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[I. Call to Order and Determination of a Quorum]
RATHER WORKING MEETING BOARD OF DIRECTORS. I GOT THAT ON MY MIND.IT'S CRAZY. RIGHT? BOARD OF TRUSTEES WORKING MEETING OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP FOR TUESDAY, MAY 13TH, 2025 DETERMINED THAT A QUORUM IS PRESENT AND WE WILL PROCEED WITH OUR AGENDA.
MISS HOGAN, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC FORUM CARDS BEFORE WE JUMP INTO OUR AGENDA? I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE MR. BEACH, MR. GLICK AND MISS GRIFFIN ON RECENTLY SUCCESSFULLY BECOMING REELECTED TO OUR BOARD, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THEM AND LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
NOW WE'LL JUMP INTO OUR AGENDA ITEM THREE AGENDA ITEM FOR OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP.
[III.A.1. Receive Preliminary Budget Planning Presentation for 2025-2026]
INFORMATION ITEM A RECEIVE PRELIMINARY BUDGET PLANNING PRESENTATION FOR 2025-2026.MR. DODDS, MAY I INTERJECT AS HE'S COMING UP? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. BOARD. PRESIDENT SELDERS.
BOARD. TODAY IS NOT ONLY A BUDGET WORKSHOP PRESENTATION, BUT IT IS DARRELL DODDS' BIRTHDAY.
YAY! WE SCHEDULED IT TO DO WHAT HE LOVES TO DO, WHICH IS NUMBERS.
RIGHT? AND SO I WAS HOPING WE COULD ALL SING A HAPPY BIRTHDAY REAL QUICK BEFORE HE GETS STARTED.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE LET'S START WITH GOOD NEWS BEFORE WE GET INTO THE BAD NEWS.
WHAT DO YOU SAY? ONE, TWO. THREE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR MR. DODDS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. YAY! THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. NOW I GOT TO GET BACK TO WHERE I NEED TO BE, BUT I DO GET TO SPEND MY BIRTHDAY WITH SOME GREAT FOLKS. SO THIS THIS MAKES A MAKES A GREAT DAY, AND , YES, I DO LIKE TO TALK ABOUT NUMBERS, BUT ANYWAY, WE WILL GET INTO OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP.
SO A LOT OF THE SLIDES YOU SAW LAST TIME, WE HAVEN'T MADE A LOT OF CHANGES BECAUSE THERE HADN'T BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES IN OUR LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND SO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, HOUSE BILL TWO HAS NOT AS FAR AS OF EARLIER THIS MORNING, HADN'T BEEN SCHEDULED FOR A COMMITTEE HEARING IN THE SENATE.
SO I CAN'T AND WE CAN'T COUNT ON ANY NUMBERS RIGHT NOW COMING OUT OF HOUSE BILL TWO.
SO WE'LL SEE. I KNOW THERE'S STILL A LOT OF NEGOTIATION GOING ON FROM THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
SO WE WILL HOPE THAT IT STARTS MOVING FAIRLY QUICKLY, BUT I THINK SENATOR CREIGHTON SAID IN ONE OF HIS POSTS, ANYTHING THIS BIG AND THIS IMPORTANT NEEDS TO HAVE A LOT OF THOUGHT BEHIND IT BEFORE THEY BRING IT OUT. SO HOPEFULLY IT WILL START MAKING A MOVE SOON.
SO SAME AGENDA AS WE HAD AT THE LAST BUDGET WORKSHOP.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE BUDGET IMPACTS WE HAVE IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET FOR 24-25.
THE DISTRICT RAISES SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
OF COURSE, WE HAD THE STORM REPAIRS, AND THAT WAS NOT ALL OF IT.
WE HAD MOVED ABOUT 2 MILLION BEFORE THIS CURRENT BUDGET.
SO IT WAS SOMEWHERE ROUGHLY AROUND 4.5 MILLION, AND THEN GIBSON AUDIT WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, GOING THROUGH OUR SECONDARY CAMPUSES ON SOME STAFF AND IN SOME CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS, AND THESE ARE JUST REALLY POSITIONS THAT WERE DUPLICATE ONCE WE CONSOLIDATED.
SO THAT'S THE NET EFFECT 11.5 MILLION. THIS IS OUR CURRENT BUDGET.
YOU SEE THIS? YOU'LL SEE THIS AGAIN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FINANCIALS HERE IN THE NEXT MEETING, BUT OUR ESTIMATE FOR OUR YEAR END ACTUALS ON THE FAR RIGHT HAS US ENDING SOMEWHERE AROUND 63 MILLION GOING AGAINST OUR FUND BALANCE.
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HERE IS OUR FUND BALANCE. WHAT IT'S DONE SINCE 2019, AND WHERE WE ESTIMATE THAT IT WILL END FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR 24-2 5. I WENT AHEAD AND PUT OUT HERE AS A REMINDER, OUR THREE MONTHS REQUIRED FUND BALANCE, AND THAT IS ESTIMATED AT 100 AND RIGHT AT 151 MILLION.ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID TALK ABOUT IN OUR STEERING COMMITTEE WAS WHAT OUR FUND BALANCE IS.
SOMETIMES THERE IS MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT WHAT A FUND BALANCE IS.
SO I PUT IT IN HERE. WE USE IT AS A CASH MANAGEMENT TOOL.
A LOT OF TIMES FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS DOESN'T JUST ALWAYS COME IN EVERY MONTH OR DOESN'T COME IN AT, AT TIMES WHERE WE NEED CASH TO MAKE PAYROLL AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO WE USE OUR FUND BALANCE AS A CASH MANAGEMENT TOOL, AND THEN ANY UNFORESEEN EXPENDITURES LIKE THE STORM I JUST TALKED ABOUT AND IT'S PART OF OUR CREDIT RATING. WE HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD FUND BALANCE IN ORDER TO HAVE A GOOD CREDIT RATING.
IT'S NOT A SAVINGS ACCOUNT, RAINY DAY FUND OR SLUSH FUND, AND ESSENTIALLY IT'S OUR ASSETS MINUS LIABILITIES OR REVENUES MINUS OUR EXPENDITURES. AS WE FINISH THIS YEAR END THIS GRAPH HERE SHOWS ABOUT 84.1% OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET GOES TO PAYROLL, AND THEN YOU SEE THE OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, SUPPLIES AND OTHER OPERATING SERVICES THAT OUR SMALL PERCENTAGE OF OUR BUDGET COMPARED TO OUR PAYROLL COST, AND OUR TAX RATE IS WHAT FUNDS ALL OF OUR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS, WHETHER IT'S PAYROLL, WHETHER IT'S SUPPLIES, ELECTRICITY, UTILITIES, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO DAY TO DAY. OUR TAX RATE THAT CAN ONLY PAY VOTER APPROVED DEBT.
SO WE CAN ONLY MAKE PAYMENTS ON OUR VOTER APPROVED DEBT WITH OUR I&S RATE.
YOU SEE, OUR CURRENT RATE FOR OUR M&O .6669 INTEREST IN SINGING AT .3840 AND THEN $1.509. OUR PROPOSED OR WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, OUR MAXIMUM COMPRESSION RATE WOULD BE .6522 BECAUSE OUR VALUES ARE GROWING SOME, AND UNDER CURRENT LAW THERE IS COMPRESSION ON A TAX RATE.
ANYTIME YOUR VALUES INCREASE OVER 2.5%, I WENT AHEAD AND SHOWED THE PUBLIC WHAT IF AND WHEN WE GO OUT FOR A PROP A. THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PENNIES THAT WE COULD GO OUT AND WHERE THAT TAX RATE WOULD BE? I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT THIS IS WHERE WE'LL BE.
I'M JUST GIVING AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE THAT WOULD BE.
IT WOULD BE THE SAME INTEREST AND SINKING TAX RATE.
SO WITH THE INCREASE, IF WE WENT ALL 12 PENNIES IN $1.1562, YOU CAN SEE IT'S NOT A FULL $0.12 FROM THIS CURRENT YEAR BECAUSE OF WHAT I TALKED ABOUT JUST A SECOND AGO.
OUR VALUES ARE ESTIMATED TO INCREASE OVER THAT 2.5%.
SO THERE'S SOME NATURAL COMPRESSION BUILT INTO THE SYSTEM, AND THIS GRAPH JUST DEPICTS WHERE WE WOULD BE IF WE'RE ABLE TO IF WE DID GO TO THE MAX, AND THAT WILL COME FROM THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR OUR PROP A, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THAT WE WOULD BE STILL UNDER THE TAX RATE THAT WE WERE AT IN THE YEAR 2022- 2023. THIS WAS A GRAPH THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME WHERE WE ACTUALLY SET ON OUR TAX RATE, AND I WENT AHEAD AND STARTED ON WHO HAD NOT PASSED VATRE OF VATRE VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE ELECTION, WHICH THAT IS WHAT I'M CALLING A PROP A, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE BALLOT LANGUAGE THAT WOULD BE ON THAT.
