLAN, THEY NEED MORE TIME TO ADJUST TO A POST-COVID WORLD AND THE LEARNING AND BEHAVIORAL NEEDS OF THE KIDS.
AND THAT WAS ANOTHER THING A CHARGE FROM SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WAS THAT ADDITIONAL PLANNING TIME FOR TEACHERS BECAUSE THE THREE TENETS THAT WE LOOKED AT WERE SALARY AND TIME.
THOSE WERE TWO AND THEN THREE HAVING SOME BEHAVIORAL SUPPORTS.
AND SO THIS ATTENDED TO THE TIME FACTOR IN HIGH SCHOOLS.
WE ALREADY HAVE ADDITIONAL PLANNING TIME FILTERED INTO THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
THIS WILL ALLOW US TO ALSO MIRROR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND PLEASE TAKE THIS IN THE MANNER IN WHICH I'M ASKING THE QUESTION.
OUR FIRST ACE MODEL WAS HOW MANY YEARS AGO? AND SO WHEN WE REFER TO OUR ACE MODELS AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC POSITIONS AND WHAT THOSE TITLES ARE, I NEED A REFRESHER. I KNOW THE SUCCESS OF ACE AND I AM HAPPY FOR IT.
I THINK IT HAS SHOWN US A MODEL THAT WE DO NEED TO DUPLICATE.
BUT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET AND FOR THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I MEAN, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT AT EACH OF OUR 13 CAMPUSES? WHAT ARE THOSE POSITIONS? AND IF THAT'S TOO DETAILED AT THIS POINT AND YOU WANT TO BRING IT BACK, JUST TELLING ME THE ACE MODEL YOU'RE ASKING ME TO REMEMBER AND I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU I CAN'T REMEMBER ALL OF THOSE NEW POSITIONS AND WHAT WAS HANDLED IN THE ACE MODEL.
SO IT'S NOT, IN THE ACE MODEL WHAT THEY DID WAS WENT HIGH TEACHING STAFFING.
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WHERE THEY WORKED WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS TO STRATEGICALLY ALIGN THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES, GO OVER DATA AND EVERYTHING ELSE.SO THIS IS A SCHEDULING REPLICATION FROM ACE.
SO WE'RE REPLICATING THEIR STUDENT SCHEDULE AND TEACHER SCHEDULE.
WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS MORE CONTENT TEACHERS, SO WE'RE ASKING FOR MORE LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATH TEACHERS SO THEY COULD HAVE PLANNING TIME TO WORK TOGETHER. IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, YOU HAVE TO ADD TEACHERS.
SO WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR LIKE THIS IS LIKE A SPECIFIC ACE PERSON.
SO IF I'M A MATH TEACHER, I'LL HAVE FIRST PERIOD OFF FOR MY OWN CONFERENCE.
THEN WITH THE NEXT PERIOD I MAY HAVE MY TEACHING CLASS.
MR. GLICK. SO BASED ON THE NUMBER THAT WE SEE HERE 50 TIMES DIVIDED BY 12 ABOUT FOUR CONTENT TEACHERS PER CAMPUS, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING? SO THE 50 IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
AND THEN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS 12 ISS TEACHERS.
WHEN YOU SPEAK TO STUDENT SERVICES AND EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL PERSON, WE'RE SEEING MORE ADULT BEHAVIOR FROM THESE KIDS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS NOW. AND SO THIS PERSON IS GOING TO BE TRAINED BY THE BEHAVIORAL SPECIALISTS TO INTERACT WITH KIDS.
THEY DON'T HAVE OFFICIAL TRAINING.
THEY DON'T GET TO KNOW THE KIDS.
EVERY SCHOOL HAS, IT'S A HORRIBLE TERM, BUT IT'S CALLED FREQUENT FLIERS, THE SAME KIDS COMING BACK, SAME KIDS COMING BACK, AND NOBODY'S WORKING WITH THEM AND BEING A CONNECTION AND A CONDUIT FOR THE TEACHER.
AND THEN 30 WHAT IS IT 38 ARE DEPENDING ON THE SCHOOL IS TO MAKE THIS SCHEDULE WORK.
OKAY. SO THREE OR FOUR PER CAMPUS APPROXIMATELY.
