February 20, 2014Little Village Library

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Robert ReedDirector of Programming and

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Better Government Association

School Budgets 101

Sarah KarpDeputy Editor

Catalyst Chicago

CPS budgetingCPS budgeting

Like school lunches, we don’t know what goes in, but we don’t like the

result.

Where does CPS get its money?

• 40 % from property taxes

Old system• Schools allocated teachers based on the

number of students.• Small enrollment swings didn’t change

the bottom line.• Teacher salary didn’t matter to principals

because they were given positions• Less flexibility for principals

This year: Student-based budgeting

How CPS arrived at this amount

• Adding together last years expenditures on things that would be covered by SBB.

= $2 billion• But the amount was reduced because of

the district’s budget deficit

subtract $81 million

On top of SBB schools get:

• Administrative base to pay for 1 principal, 1 counselor and 1 clerk

• Salary adjustment for veteran teachers• Magnet schools and magnet cluster schools• Federal and state poverty money, based on

number of students who qualify for free and reduced lunch.

Hammond elementary school

Fund Grant DescriptionFY 2013 Expenditures as of 6/30/2013

FY 2014 Approved

BudgetBilingual Ed TPI & TBE 0 0CHILDREN-AT-RISK 0 0College Ready Funding 84,272 0Extended Day Learning Time 0 0

Full Day Kindergarten 90,460 0General Education Fund 2,154,276 332,014Operations - Custodians 0 0Other Gen Ed Funded Programs

2,759 0

Public Building Commission O & M

59,037 0

Special Education Fund 0 24,874State Maintenance Program Grant

6,550 0

State Special Education Block Grant

532,940 661,456

Student Based Budgeting 0 1,950,636Summer Office Support 2,002 0Supplemental Ancillary Teaching Positions

24,320 0

Supplemental General State Aid (SGSA)

0 0

Transportation - Safety Personnel

0 0

Workers'& Unemployment Compensation/Tort

61,205 58,976

  3,017,820 3,027,956

• Slight increase in Slight increase in studentsstudents• 2013: 428; 2013: 428; • 2014: 4382014: 438

Replaced by student-based budgeting:•College-ready funding•Full-day kindergarten•general education fund•supplemental ancillary teaching positions

Where did Hammond principal/lsc decide to spend money?

$300,000 -$252,000$71,515

Where did Hammond principal/LSC spend money?

• New $80,000 investment in parent engagement/community outreach

• Instruction investments in art, reducing class sizes for kindergarten through third grade and preschool

• Reduced spending in professional development, curriculum development and recess support

South Lawndale non-charter schools

• Overall, 12 schools down $2.5 million• Farragut High School lost 107 students;

budget decreased by $1.7 million• Only three schools saw budget increases: two

welcoming schools (Castellanos and Cardenas); Kanoon Magnet and Hammond

• Small population drops in other elementary schools (less than 20 students)

Charter schools• Same per-pupil

amount as district run school.

• “administrative base”

• salary adjustment• stipend for in-

kind services(operations,

maintenance, security and magnet positions)

Elem k - 3 Elem 4-8 H.S.

Weighting 1.07 1 1.24

Per pupil $4,429 $4,140 5,132

Admin Base $542 $507 $623

Teacher adjustment

$98 $91 $112

Stipend for services

$1,758 $1,643 $2020

Total $6827 $6381 $7887

Plus, state and federal poverty money

Extra money

• Government Grants• Private foundation grants• Parent fundraising• Charters bring in more---more than half bring

in over $100,000 in private money• Less than 10 district-run schools bring in more

than $100,000

For more information• To find information about specific schools:

http://www.cps.edu/finance/FY14Budget/Pages/Budget.aspx

• School-level budgets are under “Interactive Reports” under the “Find your school budget” tab

• Read Catalyst-Chicago online and in print