THIS IS TOTAL TAX RATE. SO YOU SEE, WE KIND OF MOVE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SLIDE ON THIS.
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BECAUSE THEIR VALUES ARE SO MUCH HIGHER THAT THEIR I&S RATES AND IT DEPENDS ON IF THEY'VE PASSED A BOND WHEN THEY PASSED A BOND AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. WHEN YOU BRING IN TOTAL TAX RATE, YOU WILL SEE THAT A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE BENEATH US ARE YOUR PROPERTY WEALTHY SCHOOLS. WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT OUR ESTIMATED VALUES ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. YOU SEE, OUR VALUES HAVE CONTINUED TO GROW AND WE'RE NOT ESTIMATING THEY GROW, THAT THEY'LL GROW AS HIGH AS THEY DID THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS, BUT THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH IN OUR PROPERTY VALUES. SO WE'LL SEE. WE WILL KNOW FOR SURE JULY 25TH WHEN WE GET OUR CERTIFIED ESTIMATES FROM OUR CERTIFIED VALUES, FROM THE COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT.YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE DEALING OFF TOTAL ESTIMATES.
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS BUDGET, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR STUDENT POPULATION WILL BE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T STARTED SCHOOL NEXT YEAR AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR VALUES ARE, AND THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN DRIVERS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL FINANCE.
I WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE ARE BUILDING. THIS YEAR'S BUDGET ON RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS CURRENT LAW, TAX RATES. I TOLD YOU A WHILE AGO THAT THE OUR MAXIMUM COMPRESSED RATE WOULD BE ESTIMATED RIGHT NOW AT .6522, AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR I&S RATE. WE'RE KEEPING IT THE SAME AT .3840 FOR A TOTAL OF $1.362.
THAT'S WHAT THESE BUDGETS ARE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
ALSO, OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTION IS SOMEWHERE AROUND 50,310 .
WE STILL CONTINUE TO SHOW A DECLINE IN OUR ENROLLMENT, AND THEN OUR PROJECTED ADA IS 45,822.
THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE ARE BUILDING RIGHT NOW.
THIS CURRENT LAW BUDGET ON, AND THIS IS JUST A GRAPH THAT DEPICTS THAT.
ARE YOU TAKING QUESTIONS AS WE GO OR MR. PRESIDENT? GO AHEAD. TOTALLY UP TO YOU. CAN YOU TAKE QUESTIONS, MR. DODDS? SURE, SURE. MS. GRIFFIN LET'S GO BACK TO PAGE 17, WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR PROJECTED STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND OUR PROJECTED ADA. WHAT WAS THAT THIS YEAR AND WHAT HAS THAT CAN WE SEE IN THREE YEARS WHAT THE DECLINE HAS BEEN? SURE. ON THIS GRAPH RIGHT HERE IT SHOWS WHAT OUR NUMBERS HAVE BEEN.
OKAY, I DIDN'T TURN THE PAGE. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ROUGHLY SOMEWHERE AROUND ANYWHERE FROM 7 TO 800 STUDENTS EACH YEAR.
FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN DECLINE. NOW THAT THE ADA ISN'T DECLINING AS MUCH BECAUSE WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN INCREASING OUR ADA OVER THE LAST SINCE COVID, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SHOWING, AND THESE WERE THE ESTIMATES THAT WE GAVE TEA ALSO. WE HAVE TO PROJECT OUT TWO YEARS TO GIVE THEM ESTIMATES, AND THESE ARE THE ESTIMATES WHERE WE WHAT WE GAVE THEM, IF YOU WILL, JUST EXPLAIN TO THE LISTENING AUDIENCE WHY YOU SAID WE'RE NOT SEEING THE SAME DECLINE IN ADA THAT WE SEE IN ENROLLMENT.
SO OUR ADA HAS BEEN INCREASING. SO LAST YEAR WE FINISHED AT 93.7%, I THINK THE YEAR BEFORE AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET ME OFF TRACK HERE. IT WAS RIGHT AROUND 92, BUT YES.
YES IT IS ATTENDANCE. SORRY. YOU KNOW, SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
WE LOVE ACRONYMS, SO AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
THANK YOU. MAY I ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS? YES.
MR. BEACH. JUST TO KIND OF CATCH US UP TO WHEN YOU GO BACK TO PAGE SIX, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 161 MILLION, WHAT DOES THAT LEAVE US AS FAR AS A BOND RATING?
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IS THAT A PLUS? RIGHT NOW OUR BOND RATING UNDER MOODY'S IS DOUBLE A ONE, AND SO THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OUR FUND BALANCE HAS BEEN COMING DOWN AND BECAUSE OUR ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN COMING DOWN WE WERE AT A TRIPLE A NEGATIVE THE YEAR BEFORE, AND WE FALL MORE IN LINE WITH THE NUMBERS THAT DEPICT A AA1 ON OUR CREDIT RATING.YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SCHOOLS AROUND HERE THAT ARE AA2 .
THAT'S STILL A GOOD RATING, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, THE FUND BALANCE AT THREE MONTHS. YES. WOULD KEEP US IN THAT DOUBLE A ONE SLOT.
DO THEY LOOK AT THE DISTRICTS ALL OVER THE STATE? BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST A GARLAND ISD PROBLEM.
IT'S ALL OVER. IT'S ALL OVER THE NATION, RIGHT? IT'S ALL OVER THE NATION. SO D O THEY LOOK AT THAT WHENEVER THEY CALCULATE THIS? SURE THEY DO AND THERE'S A LOT OF WHEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MOODY'S RATING, THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS THAT WE'RE STILL A TRIPLE A NEGATIVE, BUT IT'S WE FELL MORE IN LINE WITH DISTRICTS ACROSS THE NATION THAT ARE IN THIS SECTION HERE BECAUSE OF OUR DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND BECAUSE DECLINING FUND BALANCE.
ONE OTHER QUICK QUESTION ON PAGE 12, WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX RATES AND THE PROPOSED FOR 25-26, IF BUT WHEN WE PASS THE VATRE AND WE GET, IT GOES TO 0.772 AND IT GOES TO 1.1562. HOW DOES THE CHANGE IN RATES STAY THE SAME? IS THAT A VALID QUESTION. WELL BECAUSE THE ONLY DECREASE IS THAT MONEY.
YES $0.10. YES, SIR. SO WHY DOESN'T THAT RATE CHANGE? BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY CHANGE IN THE RATE.
SO IT WILL BE THE SAME CHANGE IN RATE FROM THE.
THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD BE CHANGING WOULD BE THE M&O TAX RATE, AND THE TOTAL TAX RATE WOULD BE THE SAME CHANGE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A CHANGE IN THE I&S RATE.
OKAY. JOHNNY, YOU MAY NOTICE ON THAT TOP LINE, THE CURRENT RATE IS 0.666.
LET'S CALL IT 0.67, AND THEN THE PROPOSED AFTER COMPRESSION, WHICH BY LAW WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE 0.65. THAT'S WHY IF THIS IS YOUR QUESTION, YOU DON'T SEE A 12 CENT INCREASE OUT TO THE SIDE.
THAT WAS MY FAULT. I DIDN'T CATCH IT WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THIS, WHEN WE LOOKED AT LAST MONTH'S, WE ONLY HAD THE 66. I MEAN THE .6522 . SO IT WAS A NEGATIVE GOING DOWN.
THIS WOULD BE AN ACTUAL INCREASE OF $0.10. SORRY.
GOT IT. THANKS FOR CATCHING THAT. THAT'S OKAY.
THANK YOU. I SAW IT AS I WENT BY AND I FORGOT TO SAY SOMETHING.
MR. GLICK, THANK YOU SIR. COULD WE GO BACK TO PAGE SEVEN AND EIGHT? SO WHEN YOU SHOWED THE NEW ACTUAL NET DIFFERENCE, AND THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THE DIFFERENCE NOW, BECAUSE THE NUMBERS SEEM TO BE MUCH HIGHER NOW, THEY'RE, ALTHOUGH NOT REASONABLE, THEY'RE STILL LESS THAN THEY WERE BEFORE, BUT WHEN YOU SUBTRACT THAT NUMBER FROM THE EXISTING FUND BALANCE IN 2023-2024, YOU DON'T GET THE NUMBER.
