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additional $326,517 of revenue growth is estimated from the inflationary increase in the special district tax. The district is requesting the County to provide additional funding for Charter School students. The County has held funding for Charter School at 117 students for several years. The district estimates paying the County per pupil rate for 218 charter school students this year. Because the district's enrollment was over projected by the Department of Public Instruction this year, the district has the Local funding available to pay the charter schools this year without eroding the budget for district students. in future years when the district meets the enrollment projection the Local budget will not have sufficient budget to cover payments for the higher number of Charter students. The current budget for charter school payments was inadequate last year. There will also be a required per pupil payment to Virtual Charter Schools next year of $790. It is expected that some home- schooled students will participate in the Virtual Charter Schools next year. We do not have a good estimate of how many resident students will participate in Virtual Charter Schools at this time, but this payment will further erode the Local budget. Mandated Cost Increases and Continuation of Current Services The Superintendent's recommended budget includes mandated cost increases and continuation expenses for medical insurance and retirement match, along with a placeholder for an anticipated State pay raise to increase the entry level teacher salary from $33,000 to $35,000. This would be a 6% pay raise for this salary level. The district's budget request includes a 6% raise for this group of locally paid teachers and a 2% raise for all other locally paid employees including the increase in the Local supplement for State -paid personnel. At this time we have placed $1,165,269 in our request to fund an increase of our local portion of employees' salary increases. Cost increases for the employer matching retirement ($222,650) and health insurance payments ($40,740) for locally paid employees are included at a combined cost of $263,390. Funding to cover health insurance matching for temporary staffing, as required by the Affordable Care Act, is included in the amount of $54,750. To meet State and Federal requirements in ESL teaching, translation services, and health services, a budget request for $ 276,072 is included. As mentioned previously, a budget increase the Charter School payment budget is needed in the amount of the revenue increase request- $357,100. The district has always placed teachers with National Board certification on State funds since State funding for teachers is based on a position allotment and not a dollar amount. Teachers who have been hired into instructional support positions on the Local budget are held harmless and the district must pick up the cost of the 12% National Board stipend locally. A budget request for $50,000 is included to cover the cost of these local stipends. State funding for Driver Education is due to sunset on June 30, 2015. A budget request for $210,000 is included to continue the Driver Education program at no cost to students. The Board could consider implementing a fee to offset the Local cost. The cost increase of SRO contracts with the towns is included for $100,000. Salary and benefit rate changes for the police officers drives up the cost of the contracts. We also have required services, such as transportation for EC 1 -2