State Board of Education
Discussion of the FY 2014-15 Supplemental Budget Recommendations - January 8, 2014
Strategic Goal 1
(from Draft V7)
Strategic Goal 2
(from Draft V7)
1
2
38,417,147
1
2
14,239,181
4
73,146,548
3
4
$
325,356,270
3
4
$
60,000,000
4
Previously Requested?
1
SBE
2
SBE
Instructional Supplies - Elimination of the non-recurring reduction
to instructional supplies will reinstate the per student funding level $
to $59.33 (up from $33.60 for FY 2012-13).
SBE
Additional funding for the 5 instructional days- The General
Assembly required 5 additional instructional days and funded the
districts that did not obtain a State Board waiver (total funded for
FY 2012-13 was $391,637). It should be noted that LEAs will have
to operate school for 185 days or 1,025 hours in FY 2013-14. This
change from "and" to "or" could impact the actual costs needed
for the additional instructional days. Additional costs include
transportation, substitute and teacher assistant costs.
Transportation costs are estimated at $10.1m. Substitute costs at
$1m. An estimated 30% of the LEAs currently employ the TAs for
instructional days only, so the 5 additional days is estimated to
increase the costs for these employees by $3.1m.
4
SBE
Guaranteed Allotments that are Underfunded:
Annual Leave
Longevity
Short Term Disability
Social Security/Retirement
Torts
Unemployment
Workers Compensation
5
SBE
Salary - Funding to provide a 5% increase for all SPSF personnel
(1% = $52m for certified and $13m for non certified).
Both
Classroom Technology - Estimated funding to accommodate
technology needs in our public schools during implementation of
the Instructional Improvement System. Technology needs include,
handheld devices, digital content, network infrastructure, or
technology facilitators in the school building.
3
6
RttT?
Amount Originally Requested in 201315 Biennial Budget Request
Description
Textbooks - Elimination of the non-recurring reduction to
76,500,000
textbooks will reinstate the per student funding level to $77.16 (up $
from $15.28 for FY 2012-13).
Item
$
State Board of Education
Discussion of the FY 2014-15 Supplemental Budget Recommendations - January 8, 2014
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Previously Requested?
Both
RttT?
Description
NC Teacher Corps - Funding to expand the North Carolina Teacher
Corp program (currently supported by Race to the Top) to include
400 scholarships for teacher candidates ($7,000 each) and
enriching professional development opportunities.
Mentors for Teachers - Funding to provide one mentor for every
25 classroom teachers and instructional support personnel based
on the 2011-12 year's teachers with 0 to 2 years experience &
instructional support with 0 to 1 year of experience.
Amount Originally Requested in 201315 Biennial Budget Request
Strategic Goal 1
(from Draft V7)
$
5,600,000
3
$
29,044,008
3
8
SBE
9
SBE
Assistant Principals - Funding to reduce the Assistant Principal to
students ratio from 1:98.53 to1:80
$
23,315,825
3
10
SBE
Planning Time for Teachers - Funding to provide planning times for
teachers in grades K-5. Based on decreasing the allotment ratio in
$
grades K-5 by .5 to generate additional teaching positions to be
used to assure all teachers in K-5 have a free period. This reflects
an additional 1,054.5 teaching positions.
59,219,666
3
11
SBE
Mentor Program for Principals - Funding to implement a
regionally based mentor program for principals. (793 principals
with < 3 years of experience; ratio 1:15 = 53 positions).
$
4,484,436
3
12
SBE
Training for Lateral Entry Teachers - Funding to support course
attainment by lateral entry teacher. (2,077 lateral entry teachers;
2 courses per year @ $ 250 per course).
$
1,038,500
3
13
SBE
HRMS - Modernize the Human Resource Management System to
interface with other updated systems, e.g., Licensure.
$
1,000,000
4
14
Both
Transportation - Estimated Fuel Shortage - As of mid-September,
the school year to date average fuel cost is $3.39 per gallon.
Funded at $2.51 per gallon and based on statewide usage of 27
million gallons, the projected shortfall for the year is about 23
million dollars if this pricing continues.
$
23,000,000
4
15
SBE
School Buses - Restore the non-recurring reduction to the school
bus replacement program. Restores funding to $56,851,619.
$
20,000,000
4
Strategic Goal 2
(from Draft V7)
State Board of Education
Discussion of the FY 2014-15 Supplemental Budget Recommendations - January 8, 2014
Item
Previously Requested?