COULD YOU GO OVER THAT? YES. YEAH. SO THAT AS WE WELL, I WILL SAY MY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCES, HE WAS GOING THROUGH ARTURO VALENZUELA. AS HE WAS GOING THROUGH THE BOOKS, HE WAS NOTICING THAT WE HAD RECEIVED CASH, BUT IT HADN'T BEEN PUT INTO REVENUE DURING YEARS, AND SO THERE WILL BE ROUGHLY ABOUT A $15 MILLION ADJUSTMENT TO OUR FUND BALANCE BECAUSE IT JUST HADN'T BEEN DONE ON THE BOOKS, AND SO IT'S JUST
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AN EQUITY. IT WILL BE AN EQUITY ADJUSTMENT TO OUR FUND BALANCE.IT'S NOT LIKE WE DIDN'T RECEIVE THE CASH. WE DID, BUT OVER THE SEVERAL YEARS, AND IT MAINLY HIT WHEN WE CHANGED FISCAL YEARS BECAUSE BEFORE WE DIDN'T HAVE A RECEIVABLE. NOW WE HAD RECEIVABLE AND IT JUST HADN'T BEEN BROUGHT OUT.
SO THE CORRECT THE CORRECT NUMBERS WOULD BE THAT WAS REALLY AROUND 223 LESS THAN 62 8, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE 161 AS THE PROJECTED CURRENT FUND BALANCE. YES.
OKAY. THANK YOU. WE CAN WE CAN NOTATE THAT ON HERE.
WE NEED TO. SURE. MR. MILLER. YEAH. MICROPHONE.
THANK YOU. JUST REAL QUICK. WHEN WE WERE GOING OVER PAGE 14.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE THIS POINT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE VARIOUS TAX RATES, THE TAX RATES THAT ARE BEING PAID WITH GARLAND NEAR THE BOTTOM, AND YOU HAVE STARS BY THREE, ONE OF WHICH IS DENTON, THIS IS ABOUT A PENNY HIGHER THAN ROCKWALL AND GARLAND.
DOES THAT MEAN THEY DID GET AN EXTRA PENNY AT SOME POINT, OR DID HOW DID THEIR TAX RATE GET TO BE DIFFERENT IF THEY DID NOT? I HAVEN'T CALLED THEM, BUT I LOOKED AT THEIR DEAL.
IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WENT UP $0.06 ONE YEAR. FOR SOME REASON THEY HAVE NOT PASSED A VATRE.
THEY MAY HAVE GOT SOME DISASTER PENNIES. I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING.
SOMETHING VOTED ON. YEAH. SOMETHING THAT THEY HAD AVAILABLE TO, AVAILABLE TO THEM THAT WE DID NOT.
OKAY, AND MY UNDERSTANDING AT ONE TIME WAS THAT DISTRICT LIKE WYLIE HAD GONE OUT AND GOTTEN ALL OF THEIR PENNIES, BUT THEY'RE ONLY NINE PENNIES ABOVE US ACCORDING TO THIS CHART.
WOULD THAT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH COMPRESSION, OR DID THEY REALLY NEVER GO GET ALL THEIR PENNIES? NO. THEY WENT OUT FOR ALL THEIR PENNIES. IT'S JUST SINCE 2019 WHEN THEY CHANGED AND PUT COMPRESSION IN.
EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY GO OUT FOR ALL YOUR PENNIES, AS COMPRESSION HAPPENS, IT WILL COMPRESS DOWN THOSE LAST PENNIES AND SO THAT. SO THEY MAY HAVE COMPRESSED AT A GREATER RATE THAN WE DID, BECAUSE THEY HAD MORE PENNIES WITH WHICH TO COMPRESS KIND OF.
CORRECT, YOU KNOW IN 2023 THEY DID DO A MAJOR COMPRESSION THAT AROUND $0.10, AND SO WHEN THAT HAPPENED IT COMPRESSED THEIR PENNIES DOWN FOR PENNIES.
ARE ARE YOU OR YOUR STAFF OR ANYBODY AWARE HAS ANYTHING BEEN ANNOUNCED WITH RESPECT TO ANY LET'S CALL THEM PROPOSITIONS OR TAX ELECTIONS OF OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS FOR THIS NOVEMBER.
I BELIEVE ROCKWALL, WHO WENT OUT FOR A TAX RATE ELECTION LAST YEAR, IS PLANNING ON GOING OUT FOR A TAX RATE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. ALSO, AS YOU BECOME AWARE, OUR STAFF OR AS WE BECOME AWARE, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE KIND OF WHERE THAT FALLS BECAUSE ALL THESE TAX RATE CHARTS, THEY LOOK ONE WAY, ONE YEAR FOR A FEW MONTHS, MAYBE SIX MONTHS, AND THEN SOMEBODY EITHER GOES OUT FOR AN I&S ELECT, YOU KNOW, I&S BOND OR THEY GO OUT FOR A VATRE AND IT JUST KEEPS SWITCHING AND CHANGING AROUND.
I'D BE REALLY INTERESTED TO KNOW KIND OF WHAT WE SEE COMING WHENEVER WHENEVER IT BECOMES APPARENT.
IF IT DOES. OKAY. SO THEN I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION.
WE OPENED THE DOOR ON QUESTIONS. I'M SORRY. NO, IT'S GOOD, IT'S GOOD.
IT'S ALL GOOD. IT'S GOOD. WE'LL LET YOU. NO, NO.
KEEP GOING. WHAT? I WANTED TO GET YOUR QUESTION BEFORE WE DO THAT. GO AHEAD, MR. MILLER. THE LAST QUESTION I HAD, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR TARA OR SOMEBODY ELSE, WAS ON PAGE 16 WHEN WE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF OUR TAX BASE INCREASING AND IT SHOWS 7.28% POSITIVE, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. MY QUESTION IS, DOES THAT INCLUDE NEW CONSTRUCTION COMING ON, OR IS THIS JUST AN EVALUATION OF PROPERTIES ON THE GROUND? NO, IT DOES HAVE NEW CONSTRUCTION BUILT INTO THAT, AND SO TRUTHFULLY, OUR VALUES ARE RIGHT AT ABOUT 49 BILLION, AND ONCE EXEMPTIONS HAPPEN AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS IT GETS DOWN TO ABOUT THAT 37 BUT THE OTHER PART IS WE THINK BECAUSE GENERALLY FROM THAT ORIGINAL CERTIFICATION THAT WE GET IN APRIL 30TH, THAT WE JUST GOT, IT REDUCES DOWN FURTHER BECAUSE OF PROTEST AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE WILL SETTLE OUT ON TAXABLE
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VALUES AT 34.8 BILLION AT THAT. OKAY. WELL HERE'S WHERE MY AND THANK YOU, BUT HERE'S WHERE MY QUESTION WAS HEADED WITH THAT.DO WE HAVE ANY INDICATOR AS TO WHAT THE AVERAGE HOME VALUES HAVE DONE? IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU HAVE TO EXCEED 2.5% FOR COMPRESSION TO KICK IN, ARE WE GOING TO EXCEED THE 2.5%? DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME COMPRESSION COMING OUR WAY? YES, AND I MEAN, IF NOT, WE WOULD STAY AT THAT SIX SIX, SIX, NINE RATE, BUT DUE TO OUR TOTAL VALUES GOING OVER, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING ON THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE YET.
I SHOULD GET THAT TOWARDS THE 1ST OF JUNE WHEN THEY HAVE TIME TO GET ALL THAT, THAT DONE.
OKAY, BUT RIGHT NOW THAT THOSE VALUES INCLUDE ALL THE COMPRESSION.
AT THIS TIME, AND MINUS THE EXEMPTIONS THAT THEY HAVE.
OKAY. ONE CLARIFICATION AS I'M READING THE PAPER, LOOKING AT REAL ESTATE REPORTS, LOOKING AT ALL THE VALUATION STUFF, AND I GET A LOT OF THAT. FORTUNATELY, BEING A BANKER, I GET TO SEE A LOT OF DATA AND A LOT OF NUMBERS WHEN THE STATE.
WHEN THEY CALCULATE COMPRESSION, THEY DON'T THEY DON'T COUNT NEW CONSTRUCTION, DO THEY? OR DO THEY NOT OR DO THEY THEY THEY TAKE, IN EFFECT, ALL OF OUR VALUES.
