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Student Growth <br />^ 2004-05 County Resident Students 10,986 <br />^ 2003-04 County Resident Students 10,709 <br />^ Projected New Students 277 <br />277 new students @ recommended $2,620 $ 725,740 <br />10,709 current students @ $54 increase $ 578,286 <br />Total of Manager's Recommended Increase $1,034,026 <br />Per Student County Appropriation <br />Year Rate Increase <br />1994-95 $1,451 $ 88 <br />1995-96 $1,571 $120 <br />1996-97 $1,782 $211 <br />1997-98 $1,889 $107 <br />1998-99 $2,040 $151 <br />1999-00 $2,256 $216 <br />2000-01 $2,395 $139 <br />2001-02 $2,437 $ 42 <br />2002-03 $2,516 $ 79 <br />2003-04 $2,566 $ 50 <br />2004-05{proposed} $2,620 $ 54 <br />Special District Tax Rate <br />Proposed Increase as Percentage of Local Cost Per Student <br />2003-04 Local Cost Per Student: $3,731 <br />^ Proposed per student appropriate increase $54 <br />^ Proposed per student special district tax increase $13 <br /> $67 <br />2004-05 Local Cost Per Student: $3,798 <br />Proposed Increase as a °f° of Local Cost Per Student 1.8°~ <br />Proposed Increase as % of Local Budget 2.6°t° <br />Non-Discretionary Budget Requests <br />Salary Increases (3°~ across-the-board} $ 890,100 <br />Health Insurance Increase ($125 pIFTE} 82,500 <br />State Retirement Contribution Increase 147,425 <br />Salary Supplement for new state teachers 68,159 <br />Salary Increase for nationally certified nurses 46,700 <br />Total $1,234,884 <br />Total Available to Spend $1,311,679 <br />Available to Fund Other Budget Needs $ 76,795 <br />