RttT?
Description
Amount Originally Requested in 201315 Biennial Budget Request
Strategic Goal 1
(from Draft V7)
Strategic Goal 2
(from Draft V7)
2
16
Both
Additional NCVPS Staff and Operational Funding - Funding to
provide support for quality assurance processes and teacher
effectiveness among its teaching staff. Positions requested include
$
2 Education Consultants, 1 Administrative Assistant, 1 Personnel
Analyst, and 2 IT analysts. Funding is also needed for evaluation,
course development, educational video streaming and supplies.
17
SBE
Nurses - Funding for an additional 960 nursing positions to achieve
the ratio of one nurse to every 750 students as recommended by $
the National Association of School Nurses.
61,145,280
5
18
SBE
Child Nutrition - Funding to support the implementation of
nutrition standards in the Child Nutrition Program. Provide
support to individual schools' lunch programs which are partially
funded from meal charges to students, federal funds for eligible
$
students and local supplements which will insure that students will
perform better in school, have fewer absences and be healthier
overall thus contributing to higher graduation rates and reduced
healthcare costs for NC.
20,032,740
5
19
SBE
$
69,788,255
1
20
SBE
$
730,000
1
21
SBE
$
80,000
4
22
SBE
$
18,535,785
1
23
SBE
$
8,626,278
1
24
SBE
$
1,337,553
5
Exceptional Children - Funding for PreK-12 students to approach
230% of regular student funding. Total cost $279m. Request for
25% of target funding.
Governor's School - Funding to enlarge the Governor's School
program to provide a 6-week session serving a total of 800
students without requiring tuition.
NC Procurement Alliance - Funding to support the NC
Procurement Alliance after GA report indicated that for every
$1.00 invested with the Alliance, LEAs saved $6.00.
AIG - Funding to increase percent of ADM covered by funding
formula from 4% to 5%.
LEP - Funding to provide a 10% increase in funding the academic
needs of the growing Limited English Proficient student
population.
Child and Family Support Teams - Funding to restore 21 nurses
positions decreased in FY 10-11.
991,072
3
State Board of Education
Discussion of the FY 2014-15 Supplemental Budget Recommendations - January 8, 2014
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26
27
28
Previously Requested?
RttT?
Description
Amount Originally Requested in 201315 Biennial Budget Request
Strategic Goal 1
(from Draft V7)
SBE
Graduation Gap - Provide support for interventions purposely
designed to target subgroups of students graduating in percentage
rates lower than the state and/or district average. Specifically, this
funding will support the Graduation Resiliency, an early dropout
prevention reporting system which facilitates early identification
$
of students who may be at-risk of dropping out. Each region (8
regions) will receive $10,000 to provide human, technological,
and professional resources needed to identify, design, and
implement specific intervention strategies to the READY
Accountability Model. An estimated additional $10,000 will be
needed for administrative costs.
90,000
1
SBE
Community Residential Centers - Funding to increase the per child
allocation for Community Residential Centers (CRC) from $14,940.
to $15,355 ($1535.50 /month) to support five added instructional
days. CRCs also provide Extended School Year (ESY) during the
$
summer months. Approximately 110 students receive ESY,
therefore 2 months of additional funding at the higher rate for 110
students needs to be included in the total allocation.
4,360,820
2
SBE
Developmental Day Centers - Funding to increase the per child
allocation for Developmental Day Centers (DDC) from $10,041. to
$10,320 and increase the number of available slots by 50 per year
to reflect impact of student enrollment growth and added
requirement of five instructional days.
$
516,000
2
Both
Special State Reserve - Funding to increase the available funds to
support LEAs and charter schools that serve high cost/high need
students with disabilities who enroll in their school system during
the first 60 days of school. The increased funding reflects
increased demand for these services.
$
1,350,000
1
Strategic Goal 2
(from Draft V7)
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State Board of Education
Discussion of the FY 2014-15 Supplemental Budget Recommendations - January 8, 2014
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Previously Requested?
RttT?
Description
Amount Originally Requested in 201315 Biennial Budget Request
Strategic Goal 1
(from Draft V7)
SBE
Behavioral Support Services - Funding to enable school districts to
provide the intensive behavioral support services needed to
enhance the educational performance for children with disabilities
with chronic and acute behavioral/emotional needs and to meet
$
federal requirements. For 2011-12, school districts requested
$19,674,167. through the grant application process, but the total
allocation from PRC 29 was $11,100,452. Since 2008-09 only an
average of 56% of the requests have been funded.