WHEN WE SEND THAT TO TEA AND TO AND THEN THE DALLAS COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT SENDS THEIR VALUES INTO THE COMPTROLLER. IT HAS ALL OF OUR VALUES IN THERE THAT ARE THAT THEY CAN VALUE AT THAT TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? I THINK WE WERE HERE. RIGHT. SO LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET BASED ON CURRENT LAW NOT TAKING ANY EFFECT OF WHAT THE STEERING COMMITTEE MAY DO ON A DECISION FOR OUR PROP A AND NOT TAKING ANY GUESSES OF WHAT THE LEGISLATION WILL DO.
WITH HOUSE BILL TWO. THIS IS WHERE WE'RE ESTIMATING OUR BUDGET.
WE WOULD HAVE TOTAL ABOUT RIGHT AT $516,515,904 IN REVENUE, AND THEN OUR EXPENDITURES WOULD BE STILL PUTTING US IN A DEFICIT BUDGET.
OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES WOULD BE $579,471, 520.
SO THAT WOULD STILL LEAVE US RIGHT NOW AT $63.5 MILLION DEFICIT, AND THIS INCREASED A LITTLE BIT FROM LAST TIME BECAUSE WE HAD INCREASED SOME THE NUMBERS WITH OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
SO WE HAD TO BUDGET WHAT WAS APPROVED LAST BOARD MEETING.
SO IF NOTHING HAPPENS, THIS WOULD WHERE WE WOULD ESTIMATED WOULD FINISH ON OUR FUND BALANCE. IF EVERYTHING STAYS CURRENT LAW.
NO ADDITIONAL PENNIES ARE APPROVED, THEN THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD BE ON OUR FUND BALANCE AND YOU CAN SEE WE'RE WELL BELOW WHAT OUR THREE MONTHS FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT WOULD BE. WHICH, IF YOU REMEMBER, THAT WAS RIGHT AT $150 MILLION. WENT AHEAD AND SHOWED WHAT OUR CURRENT PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD LOOK LIKE IN A GRAPH.
YOU'LL SEE PAYROLL COST HAS COME DOWN TOWARDS TOTAL BUDGET AT ABOUT 83%.
I WENT AHEAD AND BROUGHT THIS SINCE AS A BOARD, YOU WILL APPROVE THREE DIFFERENT BUDGETS.
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WITH REVENUE OF 39.9 MILLION. EXPENDITURES 44.THIS WOULD BE A DEFICIT, BUT THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THEY CAN ONLY CARRY A THREE MONTHS FUND BALANCE, AND THEY'RE STILL ABOVE THAT. SO THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON BRINGING THAT DOWN FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.
OUR DEBT SERVICE IS A BALANCED BUDGET. I DON'T GET TO SEE THAT VERY OFTEN, BUT IT'S A BALANCED BUDGET, AND OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THAT IS BOTH REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES ARE $148,7 58,733.
NEXT STEPS. WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER BUDGET WORKSHOP IN JUNE WE WILL PUBLISH OUR PROPOSED TAX RATE BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE JUNE 14TH.
THAT WILL BE IN THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS. THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR FINAL BUDGET AMENDED BUDGETS FOR OUR CURRENT YEAR, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR FINAL PROPOSED BUDGET TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD ON JUNE 24TH.
WE WILL RECEIVE OUR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT CERTIFIED VALUES ON JULY 24TH, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING ON AUGUST 12TH. QUESTIONS? MR. GLICK. THANK YOU, SIR.
LET'S GO BACK TO PAGE 20, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. SO, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE HOUSE BILL THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE SENATE WITH NO ACTION AT THIS POINT, AS YOU INDICATED AS OF THIS MORNING.
THE NUMBERS THAT I'VE READ SEEM TO INDICATE TOTAL BENEFIT AND INCREASE IS AROUND $600 PER STUDENT TIMES 50 MILLION TIMES 50,000, THAT'S ABOUT $30 MILLION, GIVE OR TAKE.
WELL, YOU GOT TO REMEMBER IT'S ON ADA. OKAY, BUT BUT IT'S A LITTLE OVER 600.
RIGHT. IS THAT CORRECT? THOSE ARE NUMBERS. IF ALL IF WE IF WE SHOULD GO FOR ALL THE PENNIES, THE REMAINING PENNIES, THE GOLD AND THE COPPER PENNIES, THE TAXPAYER, A PENNY IS WORTH ALMOST $3.2 MILLION PER PENNY ON THE GOLD ONES. YEAH, THE GOLD ONES ADDS ANOTHER 5.5 MILLION FROM THE STATE.
THAT'S ADDITIONAL STATE REVENUE WE GET IN BY MAXIMIZING THOSE PENNIES.
I'M NOT SAYING THEY WILL, AND THAT OUR VOTERS WILL UNDERSTAND IN NOVEMBER, SHOULD WE DECIDE TO PROCEED TO VADER, THAT, GIVE OR TAKE 60 MILLION, WOULD WOULD TAKE THAT LAST NUMBER.
YOU GAVE US UP TO ABOUT WHERE WE ARE NOW, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT ABOVE THAT OR A LITTLE BIT BELOW IT, BUT CERTAINLY ABOVE THE THREE MONTHS. CORRECT.
OKAY. I JUST WANT TO I WANT PEOPLE WATCHING TO UNDERSTAND THAT ALTHOUGH THOSE NUMBERS ARE VERY DIRE THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING, THERE ARE VERY OBVIOUS TO ME, ANSWERS ONE, THE LEGISLATURE, WHICH I TOTALLY BELIEVE, AND I SAID THIS A YEAR AGO, WE'LL DO SOMETHING THIS YEAR. I AGREE WITH YOU I AGREE, AND I THINK THE REASON IS.
I MEAN, TWO YEARS AGO THERE WAS AN EITHER/OR.
EITHER YOU'RE GOING TO, THE LEGISLATION WAS GOING TO APPROVE VOUCHERS OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE NOT GOING TO GET ANYTHING, AND NOW, OF COURSE THE GOVERNOR HAS SIGNED THE BILL.
SO THERE'S $1 BILLION IN VOUCHERS COMING, AND SO I BELIEVE THE LEGISLATURE UNDERSTANDS THE DIRE STRAITS SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ALL OVER THE STATE, NOT JUST LOCALLY HERE, AND HAVING ATTENDED THE FIRST MEETING, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE SITTING BEHIND A CURTAIN BEHIND A WALL, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, THE THREE TRUSTEES WHO WERE THERE? I THOUGHT THAT FIRST MEETING WENT VERY, VERY WELL.
VERY ENCOURAGING. I THINK THE PRESENTATIONS WERE EXCELLENT, AND I HOPE AS THEY PROCEED AND OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS WHERE WE'RE AT, THAT WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD CHANCE OF PASSING THAT BILL.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS.
IT'S DIRE NOW, BASED ON TRUE NUMBERS WITH VERY POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS COMING.
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THANK YOU, SIR. MR. MILLER. BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT WE JUST GOT TO DISTINGUISH A FEW THINGS.THE BOARD STARTED A STEERING COMMITTEE, AND THE STEERING COMMITTEE IS LOOKING AT THIS PROPOSITION.
WE'RE REFERRING TO IT AS A PROPOSITION, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE LANGUAGE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE ON THE BALLOT, AND WHEN WE START GETTING TO ALL THESE TECHNICAL TERMS IT JUST IT JUST DRAWS CONFUSION. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYONE, INCLUDING MY PRESENTERS, TO STAY WITH THE WORD PROPOSITION. WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT'S GOING TO BE.
THE COMMITTEE IS GOING TO GIVE US A DETERMINATION.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH COMPRESSION WE'RE GOING TO GET.
SO ALL OF THESE ARE JUST GENERAL ESTIMATIONS, BUT THE PROPOSITION WILL HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE LEGISLATIVE COSTS TO GO WITH MR. GLICK'S. POINT. WHATEVER THE LEGISLATION GIVES US IS GOING TO BE AN ADDED BONUS, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH.
WHILE WE'LL SEE ADDITIONAL MONEY INTO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT WE WILL SEE IN MY PREDICTION A GOOD CHUNK, WHICH IS VERY DESERVING TO OUR, OUR STAFF, ESPECIALLY OUR TEACHERS.
RIGHT, AND FROM THAT RACE, WE HAVE TO SUSTAIN THE RACE.
SO WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE MONEY TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
WE'VE BEEN MAKING CUTS ALL YEAR. FROM STARTING WITH UPPER ADMINISTRATION AND HOW WE DO THINGS.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TAPER REPORT, THE TAPER REPORT MEASURES OUR STAFFING PERCENTAGES, THE STATE AVERAGE FOR UPPER ADMINISTRATION ON STAFFING PERCENTAGES ACROSS THE STATE IS 1.2%.
WE'RE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE, AND THIS IS PRIOR TO ALL THIS.
