Budget Presentation
DPAC
May 24, 2011
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Provide a broad overview of the status of
school funding in the legislature
Look at the District’s 2011-2012 initial
budget projections from a current law
perspective
Look at timelines
◦ Legislative action on budget
◦ GPISD budget consideration and adoption
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level of public school funding
for the next biennium currently
rests with the Legislature
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House version passed on 4/3/2011 by a vote
largely along party lines: 98 yeas, 49 nays, 2
present not voting.
Senate passed its version on 5/4/2011 by a
vote also mostly along party lines: 19 yeas,
12 nays.
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Funding reductions in the House version of
HB1 have been described by some observers
as “Draconian”
Senate version reduces funding for public
education, but not as significantly as the
House version
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The Appropriations Bills determine the level
of funding
The School Finance Bills will determine how
the appropriated funding will be distributed
◦ HB 2485 by Hochberg
◦ SB 22 by Shapiro
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The above are the two bills that currently are
receiving the most discussion
Legislative deadlines are here or rapidly
approaching
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Amount of the reduction in funding for public
education that will emerge from the
Conference Committee
Method for allocating the reduction to the
individual public school districts across the
State
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Pro-active leadership by our Board of
Trustees and Superintendent has put us in a
position to be close to a “breakeven” for
2011-2012 under current law
◦ Reduced 100 positions through voluntary attrition
◦ Reductions in non-payroll budgets
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May 24 - the last day the House can consider
senate bills on second reading
May 29 - the deadline for the House to adopt
conference committee reports
May 30 - the last day of the regular session
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We hope, based on the Legislative timeline,
that we will have information at the Board’s
June meeting on state funding
If a Special Session becomes reality, we could
be looking at a scenario where GPISD will
need to adopt a budget before we know the
level of state funding
Questions?