YES SIR. FOR CONTENT AND WE'RE USING THE TERM ACE CAMPUS.
BUT IS SOMEBODY THAT WE'RE COPYING USING A MODEL LIKE THIS.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. I KNOW WE USED ACE, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY AN ACE THE WHOLE IDEA OF ACE, BUT THE IDEA OF ADDING ADDITIONAL TEACHERS, CONTENT TEACHERS, ARE WE COPYING SOME OTHER DISTRICTS MODEL? THAT MAKES IT BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR TEST SCORES, IT'S ALWAYS VERY CLEAR THAT THERE'S A DIP IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
YES. I MEAN, WHEN WE GET TO THE FOURTH OR FIFTH GRADE, THAT'S USUALLY VERY WELL.
THE SCORES ARE HIGH EVEN EARLY IN HIGH SCHOOL THEY'RE USUALLY BETTER.
MIDDLE SCHOOL WE ALWAYS HAVE THAT DIP.
SO THIS IS, IT'S A COMPLEX QUESTION.
SO ACE INSTITUTED, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT ACE CAME UP WITH.
IT'S A BEST PRACTICE THAT CAME FROM BAMBRICK.
WE FOLLOWED THE BAMBRICK MODEL.
HIGH POWERED SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO INVEST LIKE THIS IN THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
ONE OF THE ONES YOU BRING UP CONSISTENTLY IS SOCORRO ISD.
THAT'S ONE THAT COMES TO MIND.
BUT IT'S AN INVESTMENT AND IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN THAT EXTRA STAFF.
AND SO WHERE THAT WOULD BE THE MODELS THAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO FACILITATE WITH THIS $4 MILLION DOLLARS PLUS OF YES, SIR. OKAY.
THANK YOU. MR. BEACH THE 50 MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHING POSITIONS COMPARED TO THE 4.1 EXCUSE ME, 4.1 MILLION.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE MY CALCULATOR ON MY PHONE'S MESSED UP.
SO WE'RE USING THE NEW PAY SCALE WITH OUR CONTRIBUTION SO THAT'S ALL IN EVERYTHING THAT WE PUT IN FOR TRS THE NEW PAY SCALE WE'RE USING.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME MORE VETERAN TEACHERS RATHER THAN NEWBIES.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S HOW WE ARE PLANNING FOR THAT.
THANK YOU. ONCE UPON A TIME, IT WAS $65,000.
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YES.MS. GRIFFIN. YES, YES. THEN ROBERT.
I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT ALONE IN A MINUTE.
SO IN ADDING THIS ADDITIONAL DEAL TO DEAL WITH OUR NEW TERM OF STUDENT MANAGEMENT, THAT'S WHAT THE BOARD HAS DEEMED US TO USE INSTEAD OF THAT OTHER WORD.
AS WE LOOK AT ASSISTANCE IN STUDENT MANAGEMENT, WILL THAT GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS BE TRAINED NOT ONLY AND IF WE WANT TO CALL IT BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT OR SPECIALISTS, BUT ALSO IS THAT WILL THAT BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT SEL AT A MORE DETAILED LEVEL? I MEAN, WE'RE DOING IT AT A GLIMPSE NOW.
RIGHT. SO WILL THAT BE THE MODEL WE ARE TRYING TO DO IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS? SO GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING OR WHATEVER WILL BE ROLLING OUT MORE OF WHAT SEL TECHNIQUES OR SUGGESTIONS OR WHATEVER MIGHT BE? YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT BECAUSE OUR BEHAVIORAL THERAPISTS NEED TO WORK WITH THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT, SO THAT WAY THEY COULD BE ALL IN THE SAME PAGE.
AND SO WE HAVE STUDENT SERVICES ON THE RIGHT HAND, COUNSELING ON THE LEFT.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HOPING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THAT WE COULD DO A LOT OF TRAINING WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF KIDS IN THOSE CLASSROOMS, AND THEN WHEN YOU HAVE THEM IN THE CLASSROOMS, IT SHOULDN'T ALL BE ABOUT ACADEMIC.
IT SHOULD BE ABOUT ALL THOSE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
YOU ALL CAN GET IT DONE BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT CROSS, WHAT DID YOU CALL IT BEFORE? CROSS FUNCTIONAL. CROSS FUNCTIONAL.