WE'RE AT 0.6%. SO WE'RE HALF OF THE 1.2%. SECONDLY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SALARIES THAT COMPRISE IT, THE STATE PUTS A THRESHOLD OF 3%. WE CAN'T EXCEED 3% ACCORDING TO THEIR GUIDELINES WITHOUT CERTAIN SANCTIONS OR JUST DEDUCTION OF POINTS HAPPENING, AND WE ARE AT 2%.
SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT PRIOR TO THE CUTS WE'RE MAKING, WE'RE RUNNING.
WE'RE RUNNING THIN. I THINK WHERE IT GETS CONVOLUTED IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE SUCH A BIG DISTRICT.
IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND THE SECOND PART IS THEN WE'RE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS.
WE HAVE NOT DONE A RIFF. WE HAVE. EVERYBODY HAS A CONTRACT.
THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE TRYING TO STIR THE POT, SAYING, OH, I LOST MY JOB BECAUSE OF THIS, THIS AND THIS. THE ONLY THING THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IS A REIMAGINED JOB.
THAT MEANS YOU MIGHT NOT BE DOING THE SAME THING YOU'RE DOING NOW.
IT'S THE SAME LEVEL, SAME PAY AT A DIFFERENT CAPACITY SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO WE NEED ALL OF THESE THINGS FROM OUR CUTS TO OUR HOPEFUL PROPOSITION, PASSAGE TO LEGISLATURE, DOING THEIR PART FOR US TO MAKE ENDS MEET. SO I WANTED TO PUT ALL THREE TOGETHER.
SO NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON.
THANK YOU, MR. MILLER. I MEAN, SORRY, MR. JOHNSON, AND THEN, MR. MILLER, I'LL FOLLOW YOU. JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT DR.
LOPEZ SAID. TO BE HONEST, I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HEAR SOMETHING TODAY ABOUT CUTS.
YES, AND THERE'S NOT REALLY ANYTHING IN HERE ABOUT WHAT CUTS ARE BEING DONE, WHAT STRATEGIES WE'RE HAVING FOR TO LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, THERE WAS THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE OUR OVERALL PAYROLL COSTS SOMEWHAT DOWN, BUT WE DON'T REALLY NECESSARILY KNOW HOW THAT'S BEING DONE.
I KNOW NO ONE IS BEING LAID OFF. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A REDUCTION IN FORCE, BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO BE APPRIZED ON WHAT THE STRATEGY IS FOR OVER REDUCING THE OVERALL PAYROLL COST, HOW WE'RE GOING ABOUT DOING IT.
BECAUSE I KNOW I'M SEEING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, LEFT AND RIGHT, PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET CUTS, BUDGET CUTS THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN HERE. THEY'RE SEEING IT ON THE CAMPUSES, BUT WE'RE NOT.
SO I WAS HOPING TO HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT THAT TODAY.
IT'S NOT REALLY IN THE PRESENTATION. SO WHEN ARE WE GOING TO BE APPRIZED OF THAT? THAT WAS GOING TO BE COMING IN OUR JUNE MEETING WHENEVER WE FINALIZE ALL THE, THE NUMBERS WITH IT.
SO THE MODIFICATIONS THAT ARE COMING I WILL BEG TO DIFFER.
WE DID PRESENT TO YOU WHERE THE REDUCTIONS WERE COMING.
IT WAS IN CLOSED SESSION AND NOTHING HAS DEVIATED FROM WHAT WE HAVE PRESENTED.
SO THE OUTCOMES ON WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO MOVE ON AND HOW WE WERE MOVING ON.
IT HAS NOT DEVIATED. SO THAT, I MEAN, WE'RE THEN GOING TO GET FINAL NUMBERS ON WHERE WE THINK WE'LL BE IN THE SUMMER AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO LOOK FOR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR IN JUNE.
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MR. MILLER? YEAH. THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.YOU KNOW, JUST SO EVERYBODY WILL KNOW, THE THERE'S PROBABLY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IS WHEN WE REALLY STARTED LOOKING AT WHAT WE KNEW WOULD BE COMING THIS YEAR, AND THE BOARD'S AUTHORIZED STAFF HAS PARTICIPATED IN AN AUDIT THAT'S CALLED AN INTERNAL AUDIT DONE BY AN EXTERNAL FIRM.
I THINK WE SAW A NUMBER ON THE BOARD EARLIER OF ABOUT $5 MILLION IN SAVES THAT WERE RECOGNIZED.
IN OTHER WORDS, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND STAFF BECAUSE ONE OF THE CHARGES THAT THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN IS TO GO OUT THERE AND FIND A WAY TO GET US TO A BALANCED BUDGET WITHOUT COMPROMISING WHAT WE'RE DELIVERING TO STUDENTS AND WITHOUT JUST OUT RIGHT, ELIMINATING STAFF AND OUR VALUED TEACHERS, AND WHILE I KNOW THIS IS DIFFICULT, AND THERE WILL BE A LOT OF DIFFICULT THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND ADOPTION OF A FINAL BUDGET AND BETWEEN NOW AND THE HOPEFUL PASSING OF A PROPOSITION.
I'M JUST VERY HOPEFUL NOW AS COMPARED TO TWO YEARS AGO WHEN I SAW THIS TRAIN COMING.
I CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.
EVEN THOUGH I'VE ONLY BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR EIGHT YEARS, BUT , YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN A BILL FOR $395. YOU MENTIONED A BILL FOR $600.
IT MAY BE BETWEEN 17 AND $20 MILLION, LET'S SAY, OR $24 MILLION MAYBE.
WE CAN'T COUNT ON THAT AS WE FOUND IN PAST BUDGET SESSIONS.
OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, OUR TAX RATE, AND THE BASIC ALLOTMENT.
MR. DODD, CAN YOU THINK OF ANYTHING I'VE LEFT OUT? NO. THAT'S THE TWO MAIN DRIVERS ARE OUR STATE REVENUE, WHICH IS BASED OFF OUR AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE AND THEN OUR PROPERTY TAXES AND WHAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND.
A LOT OF TIMES TOO, IS YOU SEE VALUES GOING UP.
WELL, MOST PEOPLE THINK SCHOOL DISTRICTS GET MORE MONEY WHEN VALUES GO UP, BUT IT'S A BALANCING ACT.
IF OUR VALUES GOES UP, THAT MEANS THE STATE PUTS LESS IN IN OUR FUNDING AND SO ACROSS THE STATE, VALUES ARE CONTINUING TO GO UP. THAT MEANS THEY'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING LESS IN.
UNDER THE CURRENT LAW, AND SO THAT WE'RE WE STAY LEVEL AT THE RATE OF FUNDING THAT WE GET PER STUDENT ON THAT. WELL, AND ALONG THAT LINE, I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS A SCHOOL BOARD, WE'RE LIMITED AS TO THE FUNDING RESOURCES WE HAVE.
SO WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF KIDS THAT AREN'T SHOWING UP.
SO I HOPE SOMEWHERE IN OUR FUTURE, OUR PLANS TO HELP ELIMINATE THE ABSENTEEISM THAT WE HAVEN'T TOTALLY GOTTEN OVER SINCE COVID, IT'S JUST KIND OF STILL HANGING ON AND AFFECTING, AFFECTING OUR FUNDING.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK IT'S I KNOW THAT SOMEBODY MENTIONED MIGHT HAVE BEEN MR. GLICK THAT WHATEVER COMES FROM THE STATE, I MIGHT HAVE BEEN MR. DOCTOR LOPEZ WHATEVER COMES FROM THE STATE, THERE'LL BE A PORTION OF IT DESIGNATED FOR TEACHERS, TEACHER SALARIES AND SO FORTH. BENEFITS TO THE TEACHERS.
SO DO YOU. IS THERE A PERCENTAGE THAT'S BEEN ATTACHED TO THAT RIGHT NOW UNDER HOUSE BILL TWO.
ANY INCREASE TO THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, WHICH IS OUR FUNDING PER STUDENT.
THERE IS A 40% OF THAT MUST GO TOWARDS SALARIES.
WHICH OF THE 40, 75% GO TO THE TEACHERS AND THEN THE OF THE 40%, 25% GOES TO OTHER STAFF. SO UNDERSTANDING HOW THAT FORMULA WORKS, THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT.
