AGENDA
SPECIAL
MEETING
[Vote on the
School Board Recommended 2008-2009 Budget]
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 26, 2008
7:00 p.m. – CATC Cafeteria
7:00 p.m. – SPECIAL MEETING:
1) Opening:
A.
Call to
Order
2) 2007-2008
Calendar Discussion:
3) Public
Comment on the Budget:
4) Approval
of Budget:
A. Motion to approve all of the below
Expenditures in the following Cost Center Categories within the Proposed
Operating Budget for school year 2008-2009 in the total amount of $_27,569,412.
|
Move to approve all of the below Expenditures
in the following Cost Center Categories within the Proposed Operating Budget
for school year 2008-2009 in the total amount of $_27,569,412. |
Motion: Yeas: Nays: Vote: |
______________ Second: ______________ Motion (Passed/Failed)
_____ to _____ |
ARTICLES 1 THROUGH 11 AUTHORIZE EXPENDITURES IN THE
ARTICLE 1: To see what sum the City will be authorized to expend for Regular Instruction.
School
Board Recommends $
9,379.960
City Council Recommend $
ARTICLE 2: To see what sum the City will be authorized to expend for Special Education.
School
Board Recommends $
3,850,473
City Council Recommend $
ARTICLE 3: To see what sum the City will be authorized to expend for Career and Technical Education.
School Board Recommends $ 2,772,660
City Council Recommend $
ARTICLE 4: To see what sum the City will be authorized to expend for Other Instruction.
School
Board Recommends $
686,531
City Council Recommend $
ARTICLE 5: To see what sum the City will be authorized to expend for Student and Staff Support.
School
Board Recommends $
2,290,430
City Council Recommend $
ARTICLE 6:. To see what sum the City will be authorized to expend for System Administration.
School
Board Recommends $
633,108
City Council Recommend $
ARTICLE 7: To see what sum the City will be authorized to expend for School Administration.
School
Board Recommends $
1,383,547
City Council Recommend $
ARTICLE 8: To see what sum the City will be authorized to expend for Transportation.
School
Board Recommends $
954,615
City Council Recommend $
ARTICLE 9: To see what sum the City will be authorized to expend for Facilities Maintenance.
School
Board Recommends $
2,451,630
City Council Recommend $
ARTICLE 10: To see what sum the City will be authorized to expend for Debt Service and Other Commitments.
School
Board Recommends $
2,879,750
City Council Recommend $
ARTICLE 11: To see what sum the City will be authorized to expend for All Other Expenditures.
School
Board Recommends $
286,708
City Council Recommend $
ARTICLES12 THROUGH 14 RAISE FUNDS FOR PROPOSED SCHOOL BUDGET
ARTICLE 12: Shall the City raise and appropriate $ 9,030,432 for the total cost of funding public education from Pre-kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act and to see what sum the municipality will raise as the municipality’s contribution to the total cost of funding public education from Per-kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15688.
School
Board Recommends
Explanation: The City’s contribution to the total cost of funding public education from Pre-kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act is the amount of money determined by state law to be the minimum amount that a municipality must raise in order to receive the full amount of state dollars*.
*Subsidy amount estimated at March
26. The state has not, as of this date, enacted
funding for 2008-9.
ARTICLE 13: Shall the
City raise and appropriate $ 349,637 for the annual payments on debt service
previously approved by the legislative
body for non-state-funded school construction projects, non-state-funded
portions of school construction projects and minor capital projects in addition
to the funds appropriated as the local share of the school administrative
unit’s contribution to the total cost of funding public education from Pre-kindergarten
to grade 12.
School
Board Recommends $349,637
Explanation:
Non-state-funded debt service is the amount of money needed for the annual
payments on the municipality/district long-term debt for major capital school
construction projects and minor capital renovation projects that are not
approved for state subsidy. The bonding
of this long-term debt was previously approved by the voters or other
legislative body.
ARTICLE 14: Shall the City raise and appropriate $752,505 in additional local funds, which exceeds the State’s Essential Programs and Services allocation model by $266,976 as required to fund the budget recommended by the School Board? (Written ballot required)
School Board recommends $752,505
for additional local funds and gives the following reasons for exceeding the State’s Essential Programs and Services funding model by $266,976:
Extra and co curricular activities, system administration, special education, contingency and the City’s retirement bond, exceed the state’s EPS funding model*.
Explanation: The additional local funds are those locally raised funds over and above the City’s local contribution to the total cost of funding public education from Pre-kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act and local amounts raised for the annual payment on non-state funded debt service that will help achieve the City’s budget for educational programs.
* EPS estimated at March 26. The State has not, as of this date, enacted
funding for 2008-09.
ARTICLE 15 SUMMARIZES THE PROPOSED SCHOOL BUDGET
ARTICLE 15: To see what sum the City will authorize the School Board to expend for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008 and ending June 30, 2009 from the City’s contribution to the total cost of funding public education from Pre-kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act, non-state-funded school construction projects, additional local funds for school purposes under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15690, unexpended balances, tuition receipts, state subsidy and other receipts for the support of schools.
School Board Recommends $ 27,569,412
ARTICLE 16: Shall the City appropriate $575,272 for Adult Education and raise $348,165 as the local share; with authorization to expend any additional, incidental, or miscellaneous receipts in the interest and for the well-being of the adult education program.
School
Board Recommends $575,272 and
$348,165
5)
Adjourn:
A.
Motion
to adjourn:
|
Move to adjourn. |
Motion: Yeas: Nays: Vote: Time: |
______________ Second:
______________ Motion
(Passed/Failed) _____ to _____ _______p.m. |
Next Business Meeting of Board of Education
7:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 9, 2008
CATC Cafeteria