WHAT PLANNING NEEDS TEACHERS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AREN'T GETTING CURRENTLY AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO ABOUT THAT? GREAT QUESTION. AND GO AHEAD, DR.
RUSSELL. SO CURRENTLY, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE ADDITIONAL PLC PLANNING TIME THAT OUR.
CURRENTLY THEY DO CREATIVE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS DO CREATIVE SCHEDULING USING THE SPECIALS, TEACHERS, LIBRARY, MUSIC, ART, PHYSICAL EDUCATION TO GIVE THE TEACHERS THEIR CONFERENCE AND THEN EXTENDED PLC TIME.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT WITH THE EDL'S AND THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS TO WORK ON HAVING A CONSISTENT FORMAT SO THAT THESE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS ARE ALSO GETTING ADDITIONAL TIME.
WE DON'T HAVE THOSE SCHEDULES FINALIZED YET, BUT THAT IS A KEY PRIORITY AND A VERY RELEVANT QUESTION AND INSIGHT INTO THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE HAVING FOR PLANNING TIME FOR ALL OF THOSE TEACHERS.
THANK YOU. I BELIEVE MR. GLICK HAD ANOTHER.
YES. DR. LOPEZ, YOU BEGAN YOUR COMMENTS WANTING SOME APPROVAL TO MOVE AHEAD.
AND OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A WORK SESSION ITEM AND WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THIS.
BUT JUST FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD AND MY COMMENTS WOULD BE THAT I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THIS.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT AN OFFICIAL VOTE OR ANYTHING, BUT I KNOW YOU NEED SOME AFFIRMATION.
SO, MS. STANLEY, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? SO IT JUST KIND OF CIRCLES BACK AROUND BECAUSE I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE.
SO GOING OFF OF WHAT MS. GRIFFIN SAID, WHEN I HEAR ABOUT THE BEHAVIOR, I HEAR SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN SEL AND I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW SEL AND BEHAVIOR COMMINGLE.
IT'S GOING TO BE SOLVED BY SOME DISCIPLINE.
SO IF THERE IS SOMETHING IN THAT PROGRAM THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN ABOUT IT.
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SO AGAIN, I'VE ASKED BEFORE, HELP ME WRAP MY HEAD AROUND HOW EVERY TIME WE BRING UP BEHAVIOR, WE GET SEL INTO IT.BUT SEL IS A TOOL THAT'S USED TO ASSIST.
IT'S NOT THE TOTAL ENCOMPASSING.
BUT THERE ARE TECHNIQUES AND THINGS THAT IN SEL THAT CAN IMPROVE BEHAVIOR.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY WORK FOR EVERY STUDENT.
BUT THERE IS A THERE'S PROVEN DATA ACROSS THE STATE THAT SHOWS HOW IT CAN ASSIST.
IT'S JUST ANOTHER TOOL, AND IT WILL BE EFFECTIVE FOR SOME, AND IT MAY NOT BE EFFECTIVE FOR OTHERS.
BUT THERE IS TRAINING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR STAFFING TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO DO THAT.
LOPEZ, I THINK THERE'S A NEED TO GET THAT FURTHER EXPLANATION.
I THINK DR. LOPEZ IS GOING TO ADDRESS THAT.
YEAH, WE CAN DO A PRESENTATION.
PEOPLE HAVE USED THE TERM VERY LOOSELY AND HAVE MISUSED THE TERM AND IT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH STUDENT MANAGEMENT.
RIGHT. AND SO WE COULD BE REACTIVE TO THE SITUATIONS AND WE COULD, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT, DO EXCLUSIONARY PRACTICES KICK THEM OUT, DO ALL THOSE THINGS. BUT WE WANT THOSE TO BE EVENTUALLY VERY LIMITED AND EXTREME BEHAVIORS.
THAT IS NOT CAUSE FOR ALARM OR IT'S NOT THE NORM IN A SCHOOL.
