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1 o Funding to properly maintain schools <br /> 2 <br /> 3 2017-18 Budget Priorities <br /> 4 • Support district equity plan <br /> 5 • Provide greater fiscal transparency <br /> 6 • Employee salaries and wages <br /> 7 • Support students' unique needs: EC, ESL/immigrant, mental health, and low income <br /> 8 • Living wage policy <br /> 9 <br /> 10 CHCCS 2016-17 Operational Budgets - CHART <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Combined Estimated Expenditures = $144.4 Million- CHART <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Projected Local Costs of State Mandates and Continuation of Current Services <br /> 15 <br /> 16 State Mandates <br /> 17 - 5% State pay raise for teachers $ 886,767 <br /> 18 - 3% pay raise for other employees (incl. benefits, supplements) $1,102,110 <br /> 19 - State retirement match increase (16.54% to 17.37% estimated) $ 322,102 <br /> 20 - Employer health insurance match increase ($5754 to $5927 estimated) $ 155,446 <br /> 21 Subtotal $2,466,425 <br /> 22 <br /> 23 Continuation of Current Services <br /> 24 - Inflationary increase to non-personnel Local budgets $ 298,667 <br /> 25 - Middle School After School (one-year Federal grant expires) $ 240,000 <br /> 26 Subtotal $ 538,667 <br /> 27 <br /> 28 TOTAL OF CONTINUATION BUDGET REQUESTS $3,005,092 <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Expansion Budget Recommendations <br /> 31 • Restore 4/5 Teacher Assistants $ 650,000 <br /> 32 • Transportation/Safety Recommendations 215,000 <br /> 33 • Program Review Funding 50,000 <br /> 34 • Living Wage for Contracted Services 700,000 <br /> 35 • Middle School Math Interventionists 280,000 <br /> 36 • Restore Elementary Media Specialists 410,575 <br /> 37 • Restore Middle School PE Positions 280,000 <br /> 38 • Underfunded budget lines (legal fees, refuse <br /> 39 removal, fees, HVAC, and security contracts) 150.000 <br /> 40 Subtotal Expansion Recommendations $2,735,575 <br /> 41 <br /> 42 Total Continuation and Expansion Requests <br /> 43 • Continuation Total $3,005,092 <br /> 44 • Expansion Total $2.735.575 <br /> 45 Grand Total $5,740,667 <br /> 46 <br /> 47 Projected Local Revenues <br /> 48 • 1.5% Inflationary increase to district tax $336,386 <br /> 49 • Pre-K Tuition 60,000 <br />