1. 2012-13 BUDGET
A sound, basic education for all

2. Our Mission
“…we recognized that by mandating a school
system ‘wherein all the children of this state
may be educated,’ the State has obligated
itself constitutionally to ensure the availability
of a ‘sound basic education’ to all its
children.”
-Court of Appeals Decision – June 26, 2003
Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. The State of New York

3. 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.”
“Mr. Cuomo also 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 the
governor had a duty to be “the great equalizer.”

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

5. 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%

6. 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)

7. 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

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

9. 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

10. The Problem
NYS
NYS Schools
Schools with CWR
Williamson Average >2.5
Combined Wealth
Ratio 0.499 1.00 5.3
Expenditures Per
Pupil $17,437 $19,921 $30,978
Local Revenue Effort 20.08 14.00 9.60

11. The Problem
Per Student NYS
Per Student Schools
Williamson w/CWR >2.5
Gap Elimination
2011-12 Budget ($1,474) ($515)
Gap Restoration 2012-13
Budget $113 ($ 5)
Gap Remaining ($1,361) ($510)

12. State Budget Increases
School Aid Decreases
$100
$90
$80
$70
$60
$ Billion
$50 Operating Funds
$40 School Aid
$30
$20
$10
$0
2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012

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

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

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

16. Revenue
2011-12 2012-13 $ Diff % Diff
State Aid $8,950,500 $9,130,000 $179,500 2.0%
Federal Aid $478,000 $0 ($478,000) -100.0%
Use of Reserves $860,000 $910,000 $50,000 5.8%
Sales Tax $400,000 $400,000 $0 0.0%
Other $310,100 $300,000 ($10,100) -3.3%
Property Taxes $9,232,000 $9,416,700 $184,700 2.0%
Fund Balance $150,000 $150,000 $0 0.0%
Total Revenue $20,380,600 $20,306,700 ($73,900)

17. 2012-13 BUDGET
Expenditure Assumptions
Professional Salaries + 2%
Staff Salaries + 2.8%
Equipment budget - 10%
Contractual items - 5%
Materials & Supplies,
software, texbooks, etc - 10%
BOCES + 2%

18. 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 Hlth & Retrmnt Incr = $ 595,500
Projected Salary Incr = $ 223,000
Total Major Cost Drivers = $ 818,500

19. In Summary
We need to cut at least $800,000
to bring in a budget of
approximately $20,500,000.
This budget amount is estimated to
be within the tax cap limit.

20. 2012-13 BUDGET Budgets Cuts vs.
Use of Reserves
Deferring Budget Cuts compounds the
problem in each succeeding year
– Adjust 2012-13 budget as much as possible to
create a lower base budget for following years.
Limit increase use of Reserves in a year
when State Aid is increased
– Current Scenario has 5.8% increase of Reserves
to fund budget in 2012-13

21. Potential 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

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

23. 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

24. Other Potential 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.
Look at implementing bus stops on the 5-12
run.

27. Next Steps
We are within $100,000 of being within the
tax cap limit.
We can wait and see if the aid picture
changes.
We can wait to see if there are any
retirements (3/17 deadline).
We can decide to over ride the tax cap limit.

28. Tax Cap Limit
Within the tax cap limit-simple majority
Estimated Levy increases 2.8%
Estimated Rate increases 1.28%
Does the Board want to consider over-riding
the tax cap limit?