AND THE WAY YOU HAVE TO SHIFT SOME OF THE THINGS IS TO GET IN THE MINDSET OF WHAT THESE KIDS HAVE BEEN THROUGH, WHAT WE'RE LEARNING, FIRST OF ALL, JUST I WON'T TAKE TOO MUCH TIME BECAUSE WE'RE NOT HERE FOR THIS. BUT WHAT WE'RE LEARNING IS THESE KIDS WERE MODELED A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS WHENEVER WE WERE DURING COVID LOCKDOWN, AND THEY'RE COMING WITH THOSE HABITS AND PRACTICES IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
NOW THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEY'RE RAMPANT AND WE DON'T WANT IT TO BECOME THE SOCIAL NORM.
AND SO PART OF SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING IS HAVING THE KIDS UNDERSTAND HOW TO DEAL WITH THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH, WHAT THE PROPER OUTLETS ARE, HOW TO MANAGE, WHATEVER IT IS YOU'RE FEELING, AND WHAT ARE SOME ACCESS POINTS FOR SUPPORT.
RIGHT? IT DOESN'T EXCUSE THEM FROM WHATEVER THEY DID.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE MS. GRIFFIN IS TALKING ABOUT THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE THINGS.
BUT ONE IS MORE PROACTIVE, THE OTHER ONE IS ALREADY REACTIVE.
AND IF WE CAN START MOVING TO BE MORE PROACTIVE, THAT WOULD BENEFIT US ALL.
SO WE'LL GET A PRESENTATION AND WE'LL WORK ON A JOINT PRESENTATION BETWEEN DR.
HEMPHILL AND OUR COUNSELING DEPARTMENT.
LOPEZ STARTED OFF WITH A QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TECHNICALLY WE CAN.
WE DO HAVE 21 MINUTES UNTIL FIVE.
IT'S OKAY IF WE GO A LITTLE BIT OVER, BUT.
I THINK WE CAN MOVE THROUGH THESE NEXT SLIDES FAIRLY QUICKLY.
SEE IF WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE TAX RATE ADOPTION INFORMATION.
SO THIS IS SOME INFORMATION THAT WE DO PROVIDE TO YOU ON A REGULAR BASIS.
WE JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OUR JUST A VATRE.
SO AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, THIS RATE DUE TO OUR INCREASE IN TAXABLE VALUES AND WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR LAST PRESENTATION ABOUT TAXABLE VALUES, WE DO HAVE A COMPRESSED M&O TAX RATE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR AND THAT'S WHAT OUR BUDGET HAS BEEN BUILT ON.
SO THIS IS THE TIMELINE FOR THE TAX RATE AND BUDGET ADOPTION.
SO THIS IS WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
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CONSUMPTION. I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY THE STATE AND OUR EXPERTS TO PUBLISH A TAX RATE AT THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE VALUE, BECAUSE IF WE COME BACK AND ADOPT A TAX RATE OR PLAN TO ADOPT THE TAX RATE THAT IS HIGHER THAN OUR PUBLICATION, WE HAVE TO REPUBLISH AGAIN.SO WE WILL COME TO YOU AND REQUEST THE PUBLICATION TO BE HIGHER.
IF WE WERE TO CONSIDER ONE ADDITIONAL GOLDEN PENNY, YOU'LL SEE THAT FIVE GOLDEN PENNIES IS OUR COMPRESSED TAX RATE .9053. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE.
AND THEN IF WE WERE TO CONSIDER ANY ADDITIONAL PENNIES, THERE WOULD BE THAT'S THIS GUIDE.
THIS IS THE PROPERTY TAX RATES BY DISTRICT THAT WE HAVE SHARED WITH YOU IN THE PAST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHERE WE ARE IN OUR TAX RATE AS COMPARED TO OUR OTHER SURROUNDING DISTRICTS. AND JUST THE KEY TAKEAWAY IS THE FUNDING SYSTEM IS JUST TO PROVIDE US WITH A BASIC AMOUNT OF FUNDING.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY SUPPORT ALL OF OUR ENHANCED PROGRAMS THAT GARLAND ISD OFFERS.
AND OTHER DISTRICTS WITH A TAX RATE ELECTION ARE GENERATING MORE REVENUE PER STUDENT IN 80 TO 90% OF ANY DISTRICT'S BUDGET IS PAYROLL, AND WE KNOW THAT'S EVIDENT IN OUR EXPENSE BUDGET AS WELL.