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WHILE THERE MAY BE $600 A STUDENT COMING OUR WAY, 40% OF THAT WILL GO TO SALARIES.OF THAT, 75% GOES STRAIGHT TO TEACHERS. DOES THAT INCLUDE THE INCREASES IN RETIREMENT AND ALL THE OTHER PERSONNEL COSTS THAT GO WITH IT, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO COME OUT OF WHAT'S LEFT OVER, OUT OF OUR PART OF IT? IT IT DOES SAY SALARY AND BENEFITS, BUT A LOT OF TIMES THAT'S JUST BUILT INTO THE BUDGET TO TAKE CARE OF BENEFITS, BUT WE'LL AS WE GET THAT CALCULATION YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT JUST TO, YOU KNOW, GET OUT IN FRONT OF THE, YOU KNOW, JUST IN CASE THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IN THE SENATE, BUT YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME YOU GET MONEY, THERE'S MORE STRINGS ATTACHED THAN THERE IS MONEY A LOT OF TIMES, BUT YES, 40% OF WHATEVER GAIN WE GET WILL WILL GO TOWARDS SALARIES.
OKAY, AND I JUST POINT THAT OUT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT I THINK EVERYBODY FROM TOP TO BOTTOM IN THE STATE VALUES THE TEACHERS AND THE STAFF AND THE PAYROLLS AND THOSE ARE THE IMPACT OF INFLATION, KNOWS THE REALITY OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE FACING WITH THEIR HOME BUDGETS AND SO FORTH, AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO HELP.
SO THAT'S HOPEFULLY COMING IN SOME FORM OR FASHION.
I'M SURE YOU WILL DEMYSTIFY THAT FOR US IF AND WHEN IT EVER BECOMES LAW, AND WE KNOW HOW IT WORKS, AND I'M SURE TEA WILL GIVE US OUR NUMBERS, BUT I DON'T THINK ANY OF THAT WILL BE DONE BY THE TIME.
WILL ANY OF THAT BE DONE BY JUNE, WHEN WE HAVE TO MAKE A FINAL BUDGET DETERMINATION? I HOPE SO. I HOPE THAT THEY CAN GET THIS A HEARING SET UP AND WHATEVER CHANGES OR THAT HAPPENS THAT THEY CAN GET THIS IN FRONT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE SO THEY CAN GET THIS DONE.
I KNOW THAT WAS A GOAL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS NOT TO GO INTO A SECOND LEGISLATIVE SECOND CALLED SESSION, BUT , YOU KNOW, WE STILL DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A HEARING YET, BUT ACCORDING TO SENATOR CREIGHTON, THERE IS THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF NEGOTIATION BACK AND FORTH BEFORE THEY PUT IT THROUGH THEIR COMMITTEE, AND MY LAST FINAL POINT IS OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET AS IT STANDS TODAY? BEFORE ANY FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS OR OTHER UNKNOWN FUNDING SOURCES, WHAT PERCENT OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET IS SALARIES, COMPENSATION AND WHAT PERCENT OF OUR TOTAL REVENUE IS SALARIES? IT'S THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE 83%. 83% IS PAYROLL COST? YES. OF THIS PROPOSED BUDGET? OF THIS ONE, YES, AND THAT WILL CHANGE DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS IN THE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT PERCENT OF OUR ACTUAL REVENUE IT IS? BECAUSE WE'RE AT A BUDGET DEFICIT. LET'S SEE HERE.
WE CAN DO THAT AT A LATER DATE. THAT'S THE NUMBER I WANT TO KEEP UP WITH.
WELL, YOU'RE LOOKING AT OUR TOTAL REVENUE OF 515.9 MILLION, AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT PAYROLL COST AT 486. NOW, I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO DO THAT CALCULATION IN MY HEAD, BUT THAT WOULD BE HOW YOU'D CALCULATE HOW MUCH PAYROLL COST TO OUR ESTIMATED REVENUE. 46 OVER WHAT, 515. SO IT'S ABOUT 94-95%.
OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS GRIFFIN. YES. I I WAS GOING TO ASK THIS QUESTION. AS A TRUSTEE, LEAVING THE SECOND BUDGET WORKSHOP.
WHAT DO I KNOW? WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTROL? WE ARE INTERMINGLING. ALTHOUGH AT THE END OF THE DAY BEFORE WE HAVE TO APPROVE A BUDGET.
WE DO HAVE TO KNOW ALL OF THIS STUFF, BUT WE GO FROM TALKING ABOUT PROP EIGHT TO WHERE WE'VE BEEN TO WHATEVER WHEN WE PREPARE A BUDGET. WE NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT, AND I FEEL THAT TRUSTEES NEED TO KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO CONTROL OUR BUDGET? WHAT ARE THE THINGS IN OUR BUDGET NOW THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE UPCOMING?
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AND I AGREE WITH MR. JOHNSON. ALL OF THIS IS GOOD BUT A LOT OF IT IS WEIGHT TO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS OVER. WAIT UNTIL THEY TELL US WHAT TO DO. WE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THEY TELL US WHAT TO DO.BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY BEGUN PLANNING STAFF ALLOCATIONS AND FTES AND ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, AND. STARTING THESE WORKSHOPS OFF WITH JUST SAYING THINGS LIKE THESE ARE THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS WE STATED 2 OR 3 MONTHS AGO THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THUS, THUS, THUS, THUS, AND AS WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING, A, B, AND C IS STILL ON THE TABLE. F, G, AND H MAY BE OFF THE TABLE, BUT I AM HAVING A HARD TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO INCLUDE AS IT RELATES TO PROGRAMS STAFFING? WHAT ARE OUR BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS? WE GOT TO SEPARATE THAT FROM ALL OF THESE WHAT IFS AND WHAT THE LEGISLATORS.
I KNOW YOU ALL ARE GOING TO DISAGREE, BUT IT'S VERY CONFUSING BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE ONE MEETING OVER HERE AND IT'S LISTING THIS. WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING OVER HERE AND IT'S LISTING THAT.
WHERE SHOULDN'T THE WORKSHOP BE BRINGING THOSE THINGS TOGETHER, AND I KNOW WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT PERSONNEL THAT IS CONFIDENTIAL, AND I WANT IT TO REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL, BUT THERE'S ENOUGH WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN SAY GENERALLY, THAT WE UNDERSTAND, THAT HERE ARE OUR BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS WORKING INTO HERE.
I HAVE HEARD OH, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND 60 MILLION.
WE'RE TRYING -- WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO? AND IF I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT'S SITTING HERE TOTALLY CONFUSED, AND I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT MY NOTES FROM ONE MEETING TO ANOTHER AND TO BRING IT TOGETHER, TO UNDERSTAND, AND YOU'VE DONE THAT BECAUSE YOU'VE GIVEN US THE SLIDES THAT SAYS YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WITH, WITH SALARIES AND STAFF, BUT ONE, TWO, THREE.
HOW DO YOU WALK US ALONG WITH YOU AND WE DON'T FEEL AND I DON'T I'M NOT PREPARED DON'T WANT TO BE PREPARED TO ADDRESS ANY STAFF ABOUT ANYTHING, BUT I DO WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE ARE MOVING IN, AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME THAT I JUST NEED TO KEEP UP FROM MEETING TO MEETING AND I NEED TO BRING IT TOGETHER, AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE BROUGHT TOGETHER FOR ME, THEN TELL ME THAT THEN I WOULD KNOW AND BE BETTER PREPARED OF HOW TO COME TO A BUDGET WORKSHOP, TRYING TO SEE WHAT OUR BOTTOM LINES ARE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE, BUT THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE IMPORTANT.
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE LEGISLATION IS IMPORTANT, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR STAFF AND OUR SCHOOLS, AND YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE BECAUSE YOU'RE WORKING ON IT.
AND I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON IT AND I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT, AND SO IF I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT WANT A STRAIGHT STRUCTURE AND WE WANT TO KEEP A, B AND GO TO Z AND COME BACK TO G AND ALL THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, THEN JUST LET ME KNOW AND I'LL JUST ROLL WITH IT.
THANK YOU. SO THREE THINGS. FIRST OF ALL MR. DODDS, LET ME FRAME IT. WHEN MR. DODDS OPENED UP, HE SAID, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE VOTING ON THE BUDGET FOR MULTIPLE ITEMS, OKAY? AS WE'RE BUILDING TO THAT FINAL PRODUCT.
OKAY. BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY VARIABLES COMING UP.
OKAY, AND WE ALL WANT ANSWERS, AND DO YOU KNOW WHO DESERVES ANSWERS IS REALLY THE WORKFORCE.
THAT'S WHO DESERVES THE ANSWERS. WE CANNOT CLEARLY GIVE YOU THE ANSWERS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
THE ONLY THING WE CAN GIVE YOU RIGHT NOW FROM THE DISTRICT STANCE IS YOU GOT A JOB, AND WE WENT.
