Presentation to community regarding education funding in Clark County Nevada

1. Ten Things You
Might
Want to Know
About School Finance
in Clark County

2. State Funding is Complicated
Distributive School Account (DSA) Property Taxes Local School Support Tax (LSST)
Weighted Enrollment Rate ($0.75) Rate (2.60¢)
x x x
DSA Per Student Abated Property Value Retail Sales
+ = =
Other State Funding Total Property Tax Total LSST
= x
Total DSA Funding 1/3
= The ‘Guarantee’
- 1/3 Property Tax - 100% LSST
1 =
Net State Funding

3. State Funding is Simple
Weighted Enrollment
x
DSA Per Student $5,136
+
A Few Other Things Including Special Education
-
Local Revenue Including District Capital $
=
Net State Funding
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4. State Funding is ‘Guaranteed’
3

5. State Funding is ‘Guaranteed’
Local Revenue
Sales Tax
&
1/3 of Distributive
Property Tax School
Account
3 State Funding

6. State Funding is ‘Guaranteed’
3

7. State Funding is ‘Guaranteed’
State Funding
Sales Tax Distributive
& School
1/3 of Account
Property Tax
3 Local Revenue

8. We Got More Money...or Did Not?
Distributive School Account (DSA) Funding Per Student
$5,200
$5,180
As adopted
$5,150
$5,136
by 2009
Legislature
$44 less per
$5,100
student than
$5,050
originally
$5,035
appropriate
As revised in d for 2011
$5,000
2010 Special
Session
4 $4,950
2011 Original
2011 Amended
2012

9. Education is a People Business
But We Do Buy a Few Things
($ in millions)
Electricity, Gas, and Utilities 83.5
Fuel & Vehicle Maintenance 13.8
People
Textbooks/Supplies 55.6
Property & Liability Insurance
Classroom Equipment
5.0
5.8
Things
11%
Technical Services
Field Trips
Postage
16.3
4.7
2.1
89%
Repairs and Maintenance 4.5
5 FY 2012 General Operating Budget: Amended Final

10. Many People Are in Schools
Positions
Things People School-Based
Transportation
22,518
1,200
91.7%
4.9%
11%
89%
Central Office 833 3.4%
Total 24,551 100.0%
6 FY 2012 General Operating Budget: Amended Final

11. Good People Cost Money
Salary Step Increases Educational Increments
Earned for years of service Earned for additional education
$33 million + $6 million
= $40 million
Automatic Annual Increase in the Budget
Unless Otherwise Bargained
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12. We Have a Structural Deficit
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14. We’ve Had to Make Tough Choices
things like...
Cutting $35 million from Administrative Units (12%) in 2010 and an
additional $48 million (20%) in 2012
Converting all remaining year-round schools to 9-month in 2011, saving
$13 million (not including Special Education savings)
Consolidating school bell times in 2012, eliminating over 200 buses and
drivers, for an annual savings of $10 million
Reducing school supply and textbook funding by 50% in 2012,
saving $25 million
9 Raising class size in grades 1-3 in 2011, saving $30 million
...continued

15. We’ve Had to Make Tough Choices
...continued
Reducing the district’s mandated unreserved fund balance
from 2% to 1%, generating $22 million in one-time savings
Asking for (and achieving) $34 million in salary and benefit cost savings
in 2011via negotiations with employee groups
Negotiating for additional salary and benefit concessions,
a total of $56 million, in 2012 (some have been achieved)
Reducing school staffing by 3% in 2010, saving $24 million
Eliminating funding for block scheduling in 2010, saving $12 million
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16. How Do We Compare?
Out of the 20 largest school districts in the country, CCSD ranks…
Per Student Expenditures
1. New York City School District $17,923
2. Montgomery County Schools (Maryland) $15,002
3. Prince Georges County Schools (Maryland) $13,541
19. Clark County School District $8,044
20. Wake County Schools (North Carolina) $7,707
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (2008)
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Total Current Expenditures per Student