THIS IS A PROJECTED TRE IMPACT.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS. IF WE WERE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF OUR PENNIES IN A TAX RATE ELECTION, IT COULD GENERATE A POSSIBLE $49 MILLION DOLLARS IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR THE DISTRICT. AND THIS IS THE PER PENNY IMPACT IF WE WERE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT IN OUR FUTURE.
AND THEN THIS IS THE TRE IMPACT EXAMPLE.
AND I WANT YOU TO NOTE HERE THAT THE I&S TAX RATE IS STILL AT .3179.
SO AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S GOOD NEWS TO OUR LOCAL TAXPAYERS IS IN 21, 22, THE CURRENT YEAR, OUR M&O TAX RATE IS 0.9384. AND OUR M&O TAX RATE WILL BE COMPRESSED.
SO THIS IS IN MAY, THE VOTERS APPROVED A $40,000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE 25 K THAT WE HAD IN THE PAST. SO THAT IS A FURTHER SUPPORT TO OUR LOCAL TAXPAYERS IN THIS MARKET AND WILL TAKE EFFECT NEXT YEAR.
AND THIS IS OUR BUDGET ADOPTION.
SO THESE ARE THE FIGURES THAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE.
THIS IS WHAT WE'LL EXPECT TO SHOW THE BOARD AS OF NOW FOR GENERAL FUND BY FUNCTION.
THIS IS STUDENT NUTRITION SERVICES FUND BY FUNCTION.
THIS DOES HAVE THE 4% RISE INCLUDED THERE FOR THEM AS WELL.
IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO SERVE ALL FREE MEALS FROM THE USDA.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD BACK OUR FUND BALANCE IN A VERY GOOD WAY.
AND STUDENT NUTRITION IS ONLY ALLOWED A CERTAIN THREE MONTHS OF FUND BALANCE TO HOLD.
SO THIS IS GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE TO ADDRESS THEIR PRIORITY ONE SERVICE LINE NEEDS.
SO THIS IS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENT NUTRITION.
SO THAT'S GREAT NEWS FOR THAT.
THE DEBT SERVICE FUND, WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME INFORMATION HERE ON THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.
RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE THAT WITH A 0.3179 I&S TAX RATE, IT IS CAUSING US TO GENERATE ABOUT $18 MILLION DOLLARS ADDED TO THE FUND BALANCE.
SO WE DO WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK AND POSSIBLY HAVE SOME MORE DISCUSSION ON THIS I&S TAX RATE AND POSSIBLY CONSIDER REDUCING THAT. WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND SO WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU AND TO DISCUSS THAT.
BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS ADOPT THE BUDGET AT THIS RATE AS WE HAVE PLANNED.
AND MR. MILLER, TO HIGHLIGHT ON THAT GUIDANCE FROM TASBO AND THE LEADING ADVISORS OF THE STATE IS TO ADVERTISE, AS WE'VE SAID AND DONE EVERY YEAR AT OUR CURRENT TAX RATES, BECAUSE WE DO NOT ADOPT UNTIL AUGUST, BECAUSE WE CAN ALWAYS ADOPT LOWER WITHOUT RE ADVERTISING.
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BUT IF WE LOWER AND THEN COME BACK AND SAY WE HAVE TO ADOPT HIGHER, WE HAVE TO RE ADVERTISE THAT.SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS EVEN IF THE INTENTION IS TO LOWER THE TAX RATE, WOULD WE GO AHEAD AND ADVERTISE WHERE IT IS? YES, SIR. BECAUSE WE CAN'T EVER GO UP.
WE CAN ONLY FROM WHAT WE ADVERTISE WE CAN'T GO UP.
WE CAN ONLY GO DOWN. WE CAN ALWAYS EQUAL OR GO DOWN.
AND WE'RE WAITING ON OUR MAY THEY CALL IT THE MAY PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FROM DCAD.
AND SO ONCE WE RECEIVE THOSE NUMBERS FROM DCAD, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MEETING WITH OUR FA, OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR TO GO THROUGH SOME VARIOUS SCENARIOS AND THE GOAL BEING TO GET TO A TAX RATE THAT NOT ONLY SUSTAINS THE CURRENT DEBT PROGRAM, BUT ALSO ALLOWS FOR A FUTURE BOND PROGRAM WITHOUT INCREASING THE TAX RATE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHY IN THE AUGUST BOARD MEETING DATE IS THE DATE THAT WE SET THE TAX RATE.
