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1 - Salary & Benefit increases <br /> 2 • House Bill 13 impacts $ 780,000 <br /> 3 Total: $4.077.255* <br /> 4 * 405 increase in current per pupil would be required <br /> 5 <br /> 6 House Bill 13 <br /> 7 • Modifies K-3 maximum individual class size and average class size <br /> 8 • Funded teacher/student allotment ratio may not exceed more than three students per <br /> 9 grade <br /> 10 • Class sizes reduced from 24 to between 19 and 21 <br /> 11 • Maximum average will drop from 21 to between 16 & 18 <br /> 12 • Current law would require adding 12 teaching positions -$780,000 <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Expansion Request <br /> 15 • $104,760*: Supplement employee dental premiums at $20 per participant. <br /> 16 *Expansion request requires $14 per pupil increase in current per pupil <br /> 17 <br /> 18 FY2018 Continuation/Expansion <br /> 19 <br /> 20 • Continuation costs: $4,077,255 <br /> 21 - $4,273 per pupil ($405 p/p increase) <br /> 22 • Expansion (Supplement Dental Premium) $ 104,760 <br /> 23 --$12 p/p increase <br /> 24 • Total Additional Funds Requested: $4,182,015 <br /> 25 • $4,285 per pupil ($417 p/p increase) <br /> 26 <br /> 27 Fund Balance Appropriation <br /> 28 Fund Balance Appropriation approved for: <br /> 29 • $120,000: Universal Breakfast Service at K-5 schools <br /> 30 • $175,000: Elementary School Environmental Enhancement Program <br /> 31 • $165,000: Read to achieve full day camp for grades K-3 <br /> 32 • $107,000: Academic full day camp for grades 4-5 <br /> 33 • Total Fund Balance Appropriation: $567,000 <br /> 34 <br /> 35 Fund Balance Projection <br /> 36 • Projected Unassigned Fund Balance as of 6/30/17: <br /> 37 $1,000,000 to $1,300,000 <br /> 38 • FY2018 Fund Balance Appropriation: $567,000 <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Funding Sources and Uses - Charts <br /> 41 <br /> 42 Pam Jones said OCS is in stewardship mode, and more of the capital expenses are for <br /> 43 deferred maintenance. She said OCS will be looking at the geothermal project at Orange High <br /> 44 School (OHS), and the Cedar Ridge High School (CRHS) classroom wing. She said last year, <br /> 45 OCS did the ADA connector at OHS, and completed the auxiliary gym at CRHS. <br /> 46 Pam Jones said OCS continues to put elementary school #8 on the radar, and it is in <br /> 47 their CIP as a placeholder. She said the Town of Hillsborough is expected to have residential <br /> 48 growth. <br /> 49 Commissioner Marcoplos said one of the proposed house bills asks for information <br /> 50 about utility efficiencies, and he asked if the school districts have this information. <br />