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Superintendent's Budget Message <br />2006 -2007 <br />To the Members of the Board of Education: <br />Each budget year presents a unique set of external factors that impact the school <br />district's budget development. In prior years, the state's budget shortfall has been a major <br />concern, with significant cutbacks proposed early in the process. This year, the state's revenue <br />picture is brighter; however, it appears that decisions in Raleigh will once again have a <br />significant impact on our local budget. <br />Last fall the Governor announced his intent to propose a five percent salary increase to <br />certified state personnel and a three percent increase to non - certified personnel, Additionally, <br />the Governor granted a prorated $750 a year raise to certified staff in November 2005 which <br />was covered by state funds for the current year for state and locally paid staff, but must be <br />funded by the school districts for locally paid staff next year. These substantial raises are <br />certainly necessary as teacher salaries have slipped well below tine national average in recent <br />years; however, a significant amount of new local finding will be needed to find what amounts <br />to a 7.5% salary increase for teachers. <br />Proposed salary increases will require almost $2 million to fund. There are four other <br />major areas of expense in our budget request: (1) costs associated with growth in projected <br />student enrollment of 338 students; (2) increased costs to continue the current level of services; <br />(3) costs associated with opening our third high school, Carrboro High School, in 2007 -08; and <br />(4) costs associated with implementing a new high school schedule in 2006 -07. The specifics <br />associated with these increases are provided later in the budget message All must be funded <br />and their costs amount to approximately $4.1 million. <br />Funding this budget request will require an increase in both the county per -pupil <br />appropriation and the district tax rate. The additional $14 million in our local budget from <br />special district tax revenue primarily fiords additional positions for our schools. If teacher <br />salaries increase by 7 5% and the district tax rate remains the same, then this revenue source is <br />impacted by only the .3% increase in the tax base The disparity between these two figures <br />means that the county per -pupil increase must be relied upon to fund mandated salary increases <br />for positions supported by the district tax. We need approximately a one -cent increase in tine <br />district tax rate to compensate for the 7 5% salary increase for certified personnel <br />Table 1 summarizes prior year funding trends for the operating budget since tine 2000- <br />01 budget year During this five -year period, county per -pupil funding has increased by 16.4% <br />whereas the state increases have amounted to only 9.6 %. This averages out to approximately a <br />3% annual increase locally and a 2% annual increase from the state. Such increases do little <br />more than keep pace with very modest salary increases at a time when more and more is <br />expected of our schools. <br />
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