OKAY AT THE FULL BOARD MEETING.
AND I THINK THAT KIND OF SPEAKS TO SOME OF THE GOOD NEWS WE WERE ALLUDING TO EARLIER IS A LOWER TAX RATE WOULD SUPPORT OUR LOCAL CONSTITUENTS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IN ADDITION TO THE ALREADY COMPRESSED RATE THAT THEY'RE DOING.
YES. SO THIS IS AN ADDITION WE'RE LOOKING TO LOWER THE TAX RATE EVEN MORE.
WE ARE BEING COMPRESSED AND OUR M&O TAX RATE, WHICH LOWERS THE OVERALL TAX RATE AND THE DECISION BY THE DISTRICT TO FURTHER LOWER OUR I&S TAX RATE WOULD ALSO EASE SOME PRESSURE ON OUR THREE CITIES HERE.
SO CURRENTLY IT'S ANTICIPATED THERE WILL BE COMPRESSION TO OUR EXISTING TAX RATE? YES, OUR EXISTING TAX RATE IS POINT.
M&O? SO OUR BUDGET IS GOING TO BE BUILT ON 0.9053.
SO THAT IS COMPRESSED FROM 0.9384.
AND THEN IF WE FURTHER REDUCE OUR I&S TAX RATE, THEN IT WILL FURTHER REDUCE THE OVERALL TAX RATE, WHICH PROVIDES A GREAT BENEFIT TO OUR LOCAL TAXPAYERS.
YES. PUT THAT SO THE BOARD CAN DEFINITELY SEE WHAT THE IMPACT THAT IS SO COMPRESSION IS UPON US.
IF THAT WERE TO BE THE CASE, WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE DECOMPRESSION OF THE M&O RATE, WHERE THE STATE SAYS SCHOOL DISTRICTS MUST INCREASE THAT M&O TAX RATE TO MAINTAIN THE SAME LEVEL OF FUNDING PER STUDENT. SO TO NOT CONFUSE THE ISSUE AT ALL IN OUR M&O BUDGET COMPRESSION OR NO COMPRESSION, THERE'S NO NEW MONEY IN THIS FOR US ?AND UNFORTUNATELY.
YES. SO. AND YOU JUST WENT OVER A SLIDE.
I DIDN'T WANT TO SKIP OVER IT TOO FAST.
EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT WE'RE COMPETING HEAVILY FOR TEACHERS AND OTHER THINGS WITH OUR TAX RATE AND OUR TAX RATES ARE REALLY THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO COMBAT IT WITH AT THIS POINT, TAX RATE AN ADA .
I JUST DID SOME QUICK NUMBERS.
AND IF YOU DIVIDE THAT BY THE 47,800 STUDENTS IS ABOUT $1,000 A STUDENT.
IF WE HAVE 22,000, IF WE HAVE 22 STUDENTS IN A CLASSROOM, THEN THAT'S 20,000 DOLLARS PER CLASS THAT WE'RE KIND OF BEING OUT COMPETED WITH BY SOME OF OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE UTILIZED ALL THEIR FUNDING.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW YOU CAN'T WE CAN'T STRETCH THAT RUBBER BAND ANYMORE IN ORDER TO KEEP GIVING OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF ANY RAISES THERE'S NO OTHER MECHANISM WITHIN THE STATE FUNDING FORMULA THAT ALLOWS US TO GO FIND THAT MONEY.
IT'S EITHER ADA, WHICH WE DON'T CONTROL OR IT'S THE TAX RATE.
AND SO TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE AND TO REMAIN DILIGENT IN OUR PURSUIT OF BEING FAIR TO OUR TEACHERS
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AND STAFF, I MEAN, AT SOME POINT, WE JUST REALLY NEED TO DIG DEEP INTO THIS TRE POSSIBILITY AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND THE FUNDING THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO BE COMPETITIVE. I THINK THE NUMBERS JUST BEAR IT OUT EVERY DAY OF WHERE WE ARE.WE'RE FOURTH, FIFTH FROM THE BOTTOM, SIXTH FROM THE BOTTOM.
