This document summarizes a school district's 2012-2013 budget. It discusses declining state aid, cuts made over the past two years including positions and programs, drivers of increased costs like health insurance and retirement costs, proposed cuts for the coming year including positions and programs, keeping the budget within the tax cap with a estimated tax rate increase of 1.27%, and asking voters to approve the $20,506,817 budget and elect a school board candidate.

1. 2012-13 BUDGET
Balancing Our Students’ Future with
the Community’s Ability to Pay

2. Quotes
 “I think the inequity in education is probably
the civil rights issue of our time. There are
two education systems in this state. Not
public and private. One for the rich and one
for the poor and they’re both public
systems.”
 “. . . is committed to redistributing state
school aid from wealthy, politically powerful
suburban school districts and sending more
dollars to high-need rural and urban schools,
saying that he had a duty to be “the great
equalizer’.”

3. Who was the speaker for
both?
Andrew Cuomo in 2010

4. The Concept
Cost to provide
State Aid Fair Education
State Aid
Local State Aid
Ability to
Pay Local
Ability to
Pay
Local
Ability
Higher Average Lower
Wealth Wealth Wealth

5. Loss of Aid
Year State Aid Loss
2010-2011 1.2 Million
2011-2012 2.0 Million

6. Our Budget
Year Budget Change
2008-09 $20,691,523
2009-10 $20,617,865 -0.36%
2010-11 $20,678,584 +0.29%
2011-12 $20,380,583 -1.44%
2013-13 $20,506,817 +0.62%

7. Two years ago
 Two elementary positions
 Half an Administrative position
 One English position (retirement)
 Share Occupational and Physical Therapy services
 ES Home School Counselor
 .4 School Psychologist (voluntary change)
 Two Teaching Assistants
 In-House Support for Assistive Technology (.5
Speech)
 One ELL (English Language Learners-retirement)
 Physical Education (retirement, .5 replacement)
 Clerk Typist (retirement)
 Network Technician (.4)

8. Last year
 One Reading Teacher
 One Salaried Bus Driver
 One Social Studies Teacher
 One Special Education Teacher
 One RTI coordinator
 .5 Art Teacher
 .5 Enrichment Teacher
 .5 Math Teacher
 .5 Speech Teacher
 .4 English Teacher

9. This Year
Overall aid increase of
$358,516
Along with adjustments to expense based aids.
This includes increases of:
$43,775 Foundation Aid
$312,137 Gap Elimination Aid

10. State Aid Over Time
25,000,000
20,000,000
15,000,000
10,000,000
5,000,000
0
05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13
Budget 17,174,303 18,792,757 19,987,180 20,691,523 20,617,865 20,678,584 20,330,584 20,506,817
State Aid 8,864,024 9,680,856 10,190,000 10,759,000 11,000,000 10,038,237 8,950,541 9,309,057
Percentage 51.61% 51.51% 50.98% 52.00% 53.35% 48.54% 44.03% 45.39%

11. Is New York really “38th in results?”
38th?

12. NYS Education System is Highly
Ranked
NYS is ranked 3rd overall at 83.9

13. Our Graduation Rates
Graduation
Year Rate
2009 93%
2010 93%
2011 94%

14. Revenue
2011-12 2012-13 Change
State Aid $8,950,500 $9,309,057 $358,516
Federal Aid $478,000 $0 ($478,000)
Use of Reserves $860,000 $820,000 ($40,000)
Sales Tax $400,000 $400,000 0
Other $310,100 $383,000 $73,000
Property Taxes $9,232,000 $9,444,760 $212,761
Fund Balance $150,000 $150,000 0
Total Revenue $20,380,600 $20,506,817 $126,217

15. Revenue Comparison

16. 2012-13 BUDGET
The Major Cost Drivers
 Health Ins up 18% = $ 424,000
 Retirements Costs
 ERS up 20% = $ 66,700
 TRS up 13.25% = $ 121,800
 Total = $ 595,500

17. Across the Board Changes
 Professional Salaries 2%
 Staff Salaries 2.8%
 Equipment Budget (10%)
 Contractual Items (5%)
 Materials and Supplies (10%)
 BOCES 2%

18. Enrollment
Enrollment December 2011
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

19. Cuts-Right-sizing
 .6 English
 .8 Science
 .4 Social Studies
 1 Special Education (may not be a job loss
if students brought back to district)
 .5 Groundskeeper

20. Cuts to Program
Cut Covered
.5 Elementary HS librarian covers MS library
ES librarian picks up Enrichment
.5 Math AIS Support in classroom provided by Teaching
Assistants in K-2
.9 Math 7-12 AIS supported by Learning Center (HS), teaching
assistants (grade 5,6) and math teachers (grades
7,8)
1.0 Reading High School Reading Teacher moves to ES
3-ES, 2-MS, 1-HS remain

21. Additional Cuts
 Cut all field trips except end of the year
4th, 8th and 12th grade celebrations.
 Only have one modified team in soccer
and basketball.
 Implement bus stops on bus run where
appropriate.

22. Budget Comparison

23. 2012-13 Budget
Within the Tax Cap Limit
Estimated Levy increases 2.3%
Estimated Rate increases 1.28%
Tax Rate increase/$1,000 $.29
House assessed at $100,000 $29.00

24. Tax Rate
Tax Rate Assessed/$1,000 11-12 $23.05
12-13 $23.34
Increase 1.27%
Tax Rate True/$1,000 11-12 $23.05
12-13 $23.34
Increase 1.27%

25. 2011-12 School STAR Exemption
BASIC STAR $30,000
BASIC STAR is available to anyone who owns and lives
in his or her home and earns less than $500,000
Enhanced STAR $62,200
Enhanced STAR is available to senior homeowners
whose incomes do not exceed $79,050

26. Effect of STAR Exemption Amounts
ENHANCED
BASIC STAR
Example: STAR
Assessed Value of Property $100,000 $100,000
2011-12 Exemption Amount ($30,000) ($62,200)
Taxable Value of Home $70,000 $37,800
Est. Tax Rate on Assessed Value * $0.02334 $0.02334
Est. taxes owed after STAR Exemption * * $1,634 $882
* Estimated tax rate per $1,000 of
Taxable Assessed Value without STAR $23.34 $23.34
* * Effective tax rate per $1,000 of
Taxable Assessed Value with STAR
Exemption $16.34 $8.82

27. Elementary School

28. Middle School

29. High School

30. VOTE
Tuesday, May 15th
1-9 PM
Williamson Middle School Cafeteria

31. Proposition 1: Budget 2012-2013 School Year
Shall the proposed budget for the 2012-2013
school year, in the amount of $20,506,817 ,
be approved?
Select one Board Candidate:
Patrick Wright

32. NELSON MANDELA
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use
to change the world.
We believe that this budget has balanced
our students’ future with the community’s
ability to pay

33. Questions