WE WENT AND STARTED SCRUBBING UP AHEAD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO WORK FOR THE DISTRICT.
YOU MIGHT NOT WORK AT THE SAME SCHOOL, OR YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THE SAME JOB CAPACITY, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE. WE DID NOT WANT ANYBODY TO LIKE WHAT WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE STATE GOING INTO THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. WE DID PRESENT AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN, WE DID PRESENT TO THE BOARD THE PLAN THAT ON HOW IT WAS GOING TO GO AND
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THIS IS SETTING US UP. SO WHEN WE FINALLY DO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU'VE SEEN IT MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE WE GET IN AND WE APPLY TO WHAT ALL THE CHANGES THAT WERE HAPPENING IN JUNE.FOR INSTANCE, THE TAX RATE, THERE'S GOING TO BE CONFUSION ON THE TAX RATE.
SO WE HAVE TO ADOPT THE TAX RATE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT TWO TIMES.
THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE TO DO THE TAX RATE. WE ARE INCORPORATING ALL THE PENNIES NOT BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING ASSUMPTIONS, BUT JUST BECAUSE THAT IS THE MOST CONSERVATIVE THING TO DO.
SO THE FORECAST THAT'S THE FORECAST. SO THEN WHEN THE COMMITTEE COMES WITH WHATEVER RECOMMENDATION, WE HAVE TO DO IT A SECOND TIME. SO IT'S EITHER GOING TO MIRROR IT OR GO DOWN.
THIS IS WHAT OUR FUND BALANCE LOOKS LIKE. THIS IS WHAT A FUND BALANCE DOES WITH NO HELP FROM THE STATE, AND NO, LET'S SAY NO PROPOSITION. HELP. THEN THIS IS OUR WORST CASE SCENARIO, DEALING WITH THE CUTS THAT WE'RE STARTING TO IMPLEMENT AND LOOK AT. BECAUSE THE CUTS THAT WE'RE DOING, WHAT WE DID DIFFERENTLY IS IN SOME DISTRICTS THEY SAID, WE NEED TO SAVE ALL THIS MONEY NOW. WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT IN A PHASE TWO SO IT DOESN'T DEVASTATE THE CAMPUSES OR THE COMMUNITY.
OKAY. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND, BUT AS WE'RE FINALIZING NUMBERS, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THOSE PROJECTIONS.
THE LAST THING IS THE ADA VERSUS THE ACTUALITY.
SO WE HAVE ALL THESE THINGS GOING ON AND THE CONSOLIDATION PROJECTS.
RIGHT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO CONNECT, AND SO I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE DONE LISTENING TO YOU AND MR. JOHNSON IS JUST TELL THEM WE'RE JUST UPFRONT SAYING WE'RE GOING TO BE APPLYING THESE IN JUNE.
WE'RE GOING THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO AS WE'RE GOING IN, WHEN YOU APPROVE THE TAX RATE AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WAIT, THAT LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT THAN IT USED TO.
THAT'S HOW MUCH COMPRESSION WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO SHOW WHAT THE FUND BALANCE IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IT THROUGH A BETTER PICTURE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SHOW HOW WE'VE DONE ALL THESE REDUCTIONS AND WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING FOR THE 25, 26 SCHOOL YEAR, BUT THIS IS JUST GIVING YOU A PRELUDE OF WHEN WE GO INTO NEXT SESSION, BECAUSE NORMALLY BY THIS TIME WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED RAISES, WE'VE ALREADY SAID THIS IS THE TYPE OF RAISES WE WANT, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE LEGISLATURE TO GO FOR THOSE RAISES.
MR. DODDS IS RIGHT. IF WE GET, LET'S JUST SAY, $30 MILLION FROM THE STATE, 40% OF 30 MILLION HAS TO GO TO RAISES, AND OUT OF THAT 40%, 75% GOES TO TEACHERS, NURSES, LIBRARIANS AND COUNSELORS.
THOSE ARE THE FOUR. OKAY. SO WE DIVIDE THAT UP AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO PROJECT THAT OUT.
SO IN JUNE WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER GRIP OF THAT.
I THINK THAT THE LEGISLATION WILL DO A BETTER JOB OF FORECASTING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET OR NOT GET, AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE WE'RE APPROVING THE TAX RATE, THE BUDGET, ALL THE THINGS AT ONE TIME, THE SALARY SCHEDULES, EVERYTHING THAT'S COMING OUT AT ONE TIME T HAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT, AND THAT'S WHY I CALL THEM ASSUMPTIONS, NOT FACTS, NOT DONE DEAL, JUST ASSUMPTIONS.
SO WE CAN COME AND GO WITH YOU SO THAT WE DON'T GET DOWN IN JUNE WHEN WE'RE FACED WITH ALL OF THOSE VOTES AND WE'RE LIKE, SO WHAT DID WE DO? WE SHOULD HAVE A CLEAR CUT OF THOSE FOUR DIFFERENT VOTES THAT YOU SO ELOQUENTLY DESCRIBED. JUST THEN. I THINK YOU ALL ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB.
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BUT THERE HAS TO BE A WAY TO SHARE THE BITS AND PIECES INTO THE WHOLE, SO THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW WE ARE BUILDING THE BUDGET TO INCLUDE STAFFING, TO INCLUDE RAISES, TO INCLUDE THE TAX RATE, AND I JUST ASK, YOU KNOW, JUST THINK ABOUT IT FROM OTHER LENSES.YOU ALL ARE WORKING WITH IT EVERY DAY, HOUR AFTER HOUR.
IT JUST NEEDS TO BE SOME MORE INFORMATION GIVEN.
SO THANK YOU, MR. BEACH, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO MR. GLICK. KIND OF SPRINGBOARD OFF OF WHAT MRS. GRIFFIN IS STATING THERE.
OF COURSE, I ALWAYS LOOK AT IT THIS WAY, BEING THE FOURTH TERM ON THIS BOARD, EVERY YEAR AT THIS TIME, WE ALWAYS GO OVER THE BUDGET STARTING IN MARCH AND APRIL, AND IT'S ALWAYS WHAT WE DO ON OUR BUDGET IS ON PROJECTIONS , AND IT DOESN'T COINCIDE WITH WHAT WE DO WITH THE DALLAS APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
SO IT'S ALWAYS ON. IT'S A KIND OF A GUESSING GAME OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
THIS YEAR IS A VERY UNIQUE YEAR IN THE FACT THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO WITH VOUCHERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT US, AND WE KEPT HEARING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP CUTTING, KEEP CUTTING, AND EVEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT KEEP CUTTING AND KEEP CUTTING. THE ONE THING THAT I USE THAT I LEAN ON IS, OF COURSE, MY FAITH ONE, BUT NUMBER TWO, I KNOW THAT AUGUST 10TH SCHOOL IS GOING TO START ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, AND WE'RE GOING TO OPEN OUR DOORS FOR THE KIDS OF GARLAND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THE BEST JOB THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN AS A BOARD TO PROVIDE WHATEVER WE CAN FOR THE MONIES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, AND I KNOW THAT IN MY HEART, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON THIS FOR, YOU KNOW, FOUR TERMS AND I SEE US COME THROUGH IT, WE WILL WIN, WE WILL OVERCOME, AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE AT PEACE AND BE STILL AND LISTEN AND WAIT. I KNOW IT'S HARD TO DO THAT, BUT I KNOW AS A BOARD WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE REALITY HAPPEN.
THANK YOU. MR. GLICK. YES. THANK YOU. SO ON MARCH 25TH, WE HAD A RELATIVELY SHORT REGULAR MEETING, AND THEN WE WENT INTO CLOSED SESSION THAT LASTED ABOUT THREE HOURS THAT I REMEMBER AND THE ADMINISTRATION WENT INTO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT DR.
LOPEZ HAS BEEN REFERRING TO IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES.
MY ASSUMPTION HAS BEEN THAT EVERYTHING WE HEARD THAT NIGHT IS STILL THE SAME, AND THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THAT, OR ELSE WE WOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THOSE CHANGES.
SO ALTHOUGH I AGREE WITH SOME OF MISS GRIFFIN'S COMMENTS, I THINK WE'VE KNOWN FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT IF YOU HAD CHANGED YOUR MIND ON ANY OF THOSE, WE WOULD HAVE HEARD.
SO I EXPECT THOSE ARE THE CHANGES THAT YOU'RE PROCEEDING WITH, AND NO OTHERS THAT I'VE HEARD OF.
SO I'M NOT NECESSARILY. HAPPY WITH THE THINGS YOU SUGGESTED.
