Presented by:
William Toole, Board Vice President
Joseph Jones, Superintendent
Kara Huber, Business Administrator

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August 2012 – Board met to discuss budgetary goals
October 2012 – Business Administrator met with district Budget managers to advise them of budgetary goals
October - November 2012 – Budget Managers compiled area budgets and met with
Superintendent and Business Administrator
December 2012- January 2013 – District wide budget was compiled
February 2013 – Superintendent and Business Administrator met to review budget requests. Also, met with Board Business Operations Committee to review different state aid scenarios.
March 2013- After state aid numbers were received and reviewed, Business
Operations Committee met one last time to finalize proposed budget to the entire
Board of Education.
March 6, 2013 - Board of Education approves for submission to the County
Education Office for approval.
March 21, 2013 – Board of Education received approval of proposed budget
March 27, 2013 – Public Presentation of the 2013-14 Budget and Board of Education takes final vote whether to approve budget as is or to make changes to the budget.

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Operating Fund tax levy and Debt Service tax levy changes offset each other for 2013-14 which means no additional local tax dollars are being raised.
Existing programs are maintained in the 2013-14 budget.
An increase of two elementary BSI teaching positions by
0.2 FTE each and one new teaching position at Jr.-Sr. High
Facility Project budget is decreased from $500,000 to
$270,000 in the 2013-14 budget (plan to restore normal funding in the 14-15 budget).
Jr.-Sr. High School will be undergoing a roof replacement funded through Capital Reserve.

 Revenue Sources
 Fund Balance
 Tax Levy
 Miscellaneous Income (Tuition, Interest)
 State Aid (SFRA-Formula)
 State Aid (School Choice)
 State Aid (Medicaid reimbursement)
 State Aid (Extraordinary Aid)
Link to User Friendly Budget

 School Funding Reform Act (SFRA) formula –
 Student weighting formula has been negatively altered by the NJDOE for the second year in a row.
 This has arbitrarily decreased the district’s Adequacy
Budget.
 Nonetheless, Woodbury City is once again underfunded.
For the 2013-14 school year, the district is shorted $3.5 million in state aid, even when using the lesser statedetermined weights.

$16 000 000
$15 000 000
$14 261 911
$14 821 467
$15 319 556 $15 319 556
$14 386 252
$15 344 248
$14 000 000
$13 000 000
$12 000 000
$11 000 000
$10 000 000
$11 432 822
$11 930 033
$10 770 826
$11 235 066
$11 612 660
$11 851 261
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
Aid Before Cap
2011-12
Actual State Aid
2012-13 2013-14
Link to State Aid Notice

 State Aid increases by 2.4% for the 2013-14 school year.
 Includes new Inter-district Public School Choice aid of
$41,796
 Future increases in enrollment for Woodbury’s program should result in more state aid in future years.
 School Development Authority (SDA) assessment is
$50k higher than the 12-13 year. This is an added expense that negates some of the above increase in state aid.

 2012-13 General & Debt Tax Levy – 11,929,829.
 2013-14 General & Debt Tax Levy – 11,929,684
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 Appropriation (Budget) Categories
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Salaries
Benefits
Instructional Costs (supplies, etc)
Facility (maintenance, Insurance, energy, renovations)
Technology (Network, replacement cycles, email, supplies)
Co-Curricular and Athletics
Alternative School Program
Summer School Programs
After School tutoring programs
Link to User Friendly Budget

 It is unclear exactly how the projected decrease in
Federal Aid for NCLB and IDEIA will impact the school district.
 The District has budgeted some items typically paid for with these funds into the general fund budget in order to protect necessary programs supported through federal dollars.
 The District typically receives the allocation notices in
June or July for these funds.

 Funding increased by $95,848
 Allows for the continuation of the existing full-day preschool classroom
 Allows for an additional full-day preschool classroom
 2013-14 Preschool Program will consist of
 2 Full-Day classrooms
 2 Half-Day classrooms

 Technology Consultant for the City of Woodbury
 Occupational Therapy, Evaluation & Research
Coordinator
 Ed Data – Joint Purchasing of school supplies
 Cooperative Energy (electricity) Purchasing
 Special Education programming
 Select transportation routes shared through Gateway and Special Services
 Insurance pool participation
 Gas purchases through the City of Woodbury

 Walnut Principal AND Director of Special Services
 Evergreen Principal AND Supervisor of Elementary
Curriculum and Instruction (PK – 5)
 West End Principal AND NCLB Grant Coordinator
 Athletic Director, Activity Coordinator AND
Transportation Coordinator
 Supervisor of Alternative Program AND High School
Teacher

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 More detailed information regarding the 2013-14 budget can be found on the front page of the district’s website.
Link to User Friendly Budget