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13 <br /> <br />o Human Capital <br />o Organizational Structure <br />o Family and Community Engagement <br /> <br />Commissioner Rich asked if an update about the bus driver situation could be provided. <br />Superintendent Baldwin said there are driver sicknesses as well as vacancies that are <br />creating some route issues, and CHCCS has advertised this need across the district. <br />Todd LoFrese resumed the PowerPoint presentation: <br /> <br />Preliminary 2018-19 <br />Budget Drivers <br />• Legislative salary and benefit increases <br />• Impact of School Funding formula changes <br />• Renovations to school facilities <br />• Potential charter student increase – loss of State and Local funds <br /> <br />2018-19 Student Enrollment Projection <br />2018-19 Enrollment Projection 12,348 <br />2017-18 State Enrollment Projection 12,239 <br />District Projected Enrollment Increase 109 <br /> <br />Projected Local Revenue Increase <br />• County per pupil for enrollment change $ 431,067 <br />• 1% Inflationary increase to district tax 346,393 <br />• Net change in other Local revenues 175,000 <br />Total Net Increase $ 952,460 <br /> <br />Projected State Mandates <br />State Mandates <br />• 6.9% State pay raise for teachers incl. benefits $ 1,488,731 <br />• $1,000 pay raise for other employees 857,000 <br />• State retirement match increase <br /> (17.13% to 17.64% est.) 500,000 <br />• Employer health insurance match increase <br /> ($5984 to $6104 est.) 211,500 <br />TOTAL OF CONTINUATION BUDGET REQUEST $3,057,231 <br /> <br />Local Expansion Budget Requests <br />Expansion Budget Requests <br />• Schools’ Expansion Requests $2,070,750 <br />• Support Services 345,000 <br />• Transportation Department 55,218 <br />• Facilities Department 133,000 <br />• Exceptional Children’s Department 382,988 <br />• Curriculum and Instruction 163,300 <br />TOTAL $3,150,256 <br /> <br />TOTAL OF STATE MANDATES AND EXPANSION BUDGET REQUESTS