4,000,000
5
30
SBE
Healthy School Initiative - Funding to provide continued support
for the NC Healthy School Initiative. With the end of federal
funding from the Centers for Disease Control in February 2013,
staff will still be needed to implement new health requirements
$
such as CPR and Driver Education while monitoring existing
policies and practices related to the Healthy Active Children Policy,
the Healthy Youth Act and HIV.
400,000
5
31
SBE
NCCAT - Restore funding to the North Carolina Center for the
Advancement of Teaching.
$
3,000,000
3
Both
ENCSD - Funding for a new summer school initiative for the
Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf. First, venue for the
North Carolina School of Science and Math to host a six week
residential program (one session-housing 100 students). Second,
per DPI's vision, a deaf immersion program (three sessions, each
for two weeks-each housing 50 students) for hearing impaired
students. Funding will also be used to replace old, worn, unsafe
and damaged dorm furniture at the Eastern North Carolina School
for the Deaf. The current replacement needs includes: 68 of each
of the following: beds, wardrobes with 3-drawer chest inserts,
student desk and chair.
$
337,754
5
29
32
Strategic Goal 2
(from Draft V7)
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34
35
36
Previously Requested?
RttT?
Description
Amount Originally Requested in 201315 Biennial Budget Request
Strategic Goal 1
(from Draft V7)
Strategic Goal 2
(from Draft V7)
3
Both
Career Technical Education Program for NCSD - Funding for a
Career Technical Education Program to students at The North
Carolina School for the Deaf in Morganton. This funding will add
four qualified CTE Teachers: one for printing, graphic arts and
$
graphic media; one for STEM, science technology engineering and
math; one for architectural, construction, and wood shop; and one
for automotive and transportation.
238,538
1
Both
Technology Funding for GMS - Funding to support one
Instructional Technology support position as well as low vision and
Braille technology, tablet technology, SMART board purchase, and $
computer/laptop technology replacement at The Governor
Morehead School.
506,068
4
Both
Safety Equipment for GMS and ENCSD - Funding to purchase
safety equipment for the Governor Morehead School (GMS) and
the Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf (ENCSD). GMS will
purchase a campus-wide phone system that includes an autodialing system that will send messages immediately to the police
or fire department in case of emergencies, card-key access system
for campus buildings and update to the current fire alarm system,
a campus wide siren that will enable us to notify all students and
staff in case of emergency such as tornado and other severe
emergencies, and voice-activated electronic lobby guard installed
at Lineberry. At ENCSD, the school also needs to restrict access to
the campus by establishing a fence and guard house at the
entrance to the school with Lobby Guard installed.
$
858,000
5
Both
GMP and EI/DHH - Funding to increase working months for
Governor Morehead Preschool (GMP) and Early Intervention/Deaf
Hard of Hearing (EI/DHH) staff positions from ten or eleven
$
months to twelve months to meet federal mandate for year
around services. Funding will also support a technology "renewal
cycle". The request is based on a five-year replacement plan that
refreshes laptops, printers, and toner cartridges.
436,244
4
3
State Board of Education
Discussion of the FY 2014-15 Supplemental Budget Recommendations - January 8, 2014
Item
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Previously Requested?
H393
RttT?
RttT
Description
Amount Originally Requested in 201315 Biennial Budget Request
Statewide Instructional Improvement System - Provides funding to
cover contract for Learning objects and content libraries that are
typically sold with the Online Learning Exchange products for
Science and Social Studies for grades K-12; Assessment items from
Pearson’s new “Next Generation” Assessment item bank for
English/Language Arts and Math for grades K-12; Assessment
$
items that are typically sold with NWEA Formative Assessment
item bank for Science and Social Studies; and Open Education
Resources (OER) for English/Language Arts, Math, Science, and
Social Studies.
Strategic Goal 1
(from Draft V7)
6,000,000
4
38
H393
RttT
Professional Development - Provides funding to continue
developing and support local capacity to ensure that all teachers
and principals have access ongoing to efficient and effective
training and materials that support their professional
improvement.
$
6,000,000
3
39
H393
RttT
Turning Around the Lowest Achieving Schools - Provides funding to
Improve and sustain student academic achievement in the state’s
$
lowest-achieving schools by building capacity in those schools and
their districts.