AND, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE BELOW US ARE VERY RICH PROPERTY RICH DISTRICTS.
DALLAS, I MEAN, GARLAND IS NOT CONSIDERED A PROPERTY RICH DISTRICT AT THIS POINT.
AND YEAH, WE'RE HANGING OUT IN THAT ZONE, IF YOU WILL.
SO, FOR INSTANCE, FOR US, A GOLDEN PENNIES WORTH 65, 6,000,005.
BUT IF WE WERE RECAPTURED DISTRICT, IT WOULDN'T BE WORTH 6,000,005.
IT WOULD IMPACT US ON OUR COPPER PENNIES.
ON OUR COPPER PENNIES YES SIR THE REMAINING GOLDEN PENNIES, WE GET TO KEEP EVERY DOLLAR OF THAT.
RECAPTURE DOES NOT IS NOT CALCULATED ON GOLDEN PENNIES ONLY ON COPPER IT WOULD IMPACT THE COPPER PENNIES AND THERE'S A SURROUNDING DISTRICT WHO JUST PASSED A TRE THIS PAST NOVEMBER.
THEY ONLY WENT AFTER THE GOLDEN PENNIES BECAUSE IF THEY WERE TO GO AFTER THE COPPER PENNIES, I THINK 68% OF EVERY DOLLAR COLLECTED ON THE COPPER PENNY SIDE WOULD GO BACK TO THE STATE IN RECAPTURE.
SIMILAR TO US. IT'S A HUGE BENEFIT TO HAVE THAT PASS BEFORE BECOMING A RECAPTURE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
OKAY, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AS WE'RE REALLY HAVING TO COMPETE IN THE METROPLEX OF TAX PROPERTY VALUE RICH DISTRICTS, WHICH WE'RE NOT.
AND WE'RE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TOTEM POLE WITH RESPECT TO OUR TAX RATE.
AND SO I WOULD SUSPECT THAT THAT DAY IS COMING.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK DR.
I MEAN, WE HAD IN THIS PACKET TONIGHT, THIS AFTERNOON, SOME CLEAR EXPLANATIONS AND EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL SAY AND ASSUME THAT WE KNOW.
BUT I THINK TONIGHT, THIS AFTERNOON, WE GOT A LOT OF EXPLANATION AND EXAMPLES FOR THAT.
SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL A GREAT BIG THANK YOU FOR PUTTING AND CLARIFYING TERMINOLOGY LIKE TEACHER HAS ALWAYS INCLUDED MORE THAN JUST TEACHERS, BUT THAT'S A STATE TERMINOLOGY.
SO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING ALL OF THE INFORMATION.
AND THE ONE LAST QUESTION I NEED TO ASK IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY AND THAT LAST SET OF PROPOSED BUDGET THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING INTO NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WITH.
THERE ARE NO NEW SOFTWARE'S, THERE'S NO NEW PROGRAMS, THERE'S NO NEW INITIATIVES.
WE HAVE HAD THIS DISCUSSION EVERY YEAR THAT WE GO INTO IT.
WE HAVE HAD MORE CLEAR EXPLANATION THIS AFTERNOON THAN WE HAD EVER HAD BEFORE.
SO I'M GOING TO TURN AND LOOK OVER HERE AT THE CHIEF PERSON IN CHARGE THAT THESE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE SEEING AND THAT FIVE WHATEVER, THAT 500 AND WHATEVER MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET, THAT WHEN WE START LOOKING AT APPROVING THAT IS THE BUDGET.
THOSE ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE APPROVED.
WE HAD MANY NEW SOFTWARE PURCHASES LAST YEAR.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS WE NEED TO REFINE.
SO WHEN WE SAY THAT THIS IS IT, DR.
LOPEZ, IS THIS IT? UNLESS SOMETHING UNFORESEEN HAPPENS, THIS IS IT.
MS. MAYO? YES, SIR. THANK YOU.
WERE YOU ABLE TO COMPLETE OR DID YOU? YES. WE HAVE A REACHED THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION.
AND THIS IS JUST OUR SUMMARY AND NEXT STEPS.
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SO BOARD IT IS 4:55.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
THANK YOU. WE WILL START THE BOARD MEETING AT 5:10, 15 MINUTE BREAK.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.