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The mystery of CPS budgeting

Like school lunches, you never really know what goes in it, just that it

doesnt taste so good in the end.

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Before this year

Schools allocated teachers based on the number of students.Elementary school with 600 students

1 principal

1 teaching assistant principal

1 art ormusic teacher1 PE orlibrarian

1 clerk

1 counselor

19 teachers

(1 teacher for every 28 first and third graders,1 teacher for every 31 fourth through eighth graders,

1 teacher for every 28 high school student for core classes)

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The old system

More or less money depending on the special

needs of the students, such as poverty,

disabilities, and limited English proficiency.

Small enrollment swings didnt change the

bottom line.

Less flexibility for principals

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This year: Student-based budgeting

Core allocation money follows the student.

$4,140 perstudent

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How CPS arrived at this amount

Adding together last years expenditures on thingsthat would be covered by SBB. Including:

Quota positions

College ready funds Full school day positions

Summer clerks and programmers

= $2 billion But the amount was reduced by $81 millionbecause of the districts budget deficit

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$4,140 X enrollment = SBB amount?

NO

Depends on:

No. of students in each grade,

No. of special education

students

the amount of time special

education spent outside of

regular classes.

Enrollmentcategory

SBBweighting

K-3 Gen Ed/LRE

1/LRE 2 1.074-8 Gen Ed/LRE

1/LRE 2

1

6-8 Gen

Ed/LRE1

1.24

9-12 Gen

Ed/LRE 1 1.24K-3 LRE 3 40% of 1.07

4-8 LRE 3 40% of 1

9-12 LRE 2 70% of 1.24

9-12 LRE 2 40% of 1.23

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On top of SBB schools get:

Administrative base to pay for 1 principal, 1

counselor and 1 clerk

Salary adjustment for veteran teachers

Extra teachers for magnet schools and magnet

cluster schools

Federal and state poverty money, based onnumber of students who qualify for free and

reduced lunch.

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Bateman Elementary School

Steady Enrollment:

919 in 2013; 916 2014

High bilingual pop:

16% city average,34% Bateman

Average special educationpopulation:

12% citywide; 11% Bateman

Free/Reduced lunch:

85% citywide; 92% Bateman

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Bateman General Education FundFY 2013 FY 2014

College Ready Funding $296,517 0

Full Day Kindergarten $222,430 0

General Education Fund $3,831,121 $355,324

Public Building Commission $74,714 0

Special Education Fund $95,500 $27,931

State Special Education BlockGrant

$326,605 $338,140

Student Based Budgeting 0 $3,932,231

Supplemental AncillaryTeaching Positions

$137,988 0

Transportation - Personnel 0 $41,468

Workers'& Unemployment $81,737 $92,464

Grand total 5,069,323 4,787,558

Longer school day fund

$3.9 mill/916 student =

$4,100

*

*

* In the past, schools were getting extramoney for a variety of things. An example

is full-day kindergarten or sometimes a

grant funded positions and the school kept

the postions.

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Bateman: Other money

General budget decreased, other areas held steady.

Overall, budget was down about $87,000.

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So what did Bateman do?

One less instructional position:

55 in 2013; 54 in 2014

Including 1 principal; 2 assistant principals; 14

bilingual teachers

Six less support staff:

30 in 2013; 24 in 2014

Including two security officers, one lunchroom

attendant and two clerks

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Charter schools

Same per-pupil amountas district run school.

Extra per studentinstead of theadministrative basethat district run schoolsget

Extra per studentinstead of the salaryadjustment that someschools got

Extra stipend becausedistrict-run schools get

in-kind services, such asoperations,maintenance andsecurity. Also, includesmagnet positions.

Elem k - 3 Elem 4-8 H.S.

Weighting 1.07 1 1.24

Per pupil $4,429 $4,140 5,132

Admin Base $542 $507 $623

Teacher

adjustment

$98 $91 $112

Stipend for

services

$1,758 $1,643 $2020

Total $6827 $6381 $7887

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For more information

To find information about specific schools:http://www.cps.edu/finance/FY14Budget/Pages/Budget.aspx

School-level budgets are under Interactive

Reports under the Find your school budget tab Read Catalyst-Chicago online and in print

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