9,000,000
3
40
H393
RttT
Incentives for Lowest-Achieving Schools - Provides funding to
reward and retain effective educators in hard-to-staff schools.
$
5,000,000
3
RttT
Regional Leadership Academies - Provides funding to increase the
number of principals prepared to lead transformational change in
NC’s lowest achieving schools - Continue 3 academies: Northeast,
Sandhills, and Piedmont Triad.
$
8,000,000
3
$
5,000,000
3
$
1,500,000
3
41
H393
42
H393
RttT
Induction Support in High-Need Schools - Provides funding to
increase new teachers’ likelihood of success and retention in the
lowest-achieving schools by providing coaching and support for
those entering.
43
H393
RttT
Student Survey of Teacher Performance - Provides funding to
collect and analyze student perceptions about classroom culture
and practices (for use as one of multiple data points reflecting on
teacher effectiveness/helping teachers improve.
Strategic Goal 2
(from Draft V7)
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Both
Literacy Coaches - Funding to restore literacy coaches in middle
schools.
$
28,343,385
1
Both
Extended Learning Opportunity (ELO) - Funding ELOs in reading to
support S.L. 2012-142 by providing additional reading intervention
and to reduce the overall cost of the new promotion policy by
reducing the number of students expected to be served during the
$
summer reading camps. For 2014-15, an allocation of
$200/student for approximately 28% of the Kindergarten, 23% of
the grades 1 and 2, and 25% of the grade 3 student population
needing reading intervention support.
23,150,258
1
New Item
Interstate commission on educational opportunity for military
children. The mobile military lifestyle creates tough challenges for
children who attend, on average, six to nine different school
systems from kindergarten to 12th grade. In addition, these
children often endure anxiety as a result of parental separation
during deployments. 46 States plus the District of Columbia have
joined a compact to help overcome these educational transition
issues of children of military families. The Office of the Secretary of
Defense, working through its Defense-State Liaison Office,
collaborated with the Council of State Governments to develop the $
Compact. A variety of federal, state and local officials as well as
national stakeholder organizations representing education groups
and military families were included in the creation of this
interstate agreement. The cost for joining the compact is based
on the number of military children living in the State. Any State
with 60,000 students or more is capped at $60,000. We are
currently funded at $48,306 and our bill for FY 2013 was $54,491.
Thus request will bring funding to $60,000. For more information:
http://www.mic3.net
11,694
1
46
Description
Strategic Goal 1
(from Draft V7)
Previously Requested?
45
RttT?
Amount Originally Requested in 201315 Biennial Budget Request
Item
Strategic Goal 2
(from Draft V7)
State Board of Education
Discussion of the FY 2014-15 Supplemental Budget Recommendations - January 8, 2014
Item
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48
49
50
Previously Requested?
RttT?
Description
Amount Originally Requested in 201315 Biennial Budget Request
Strategic Goal 1
(from Draft V7)
New Item
Cooperative Innovative High School Programs - The State Board of
Education and the appropriate board(s) of the Institutions of
Higher Education (IHE) provide a programmatic review and
approval of proposed programs. The General Assembly must
approve all associated funding requests for each application. The
General Assembly may approve funding requests in whole or in
$
part, or may choose not to provide funding.
The State Board is considering 8 requests from 5 school districts at
the January 2014 meeting. Of the requested programs, the
Department of Public Instruction is recommending 6 schools. If
approved, and the programs are funded at the same level of
current cooperative innovative high school programs, each school
will receive $310,669.
1,864,014
3
New Item
Summer Reading Camps - Funding to support additional
enrollment of 3rd Grade students in summer reading camps per SL
2012-142. Anticipated increase in funding needed is due to larger $
than expected number of students not reaching proficiency on 3rd
Grade Reading EOG.
10,000,000
1
New Item
Small County Supplemental Funding - Funding to support return to
former funding formula, based on six distinct calculations to
ensure that small school systems have sufficient funding to deliver
$
an education program. Two possible options: 1) return to old
formula at a cost of $3.2M or 2) return to old formula with revision
to make it cost neutral.
3,198,277
4
New Item
Agency Support - Funding needed to support NCDPI functions. For
example, key areas of need include support for Home Base and
charter schools. Final cost of demonstrated need to be
determined.
1
Strategic Goal 2
(from Draft V7)