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Budaet Drivers: <br /> • Student enrollment projections <br /> • Fund balance dilemma resolved <br /> • Mandates and teacher/employee wages <br /> • Aforementioned priorities and the strategic plan <br /> • Older facility needs <br /> 2015-16 Student Enrollment Projection <br /> • 2015-16 State Enrollment Projection 12,203 <br /> • 2014-15 State Enrollment Projection 12,353 <br /> • District Projected Enrollment Decrease (150) <br /> Projected Enrollment (graph) <br /> Unassianed Fund Balance <br /> 2013-14 Audit 5.27% <br /> 2014-15 Year End Estimate 5.57% <br /> Policy Target 5.5% <br /> Our 2015-2016 budget is based on appropriating $1,000,000 of unassigned fund balance. The <br /> 2014-15 year end estimate includes this appropriation. <br /> Local Continuation Budget Requests (chart) <br /> Local Cost of Mandates (graph) <br /> Salaries and Waaes (chart) <br /> Teacher Pa <br /> • Current State Average (42nd Nationally) $47,783 <br /> • National Average $57,379 <br /> • Handout: Compares 2008-09 Salary Schedule to the Current Schedule <br /> — Historic raise did not keep pace with inflation across entire schedule <br /> — Governor's 15-16 rec. budget provides an increase only to new teachers (0-4 yrs) <br /> and those scheduled to move to the next step <br /> — Recruitment and retention struggles <br /> — We can't rely solely on the state to address these challenges <br /> • Sources: www.ncae.org, www.ncpublicschools.org <br /> Local Continuation Budget Requests (chart) <br /> Local Expansion Budget Reauests (chart) <br /> Local Budget Summary (chart) <br />