I THINK EVERY ONE OF US FELT WOW TO SOME PROGRAMS, SOME CONCEPTS, BUT I'VE COME TO ACCEPT THAT WAS THAT WAS YOUR THOUGHTS AS WE PROCEEDED AND KNOWING SOME OF THESE NUMBERS THAT WE STILL HAVE, EVEN KNOWING MY OPTIMISM ON TWO OF THE THINGS I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, I STILL THINK THOSE WERE CORRECT.
CORRECT. PROCEED WITH AND MY ONLY HOPE IS THAT WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN WHERE THE LEGISLATURE GOES AND THE PROP A AND MAYBE AT SOME POINT WE LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE, I'M GOING TO CALL THEM QUOTE UNQUOTE PROGRAMS AND MAYBE REVIVE SOME OF THEM. SO THANK YOU, MISS STANLEY, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING.
SO YOU'VE GIVEN US WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WITH NOTHING, WITH THE UNKNOWNS.
DIDN'T YOU NOT GIVE THAT TO US? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID.
THAT 97 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE WAS IF WE DO NOT.
I MEAN, YOU'RE GIVING US THE WORST CASE SCENARIO.
I'M CONFUSED BECAUSE I WAS FOLLOWING IT THAT YOU WERE GIVING US THIS INFORMATION, AND THEN I FEEL LIKE MAYBE YOU WEREN'T GIVING US THIS INFORMATION, BUT I THOUGHT I GOT IT. YEAH. I T IS AND THE THINGS AND THERE'S SO MANY THINGS MOVING RIGHT NOW THAT TO GIVE YOU MORE ACCURATE INFORMATION IS WHY WE DECIDED TO WAIT TILL JUNE TO BRING EVERYTHING OUT ON WHAT WE'VE DONE.
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MORE FACTUAL THAN SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE MOVES TAKE TIME TO, TO GET THROUGH OUR SYSTEM IN ORDER TO PUT IT DOWN ON PAPER, AND SO WE ARE CONTINUALLY LOOKING AT WHERE WE CAN SAVE ON THIS BUDGET, AND AS WE GET CLOSER TO WE GET THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, FISCAL OR SCHOOL YEAR, THOSE THINGS WILL BE COMING MORE AND MORE PREVALENT, AND WE CAN SAY, ALL RIGHT, HERE WE ARE. YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T SEE US MOVING MUCH FURTHER DOWN THAN WHAT WE HAVE PROJECTED.RIGHT NOW BECAUSE AS I STATED IN THE LAST MEETING, WE HAD SOME BUDGETS THAT WERE NOT BEING ACCURATELY FUNDED, AND SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH ALL THAT TO AND SHOULD HAVE A MORE ACCURATE NUMBER IN JUNE ONCE WE GET HERE, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS THAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN PRESENTED TONIGHT IS IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE UNKNOWN MONEY WE'RE GOING TO GET FROM THE STATE. CORRECT. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY PROPOSITION A CORRECT.
RIGHT. OKAY. BECAUSE THOSE ARE TWO BIG UNKNOWNS.
IT INCLUDES WHAT WE KNOW OF SO FAR OF THE SAVES WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO SO FAR IN MARCHING, AND I'D LIKE TO ALSO POINT OUT THERE IS NO NO ONE'S LOSING THEIR JOB. CORRECT.
EVERYONE WILL HAVE A JOB NEXT YEAR. YES. THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION. SO JUST HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS.
ONE QUESTION THAT KIND OF KEEPS COMING UP OR I'M BEING ASKED IS IF WE HAVE OR IF WE HAVE FEWER STUDENTS, WHY ARE OUR EXPENSES STILL RELATIVELY HIGH? AND SO ONE THOUGHT THAT I THINK ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MANDATED EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME THAT ARE MORE DISCRETIONARY, AND SO THE INCOME IS GOING TO BE WHAT IT IS, AND NOT EVERY DOLLAR IS AS FLEXIBLE AS PEOPLE MIGHT THINK.
SO WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THAT, IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU COULD BREAK DOWN WHAT OUR EXPENSES IS IN THIS CURRENT BUDGET THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING THAT SHOWS MANDATED OR NON-DISCRETIONARY SPENDING OR EXPENDITURES VERSUS DISCRETIONARY EXPENDITURES? AND THAT MIGHT KIND OF HELP WITH HAVING A PERSPECTIVE OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THE BUDGET ON THINGS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE VERSUS THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF LIKE, RIGHT, AND WE'RE PUTTING ALL THAT TOGETHER NOW.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT THROUGH AS WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THAT.
IT'S JUST NOT READY ON EVERYTHING. IS THAT COMING TO US IN JUNE? WE CAN YOU KNOW, I'LL GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE. ONE EXAMPLE IS SECURITY.
THIS DISTRICT HAS REALLY PUT THEIR WORTH BEHIND AND REALLY FOLLOWED WHAT THE LEGISLATOR WANTS.
WE SPEND ROUGHLY A LITTLE OVER $10 MILLION ON SECURITY, AND WE GET 1.5 MILLION FROM THE STATE.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY THE UNFUNDED MANDATES THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SECURE OUR FACILITIES AND THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THIS DISTRICT HAS CHOSE.
THAT IS REALLY AN UNFUNDED MANDATE THAT BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE EXTREMELY SAFE, RIGHT. MAY I ADD JUST A LITTLE EXPANSION TO THAT? YOU KNOW, IN A PERFECT WORLD AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.
IF WE LOSE 700 KIDS, IT'S NOT FROM ALL ONE SCHOOL, RIGHT.
SO IT'S NOT IF IT WAS ALL FROM ONE SCHOOL, THAT MAKES IT EASY.
YOU CLOSE THE SCHOOL, THERE'S NO KIDS THERE, BUT YOU HAVE 700 KIDS, LET'S SAY 70 CAMPUSES.
THAT'S TEN KIDS PER CAMPUS AND MULTIPLE GRADE LEVELS.
SO WE STILL HAVE CLASS LOADS THAT STILL NEED TO BE FILLED, AND SO THAT'S WHERE THESE CONSOLIDATION EFFORTS ARE REALLY COMING TO, TO LOOK AT PLACES THAT WE COULD REALLY MAXIMIZE STUDENT POPULATION.
SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF IT TOO. THE UNFUNDED MANDATES SPECIAL ED IS VERY DEAR TO MY HEART.
I MEAN, FOR A LOT OF REASONS, BUT THE MONEY WE GET DOES NOT MAKE SPECIAL ED MEET .
OKAY, AND THEN SO WE HAVE TO MAKE WE HAVE TO MAKE ENDS MEET, RIGHT?
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OUR CHOICE SYSTEM AND THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF LIKE AN UNFUNDED MANDATE BECAUSE WE'RE UNDER A COURT ORDER, RIGHT? SO THE CHOICE SYSTEM COMES INTO PLAY. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, TOO.SO WE START LAYERING ALL THESE TYPE OF INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE, NOT INCLUDING ALL THE GREAT PROGRAMING WE HAVE, AND IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO HAVE TO ADJUST. YEAH.
I MEAN, I THINK HAVING VISIBILITY TO THAT THOUGH GIVES YOU A MUCH BROADER PERSPECTIVE SO THAT YOU CAN KIND OF KNOW, AGAIN, WHAT THINGS ARE MANDATED VERSUS WHAT THINGS ARE DISCRETIONARY, OR AT LEAST WHAT WE'RE CALLING THAT THE MANDATE ITSELF.
WE KNOW WHAT THAT IS, AND THEN AS IT RELATES TO THE UNFUNDED MANDATES, I MEAN, FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS OR SO, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY INCREASES IN THE BASIC ALLOTMENT, BUT WE'VE GOTTEN ADDITIONAL MANDATES THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, UTILIZING FUNDING FOR, RIGHT? SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO DO THAT, BUT TO GO BACK AND BE ABLE TO PULL THAT FORWARD TO, TO SHOW THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE AND TAKEN ON.
YOU TALKED ABOUT SAFETY, SECURITY, DR. LOPEZ YOU TALKED ABOUT OUR SPED PROGRAMS. I MEAN, THAT KIND OF INFORMATION WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE IT ALL SORT OF IN ONE AT A GLANCE, SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF HAVE A PERSPECTIVE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE TRUE PICTURE IS OF WHERE OUR BUDGET IS AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN FOR KIDS. OKAY.
SO AM I HEARING AGAIN, THAT'S COMING TO US IN JUNE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEARD THAT RIGHT. WE WILL.
YES, WE CAN. WE CAN WORK ON THAT. COOL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THERE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEM THAT WE HAVE? ALL RIGHT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
[V. Adjournment]
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 3:12.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.