Coquitlam Board of

EducationBudget Presentation

April 9, 2013

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School District No.43

• Serves the communities of Coquitlam, Port Moody Port Coquitlam, Anmore and Belcarra

• Contains 5.8% of provincial enrolment of 541,600 school aged and adult funded fte enrolment.

• 3rd largest district in the province• Schools

– 45 Elementary– 13 Middle– 9 Secondary (inc. CABE)– Several other specialty alternative schools

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Achievement Levels

Partners Include:

• Coquitlam Teacher’s Association (CTA)• Canadian Union of Public Workers (CUPE)• Coquitlam Principals and Vice Principals

Association (CPVPA)• District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC)• Coquitlam Management Group (CMG)

Student achievement results show performance significantly above both the national and provincial norms on almost every measure. Our goals are focused on helping our students to acquire a series of attributes to help prepare them for the uncertainty of life in the 21st Century. These include helping students to become Learners, Thinkers, Innovators, Collaborators, Contributors.

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District Leadership

• Work closely and collaboratively with outside agencies

• Structured District Committees are designed to support our Dream, our Intentions and our Directions

• Professional staff• Leaders in our commitments to Social Responsibility,

Safe Schools and Mindful Leadership• Enhance Ministry Directives and Mandates

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District Leadership

• Network with our Community• Committed to Professional Learning• Assess what we do and how we do it• Developed school and classroom resources

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Program DeliveryThe Coquitlam School District has embraced the mandate of individualized learning through an expanded educational offering through programs of choice such as;

• The International Baccalaureate Program• Reggio• Montessori• Inquiry Hub• Suwa'lkh • ELSA (English Language Services for Adults)• Various language programs

• And other programs such as Encompass, SWIS, COL etc.

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District Identity

Learning Without Boundaries

Success in Life for all

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Sources of Revenue

The vast majority of school district grants come from provincial grants through the Ministry of Education’s funding allocation system.

Coquitlam School District derives additional revenues from a strong international education program, learning innovation network (LINC), including continuing education, rental of facilities, investment income, etc.

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2012/13 Budgeted Revenues By Source

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Ministry of Education, $244.6

92%

International Education, $14.4

5%

Continuing Education, $2.6

1%

Other Fees and Revenue, $5.2

2%

Student Enrolment

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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 201228,000

28,500

29,000

29,500

30,000

30,500

31,000

31,500

32,000

32,500

Provincial Funding• There is no increase in operating grants for the educational

system for the 2013/14 year

• As a result of province wide declining enrolment the basic student grant will increase $116 to $6,900 per fte student.

• 52 school districts are reporting declining enrolment with 44 of these school districts qualifying for declining enrolment funding or funding protection supplements - $51.9 million

• Provincial Enrolment Holdback of $59.6 million ($51.3 million in 2012/13)

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School District Operating Expenditures

Provincial Average

Instruction 83.30%

District Administration 3.20%

Operations and Maintenance 11.50%

Transportation 2.00%

Coquitlam

Instruction 87.00%

District Administration 2.50%

Operations and Maintenance 10.00%

Transportation 0.50%

School District Operating Spending2012/13

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Coquitlam

Salaries 71.56%

Employee Benefits 20.36%

Supplies & Services 8.08%

Provincial Average

Salaries 71.41%

Employee Benefits 17.12%

Supplies & Services 11.47%

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School District Budgeted FTE EmployeesSeptember 2012

Teachers, 63.1

%

Principals & VP,

4.0%

Other Prof,

1.3%

Sup-port Staff; 18.8%

Educa-tional Assis-tant; 12.8% Coquitlam

Teachers,

55.8%Principals &

VP, 4.6%

Other Prof, 2.9%

Support Staff; 19.8%

Educational Assistant;

16.9% Province

Staffing Levels

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20120

250

500

750

1,000

1,250

1,500

1,750

2,000

2,250

2,500

2,750

3,000

45 46 36 37 37 39 39113 108 110 108 110 111 116

543 535 534 529 534 529 544

350 352 360 367 363 381 369

1,732 1,717 1,715 1,684 1,737 1,795 1,822

TeachersEduc AssistantsOther CUPE StaffP/VPOther Prof

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

-35.00

-15.00

5.00

25.00

45.00

65.00

85.00

105.00

-2.17

-32.84

20.31

77.94

105.27

2.00 0.00 2.00 2.50

7.50

-1.70 -0.20 -0.20

1.801.80

8.39 9.69 10.39

23.95 26.82

Cumulative Change by Staffing Group

Total FTE Teachers

Total FTE Principals & Vice-Principals

Total FTE Other Professionals

Total FTE All Support Staff

. 1530 Report Funding Allocation System

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Budget Reflection

• Over projected enrolment and revenues

• Under projected costs and expenditures

• Did not build in any contingencies

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Budget Challenges 2013/2014

Enrolment Declines Enrolment demographics and school capacity Employee benefit increases (CPP & EI 4%; EHB & Dental 3%; EAP 2%) Teacher Pension Plan increases of 1.3% of salary Other Retirement benefit increases Inflation of 2% in Services and Supplies Utilities – Electricity, Gas and water/sewer increases Transition from HST back to GST /PST Increasing Special Education needs Carbon offsets and reporting costs continue Probable deficit carry forward from current year

Even with the increase in the basic student grant some reductions will be required in order to balance the budget for 2013/2014

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Operating Budget Summary

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2013/2014 Preliminary

2012/2013 Amended/Projected Variance

RevenueOperating Grant - Ministry of Education 248,144,063 245,106,351 3,037,712 Other Provincial Grants 757,423 767,423 (10,000) Other Fees and Revenues 22,716,981 21,301,981 1,415,000

Total Revenue 271,618,467 267,175,755 4,442,712

SalariesTeachers 136,184,754 135,514,139 670,615 Principals and Vice Principals 11,663,561 11,921,561 (258,000) Educational Assistants 13,064,094 13,064,094 - Support Staff 22,931,744 22,537,264 394,480 Other Professionals 4,269,969 4,130,069 139,900 Substitutes 9,236,259 8,879,259 357,000

Total Salaries 197,350,381 196,046,386 1,303,995

Benefits 61,266,895 57,192,721 4,074,174 Services and Supplies 25,179,108 22,074,108 3,105,000

Total Expenses 283,796,384 275,313,215 8,483,169

Operating Surplus ( Deficit) for Year (12,177,917) (8,137,460) (4,040,457)