Funding School Expenditures

Funding School
Expenditures
Laura Bristle
Grand Canyon University: EDA 535
March 31, 2015

Agenda
• Use of Public Resources to Influence Elections
(§16-192)
• Override General Information
• Maintenance and Operations
• District Additional Assistance

§16-192
• A. …schools or charter schools…shall not spend or use public resources to influence an election, including the use or expenditure of monies, accounts, credit, materials, equipment, buildings, facilities, vehicles, postage, telecommunications, computer hardware and software, webpages and personnel and any other thing of value of the public entity.
• B. This section does not prohibit:
• 1. The use of public resources, including facilities and equipment, for government sponsored meetings, forums or debates if the government sponsor remains impartial and the events are purely informational and provide an equal opportunity to all viewpoints.
The rental and use of a public facility by a private person or entity that may lawfully attempt to influence the outcome of an election is permitted if it does not occur at the same time and place as a government sponsored event.

Override General
Information
• Permission to Exceed the State Budget Limit
• Permission must be granted by District Voters

• Limited in Amount
• Limited Duration
• Impacted by Enrollment

Register to Vote!

• Funded by District Property Tax Payers

Maintenance and Operations
(M&O)
• Salaries and benefits for: • Supplies and Materials

• Teachers
• Principals

• Classrooms
• School Offices

• Custodians
• Bus Drivers

• District Departments

• Directors
• Secretaries
• Crossing Guards
• Playground Aides

• Services
• Training for Staf
• Maintenance and Repair of Equipment
• Utilities

Do we already have an override? • The District currently has a 10% M&O Override in place. • That override generates an additional $3,000,000 per school year.
• That override begins to phase out in the 20162017 school year.

Why do we need an override? • M&O overrides are fully funded for five years, then they begin to phase out.
• Voters approved a ten percent override that took efect for the 2010-2011 school year.
• That override will begin to phase out for the 20162017 school year.
• That phase out will reduce the M&O each year for three years.

•Schools are overcrowded and run down! What will the money be used for?
$3 Million Levy
• Supporting school safety including:
• Assistant Principals
• Nursing and custodial staf
• Supervisory aides
• Expansion of transportation routes through unsafe zones

• Increasing and/or maintaining access to:
• Art, music, and physical education
• Full-day Kindergarten
• Opportunities for gifted and high achieving students
• Educational field trips

• Competitive salaries to attract and retain highly qualified teachers and staf • Supplies and materials for classroom instruction

$50 Million Bond
• New High School
• Eliminate over crowding
• Improve facility
• Environment for high academic performance

• New Elementary School
• Eliminate over crowding
• Improve facility
• Environment for high academic performance

What are we asking for?
• The district is asking for permission to exceed its current state funding level.
• The District is asking to replace its current
10% M&O override with a new override.
• That override would generate an additional
$50,000,000
• Full funding would last from 2015-2016 until
2019-2020.

What is the cost to a
Property Owner?
• The current M&O Override costs the owner of a
$100,000 home $100.00 per year.
• The proposed override would cost that homeowner an additional $150.00 per year.
• Total $350.00 per year.

District Additional Assistance
• Curriculum Materials
• Adopted Texts
• Library Books
• Instructional Aids

• Technology
• Software – Supporting
Education and
Administration
• Hardware – In Classrooms and Offices

• Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment
• Student Desks, Tables
• Smart Boards, Vacuum Cleaners,
Water Fountains
• School Buses

• Building Improvements
• Air conditioners,
Carpets, Water Heaters
• Sidewalks, Fences,
Shade Structures
• NEW HIGH SCHOOL
AND ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL

Why are we asking for a DAA
Override now?
• To replace support discontinued at state level.
• Funds carried forward from prior years are almost exhausted. • An override would allow us to fund current basic needs and to begin to support new state standards which require more rigorous curriculum materials and stronger technology and will allow us to build two new schools in order to alleviate the overcrowding in the current schools.

What are we asking?
• Creighton is asking for permission to exceed its state funding level.
• Authorized by District Voters
• Will not exceed $50m.
• Would last for seven years starting with the 20152016 school year.
• Funded by a levy on property within the District.

Factors to consider
• Previously voted down initiatives
• Community Priorities
• Economy of the community

References
A.R.S. §16-192
Leu, M. (2014, October 14). Record number of school districts seek voters ' OK of bonds, overrides. Retrieved April 1, 2015, from http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/ 20131009phoenix-arizona-schools-bid-fillbudget-gaps.html
Sellors, A. (2012, January 1). Overpopulation in schools afecting test scores. Retrieved April 1,
2015, from http://education.seattlepi.com/overpopulationschools-afecting-test-scores-2121.html

References: A.R.S. §16-192 Leu, M. (2014, October 14). Record number of school districts seek voters ' OK of bonds, overrides. Retrieved April 1, 2015, from http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/ 20131009phoenix-arizona-schools-bid-fillbudget-gaps.html Sellors, A. (2012, January 1). Overpopulation in schools afecting test scores. Retrieved April 1, 2015, from http://education.seattlepi.com/overpopulationschools-afecting-test-scores-2121.html